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8.G. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR <br />QUALIFICATIONS (RFO) AND AN INVITATION TO BID FOR SERVICES <br />NEEDED TO CARRY OUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br />(CDBG) NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM (NSP) TASKS <br />Commissioner O'Bryan, commenting on the Request for Qualifications from <br />contractors, noted, in the series of criteria and a point -award system, that one criterion rested on <br />whether the contractor was disbarred from the State. That left him in wonder and with much <br />concern as to why the applicant was even applying, because he was disbarred in the past. <br />Community Development Director Bob Keating explained why the application <br />was accepted and the factors staff looked for. He stated that despite the specification that <br />disbarment from the State would disqualify an applicant, a contractor could have been disbarred <br />and then re -instated. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan believed applicants falling in the disbarment criteria <br />should be automatically disqualified. Director Keating said it could be removed from the <br />evaluation criteria and put in as a prohibition, and that was Commissioner O'Bryan's preference. <br />Chairman Davis also questioned the inclusion of the application in the process, <br />thinking there has to be some rationale behind the "State disbarment" for it to be a part of the <br />contract. <br />Administrator Baird added that staff was accepting people who are qualified but <br />might have been disbarred in the past, and have re -qualified. <br />12 <br />April 21, 2009 <br />