A company that sought a government contract to provide air purifiers to Tijuana River Valley residents says the county instead purchased purifiers that will offer residents little to no relief from the tainted air emanating from the polluted waterway.In a newly-filed court petition, attorneys for Medify Air are asking a judge to throw out the $26.8 million contract San Diego County awarded to Oransi LLC for tens of thousands of portable air purifiers.The county’s push to deliver 30,000 air purifiers is part of its plan to provide relief to South Bay residents and business owners forced to breathe in the noxious hydrogen sulfide that rises from the polluted waterway. The purifiers would act as a temporary, partial solution while the United States and Mexico attempt to fix aging and inadequate infrastructure at the transboundary water treatment plant. In the meantime, sewage from Tijuana will continue to pollute the ocean and force closures at South Bay beaches and expel noxious and pungent-smelling gas into nearby communities.In the non-conformed complaint, obtained by Times of San Diego, Medify Air says the county used vague language in its request for bids and relied on unverified claims in order to select the lowest bidder. Medify Air’s air purifier bid, at $27.1 million, was more expensive than Oransi’s $26.8 million offer.Medify Air argues the county imposed mandatory performance metrics but failed to put in place a way to verify whether purifiers improve air quality. The company’s lawsuit also claims the selected purifiers will not meet guidelines for noise and air pollution requirements. “The County issued a solicitation imposing mandatory performance requirements, yet failed to define how compliance would be measured,” the lawsuit reads. “That approach eliminated any objective basis for determining responsiveness and rendered the award decision unsupported by substantial evidence.”The court petition claims the county “ignored” data and abused its discretion by accepting the lower bid.The company is asking a judge to order the county to abandon the contract and restart the bidding process.The petition is not the first issue the county has had in trying to improve air quality by distributing air purifiers near the Tijuana River.Last year, as reported by Times of San Diego, county workers had to collect 400 air purifiers they had distributed because the purifiers lacked the necessary filters to clean the gases in the air.Those purifiers lacked the necessary potassium permanganate and charcoal to effectively filter toxic gases. San Diego County declined to comment due to the pending litigation.
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