SUNY ‘reopens’ LICH bidding – but just to those who already bid
LICH supporters on RFP: We’ll fight ‘until hell freezes over’
SUNY announced on Tuesday that it is reopening its Request for Proposals to sell Long Island College Hospital (LICH) — but only to those bidders who already participated in the initial round.
Those who previously put in a bid will have until February 3 to tweak their offers. No new hospital or health care provider would be allowed to enter the bidding for the historic Cobble Hill hospital.
SUNY said in a release that “reopening” the RFP would “enhance the openness, transparency, and effectiveness of the process,” and that and firms will be asked to make public the terms of the proposals prior to an award.
LICH supporters, however, cried foul.