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From: Richard Kahn Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 7:46 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Fwd: 9 East 71st Attachments: PRIVATE RESIDENCE 9 E 71_001.pdf; Untitled attachment 00226.htm attached is the first proposal obtained by Merwin from crystal comfort =a company merwin just worked with at caryle hotel) proposal did not =reakout each line item have requested this) however pricing was =19,000 as compared to ad winston bid of 357,255 merwin said =ne of the big factors was that crystal comfort is a nonunion shop and =d winston is union i asked rich barnett to =eview and his comments were: Rich this contractor did a rush job on walk through he =nbsp;did not write anything down , or account for =lectrical panel costs , piping configuration valve costs , =o re insulation of pipeing included .This quote may be =oming in with a low price up front and charge us for everything =Ise as an extra cost/ exclusion. Lets see where the second contractor =omes in at with his proposal he was very good , spent a lot =f time with the equipment and was very thorough, lets =ee if the second proposal reflects the higher costs = i still =eed to review bid line by line and verify the validity of rich barnett =omments second bid should arrive on =onday.. Richard Kahn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 =exington Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10022 tel fax cell Begin forwarded message: From: Date: August 9, 2012 1:38:41 PM EDT To: r aspan> Subject: Fw: 9 East 71st Hi Rich, This proposal is from Crystal Comfort. EFTA_R1_02068315 EFTA02700822 Merwin=Dela Cruz I Engineering Foreman The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel 35 =ast 76th st. New York NY 10021 rosewoodhotels.com <http://rosewoodhotels.com> The =arlyle, A Rosewood Hotel Named Top Hotel in New York in Travel & Leisure's 500 World's Best Hotels/Critics' Choice 2010. Please =onsider the environment before printing. Forwarded by Merwin DeLaCruz/CAR/RHR on 08/09/2012 01:37 PM From: =nbsp; "Joseph DeMaio" To: =nbsp; "Merwin Dela Cruz" Date: 08/09/2012 12:53 =M Subject: 9 East =1st Here is your quote. From: image runner Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 12:25 PM To: =/font>MMartinez <mailto:mmartinez@crystalcomfort.com> ; JDemaio Subject: Attached Image 2 EFTA_R1_02068316 EFTA02700823