HONOLULU — The state auditor has canceled a $700,000 contract with an outside accounting firm to examine change orders and other cost items of the 20-mile rail line under construction on Oahu.
State Auditor Les Kondo told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that his office terminated the contract with BKD LLP “because we were not happy with the work.”
He says he does not know if his office will rebid the contract, or if the state will try to recoup about $450,000 already spent on the contract.
The auditor’s decision comes as state lawmakers are considering measures that would reduce the auditor’s oversight of the $9.2 billion rail project.
The state House voted Tuesday to stop requiring the auditor to produce an annual review of Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation documents.