CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD
020101 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020102 - Construction - Operations Division

SUBJECTS
SDS, Marketing, Sales, Proposal, Contract & Support
Corps of Engineers, SFD
Initiating Contract, Claim Team

0805 -
0805 -    ..
0806 - Summary/Objective
0807 -
080701 - Follow up ref SDS 20 0000, ref SDS 19 0000.
080702 -
080703 - Max said he has not yet discussed with Tom the Welch contract scope
080704 - that Tom submitted last week, ref SDS 19 line 71.  Max has some
080705 - additional ideas for this effort to support a new group to formulate a
080706 - government negotiating position on "something."  I am unsure if this
080707 - is the Port of Oakland project claims matter that Tom mentioned when
080708 - we met a few weeks ago, per ref SDS 16 line 76.  In any case, Max said
080709 - Tom is very good at organizing ad hoc initiatives, as well as projects
080710 - generally.
080711 -
080712 -    He discussed claim and other DMMO support in our meeting on 960214,
080713 -    ref SDS 4 line 149.
080715 -  ..
080716 - Max put an explanation of this new assignment on Tom's desk yesterday
080717 - afternoon, indicating the team members who will work with Tom.  This
080718 - morning Tom called in to request two days leave. Max is unsure if
080719 - these events are related.
080721 -  ..
080722 - He asked me to call Tom Monday morning and explain my visit with Max,
080723 - that Max has ideas for me to support Tom's new assignment, and that
080724 - Max wants to meet with us Tuesday or Wednesday about the Welch scope.
080725 -
080726 -     [Did this at ref SDS 21 line 77 and discussed with Tom at ref SDS
080727 -     22 line 102.]
080729 -  ..
080730 - Max mentioned that the DMMO matter seems less of a priority for Welch
080731 - support now because activity has receeded.  He noted that a staff
080732 - member has recently undergone open-heart surgery.  There is concern
080733 - about how well he will be able to contribute after his return to work.
080735 -  ..
080736 - Max said recent changes in the Corps management structure have
080737 - resulted in greater autonomy or at least responsibility for the
080738 - District Offices.  In particular he mentioned the District is focusing
080739 - more attention to quality management, that was formerly considered at
080740 - the Division level.
080742 -  ..
080743 - Max mentioned the question about whether an outside contractor can
080744 - assist the government in developing a negotiating position on contract
080745 - claims.  We discussed briefly the partnering procedure Hank Hatch
080746 - mentioned he insitituted at COE to hire outside contractors to help
080747 - with a backlog of claims that accumulated, ref SDS 6 line 213,
080748 - discussed with Tom at ref SDS 7 line 59 and with Max at ref SDS 12
080749 - line 153.
080750 -
080751 -     [See follow up at ref SDS 22 line 108, ref SDS 23 line 166 and ref
080752 -     SDS 24 line 138.]
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080755 -
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