Despite high-profile objections from Mitel, a report released late Friday has recommended the City of Ottawa proceed with a joint bid from Bell Canada and Cisco Systems for a large Internet phone contract.
Yet Mitel says it has obtained more legal evidence that the procurement process, which was suspended in April, was biased in favour of the Bell-Cisco plan.
The contract is worth up to $7 million for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to replace the city's dated telephone system.
Mitel co-founder Terry Matthews is expected to press the issue further when he appears before the corporate services and economic development committee on Tuesday.
Matthews has already accused the city of operating a flawed procurement process that negatively affects Ottawa taxpayers.
Mitel offered the City of Ottawa $2 million worth of desktop phones with some conditions after its initial bid was rejected. After review by the city's fairness commissioner, the city refused the offer last month.
