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6. NIfW BUSINESS (CONT'D al. (Copt' d ) Mr. Howell ( cont'd): ... "leave them in the black book, not t take them out. So we took them out made copies and inserted tie sheets back in order the way they were. Now we went t rough this trouble on a Saturday, that was the Monday b fore the bids. Even without a bond, we were still hoping w could get a bond, he ,explained thoroughly what had to be d ne with the black book and the sheets. After the bid was o er and I spoke to him, I don't know whether it was that night o the next morning, but I came up there and he said it wasn't necessary, those sheets were minute... he said they have to be ii at least after we award the contract ... we want them signed. Wall, what the heck did he take his time Saturday morning to h 1p explain to me so I'could get in there and make my bid 1 gal on the following Monday because I figured I might not have time on Monday. Since I wasn't able to get a clarification o the bidding procedure from him at the office I called him a his residence, never done it before, and as they read it o t I was the only one who had all the forms... the 96 and 96A f rm, (looking through the black book) I see one here, very, v ry lengthy, and it takes a lot of time to put them together. S e, whoever submitted this one here submitted it here in the black book. These copies were also in some in the yellow folder. Aid I had to get permission to write in the black book..." M-. Butler: "I think at this point so that we have the complete contract document, the forms are compiled and placed in the black folder after the bids have been awarded and prior to execution of the contract. But that is..." Mr-. Howell: "Maybe Mr. Crighton has a misunderstanding of that bit anyway, .the main thing is that I called him because I wanted t make sure that I was proper this time and not let out on a small technicality, as I was on the South Bend ball park lighting w ich I was $200.00 low bid but there was one sheet, the bidders q alification form not in there, the original, there were copies i all of them, but the original one disappeared and I lost the j b, but I didn't cry about it, I came back got my deposit a d walked. *. Nimtz: "Keith, would you like to respond ?" M-. Crighton: "Well, I really don't want to disagree with Mr. Howell and I really don't want to get into an argument, but ff I'm not mistaken when Mr. Howell called me on Saturday he asked me quite simply what he needed to have for his bid on Monday, and I told him which documents he had to have in order t have a bid. And I still think I am right in what I told h -m in order to have a'legal bid, that he had to have all the d currents filled out which he brought in and so did the other c ntractors." Howell: "At the time of bidding, Mr. Crighton ?" M . Crighton: "You didn't say time of bidding, you asked for a legal bid." 10