response time to a proposal given to a contractor
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frizbeedog
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pepevegac said:
Some jobs I have estimated I thought were long gone, and six months later they call up. Guess they were just waiting for funds or whatever. The office personnel follow up after a period of time just to clear the dead file. When doing this we do get some of the jobs after all.
mdshunk
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If you just blast out your proposals into never-never land and wait for the phone to ring, you're doing the wrong thing. Communication is key to getting work. Follow up with a phonecall in a couple weeks to find out how you stand. If you didn't get the work, at least ask how you ranked or why you didn't get the work. If the job is basically yours but it's waiting on other things, you need to know that too.
jrannis
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- Fort Lauderdale/ Miami
Ive call and checked on quotes, even asked if they awarded the job. On more than one occasion I was given the job based on that follow up call.
Two years ago, I bid a sports bar/restaurant. Looked at the job site and got prints on a Monday, and faxed the proposal the next day. By the next week, I hadn't heard anything, so I started calling. In another 2 weeks, I was calling the guy 3 or 4 times a week, getting his voicemail, leaving messages. I implored him to call me, one way or the other. I had other jobs I was looking at, and didn't want to overbook myself if he was serious about wanting me.
I got to the point where I felt I was harassing him, leaving so many messages. So after a couple months, I gave up.
He called me up about 4 months ago, asking me to start the next day. he would be more than happy to sign my proposal and give it to me when I arrived. I kind of chuckled (especially since this bid was figured before the 500% copper price jump of 2006), and told him to look at the bottom. "This proposal shall expire 30 days after the date submitted".
I got to the point where I felt I was harassing him, leaving so many messages. So after a couple months, I gave up.
He called me up about 4 months ago, asking me to start the next day. he would be more than happy to sign my proposal and give it to me when I arrived. I kind of chuckled (especially since this bid was figured before the 500% copper price jump of 2006), and told him to look at the bottom. "This proposal shall expire 30 days after the date submitted".
Rewire
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I always make three or four calls to follow up .The next day,to aasure everything was recieved,the following week to ask for COs,and at 30 days to remind them that I cannot hold the bid because of price flux.And finnally when I see another EC doing the job I ask how far out I was
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