Today I attended a bid opening by our local government for the cleaning of several Parking Garages. (I submitted a "No Bid") As an example, one of the garages high bid was $39,000 and the low bid was $2450. That was for 8 levels 518 parking spaces about 310,000 sqft. Water reclaim was a requirement.
This was like this on all of the Garages.
What, as a community of professional, can we do about these lowballers? Any ideas?
This is why I don't belong to any of those Associations. PWNA, Home Builder etc...
I don't see them using the "strength in numbers" to benefit the industry by lobbying to create regulations against contractors working without proper licensing or insurance or hiring illegals that pay no taxes.
Don't mind me guys.... Just venting.... Gets me all riled up to see guys like that get contracts and show up in a truck with 4 different tires and a home depot pressure washer. Then, while working, cat-calling at customers wives or daughters, peeing in the bushes and taking thier shirts (not uniform) off.
Nevermind me.
This was like this on all of the Garages.
What, as a community of professional, can we do about these lowballers? Any ideas?
This is why I don't belong to any of those Associations. PWNA, Home Builder etc...
I don't see them using the "strength in numbers" to benefit the industry by lobbying to create regulations against contractors working without proper licensing or insurance or hiring illegals that pay no taxes.
Don't mind me guys.... Just venting.... Gets me all riled up to see guys like that get contracts and show up in a truck with 4 different tires and a home depot pressure washer. Then, while working, cat-calling at customers wives or daughters, peeing in the bushes and taking thier shirts (not uniform) off.
Nevermind me.