Bid to high?

[GG]

Here is the job I lost. I bid $850 which I thought was low but its been a slow week. The other guy got the job for $700 and the HO asked if I would do it for that and I said NO THANKS.
1) Come out of the indoor garage panel with 2-120V 20A circuits that are going to feed an electric fence opener and 4 coach lights 80' from the panel. Along the 80' path you will have to trench you will have to go under a 3' wide sidewalk.
2) One of the circuits you run to the column that the fence opener will be mounted on will feed 4 coach lights that you have to wire up.
3) The 2nd circuit will feed a GFCI recep. with an in use cover plate.
4) Install an empty 1/2 pvc 20' long where the driveway will be poured to be used for the control wiring of the fence.
What would some of you have bid?

[ July 22, 2005, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: GG ]

[fc]

GG

Your bid is to low. You have to figure it will take 2 men 8 hours that's 16 man hours and you hope your going to complete it in that time.
Labor alone would be$800.00
Some times the best jobs are the ones you don't get.

[hardworkingstiff]

Originally posted by fc:

Some times the best jobs are the ones you don't get.
AMEN!..... I SAY AMEN!

[celtic]

For me..over a grand (3 0's).

Can you give a brief breakdown of material needed?

[ July 22, 2005, 04:18 PM: Message edited by: celtic ]

[GG]

120' - 1/2"PVC
1 - GFCI receptacle
1 - in use GFCI cover
1 - W.P. box w/3 1/2" KO's
2 - fact. pvc 1/2" 90's
1 - 1/2 pvc LB
6 - 1/2 pvc couplings
560' - THWN stranded wire
2 - 1/2" pvc ma's
2 - 20A breakers
3 - 3/4" straps

[celtic]

$1200 soup to nuts...NJ prices.

[electricmanscott]

Originally posted by GG:
Along the 80' path you will have to trench That's where I pass on the job. :D

[George Stolz]

$500. :D

Solar Mighty Mule Gate Opener, $250
100' 12-2 Extension Cord, $30
Labor, $220

:D

Edit: oops, didn't see the coach lights.

[ July 23, 2005, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: georgestolz ]

[jimwalker]

A lot depends on the soil.Here in FL that might be 2 man hours or all day.I would hire a day laborer to dig it.That would change your profit level drastically