TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Vertol Systems has until the end of next June to run through the $12 million approved by the Legislature for what critics have called a “political stunt” — relocating as many migrants as it can from Florida to other states and the District of Columbia, records released late Friday show.
The request for bids, quotes from vendors, emails and other related documents show that Destin-based Vertol Systems beat out two other vendors for the operation, which so far has resulted in sending 48 migrants on two planes to Martha’s Vineyard and an apparently scrapped flight to Delaware.
The information was released after a public records request made last month by the Orlando Sentinel.
