ms. cassi coleman in the legal office to rewrite, represent the bid package for a new bid for the security contract. that took several months. that went out to bid. we received five bids. the lowest actual bidder was found to be nonresponsive. the lowest bidder was abc security. the most expensive or the highest bidder was the current bidder securitas by almost half a million dollars. we have done our due diligence and vetted the current low bidder to be responsible. their paperwork is in order. their bond is in order. their bid is in order. their references check. they -- all of their documents say they are a union contractor. we fully expect them to abide by the terms and conditions of their contracts with their union partners just as they will abide by their contracts with us. and to this date we have absolutely no reason to find this bidder nonresponsive. should the board choose to not award the contract to abc and not award to the next responsible bidder, which would be d2 securitasllc, the only other option would be to cancel the bid ~ and rebid the entire contract. those are -- the

ms. coleman, have you all sort of reasoned out what would happen in the event that during -- sometime during the contract thing didn't work out for the workers, as you said, you have no reason based on all the processes that have happened thus far to think anything would go wrong. but if something did go wrong, have you vetted with legal counsel what steps we would take, if any, at sfusd? >> i don't have the agreement in front of me, which was part of the bid proposal. and i do not know if there is language to that effect. i know that this vendor has stated that they are a union contractor. there were several that bid that were -- i think this one is -- obviously we know securitas is. one or more of the other ones is and one or more is not. it is their obligation to fulfill their union agreements. i'm not sure whether our contract says what happens if they are in bargaining dispute with their union partners. >> i think our general counsel wants to weigh in. >> commissioners, i don't have the contract in front of me either, but i can give you some basic guidance here. if we award a contract t