[TheProfessor]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Next time you drive by the NH-Dept of Transportation state gas pump in Gilford, across from Miles Marine, a Citgo convenience, and Lily Pond, you should definately be happy to have the choice to go buy your gas at the nearby Citgo at the regular market rate of about 2.09/gal, and not the 30-month contract DOT price of 2.74, which is the state's price all the time from now till July 31, 2017.

I'm not quite sure if I understand what the state is paying.
If the state has a contract @ $2.74, why don't the state vehicles just fill up at a local station at much less a cost? Not void the contract just buy at a regular station. Or is the bureaucracy and paperwork too complicated?