Back to Contractor Conflicts of Interest and the Wild/BIF/City Connections and Actions

As BIF prepares construction documents, Todd Morgan is asking TDOT's Neil Hansen for assurance that Wild Building Contractors, David and Tim Wild, can bid on the Millennium project.

Hansen refers Morgan to a prior email in which Hansen stated that Wild Building Contractors could bid "as long as they did not retain any inside information pertaining to the competitive bid process."  Hansen says he confirmed the above statement with Chief Engineer Paul Degges--based on the limited information he (Degges) had received.

Hansen adds that if any improprieties are found at the time of bid award to the apparent low bidder, the bid may be disqualified.

Hansen then asks about the relationship of the firm (WBC) to the partnership group (Millennium Square Partners) and the site ownership.

Morgan responds that Tim and David Wild, as D&T Rentals, are of the six members of the Millennium Square Partners. He adds that Tim and David Wild also have interests in Wild Building Contractors.

Morgan, who saw and evaluated BIF's letter of interest in the Millennium project, does NOT tell Hansen that Wild Building Contractors was listed as the proposed Estimating Consultant for BIF (Brewer, Ingram & Fuller) in its letter of interest.

Morgan does NOT tell Hansen that Wild is or may be working with the architect on the Millennium project while at the same time seeking to bid on the project.