{"id":76366,"date":"2026-07-21T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/newsom-admin-faces-questions-over-6-2m-diaper-contract-after-touting-competitive-process\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:54:59","slug":"newsom-admin-faces-questions-over-6-2m-diaper-contract-after-touting-competitive-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/newsom-admin-faces-questions-over-6-2m-diaper-contract-after-touting-competitive-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom admin faces questions over $6.2M diaper contract after touting ‘competitive’ process"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s<\/a> administration on Friday released the contract behind the state\u2019s $6.2 million diaper program after questions about the deal\u2019s noncompetitive designation and a reported delay in making the agreement public.<\/p>\n

The agreement with nonprofit Baby2Baby will provide families of newborns with 400 free diapers at participating California hospitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Newsom said in May that the deal went through a “competitive bidding process.” However, the state\u2019s contract database lists it as “NON-COMPETITIVELY BID,” according to CBS California Investigates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CONSERVATIVES FLIP SCRIPT ON NEWSOM AFTER HE DEMANDED 25TH AMENDMENT FOR TRUMP: ‘PROPPED UP A VEGETABLE’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of seeking formal bids, the state asked interested groups to submit information through a “Request for Information.” The document said it was “not a solicitation” and that prices submitted would not count as bids, CBS California Investigates reported.<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s office pushed back on the report, saying 15 groups responded and were reviewed based on cost and their ability to make and distribute diapers.<\/p>\n

“The governor was referring to the process being competitive in nature, which remains accurate,” Newsom’s office told the outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The records reportedly did not include scoring sheets, rankings or clear evaluation standards.<\/p>\n

ACTING AG TODD BLANCHE SAYS NEWSOM’S DOJ CLAIMS ARE NOT ‘GROUNDED IN FACT’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Several applicants said they only learned they were no longer being considered when Newsom announced the Baby2Baby partnership, CBS California Investigates reported.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s 2025 budget<\/a> exempted the program from normal bidding rules and other state review requirements, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

CBS California Investigates found more than two dozen similar exemptions in the state budget, covering over $1 billion in spending. About two-thirds never expire.<\/p>\n

The state released the contract on July 17, 66 days after the outlet filed a public records request.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s office said the extra time was needed to “grant our legal team<\/a> adequate time to process and work on these requests,” according to CBS Investigates.<\/p>\n

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CBS California Investigates reported that the agreement marks at least the third time Baby2Baby has received California funding without a competitive bid.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit also<\/a> has a connection to the Newsom administration. Baby2Baby co-CEO Norah Weinstein serves on the board of the California Partners Project, which was founded by first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Newsom’s office and Baby2Baby could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s administration on Friday released the contract behind the state\u2019s $6.2 million diaper program after questions about the deal\u2019s noncompetitive designation and a reported delay in making the agreement public. The agreement with nonprofit Baby2Baby will provide families of newborns with 400 free diapers at participating California hospitals. Newsom said in May … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}