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in the "fee" not only profit and overhead, but much job management
personnel, all small tools and all equipment, leaving virtually only
"on job" expenditures and sub-contracts (which must be bid on firm
basis) as costs. The only exception on non-firm sub-contract being
the underpinning which by law was permitted to be cost plus a fixed
fee.
These bids were received, publicly opened and read - - -
the
low bidder being John McShain Company of Philadelphia with a low
fee bid of $100,000.
s AND
to
SERVICE'^
Bids were reviewed by the Commission and the Commissioner of
Public Buildings, acting as contracting officer for the Commission,
was authorized to enter into a contract with McShain Company for the
construction work.
The McShain Company has started on the work as the public now
knows, the signs have been up and the signs are down and the "moles"
have started down with the first construction to get footing and frame
for shoring the most bothersome roof truss and five underpinning pits
are going down.
One of the problems which is of major consequence in the re-
habilitation work is the disposal of materials from the building as
it is rebuilt. This problem was recognized by the President and
by Congress as it put. the responsibility on the Commission of disposing
of the materials without "commercial explcitation." A great many
proposals have been made as to the disposition, but all of them in-
volve very complicated procedures. Much consideration has been given
to all of these proposals, but the Commission has not as yet arrived
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