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The city of Longview is targeting replacement of its 20-year-old public safety communications system.
Members of the city’s purchasing department opened sealed proposals this week from nine vendors. City spokesman Shawn Hara said the requests for proposal were looked at and will be evaluated without price information attached.
Hara said with these initial requests, the emphasis is more “on what quality of what you’re getting before the price.”
The proposals now will be evaluated by a committee that considers “the completeness of a proposal and how well the proposal meets the needs of the city and departments,” according to information from the city…
