The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released their Sources Sought for the Marketing and Management (M&M) Asset Manager (AM) 3.9 Contract. And by the looks of the offering, HUD is finally drawing a line in the sand with respect to Sage Acquisitions, PEMCO, and the collateral damage they have left in their wake of incompetence. HUD has put the following areas up for bid under DU204SA-17-R-0001,
6A (Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee), 4D (South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin); 5D (Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Minnesota), 3S (Arizona), 4S (Nevada, Idaho); 5S (California, Hawaii, Guam); 6S (Alaska, Washington, Oregon); 1P (Michigan); 3P (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont); and 4P (Ohio) and 5P (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia).
HUD is now two for two in the failure column. The abysmal awarding process of virtually all contracts to BLM Companies under the M&M Field Service Management (FSM) 3.8 resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars not being paid to Minority firms such as L&B Management; code violations in Michigan being passed on to new homeowners; and now tens of thousands of dollars owed to yet more firms,
I am a contractor performing service work on HUD homes. My office manager, Jodi, has spoken to you before regarding the fraudulent Assero 24. This time I am approaching you in regards to the HUD machine itself. When HUD kicked off contracts last February, we were instructed to invoice excess debris beyond 10 cyds at $50/cube. Wow, we thought, HUD is actually paying a decent price for labor! The first couple invoices went through, no problem. Since then, not so much. I currently sit on unpaid invoices totalling over 18k! Some of them go back as far as April 2016. So, the work has been performed but payment hasn’t been issued, almost a year later! I’ve contacted BLM, I mean Innotion in disguise, only to be given excuse after excuse about the payments. Apparently BLM is not responsible although they’re the contract holder. To this day, I refuse to take a property with debris over 10 cyds. I have thought about filing a formal complaint with HUD but it’s about as good as me going outside to piss in the wind.
In light of the recent Bowerman Decision out of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, which was bolstered by the Hurst Decision; and with the Vinson Decision to be handed down shortly, all stating that Field Service Technicians (FST) are actually employees, many Americans are wondering whether or not Kevin Suber, the acting HUD Chief Procurement Officer, will continue his populating of the Trump Swamp.
The reality is that the only people looking out for Labor these days appears to be the International Association of Field Service Technicians (IAFST). IAFST has been working for nearly a year to assist both Labor and Management work together in a setting which benefits all, including the US Taxpayers. Perhaps today is the day when you should head on over and take a look at what they have to offer?!
