Suspended and debarred contractors

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Current List 

Last update: 6/26/2024

DREW JENKINS, an individual; and J&J COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, a California non-profit corporation. 

• Hearing date: Hearing completed on 6/24/2024.
• Vendor status: Suspended and Request to Debar Submitted
• Term: The City Attorney requests that the hearing officer issue an ORDER OF DEBARMENT finding each of Jenkins, and J&J unqualified contractors and disqualified from receiving funds from San Francisco or from entering into contracts with San Francisco, directly or indirectly, for a period of five years beginning February 27, 2024 and ending February 26, 2029 (the “Debarment Term”). 
• On February 27, 2024, the City Attorney filed the suspension order, which encompasses the following individuals and companies:
  • DREW JENKINS, an individual;
  • J&J COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, a California non-profit corporation. 
• Related records:
  • Order of Suspension and Counts and Allegations Seeking Debarment Under San Francisco Adminstrative Code Chapter 28
  • Hearing Officer's Findings and Decision
  • Hearing Recording

Florence Kong, Kin Wo Construction, Inc. and SFR Recovery, Inc.

• Vendor status: Debarred.
• Term: Debarred until 3/1/2026.
• Related records: Updated Suspension and Debarment Status of Florence Kong; Kin Wo Construction, Inc.; Kwan Wo Ironworks, Inc.; and SFR Recovery, Inc

MIN “JAMES” PAIK, an individual; and HYE PAIK, an individual; WHARF777.INC., a California corporation; URI FOOD, INC., a California corporation; SUNG KI KIM, an individual; and IHYUN JEOUNG, an individual, dba NICK’S LIGHTHOUSE.

• Vendor status: Suspended 
• Term: Suspension issued 5/23/24.
• Elaine Forbes, Executive Director of the Port of San Francisco, and David Chiu, City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, as charging officials under San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 28 (collectively, “Charging Officials”), issue this Order of Suspension to Min “James” Paik; Hye Paik; Wharf777.Inc.; Uri Food, Inc.; Sung Ki Kim; Ihyun Jeoung; and Nick’s Lighthouse (collectively, the “Suspended Entities”).
• Related Record: Order of Suspension by the Executive Director of the Port of San Francisco and the City Attorney under San Francisco Adminstrative Code Chapter 28

PROVIDENCE FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO, a California Nonprofit Corporation. 

• Hearing date: 2/5/25 at 10 AM.
• Vendor status: Suspended and Request to Debar Submitted
• Term: The City Attorney, as Charging Official, respectfully requests that the hearing officer issue an ORDER finding that the period of debarment shall remain in place for five years beginning May 6, 2024 and ending May 6, 2029.   
• On May 6, 2024, the City Attorney filed the suspension order, which encompasses the following nonprofit corporation: Providence Foundations of San Francisco, a Nonprofit Corporation. 
• Related records: Order of Suspension and Counts and Allegations Seeking Debarment Under San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 28

AUTO TOWING LLC, a California Limited Liability Company.

• Hearing date: Hearing completed on 6/3/2024. 
• Vendor status: Suspended
• Term: The City Attorney requests that said hearing officer issue an ORDER OF DEBARMENT finding this contractor an irresponsible bidder and disqualified from participating in the competitive process for contracts with San Francisco, or from entering into contracts with San Francisco directly or indirectly, for a period of five years.
• Related records: Counts and Allegations Seeking Debarment Under San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 28
• On February 2, 2024, the City Attorney filed the suspension order, which encompasses the following individuals and companies: 
  • Auto Towing, LLC
  • Abigail Fuentes
  • Juan Fuentes, CEO of Auto Towing
  • Jose Badillo
  • Jose’s Towing, LLC
  • Specialty Towing and Recovery, Inc.
• Related records: 
  • ORDER OF SUSPENSION BY THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDER SAN FRANCISCO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 28 
  • Hearing Officer's Findings and Decision
  • Hearing Recording

Andrew M. Jordan and Andrew M. Jordan, Inc. DBA A&B Construction

• Vendor status: May not participate in City contracting at any level.
• Term: The Stipulation is in effect for three years until December 4, 2026.
• Related records: Stipulation and Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco and Andrew M. Jordan, and Andrew M. Jordan, Inc. DBA A&B Construction Regarding future Participation in Contracting with the City and County of San Francisco

Dwayne Jones and his company RDJ Enterprises, LLC

• Vendor status: Suspended
• Term: Suspension issued 9/7/23.
• In addition to suspending Jones as an individual, the City Attorney and City Administrator suspended five affiliated entities that Jones owns, controls, or manages. The affiliated entities suspended as of 9/7/23 are:
  1. RDJ Enterprises, LLC
  2. RDJ-Project Complete, LLC
  3. The Southeast Consortium for Equitable Partnerships
  4. Urban Equity, LLC
  5. 20ROC Holdings, LLC
• ORDER OF SUSPENSION BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR UNDER SAN FRANCISCO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 28 

Balmore Hernandez and his company Azul Works, Inc.

• Vendor status: Request to Debar Submitted
• Term: Pending with a Stipulation and Order to Stay subject to the Federal Criminal Case conclusion.
• Related records: Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Stay Debarment Proceedings Pending Resolution Of Federal Criminal Complaint

Nick James Bovis and his company SMTM Technology, LLC

• Vendor status: Suspended
• Term: Suspension issued 3/01/2021. Valid until further action.
• Related records: Order of Suspension by the City Attorney Under San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 28

Wing Lok “Walter” Wong and his companies W. Wong Construction Co., Inc., Green Source Trading, LLC, and Alternate Choice, LLC

• Vendor status: Suspended
• Term: Suspension issued 3/1/21.
• Related records: Order of Suspension by the City Attorney Under San Francisco Administrative Code Chapter 28
• Settlement information: Herrera secures $1.7M settlement from Walter Wong, the permit expediter at the center of the public integrity investigation
• The end date of the Suspension is 3/2/2026.

Alan Varela and William Gilmartin III and their company ProVen Management Inc.

• Vendor status: Debarred 
• Term: The Order of Debarment issued on June 26, 2023 will be in place for all named entities until March 1, 2026.
• Related records: Order Debarring Alan Varela, William Gilmartin, et al. - June 27, 2023
• ALAN VARELA, an individual, WILLIAM GILMARTIN III, an individual, and PROVEN MANAGEMENT INC., a California Corporation, and affiliated companies, BAYLANDS SOIL PROCESSING, LLC, COMSA EMTE USA INC., EGBERT ENTERPRISES, LLC, and PROVEN COMSA JV, are prohibited from bidding on or being awarded contracts with the City and County of San Francisco.
• The Order of Debarment issued on June 26, 2023 will be in place for all named entities until March 1, 2026, five years after Varela, Gilmartin, and ProVen were originally suspended from doing business with the City. Under the law, entities can be debarred for a maximum of five years, with the period of suspension counting towards the term of debarment.

Reference Documents

• Public Integrity Review Preliminary Assessment: San Francisco’s Debarment Process (Issued 11/5/2020)
• Chapter 28: Administrative Debarment Procedure