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-~13- 7 toe . The seléction process. for state roads contracts generally | . worked in the following manner: ‘usually, based upon previous — es discussions meen ppovennon Agnew, Wolff would make preliminary decisions with regard to th consulting engineering and architectural firms \ to be awarded contracts. He would then obtain the approval of the State Roads conte. Governor Agnew would then make the final decision. During Mr. Agnew's tenure as Governor of Maryland, Wolff met with him from time to time to distuss the status of various projects 1 . and the decisions which had to be made with respect to engineering, management, and.sometimes architectural contracts. Wolff generally - prepared agendas for these meetings in advance. Governor Agnew appeared to have confidence in Wolff's technical ability and generally accorded substantial weight to Wolff's preliminary decisions as to which consulting firm should be awarded contracts, generally concurring with Wolff's selection. Where important or unique projects were involved, Wolff would present Governor Agnew with a list of several possible i Governor Agnew would select the firm to be awarded firms from whic Governor Agnew always had and from time to time exercised 4 ; the power to make all final decisions. the contract. Several factors influenced Wolff in his.own decision-making in the selection process outlined above: 1) It was a basic premise of Wolff's selection process that an engineering firm had to be competent to do the work before it could even be considered for a contract. Any engineering firm which, in Wolff's judgment, was competent to perform a certain assignment might be given consideration. 7 I