Summary

On May 2, Dunn Engineering Associates, P.C. (Dunn) was suspended by the Washington, DC Office of Contracting and Procurement from doing business with the district and issued a notice of proposed debarment. Dunn pled guilty in April 2005 to charges of providing gratuities to a former DC Department of Transportation (DCDOT) official, Wilhelm DerMinassian, in exchange for favorable treatment by DerMinassian on a five-year $1 7.5 million Integrated Traffic Management System contract that Dunn held with DC-DOT. DerMinassian also pled guilty to related charges and was sentenced in September 2005 and ordered to pay $100,000 in fines and restitution and serve 30 months in prison. This investigation was conducted jointly with the FBI and the Antitrust Division of DOJ.