Of course, this means the others who entered the competition through the formal public bidding process were wasting their time and money in even trying to win the race.  In my newsletter, I went on to describe how truly fair and open bidding seems to me the exception rather than the rule, at least if you are not well enough connected with the “system&# to win the work, especially as qualification-based bidding rules allow the rules to be gamed so that the procurement agencies and favorite bidders can set the rules to their favor.  Tweet. Fair enough. While the U.S. MORE >>

Home » Uncategorized Hard Bidding is for the Birds – IPD Could Be the Way to Go Written By: John Poole on January 28, 2010 458 Comments In the economic climate that we find ourselves at the moment, it seems that the only projects out there are public jobs where bids are solicited and any warm-blooded creature with a pulse and a remote ability to read plans can submit a price on the job.  The municipalities are required by law to accept the lowest responsible bid.  I’ve been doing a lot of hard bidding lately with only very limited success.  MORE >>

I sound really old but there is a basic bidding knowledge that is missing in today’s construction industry! IT USED TO BE: Contractors relied upon estimators and their bid managers that would not blindly accept the goofy low subcontractor’s bid.  Contractors had estimators and bid managers on staff that knew how to evaluate subcontractor bids for all disciplines. The contractors and subcontractors estimators and bid managers would not bid a project if there was not enough time to bid it right. They knew there was a problem. MORE >>

Dec 14 Cleaning Up After a Low Bid Contractor Tweet I got a note from a good friend the other day, he wanted me to review a request he had received from a potential client. This potential client had a house built using the “lowest bid&# contractor. So, this potential client is looking for bids on what needs to be done to fix the problems. He supplied my friend a 6-page scope of repairs plus a drawing of the job, and he’s asking for a free bid. He said, in part: I wanted to get 2 bids on my project. Yeah, just little details. can’t do that. MORE >>

One of the most famous LEED Certified failures is on the mend and four contractors have submitted bids to bring it back to glory. The Statesman Journal reported this week that a total of four contractors have submitted timely bids to resurrect the Salem Courthouse Square Building. My earlier article on the RFP stated that a mandatory pre-bid meeting was scheduled for earlier this month. Interested bidders were asked to submit a Letter of Intent to Bid by last week, and four bidders did so, according to the Statesman Journal. But how about LEED for Existing Buildings? MORE >>