When I used to bid some .gov jobs as a subcontractor I had to hand deliver my sealed bid and it was opened at a certain date. I never attended the opening of bids but I could have. I remember one project that had to be rebid because the 3 bidders didn’t fill out the bid forms correctly.
I've "heard" of bid walks where everyone called everyone else the next day...no one wanted to leave any on the table. It's usually a pretty tight network. What makes this a bit different, the remote location for a relatively small job. May end up with a small local shop, and their first government headache. It'll get finished just in time for them to close the dunes, and turn it into a refugee welcome center.When I used to bid some .gov jobs as a subcontractor I had to hand deliver my sealed bid and it was opened at a certain date. I never attended the opening of bids but I could have. I remember one project that had to be rebid because the 3 bidders didn’t fill out the bid forms correctly.
Yes, if you didnt want the project we / they would get the quote from the other sub and send a comp bid to the GC so we / they didn’t want to piss off the GC for future bids.
It was a bit odd. Really more strategy than politics I thought. Other shops really weren't so much "competitors", more like coworkers from a different division. Well, when there was enough work for everyone to be happy.
Sometimes the GC only wanted to work with us for whatever reason. So they would ask us to get a couple of my buddies at other companies to send a comp bid since they needed 3 bids. They would do it for us and we would do it for them. It didn’t happen a lot, but it did happen.
Yes, and if fuckers out there don't stop leaving their shit/saving spots, there may eventually come an assigned space with required reservation system.I'm guessing the fees for passes will be increasing once again
Yeah, collusion is not a wise business tactic. I have never heard of it in the publics work sector in the 15 or so odd years I've played in this industry.
Like I said...I only "heard" of such stuff. If I was in that ballpark of players, my ass wouldn't be living in a little crackerbox house in AZ. I'd be living large with a house on the beach, one on the river and a mansion somewhere with elk and moose. It was quite the shit show 20 years ago, couldn't tell you about now though.
LOL, Happens all the time.Sometimes the GC only wanted to work with us for whatever reason. So they would ask us to get a couple of my buddies at other companies to send a comp bid since they needed 3 bids. They would do it for us and we would do it for them. It didn’t happen a lot, but it did happen.
Those are those special relationships usually built over time with trust.Sometimes the GC only wanted to work with us for whatever reason. So they would ask us to get a couple of my buddies at other companies to send a comp bid since they needed 3 bids. They would do it for us and we would do it for them. It didn’t happen a lot, but it did happen.
Gets awkward quick when you were a comp and seriously unprepared to discuss any scope items. 
Those are those special relationships usually built over time with trust.
Although I did have one go sideways once when the Facilities manager got canned prior to the job being awarded and his replacement reached out to all three of us bidders individually to discuss our scopes and additive and deductive alternates.
Yeah, that guy was meThat's why the guys that answer the phones made the good money...had to think fast and sound like they knew it all...even if they didn't
, but I was going to have to get back to him as I was just heading out to a meeting .
Gets even more awkward when you are the comp and they award you the project since they didn’t want to work with the low bidder.Those are those special relationships usually built over time with trust.
Although I did have one go sideways once when the Facilities manager got canned prior to the job being awarded and his replacement reached out to all three of us bidders individually to discuss our scopes and additive and deductive alternates.
See, thinking on your feet! My buddy always said "Just have an answer, and say it like you mean it. By the time they figure it out, you're on to the next issue and they don't care." He was a super for a large commercial roofing outfit....Yeah, that guy was me
My next move was to call my "Buddy" contractor and ask just WTF he'd gotten my ass into --- because this little customer just happened to be owned by RJ Reynolds
Then hours blown as I scrambled working with his estimator to create something from nothing --- the 3rd Buddy contractor simply officially withdrew his bid claiming he'd just landed a large contract and all his crews would be committed long term and was concerned he could meet the schedule requirements.
The funny thing is, got a call back from this same facility manager about a year later and ended up doing several jobs with them.
