Conn. RFP Gets Agency Gripes

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Connecticut’s planned consolidation of $10 million in marketing business is causing a stir among some state agencies, including its largest, which is not participating in the review.

“I don’t give Connecticut any credit when it comes to marketing,” said Grant MacDonald, a partner at independent North Castle Partners in Stamford, which held the state’s anti-smoking account from 2000-2002. The size and scope of the 70-page RFP indicates the state “doesn’t know what it wants,” he said.

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