Tremco Sales Manual.

Tremco is the firm who received a $61,000,000.00 fine by the DOJ, for abusing GSA contracts.

Tremco and Garland push this "Predatory Sales Model" through fake purchasing cooperative bid rigging scams.  Do not take my word, and type "School Roofing Scam" into your browser, and try the same on YouTube.  Every word I say is confirmed through public record.

I don't want to go into an individual page by page breakdown at the moment.  After this Tremco Sales Manual, you will see Garland's full sales manual as well.  These things are in hard copy form, and scanning each page (in sequence) takes time, and order.

So, here is the great Tremco, "Black Sheeping" it up as usual.  Any public entity that uses them should be audited.  There is no sane reason to use them.  NONE.

Continued in next post.

That's the first 21 pages of 79 total.  

Stay tuned, because it get's better (just not for them).

Garland is next, although I've offered them EVERY OPPORTUNITY to tell the truth.  They lied to me in person, and I am very unappreciative of base behavior.  For that, I will repay them with the truth.

I do not lie, cheat, or steal, and despise those who do.  My promise is to hunt them down, find them, and expose them for what they are.  Last week, I was able to expose the scam in a school district , and a hospital with help from my consultant friends across the nation.  Administrators were told to visit my site here, and compare fact with sales drivel.  They did, and that was the end of Garland in their districts.  This is happening more frequently, and I am elated.

That represents about $2M in lost  revenue, and maybe when they get tired of losing money, will regain their manners. Civilized people do not steal from schools.  Those who do must be held accountable, and shunned by decent people everywhere.

Fight hard, but fight fair.

Friends, I am so thankful for the time you spend with me here.  Reject negativity in all forms, and always remember to keep looking "UP".

Respect.

Robert R. "Ron" Solomon

Director, Roof Consultant's Alliance

Public Procurement Analyst

State Certification: CCC 1325620

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertrsolomon

20 more pages:

We've got about 40 pages to go, so please be patient.  After I've furnished each page, I will do a 'Breakdown" on verbiage, and what it means.  Roofing procurement through Purchasing Cooperatives MUST BE STOPPED!!  The cooperatives are liars, and I can prove it any day of the week.  If anyone wants to call me down on this (especially a purchasing cooperative), you are welcome to write my central email address:  RobertRSolomon@aol.com

I've already offered $10,000.00 of my own money on a public debate with Tremco, and Garland.  No takers after 5 years.  Money goes to a school of my choice.

I argue based upon science, and public record.  Not emotion. 

Friends, I am so thankful for the time you spend with me here.  Reject negativity in all forms, and always remember to keep looking "UP".

Respect.

Robert R. "Ron" Solomon

Director, Roof Consultant's Alliance

Public Procurement Analyst

State Certification: CCC 1325620

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertrsolomon

Here is the balance of the sales manual:

Please forgive any duplicates, and I'll delete them after a second reading.

NONE of this is joyful for me, but neither can I sit by and watch our schools being abused.

Friends, I am so thankful for the time you spend with me here.  Reject negativity in all forms, and always remember to keep looking "UP".

Respect.

Robert R. "Ron" Solomon

Director, Roof Consultant's Alliance

Public Procurement Analyst

State Certification: CCC 1325620

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertrsolomon

Collusion: Garland, U.S.Communities, and Cobb County, Georgia.

This one will be harsh.

Reason:  The Cobb County "Pricing" does not exist, and U.S. Communities (prior to today's date) cannot prove that it does.  On U.S. Communities website, they show 54 pages of BLANK "Line Items".  No construction project can be "competitive" with Garland, and all of them know it.  Yet, they keep deceiving the public (throughout all of North America).

So, we round up a few politicians to "go along" with the scam, and guess who pays for it?  I've grown tired of people who lie, cheat, and steal.  Further incensed over personal greed, at the expense of our schools.

In a fair, transparent, and 'open" bid scenario, Garland will lose 100 out of 100 times.  They know it, and everyone else knows it.

I've requested pricing from U.S. Communities (David Kidd) five times without benefit of reply.  This is an outfit purporting to save money, but the opposite is true.  U.S. Communities is paid a 2% "Commission", and the Garland Representative gets paid 25%.  Your tax dollar immediately turns into 73 cents, and nothing to show for the stupidity.

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If you ever see Garland, or U.S. Communities involved in your school district, you are getting soaked, and your children denied services.  My best suggestion is to insist upon 4 major manufacturers, locally distributed, and locally represented.  Here are a few:

Johns Manville: A Berkshire Hathaway Company.
Firestone: Backed by billions of dollars in Bridgestone assets.
GAF:  Largest roofing material manufacturer on earth.

We have a number of qualified manufacturers like Carlisle Syntec, Barrett, Sika Sarnafil, etc.

ANYTHING but Garland, or Tremco (just fined $61,000,000.00 by the DOJ for abusing GSA contracts.  The schools they defrauded got NOTHING.  Purchasing Cooperatives STILL use them as if nothing happened.  The arrogance is offensive, and shameful to any rational person.

I do not want to "Exclude" Garland, or Tremco, but add them to a bid list with mainstream manufacturers, and let them have an opportunity to "Compete".

Does that seem fair?  Does that seem reasonable? Does that seem rational to clear thinking people?  Of course it does.

It is against the law for any administrator to show even the slightest hint of favoritism.  That is called "Collusion".  It is happening at an alarming rate, and you are paying for it.  YOU are putting that 25% "Sales Commission" directly into one person's pocket.  YOU are paying U.S. Communities 2% 'Commission' for the privilege of being cheated, and paying approximately 40% MORE for a school roof.

By the way, "Roofing" is the only construction trade U.S. Communities lists.  Why is that Ron?  It's because roofing is the costliest item in any school maintenance budget.  Administrators are normally "soft targets' for the sales pitch "We handle it all".  A grotesque dereliction of responsibility may not be countered with the argument of "Ease" over "Cost".

All publicly funded structures are subject to oversight, and evaluated by "measurable units".  Not a new "made up" system that invites deceit, collusion, and corruption.  That is the Garland/U.S. Communities way however, and if they focus on public work, must "Compete" just like everyone else.

I don't want Garland "Excluded", but "Included".  Garland will not openly bid, and will quickly run away if asked to compete.

Cobb County, Georgia is responsible for conducting fake pricing scams to suit U.S. Communities, and Garland.  Period.  

Friends, I am thankful for the time you spend with me here.  Reject negativity in all forms, and always remember to keep looking "UP".

Respect.

Robert R. "Ron" Solomon
Director, Roof Consultant's Alliance
Public Procurement Analyst
CCC 1325620

Profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertrsolomon