Bidder List Response for WTC Interior Remediation, Jul 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

^9 July 12, 2002

Michael O’Reilly Department of President Environmental Trade-Winds Environmental Restoration, Inc. Protection 100 Sweeneydale Avenue Bay Shore, New York 11706 59-17 Junction Boulevard Flushing, New York 11373-5108 Re: Bidder List Emergency Procurement World Trade Center Site Christopher O. Ward Interior Remediation Commissioner Dear Mr. O’Reilly: Stuart M. Erdfarb, P.E. I write in response to your letter of June 21, 2002 to Commissioner Christopher O. Agency Chief Contracting Ofrcer Ward. Pursuant to a Declaration of Emergency, a bidder list for an emergency Tel (718)595-3300 Fax (718) 595-3278 procurement (the “list”) has been established in order to procure interior remediation [email protected] services near the World Trade Center site. As you wrote your letter, Trade-Winds Environmental Restoration, Inc. (“Trade-Winds”) has not been included on die list.

When contracted services are required to alleviate an emergency condition, neither public advertisement, standing bidder lists, nor pre-qualified lists are required. Instead, the City may use any procurement method which will allow for such competition as is possible and practicable in order to meet the needs of the emergency. In order to solicit bids, and to obtain sufficient competition, a bidder list for this specific emergency procurement has been established. In doing so, reasonable criteria have been set forth to make certain that neither lack of integrity, poor past performance, lack of experience, or lack of the qualifications unnecessarily delay the start of work after the bid opening. Only firms that fully meet the criteria have been placed on the list.

Based upon a review of Trade-Winds by our Bureau of Environmental Compliance, Trade-Winds was not selected to be solicited for the subject procurement. The decision to include or exclude firms from the list is at the sole discretion of the agency, and there is no administrative appeal available.

The criteria for the list are neither arbitrary nor capricious, and have a rational basis. The fact that 27 firms have been placed on the list attests to that fact. Further, the inclusion of 27 firms will provide the City with a pool of bidders sufficient to meet the needs of this emergency procurement.

Very ily yours.

Stuart M. Erdfarb, PJ

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