CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020101 - Mr. Thompson F. Keesling, Architect; Assistant Chief =415 977 8473
020102 - Construction Operations Division =415 977 8480
0202 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020201 - Mr. Thomas Benero; Chief =415 977 8511; Contracting Division

SUBJECTS
Increase Budget, Port of Oakland
Tom Keesling, Modify Welch Contract
Contract DACW07-96-P-0705
Sole Source Justification
Budget for Training, Scope

0807 -    ..
0808 - Summary/Objective
0809 -
080901 - Follow up ref SDS 8 line 79, ref SDS 7 line 74.
080902 -
080903 - Ofell said the other day that Tom Benero may want to negotiate some
080904 - issues in my contract modification, ref SDS 9 line 86.
080905 -
080906 - I talked to Tom Benero this morning and he said he needs no further
080907 - information from me on the sole source issue, ref DIP 2 line 27.  He
080908 - said the letter submitted on 961119 was satisfactory, ref SDS 2 line
080909 - 73.  Tom advised that he needs further explanation from Tom Keesling
080910 - on sole source status and he will contact Tom for this information.
080911 - Tom Benero said he gave the Welch contract to Monti for review and
080912 - comment.
080913 -
080914 -      [I saw Monti later the next day in the elevator lobby and she
080915 -      said she reviewed the Welch contract and approved it.]
080916 - ..
080917 - Tom said information submitted for calculating modifications to
080918 - the Welch contract, ref DIP 3 0001, which includes analysis on 961202,
080919 - ref SDS 3 0001, was properly prepared, adequate and helpful to the
080920 - Contracting Division in evaluating modifications to the Welch
080921 - contract.
080922 -
080923 - Tom asked about the purpose of a budget for training, shown at
080924 - ref SDS 3 line 261, and allowing 6 hours per week.  I explained this
080925 - is to perform the "training" called for in the underlying Welch
080926 - contract, ref DRP 1 line 219, as distinguished from supporting
080927 - contract administration of the Oakland Harbor project.
080928 -
080929 -      [On 970110 Tom asked about training again. ref SDS 11 0492
080930 - ..
080931 - I asked if Tom feels the information I supplied has adequate
080932 - detail to enable approval of sole source procurement of the next phase
080933 - of Communication Metircs?
080934 -
080935 - Tom said it is, but Tom Keesling needs more explanation of this in CON
080936 - OPS submission to the Contracting Division.  He will explain what is
080937 - needed to Tom.
080938 -
080939 - I explained my concern that my budget cycle is up next week and so
080940 - this matter likely needs to be signed up by then.  Tom said he will be
080941 - out of the office next week.  He will try to finalize it by tomorrow,
080942 - but he is deeply involved in getting the Manson contract going.  Tom
080943 - said that if he does not finish the Welch contract modification
080944 - tomorrow he will leave instructions for Shirly Turnbo and Bob McNab to
080945 - sign it next week.
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0811 -
0812 - 1304 visited Tom Keesling
0813 -
081301 - Saw Tom briefly while he was in Max's office developing figures to
081302 - complete the spreadsheet to reconcile recent survey information with
081303 - the original pay quantities.
081304 -
081305 - Tom said he will try to visit Tom Benero later today or tomorrow.
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SUBJECTS
Contract DACW07-96-P-0705
Port of Richmond
Communication Metrics Advertise for Bids

1106 -
1107 -
110701 - Begin Sole Source Contracting Process
110702 -
110703 - Tom Keesling indicated the other day that COE should begin procurement
110704 - to use Communication Metrics on the Port of Richmond project, per Tom
110705 - Benero's suggestion at the Progress Meeting on 961001, ref SDS 1 line
110706 - 104 and at ref SDS 1 line 162.  He explained it requires about 60 days
110707 - to advertise for bids and another 30 days or so to obtain and review
110708 - proposals, and to interview contractors in order to make an award
110709 - according to regulations.
110710 -
110711 - I mentioned this to Tom Benero today and he asked me to have Tom
110712 - Keesling initiate the process for the Richmond project.
110713 -
110714 - I saw Tom Keesling later in the day working with Rick Oleniczak on the
110715 - spreadsheet for the presentation of Dutra's schedule tomorrow, so it
110716 - was not convenient to bring this up.
110717 -
110718 -     [See follow up at ref SDS 10 line 124.]
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110722 -