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As high-profile procurement spats go, the one between the city of Albuquerque and California-based BYD Motors Inc. over a fleet of allegedly faulty 60-foot electric buses the city had planned to buy for the ill-fated Albuquerque Rapid Transit project was a doozy.
So Albuquerque residents who followed that fight, waged both at the microphone and in court between Mayor Tim Keller’s administration and BYD – aka Build Your Dreams – were likely taken aback last week with news BYD is one of three companies included in a price agreement made through the New Mexico General Services Department, meaning local governments around the state can choose BYD as a bus supplier without having to put the matter out to bid.