In a 6/21/10 email, TDOT's Neil Hansen tells the City's Todd Morgan that TDOT's construction and legal teams say the Millennium construction does not qualify for a special "sole source" designation for Wild Building Contractors or anyone else.
Hansen adds that WBC could submit a bid for the project "as long as they do not retain any inside information."
Morgan's reply to the news that Wild Building Contractors can not be given the contract as a "sole source" contractor is interesting: "Thank you. I'll have to distribute this information and see if we can still make it work." [Emphasis added]
Hansen also informs Morgan that the design consultant (Brewer, Ingram & Fuller) can not be selected simply because they have provided conceptual plans. Hansen lets Morgan know of the "process" to go through in asking for design consultant proposals and then the City can do the evaluations and pick BIF. "This should not be a problem to select the firm of choice, but Morristown will still need to follow the procedures outlined above." [Emphasis added]
Watch the dates as we move along...the selection of the architect, the architect's contract, the architect's bills...the conflicts...and ultimately the FIVE bids (bid shopping).
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