MILWAUKEE – A University of Wisconsin official was the first to suggest an extra step to evaluate the top two companies vying for a major state travel contract, she testified today at the trial of a state employee charged with rigging the contract process.
Lisa Clemmons, purchasing agent for the UW athletics department and a member of a committee that evaluated proposals for state travel contracts, said she, not Department of Administration official Georgia Thompson, was the first to suggest the committee solicit a best and final offer from Adelman Travel Group and Omega World Travel.