Shops Protest Arizona Decision

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Just weeks after awarding its anti-smoking account to E.B. Lane Marketing Communications, the Arizona Department of Health Services has come under fire over alleged irregularities in the bid selection process.

The dispute prompted state officials to put the account on hold last week pending the outcome of an internal investigation.

Two Phoenix shops that were finalists for the business filed protests with Arizona’s Department of Administration State Procurement Office. One is five-year incumbent Riester-Robb, which laid off 16 of its 49 staffers when it lost the business.



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