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We contacted all three of the above companies, via email and phone, but only <br /> David Mason & Associates was interested in bidding the project. Henok Tekeste, <br /> President of Blue Nile stated that he has enough backlog and he is not interested in <br /> quoting a project so far from his base location of Birmingham MO. Granville Singh <br /> of GLS stated that Decatur is further than he would like to travel at this time so he <br /> would pass on providing a quote. <br /> David Mason & Associates did provide a quote for the project, however they were <br /> not competitive in comparison to the only other quote we received for this scope <br /> (with David Mason being more than 37% higher than Tele Scan Inc.), and utilizing <br /> David Mason's bid, instead of the low bid from TSI, would quote probably have put <br /> our bid out of the running, due to the excessive costs. <br /> 3) We reached out to Laborers' Local 159 to verify that there were no other MBE <br /> Clean and TV companies in our area. We also searched on the Illinois UCP <br /> Directory to verify there were new Clean and TV companies in our area that we <br /> may have been unaware of. <br /> 4) In summary, despite every attempt to find qualified MBE contractors to bid the <br /> project, because of the unique scope of work, and lack of capacity, we received <br /> only one MBE bid. The awarding of the subcontract to DMA (as a MBE) is <br /> impracticable because it would increase our bid price, and therefore cost the City of <br /> Decatur more and more than probably put us over our competitors pricing. <br /> For these reasons, we are not able to meet the MBE requirement, and respectfully request <br /> a waiver from the required participation in said program. <br /> Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Greg Patton <br /> Business Development Manager <br />