You have been offered a job by a General Contractor as a Project Engineer to work with a team to put a bid proposal together for a $100 million construction project. You are concerned that some of the members of the project team that have also been hired have been involved with bid shopping and peddling on previous projects. What steps can you personally take to ensure that you will NOT be involved with bid shopping and bid peddling during the bid process?

You have been offered a job by a General Contractor as a Project Engineer to work with a team to put a bid proposal together for a $100 million construction project. You are concerned that some of the members of the project team that have also been hired have been involved with bid shopping and peddling on previous projects. What steps can you personally take to ensure that you will NOT be involved with bid shopping and bid peddling during the bid process?

Fundamentals Of Construction Estimating

4th Edition

ISBN:9781337399395

Author:Pratt, David J.

Publisher:Pratt, David J.

Chapter2: The Bid Process And Preliminary Procedures

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2RQ

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