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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - BID - 31631 6071 UTILITIES ROOF REPLACEMENT (7)Administrative Services Purchasing Division City of Fort Collins October 19, 2007 Advanced Roofing Technologies Attn Bob Sexton 4496 Bents Dr, Unit C Windsor, CO 80550 RE Utilities Roof Replacement Dear Mr Sexton, We received your letter dated October 15, 2007 and regret that you are not going to bid on our project The City researched the various forms of roofs and is confident that for this is the best type for this application GAF has a good record with a 20 year warranty and is available in Denver We are only allowing GAF for this project Please feel free to contact me at 970-221-6777 with any questions you may have 7�t� John tephen, CPPO, CPPB Senior Buyer cc Link Mueller, Special Protects Manager James B O'Neill, If, CPPO, FNIGP, Director of Purchasing & Risk Management Darin Atteberry, City Manager 215 North Mason Street • 2nd Floor • PO Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 970 663 0203 • I•ax 970 663 0292 - 4496 Bents Dr Unit C • Windsor CO 80550 ww advancedroofingtech com October 15, 2007 City of Fort Collins - , PO Box 580 1 - Fort Collins, CO 80522 Attn John Stephen 'flL Utilities Root 114,1accir`u.t Dear Sirs We have a long standing iclationship with the City of Port Collins as one of our valued customers and therefore iegrct to infofni you that we will not be bidding on the re -roofing work for the waste treatment and water treatment facilities The manufactoie GAF has chosen to limit the number of contractors with actess to their commeicial,products It is'not Lased on quahficatons'or performance it has to-do strictly with volume I hstorcally the lion share of spec work m this area has been wnli other trial, u factures, consequently that is whet e our volume line been As you may be aware, we have done many roofs for the City of Fort Collins at both cf tliese facilities We have installed GenFlex and IB roofs specifically which carry full warrant es and ° have•performed very well We do not believe that it is within the best interest of the City to close the spec on these roof bids GAF is relatively, new to the thermoplastic single ply membrane business thus their product seleotion and availability is icstnctcd There are generally higher freight rates, niatenal'costs and longer lead times to get pioduct and accessoiics Other manufactures have a longer proven track iecord with moic established independent ratings and ` can meet and exceed the spec requirements and offer the City of Fort Collins substantial cost t scvmgs in dairg a.• - We are prepared to have manufacture's representative's picsent cohipctitive alternatives in a timely fashion i f you will al low us the opportunity While a few want to keep the spec closed because it blocks out competition, most of the contractors bidding this project would welcome alternate manufactures if you were to issue such an addendum rhank you for your consideration We look.forwar&6 doing business with you in the future Bob Sexton Protect Lstunator Cc Daim Atteberry Llncohi Mueller James B IFNeill - Commercial •. Residenral - ;