In a quiet location and turn off any tvs or computers around you. We thank you for your cooperation. Places you on item number two. Roll call director lindsay. My apologies. Not used to going first present. Lindsay lindsay present. I see her joined. Yep director so present. So present. Director here. Present director. Karina. Present. Present directors eakin and hemingway are not expected today at todays meeting. However, you do have a quorum. And for the record, i know that director lindsay is attending this meeting remotely. Director kinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any items places you on. Item number three, the ringing and use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited. At this meeting, the chair may order the removal from the meeting room any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone or other similar sound producing Electronic Devices places you on item number
Any tvs or computers around you. We thank you for your cooperation. Places you on item number two. Roll call director lindsay. My apologies. Not used to going first present. Lindsay lindsay present. I see her joined. Yep director so present. So present. Director here. Present director. Karina. Present. Present directors eakin and hemingway are not expected today at todays meeting. However, you do have a quorum. And for the record, i know that director lindsay is attending this meeting remotely. Director kinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any items places you on. Item number three, the ringing and use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited. At this meeting, the chair may order the removal from the meeting room any person responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone or other similar sound producing Electronic Devices places you on item number four approval of minutes for the
We are grateful for the Transit Center projects. We were awarded a nine proint 2 Million Contract and hoist for the project and we pursued this project and built with other veterans at the outreach events of the tjpa. As an entrepreneur and veteran i cant tell you how important to get a meaningful opportunity for this project of this caliber. We grew from 10 employees to 50 now and we have other competitive contracts that we experienced here in the city and county of San Francisco meeting with other contractors large and small who are becoming our teammates and clients and i want to mention Webcor Obayashi and Turner Construction have been incredible mentors to our firm. Working with this program has help us overcome the challenge of working on large and complex projects and we were able to hire additional veterans to work in office of economic and Workforce Development and on the trances bay project. So i want to know the tjpa is making a difference to real people to veterans looking
Competitiveness of the bidding environment we need to get three or four bidders. You get one or two bids there is a margin of 10, 20, 30 above what the package should cost. I will note that the biggest contract here is the temporary facilities and there was only one bidder i believe and that recommended award is less than the estimate. Yeah. This is a timing materials contract. Director sartipi. If the highest risk is the number of bidders what do when we interview the contractors that picked up the package what is their responses to why theyre not bidding . Is it not value . Is it difficult . Is it complex . Or theyre busy someplace else . Theyre saying theyre busy someplace else but let me bring in webcore. They directly talk to the contractors. I could use a life line here. So mostly it is the fact they have other opportunities in the market place elsewhere that they find more attractive. For example, the metal stairs we had nine prequalified bidders and the first time we only had o
Ht tran and work with anvil builders and a minority owned business in the Bay View District i want to thank you for the opportunities you made available to my company and for me a disabled veteran of the iraqi war. I want to stress how important it is to engage veterans and business owners. We are grateful for the Transit Center projects. We were awarded a nine proint 2 Million Contract and hoist for the project and we pursued this project and built with other veterans at the outreach events of the tjpa. As an entrepreneur and veteran i cant tell you how important to get a meaningful opportunity for this project of this caliber. We grew from 10 employees to 50 now and we have other competitive contracts that we experienced here in the city and county of San Francisco meeting with other contractors large and small who are becoming our teammates and clients and i want to mention Webcor Obayashi and Turner Construction have been incredible mentors to our firm. Working with this program ha