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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - RFP - P823 FTA LOBBYISTCity of Fort Collins Administrative Services rurcnasing vivision LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL To: Ingrid Decker, Assistant City Attorney John Fischbach, City Manager Wanda Krajicek, City Clerk From: James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIG!e Director of Purchasing &Risk Manem; Date: March 15, 2002 Re: RFP #P-823, FTA Lobbyist Attached find three (3) sets of contract documents regarding the above -mentioned matter. Would you approve as to form and forward to the City Manager. We have included the indemnity language that you requested. John, would you please sign the contract documents and forward them to the City Clerk. Wanda, please call Purchasing, Jim will come over, sign the contracts and have you attest his signature. Would you call Purchasing when that is completed. Thank you. 215 North Mason Street • 2nd Floor • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 January 25, 2002 Ka FedEx Mr. Tom Frazier Transport General Manager City of Fort Collins 215 North Mason Street, 2nd Floor Fort Collins, CO 80524 Re: Proposal No. P-823 Dear Mr. Frazier: CAPITAL PARTNERSHIPS 11350 Random Hills Road, Suite 800 Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Phone:703-620-4914 Fax:703-620-4709 Kenneth W. Butler Senior Principal On behalf of Capital Partnerships (VA), Inc. and Friedlob Sanderson Paulson and Tourtillott, LLC it is my pleasure to submit to the City of Fort Collins (the "City") the enclosed proposals to serve as the City's federal legislative representatives. We are available to discuss our qualifications and any matters included in our proposal with you and representatives of the City at your convenience. I look forward to the opportunity to speak with you regarding the goals and needs of the City. Enclosures (5) 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Eighth Floor West Washington, D.C. 20004 telepbone 202/785-0500 .% 202/785-5277 web www.carrnen,Voup.com January 25, 2002 Mr. James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP Director of Purchasing and Risk Management City of Fort Collins 215 North Mason Street Second Floor Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Mr. O'Neill: On behalf of The Carmen Group Inc., a Washington, DC -based government relations firm, we are delighted about the possibility of being able to assist the City of Fort Collins to secure federal transit funding in the FY 2003 appropriations bill. As such, we are submitting a proposal in response to your request for proposals number P-283. After reviewing the enclosed materials, I hope you and your team will agree that we are ideally positioned, in terms of experience, knowledge, and contacts to begin to offer immediate assistance on projects and issues of importance to Fort Collins. We are especially excited about the prospect of working with you on the Mason Street Corridor and CSU transit center projects. We have a strong and experienced transit team, and we believe that we can promptly aid the City with its efforts to advance these projects at the federal level. We are prepared to hit the ground running and look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to call me at 202.785.0500 should you need any additional information or if you have any questions. Sincerely, / L (/ Diane Jemmott Vice President Enclosures m Jim O Neill Lobbyist Proposal P 823 Pa e 1 From: Tom Frazier To: Jim O'Neill Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: Lobbyist Proposal - P-823 Hi Jim, I reviewed the RFP and a couple items of note ... I didn't see any mention of possible contract extensions... the Mason St Corridor project will take a minimum of 3 years in lobbying efforts ... the date of the 28th is really cutting this close for the federal legislators... we need to be sure we ask during the interviews what can be done in the 4-6 weeks prior to the budget subcommittees meeting ... I receive one call from The Carmen Group wanting to know the intent of the longevity of the contract because they couldn't get enough done on the New Starts Grant process to insure any future support ... they agreed at least 3 extensions were appropriate... we may want to sent an e-mail to all potential responders on the City's intent to pursue funding after this year... 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O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP actor of Purchasing and Risk Management enc JBO/jbe Rio ivunn rviason arreer • tna door • zu. box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 Fort Collins Administrative Services Purchasing Division LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL To: Ingrid Decker, Assistant City Attorney John Fischbach, City Manager Wanda Krajicek, City Clerk From: James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGPt.11 Director of Purchasing & Risk Management Date: February 28, 2002 Re: P823 FTA LOBBYIST Attached find four (4) sets of contract documents regarding the above -mentioned matter. Would you approve as to form and forward to the City Manager. The bidder received the award through the normal bid process. John, would you please sign the contract documents and forward them to the City Clerk. Wanda, please call Purchasing, Jim will come over, sign the contracts and have you attest his signature. Would you call Purchasing when that is completed. Thank you. �1, INU.L11 ,Y1dbun a[ree[ • 4na rioor • P.V. t5ox 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 THE CARMEN GROUP �- I N C O R P O R A T E D 7 M r m February 27, 2002 Keith I. Ashby, CPPO Buyer City of Fort Collins Administrative Services Purchasing Division 215 North Mason Street, 2nd Floor Ft. Collins, CO 80522-0580 Re: Contract Dear Mr. Ashby, G 0 0 First of all, thank you for all your help! N o I have enclosed all four originally executed contracts. When fully executed, please send z one back to my attention. Also enclosed are thirteen self addressed Fed Ex envelopes ° with which you may return the contract and send future monthly payments. As you can z imagine, we are still a bit uneasy about local mail service in our area. If you have any questions or I can do anything to further expedite the process, please feel free to give me a ring at my direct dial (202) 218-4164, or my mobile (202)262- 4990, at any time. I am also on 24 hour email notification at pais@carmengroup.com. We are really looking forward to working with you. WaX General Counsel Enclosures: Four (4) Originally Executed Contracts Thirteen Fedex Envelopes Letter 02-27 Ft. Collins Page 1 of 1 CARMENGROURCOM Administrative Services Purchasing Division February 20, 2002 The Carmen Group, Inc. 1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Eighth Floor West Washington, D.C. 2004 Attn: Mike Russell, Chief Financial Officer Re: P-823 FTA Lobbyist I have enclosed 4 copies of documents regarding the above captioned matter. Please sign the four (4) copies then return all copies to me. After the signatures have been obtained, a copy will be sent to you. Please contact Keith I. Ashby, CPPO, Buyer, 970-416-2191, if you have questions Sincerely, James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP Director of Purchasing and Risk Management enc JBO/jbe 215 North Mason Street • 2nd Floor • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 FRIEDLOB SANDERSON PAULSON & TOURTILLOTT, LLC Attorneys at Law 1775 Sherman Street, Twenty -First Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 Telephone 303.571.1400 Facsimile 303.595.3159 February 5, 2002 via FedEx Ms. Jan Elliott Procurement Office City of Fort Collins 215 North Mason Street, 2nd Floor Fort Collins, CO 80524 Re: Proposal No. P-823 Dear Ms. Elliott: Denver Tech Center 8400 East Prentice Avenue Englewood, Colorado 80111-2918 Washington, D.C. 1776 1 Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20006-3700 Phoenix, Arizona 2375 East Camelback Road, Suite 500 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 California 519 Seabright Avenue, Suite 208 Santa Cruz, California 95062-3482 Interned 5280LAW.com Per our telephone conversation of February 1, 2002, enclosed please find ten handouts for the Wednesday, February 6`' interview with Capital Partnerships and Friedlob Sanderson Paulson & Tourtillott, LLC. I appreciate your assistance in distributing these handouts to the interviewers. Should you have any questions regarding these handouts please do not hesitate to contact me. Very trul urs, / Mimi Larsen Public Policy Analyst Enclosures (10) 76085. WPD:I From: "Ken Butler" <KButler@cpiva.com> To: "'Jan Elliott"' <JELLIOTT@fcgov.com> Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2002 8:22 AM Subject: RE: Phone Interview Jan: I will plan to be in my office at 703-620-4914. However, if I held up somewhere, my cell phone number is 703-408-4275. Thanks. Ken Butler -----Original Message ----- From: Jan Elliott [mailto:JELLIOTT@fcgov.com] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:48 PM To: kbutler@cpiva.com Subject: Phone Interview Hi Kenneth, I spoke with our Director regarding your request for a call back 800 number for the Lobbyist Interview on Wednesday, February 6, at 1:30p.m. eastern time. We don't have an 800 number available and he suggested you send us your cell phone number. If we can't reach you at your office we will call your cell phone. I hope this will work for you. If you have any questions please contact me anytime. Jan CC: "Ray Friedlob (E-mail)" <rlfriedlob@fsrpt.com> City of Fort Collins Administrative Services Purchasing Division MEMORANDUM TO: Tom Frazier, Transportation FROM: James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGF7 (Iwc DATE: January 28, 2002 RE: RFP #P-823, FTA Lobbyist Enclosed for your evaluation and review are the proposal documents pertaining to the above proposal opening. The following firms submitted proposals: The Carmen Group Capital Partnerships The Dutko Group Government Relations Alcade & Fay If you have any questions, please contact me. 215 North Mason Street • 2nd Floor • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6775 • FAX (970) 221-6707 THE DUTKO GROUP PARTNERS A PUBLIC POLICY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION DANIEL A. DUTKO, FouNDER (1945-1999) STEVE PERRY GARY J. ANDRES ARTHUR H. SILWRMAN January 28, 2002 MARK S. IRION RONALD C. KAUFMAN Kim KOONTZ BAYLISS James O'Neill Director of Purchasing and Risk Management City of Fort Collins 215 North Mason Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Mr. O'Neill: We are excited to help the City of Fort Collins to secure funding for the Mason Street Transportation Corridor project. Our political and technical expertise in addition to our unique relationships at the federal, state and local level combine to create a firm ideally suited for this assignment. Enclosed are five copies of our proposal outlining how we would tackle this exciting opportunity. The proposal is the beginning of the process, and we look forward to a more thorough planning session with you and any appropriate members of your team before we begin work. Future meetings will provide an opportunity to share more sensitive strategy and to hammer out details of our assignment and our agreement. We look forward to discussing further how our firm's unique combination of technical and political experience can best serve the City of Fort Collins. Sincerely; Travis Berry Vice President Enclosures 475 Seventeenth Street ■ Suite 950 ■ Denver, CO 80202 DCSGROUP� 303.295.7866 ■ FAX 303.295.7899 412 First Street, SE ■ Washington, DC 20003 ° A GUM �,o�p Company 202.484.4884 0 FAX 202.484.0109 0 www.dutkogroup.corn KAU MA c ELSONPPYTrEE