. >> prequalified bidders we prequalified 7 bidders and ultimately received five with a range of 57.2 million to 82.7 so i'm going to breakdown this table there's a lot there. at the top i show each of the bidders each of the 5 bidders along the top and along the left column is where i'm going to breakdown the various components built into this bid and the staff expands but also want to reiterate that this was an a plus b contract a being a component that's basically a contractor's base bid and the b component is the number of working days and in the contract when we put out the bid we allow them to have a range so that they can't bid 10 days and they can't bid a thousand days it's roughly within the ballpark of what's been allocated and that's to allow the ingenuity of the contractors to set their schedule if this doesn't work with the rest of the transit projects because they are too inter laced among the contractors so you can see it aligns on the working days column shimmick did -- the base bids i'll address those as well the base bids i'll start with were 57 million and 175 thous

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and over the last couple of months there's been significant effort in outreach to make sure the prequalified bidders do bid on these projects and that did happen where we had a bunch drop through in the process and we've addressed those various reasons and now going forward to addressing the bid manual every stone has at this point the team has been working very hard in the last couple of months to address those areas. >> and you will be hearing from steve humphreys about what they are actually doing to retain the bidder pool and extensive outreach at the next item. >> directors at the last board meeting i mentioned that we'll be bringing you our updates on the cost estimates and i'm here to give you that update is mark sevani. >> as maria mentioned the last meeting presented to you open bids and a 30 to 35 percent increase above estimate mainly as a result of the market conditions in san francisco and transbay and also the silicon valley and this mitigation plan utilizes contingencies and reserves the agenda is a recap of the july 2013 board approved budget we'll give you an update on the c

. >> two questions and i'm sorry if i miss this do we know why is other 4 firms tlorment the prequalifying. >> yeah. we contacted them and they were too busy and didn't have the marketplace to bid the project and the other bidder they are in the mix but their elevators were and elevators were not in compliance they diced not to bid them we've informed the bidders if they bid none by inclines within the 25 percent we'll consider approaching the fda asking for a waiver not guaranteed but, you know, we were willing to do that. >> and i think one of the bidders had zero s pe is that something that can be a point of negotiation. >> yes. director reiskin we'll find out the prices how they came about the prices and how they are different in the buildings around us and also how they bid the maintenance and how they bid other components and the f d e will be part of it. >> okay. >> we want to have the opportunity to sit down and talk with them. >> okay. so i i think i'll say it's too bad or disappointing we didn't get multiple bids on the escalators and elevators but it's at least worthwhile for ta

bidders to the project and they show up on bid day we've had pretty good success on getting bidders prequalified so we've had many of them dropout so we've taken the information that was gleaned from the survey and made a number of adjustments that we think are going to help to attract bidders to the project we're doing a lot more personal outreach to the bidders and continuous communication with them during the bid process so we know if they have any issues that are going to cause them to perhaps not bid the project so we can address those during the bid process before they just don't show up on bid day. we're also developing fairly detailed scoping documents that we're presenting to the bidders during the preconstruction or prebid meeting so that they can clearly understand what it is we're asking them to bid actually walking them through specific sheets of the drawing and highlighting them on the drawings and showing them our what our anticipated scope is there's over 2500 sheets of documents just plans plus a lot of specifications for them to go through it's a lot of information so we feel b

>> first of all, let prequalify my statements. i do not have any respect for what sterling did or said. i have a tremendous amount of respect about the process we have in our legal system in america and here's exactly what's going to happen. this will not be resolved until mr. sterling is dead, because this is going to last three to seven years, he is 83 years old. i don't think he is going to outlast the litigation it will get settled after he's passed. sorry to put that watch better get ready for a ride that long, exactly what's going to happen and that's the right thing to do in america. you don't take somebody's process away without going through the process first. >> kevin, i'm making you judge and jury then if this is put to you what is the answer? >> the answer is we do due course, we do the process and we wait. when mr. sterling passes, then you make a decision. >> if you were the commissioner of the nba -- >> it is -- andrew, it's un-american to take away people's property. end of story. sorry. >> kevin, if this were just