Commitment Letter Attachments.pdf
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- BD-16-1030-0R100-0R001-00000006553
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This document is an attachment to the Commitment Letters received from Bidders in response to the RFR (Request for Response) for the Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program in Massachusetts. The RFR seeks to manage and implement the Vehicle Emission and Safety Test Program, including developing and managing the Inspection Station network, developing and implementing inspection protocols, and acquiring, providing, and maintaining Inspection Station equipment and data systems. The Contractor will also be responsible for training Program inspectors and providing communications to the public, inspectors, and repairers. The attachment discloses the involvement of two former Massachusetts state employees, James C. Colman and James B. Dunbar, in the preparation of the proposal. Mr. Colman, a former employee of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, has been involved as a consultant, while Mr. Dunbar, a former employee of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, has been retained as a consultant to assist with the public information and education scope of work.
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4/8/16
Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program
RFR#: BD-16-1030-0R100-0R001-00000006553
Pursuant to RFR Section 3.2.2.1, following are the attachments to the Commitment Letters received from Bidders by the April 7, 2016 2pm opening date. Note that Applus did not submit an attachment. (The attachment was necessary only if the Bidder needed to identify any persons who are current or former state employees or current or former special state employees as defined in M.G.L. c. 268A of the Agencies who have participated or will participate, either directly or indirectly, in the preparation of the Bidder’s Response to this solicitation.)
RFR: Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Technical Response www.parsons.com | Massachusetts Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program | i
Attachment to Commitment Letter (3.2.2.1) It is Parsons’ understanding that M.L.C.c268A is not applicable in this case. However, in response to Amendment 3 to RFR Section 3.2.2.1 entitled “Commitment Letter,” we provide the following information.
Disclosure Statement for James C. Colman
Mr. James C. Colman, a former Massachusetts state employee, has been involved in preparing this response as a consultant to Parsons. His participation has consisted of reviewing and editing our proposal content, along with Parsons’ staff, and has included participating in “red team” meetings and discussions. (The red team is a select group of
Parsons’ staff that reviews, comments on, and edits the response to the RFR.)
Mr. Colman was employed by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
(previously the Department of Environmental Quality Engineering) from 1977 to 2011.
During that time, he was Director of the Wetland Protection Program, Chief of the 21C
Regulatory Task Force, Director of the Office of Incident Response, Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, and Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Waste
Prevention (BWP). He was Assistant Commissioner of BWP from 1998 until he retired in
2011. During his tenure in BWP, he held a lead role in the procurement of the inspection and maintenance contracts that began in 1999 and 2008, respectively.
Disclosure Statement for James B. Dunbar
Mr. James B. Dunbar was a previous employee of the Massachusetts Registry of Motor
Vehicles in Boston. He served as the Director of Public Relations from April 2001 to February
2002, and the Deputy Director of Public Relations before that from August 2000 to April
2001.
Mr. Dunbar was spokesman for a statewide agency of 1,100 employees. He was responsible for daily operations of its media relations group, including writing press releases, maintaining an active clips file, and interacting one-on-one with media outlets in all facets of television, online, radio, and print. He served as liaison to the Massachusetts Governor’s office on various press matters and oversaw all media and print materials the agency sent to ii | Massachusetts Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program | www.parsons.com the public. He maintained the content on the registry’s award-winning website, worked with creative teams to organize press events, and traveled with the registrar as a public/press relations liaison. Mr. Dunbar focused on promoting the agency by implementing innovations to better serve registry customers.
Mr. Dunbar has had external only involvement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts inspection and maintenance program throughout his career. He was a consultant to Parsons in 2007 and 2008, providing proposal review and editing services for the bid response at that time. Upon Parsons’ award of the inspection and maintenance contract, Mr. Dunbar was retained as a consultant to Parsons to assist with overseeing the public information and education scope of work, specifically the editing of the Massachusetts industry’s quarterly newsletter. Mr. Dunbar is currently senior vice president at O’Neill and Associates, a New
England-based lobbying, advisory, and strategic consulting firm that represents Parsons’ interests in areas of transportation, infrastructure, environmental, and information technology projects. Mr. Dunbar is a registered lobbyist in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and Parsons Corporation is currently one of his clients.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program
Use or disclosure of data contained on this sheet is subject to the restriction on the title page of this proposal.
Technical Response 1-2 April 7, 2016
1.1 COMMITMENT LETTER ATTACHMENT [3.2.2.1]
No persons who are current or former Commonwealth of Massachusetts state employees or former special state employees of the Agencies as defined in Massachusetts Government Law
Chapter 268A (M.G.L. c. 268A) participated directly or indirectly in the preparation of our response to this solicitation.
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