Overview
- Suffolk sent a six-page letter to Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt with affidavits from CEO John Fish and other executives denying any unauthorized discussions about the service plazas.
- The affidavits state texts with RFP chair Scott Bosworth focused on the South Station project and personal matters, with any plaza references occurring only after Applegreen was chosen in June.
- Suffolk urged the state to reopen bidding rather than award the contract to Global Partners, citing alleged deficiencies including limited EV charging plans and a lack of comparable construction experience.
- The company filed public-records requests seeking Global’s communications with MassDOT and information on Global’s current plaza operations, asserting that taxpayers have not been well served.
- Global called Suffolk’s allegations "desperate and unfounded," and the administration is weighing whether to award the lease to Global or initiate a rebid that could take a year or more.