Posted by oldtanker on February 01, 2014 at 08:49:10 from (66.228.255.116):
OK, I served from 74-96, US Army. I have a lot of first hand user experience with stuff made/built by the lowest bidder.
I know that some of you have had building put up on bids, others work in construction or do contracting.
So other than a company/local/state/fed government saving a little money does the bid system help or hurt that quality of the finished project?
I have stories but I'm just looking for opinions. Would you be able to do better work if you were just hired to do a job, submit bill and get paid or is there any real advantage to the bidding system now in place?
Or maybe they should say "this is what we want and this is our budget". Then you could look at the job and decide if you could do it and make a profit.
I know from what I've dealt with in the past that if I were to put up a new shop or something I would just hire a contractor based on reputation and be willing to spend a little more to get it done right.
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