Bidder List Response for WTC Interior Remediation, Jul 2002

_ NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

H.U2 P. 03/04

Our insurBncp company, AlC, is ihc largest in the environmental market. The President of AIG BnviromnemaJ, Joo Boren, bad in n Iciicr to you, attested to the quality of our work, performed at their own facilities after the events of 9/11, which be described as “sinwh.”

f find particular frustration with the basis for the selection of contractors, as it is refleclivc of Ihc amount of New York City filed projects of a certain size. Much of this type Of work Iras been unattractive to a compruty of our size and scope for quite some time, due to the level of the wmpedtion .and ihe “low bid’' philosophy.

I (hink it interesting to note that even though we were included in ft panel convened by C7ongrcssm>ia Nadler and that Ulis hearing helped the city to obtain the funding to correct the dust problem, we have been excluded from qualification by your department. Thia is ticspite the fact that we were called upon to testify ns a contractor who performed work in a safe and proper manner.

Finally, 1 believe toat this criicrion for qualification in the apartment program cannot go unchallenged. I must say that the DEP is missing key criterion in qualifying those contractors on the approved list. This is ultimately not good for the inliabitanta of the affected apartments and a disservice to highly qualified contractors such as Trade-Winds. f It is efforts such as ours that contributed to tho recovery in tho first place. I Rospectfiilly

Prvsidcni and CCO Tra<lo-Winds Environmental Restoration, Inc.

cc; John Lander. Esq. David Ywdclson, E.sq., Sivc, Paget and Riesel Paul Cnsowitz, Esq., Sivc, Paget and Riesel .Andrew Wcrbrock, Office of Congressman Steve Israel Mada RosciiUwI, Office of Congressman Gorrold Nadler Resi Cooper. OfTicc of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

P.S. On September 12,2001 and the weeks and months following, we mobilized upwards of 2000 trained usbe.sws workers to assist our clients with “Non Notified Work" to decontaminate over J million square feet commercial, residential and government fnciliiics. Clients included Con Edison, tho Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management .as well Its some of the critical banking institutions in our city that had to be able to reoccupy ihcir fsailiitos w support Woll Street and the national economy. TRADE-WINDS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION INC. "ioOSwMnydale Avenue, Bay Shore, NY 11706 • 631-435-8900 • Fax: 631-435-4337 • 1-800-282-8701 NYC-WTC_OOO151258