“There was an error in the calculation,” the Department of General Services tells (Baltimore City Council President Zeke) Cohen, that resulted in a 340% price increase that city agencies and the mayor’s and comptroller’s office did not catch.”

Still unanswered is why the half dozen city agencies and offices responsible for reviewing contracts and spending authorizations before they appear before the Board of Estimates did not spot the outsized increase or query DGS about the lack of documentation in the contract file. Source: Baltimore Brew