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�JUL <br />2 <br />1986 <br />BOOK 64 <br />U'1 896 <br />Chairman Scurlock felt that this <br />is a very serious <br />allegation in that the above letter alludes to bid rigging, and <br />invited Mr. Victor Crosby, Project Manager of Schopke <br />Construction 6 Engineering, to come up to the podium and be very <br />specific in his answers to questions as to who rigged what. <br />Mr. Crosby explained that this issue was brought about by a <br />simple request by Schopke to change from one approved <br />subcontractor to another on the detention work on Phase II of the <br />new Jail. Schopke originally proposed to use Willo Products, but <br />wished to change to Dean Products. Mr. Crosby stated that prior <br />to bid Schopke had a very distinct understanding, which is not to <br />be construed as an allegation, that the County had a very strong <br />desire to keep Willo Products as a subcontractor for the <br />electronic detention system on the minimum -security facility, and <br />as recently as last Friday, June 28th, Sonny Dean, Director of <br />General Services for the County, stated over the phone that he <br />was very much relieved to see that Schopke had proposed to use <br />Willo Products. <br />Mr. Crosby informed the Board that prior to bid, Schopke <br />received scope sheets from several detention subcontractors; <br />however, at bid time they only received one complete price <br />covering all the detention scope of work, and he was mystified <br />why they did not receive bids from at least two other firms who <br />went to the trouble of sending in a very detailed scope sheet. <br />One of those firms was Dean Products, and that firm is synonymous <br />with Southern Steel, which was on the approved subcontractors <br />list. Mr. Crosby stated that Norman Dean came right out and said <br />that.Ray Stroud, Project Engineer for Frizzell Architects, told <br />him over the phone that it did not matter who was being proposed <br />for the detention equipment because Willo Products was going to <br />be the subcontractor on this project anyway. Further, in a <br />conversation as late as last Friday, Norman Dean reported that he <br />had talked to Mr. Warren Speakman of Electronic Systems,lnc., <br />who stated that he had been told that any monies that he lost on <br />66 <br />