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7. PROGRESS REPORTS (Cont'd these eonttacts, aU they have to do ,us contact ups and we add their names to the &6t, and they automaticaUy get a copy vJ the "Invitation Jot Bids" in the mait-- geneAaP,ey the same day that it .cis adve&ti6 ed in the pape&. e. Atzo, in Deeembett of 1973, both the Modet Cities Rehab,itita- tion Ptojeet and the E -7 Southeast Revenue Shax.ing Pxogttam weAe expet.iencing exttceme di46ieuety in obtaining eontAac- totus On many eontAact /sets only one (1) bid w" submitted, and, in some instaneets, no bids were submitted. To xemedy this situation.. we set up a zetri.es o4 con�eAenca with the Home Bui edetr s Azz o cca do n o4 St. Joseph Vatt ey in attempts to inteAe/st member eontAactotus to bid on tehab>i 2itation wo&k. This Association tepxesents apptwximateZy, 147 contnactotus, /suppt i,ejus, and teeated bus.ineszes who have 6tequeney o6 contact with anybody .involved in cowstxuetion ox the te- modett i.ng bws-ine/ss, in attempts to .intehe/st member conttac- mod to bid on AehabZUtati.on wotck. Pte i,man iey, the A•s soei- ation objected to out multi- agency .involvement between HUD, DepaAtment of Labor, Equal Employment Oppotrtunity OJJiee, State o6 Indiana, Common Councit, and the Redevetopment Com- miz,sion. They �ett that this work could be better �aaiti- tated t4 it eoutd be handeed by one agency without ma�s/s,ive co nttAaet documentation that we xequvice in o uA pro gram. The A.S/soeiation beUeved that an "open-end/time and matetta z" contract would most cetr to int y bene6it outs ptogtam. Thxough this type oA eonttaet, unjoxe6een costs eoutd be eazity added without the unneees/sa&y delay caused by submitting change otcdetus requesting apptovat by the Commis6ion. The conttactotus would s.impZy do the wo&k and biU the City, and the City would, in turn, pxoeess the ct im Jot payment. The kssoci.ation abo 6ett that the dottax ti.m,itation shoutd be eliminated because the seveAe condition o6 many o6 these homes wantcanted wotFz that would 6atc exceed the t mica Lion. We were unable to make the changes because a22 our pxo eedutes , at the ptes ent time, arse mandated, and they were at that time a?so, by mute vatrious con - tract agencies. Even though the recommended changes eoutd not take ptaee, sevehat membeA eontttacto,, s did isubmit bids, and they are Asti t on out ma.i Zing tist, but they were quickey dis- eoutaged because theit bids wexe too high, and they weAe not, theAe6oxe, awarded any contracts. omment: Bxie4ty, on this one paint: The majox pnobtem in getting mate contJtactotus " o- G 1) Rehab,c2itation wo&k is vety d A�icu.Pt because it ,us not major temodet2ing. The eontractox must be able to work with and around the occupants. 2) AU contractors object to the m",s,iv e amounts o � documenta- tion .incotpotated in out contracts. - 13 -