DEP letter on emergency procurement for WTC remediation, July 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

■ we DEP BANHazmat Exec Fax:7185953744 1UN-24-20Q2 HON 10:53 AH Norik Atlantic Labs FAX nS W1^O4W H. U2 P. 03/04

Our insurance company, AlG, is the largest in the environincntal market. The President of AlG Environmcinal, Joe Boren, had in a letter to you, attested to the quality of our work, performed at their own facilities after the events of 0/11, which he described tvs “Ruperh.”

f find particular frustration with the basis for the .selection of coulrftciors, as it is reflective of Ilie amount of New York City (Hud projects of a certain size. Much of this type of work lias been unattractive to a company of our size and scope for quite some time, due to the level of the compedtion and the “low bid” philosophy.

r think il interesting to note ihnt even though we were included in ft panel convened by Congressman Nadler and that this hearing helped the city to obtain the funding to correct (he dust problem, we have been excluded from qua’i lie alien by your department. This is dcbjiiie the fact ihni we were called upon to testify as a contractor who performed work in a .5ufc anti proper manner.

Finally, I believe dial this criicrion for qualification in the apartment program cannot go unchnllcnged. I must say that the PEP is missing key criterion in qualifying those ooniraefors on the approved list. This is ultimately not good for the inJiabitants of the affected np.artmcnts and a disservice to highly qualified contractors such as Trade-Winds. It is efforts such as ours that contributed to tho recovery in the first place.

Ruspeet fully

Mtehael O’Reilly President and CEO Trado-Wind.s Environmental Restoration, Inc.

cc: John Lander, Esq. David Yiidclson, C.sq., Sive, Paget and Riesel Paul Cnsowitz, Esq., Sive, Paget and Riesel Andrew We rb rock, Office of Congressman Steve Israel Linda Rosenthal, Office of Congressman GerroW Nadler Rest Cooper, Office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

P.S. On .September 12,2001 and the weck.s- and monilis following, we mobilized upwards of 2000 trained asbestos workers to assist our clients ■wilh “Non Notified Work” to dcconiruninaic over J million square feet commercial, residential and government facilities. Clients included Con Edison, the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management ,ns well us some ofthc critical banking institutions in our city that had to be able to reoccupy ihcir facilities to support Wall Street and the national economy. TRADE-WINDS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION INC. ■lOO Swecirydale Avenue, BVy"5hoTe7NY 11706 • 631•435-8900"• Fax?631-435^4337~T 1-800-282-8701 NYC-WTC_OOO1 54352