CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020101 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020102 - Chief =415 977 8444; Construction Operations Division =415 977 8480

SUBJECTS
CBD Procurement Communication Metrics
Welch Contract Oakland Claims, 97072401
Sole Source Justification
Conventional Management Not Enough Time to
Increase Budget 4 months on Oakland Harbor
Prepare Contract to Save $20M

1308 -    ..
1309 - Summary/Objective
1310 -
131001 - Followed up work at ref SDS 15 8554.
131002 - ..
131003 - Explained need to get procurement documents from Ofel to
131004 - expedite this effort, per our discussion yesterday. ref SDS 15 8554
131005 -
131006 - Discussed Tom's ideas for Max to visit with new Contracting Officer to
131007 - obtain documents, ref SDS 15 5003.
131008 -
131009 - Max said he understood that Marc was taking care of this.
131010 -
131011 - I related discussions with Marc that he did not have enough time and
131012 - that I had offered to help, ref SDS 15 3058.  However, based on
131013 - subsequent discussions with Tom, my feeling is that I should not
131014 - assist COE in preparing the contract documents for a Welch contract.
131015 - ..
131016 - Max agreed that I should not prepare the contract documents.
131017 -
131018 - He feels that information he got from District Counsel John Eft on
131019 - 970731 makes the procurement easy to prepare. ref SDS 15 9907
131020 -
131021 - I advised that I have done as much as I can to accomplish his request
131022 - on 970625 for claims support. ref SDS 1 2704
131023 -
131024 -     I met with the Claim manager on 970702. ref SDS 2 9999
131025 -
131026 -     On 970703 I submitted claim and litigation strategy. ref SDS 3
131027 -     7089
131028 -
131029 -     A budget was approved on 970724. ref SDS 8 8118
131030 -
131031 -     A scope of services was provided on 970725. ref SDS 11 5938
131032 -
131033 -     Analysis was provided on 970725 of Dutra's quantities that underly
131034 -     their claims on project schedule. ref SDS 11 6307
131035 -
131036 - If the District wants to procede they need to issue a contract.
131037 -
131038 - Max will investigate and let me know of any follow up action needed by
131039 - Welch.
131040 -
131041 -     [On 970807 called Max. ref SDS 16 0000]
131042 -
131043 -     [On 970819 Max related conditions in the District that impact
131044 -     management and performance. ref SDS 17 8849]
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