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Vendor sues Boston over school lunches

Officials, citing healthier menus, deny they flouted bidding rules

By James Vaznis

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 26, 2012

A former provider of school lunches for the Boston public schools has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that it violated public bidding laws by awarding a contract to a competitor last year. In the lawsuit that filed last week in Suffolk Superior Court, Preferred Meal Systems Inc. said the city wrongfully negotiated a lower price with its only competitor in the bidding process, Whitsons Food Service Corp., and overlooked other aspects of Whitsons’ proposal that failed to meet the criteria the city set for awarding a contract.

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