EMU: Seattle Coffee
initially finished 4th
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Nine coffee suppliers presented
acceptable bids for the contract.
The EMU then graded each com
pany using a 100-point scale.
Coffee quality and price were
the most heavily weighted crite
ria, although the scale also took
into account equipment needs,
company reputation and training
assistance.
Royal Blue Organics owner
Dahinda Meda said more weight
should have been given to local
companies and environmentally
and politically responsible com
panies.
“We represent the political re
alities of coffee,” he said. “And
there’s a lot of people in Eugene
who make decisions with their
dollars.”
Food Services also held a taste
test in the EMU on March 17.
About 200 students sampled the
nine coffees.
Cafe Orsini ended that part of
the selection process in first
place. Seattle Coffee placed fourth
— one point behind third-place
Royal Blue, which had won the
taste test.
The EMU’s selection guidelines
said the top three companies
would be invited to present their
bids to the selection committee.
But Food Services invited four:
the top three and Seattle Coffee.
Seattle Coffee was too close to
the top three to send it away with
out inviting it to the final review,
Coleman-Kaiser said. The EMU
considered it a tie for third place.
But Kim Giandalia, Cafe Orsi
ni’s business associate, compares
the results to a soccer game. The
team that finishes the game one
point behind the other team is the
loser, she explained.
"[Seattle Coffee] lost by one
goal, and yet they were invited
back,” she said. “It was against the
rules.”
The four finalists then pitched
themselves in one-hour presenta
tions. Nothing in the selection cri
teria said that review would be
graded and could impact the re
sult, Cafe Orsini owner Max Orsi
ni said.
“We did score the entire pro
posals after the final presenta
tion,” Coleman-Kaiser said. “We
felt we were fair in doing so.”
Selection committee members
unanimously listed Seattle Coffee
as their first choice after the pre
sentation.
Cafe Orsini protested Friday,
March 27; Royal Blue followed on
Tuesday. Other coffee companies
have until 5 this afternoon to
protest the selection.
Oregon Hall is reviewing the
protests and hopes to finalize its
decision by Friday, said Vicki
Wanner, contract coordinator
with the Office of Business Af
fairs.
The office has received only
two other solicitation protests like
this in more than 20 years, she
said. That does not include pub
lic works contracts or grant-relat
ed contracts, which are handled
by other offices.
The office has three options: it
can find the protests invalid, it
can make necessary adjustments,
which could include awarding
additional criteria points to other
companies, or it could decide to
reject all bids and start the process
over.
Advocacy: Office handles
conduct code violations
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Koleszar said.
The Office of Student Advoca
cy, also located in the EMU, pro
vides services to students who en
counter conduct code violations.
James Britt, director of the of
fice, said they see between 130
and 200 students a year. The ma
jority of students who come to
them have disputes with profes
sors and the University over
grades, plagiarism or drinking in
the dorms, he said.
After an incident report is filed,
a student advocacy lawyer will go
over it with a student and look for
any mitigating circumstances to
develop a workable defense.
They will then meet with Stu
dent Conduct Code officers and
look for a way — formal or infor
mal — to resolve the dispute.
“We are advocates on behalf of
students,” he said. “We want to
help ensure smooth matricula
tion.”
Because both Student Legal
Services and Student Advocacy
are funded by incidental fees, nei
ther program can represent stu
dents involved in student vs. stu
dent or student vs. student
program disputes because of the
potential for conflict of interest.
"If I give you some legal advice,
you would not want me to give
the same advice to someone else,”
Koleszar said.
Anything that occurs on cam
pus that may affect a student’s
ability to perform is of interest to
the University, Britt said. Both of
fices were chartered by the stu
dent government to help ensure
student retention on campus.
"The University has the respon
sibility to students who attend to
provide an education and a rea
sonably safe environment that
will enable them to succeed,”
Britt said.
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