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University spokesman Kevin Galvin declined to comment on whether the University is reducing costs with the contractor switch, saying only that the move resulted from a "competitive bidding process in which Securitas presented the most competitive proposal." He said that the Securitas contract will last for three years with an option to renew for up to an additional three years...
...time already tense with the news of layoffs and budget-cutting, it appears that Harvard sought to avoid any possible conflict that could arise from the contract switch...
...From the beginning of the process, the University asked bidders to honor the existing contract negotiated by the current vendor and Local 615, and Securitas has agreed to do so," Galvin said...
Langley said he expects that the contract swap will have a minimal effect on the workers and on the University. He said that such contracts come up for review frequently and noted that the evaluations are "always a subject of money and performance...
Harvard's outsourced security guards unionized in 2006 after two years of protracted negotiations. After the agreement was reached between AlliedBarton and SEIU, students, labor activists, and workers embarked on a campaign to secure a contract for the guards that included fair wages, steady, full-time work, a safe and sanitary workplace, and fair work procedures...