brantmacga
Señor Member
- Location
- Georgia
- Occupation
- Former Child
talked to a contractor today about a bid i submitted for a job. i didn't get it, reason was, according to him, "you just weren't hungry enough." we both had a laugh about it, and i congratulated him for being able to take advantage of the market.
anyhow, i bid this one a little cheap just to try and land something to do. 1250 sq. ft. stick framed office w/ 1k' unfinished tenant space next door.
details were:
42 receptacles
13 SP switches
4 3-ways switches
18 2x2 lay-in's
10 2x4 lay-in's
1x 200A service on the finished space, none on the unfinished
12 boxes w/ conduit exiting above ceiling in unfinished space.
a couple of flush-mount fixtures in the bathroom and mech room w/ drywall ceilings
acoustic tiled ceiling, MC cable job.
i was @ $9383.34 plus fixtures came to $11861.15.
high bid was $17,500
another at $15k, $13k, & $10k. low bid was $7k not including fixtures ($2300 lower than me).
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another job i bid w/ a GC was a small municipal renovation job. i just got a chance to talk to him in depth about the other bids. 7 GC's bid the job; 5 reputable companies were within $1k of each other (yes one-thousand dollars) @ $250k, the low bid was an unknown $189k. the high bid was . . . . . .$1.8M < (yes, 1.8 million; not sure what that guy saw on the print). Time to complete was 4 wks. Low bidder has been on it for 10 weeks now and appears half-way through.
anyhow, i bid this one a little cheap just to try and land something to do. 1250 sq. ft. stick framed office w/ 1k' unfinished tenant space next door.
details were:
42 receptacles
13 SP switches
4 3-ways switches
18 2x2 lay-in's
10 2x4 lay-in's
1x 200A service on the finished space, none on the unfinished
12 boxes w/ conduit exiting above ceiling in unfinished space.
a couple of flush-mount fixtures in the bathroom and mech room w/ drywall ceilings
acoustic tiled ceiling, MC cable job.
i was @ $9383.34 plus fixtures came to $11861.15.
high bid was $17,500
another at $15k, $13k, & $10k. low bid was $7k not including fixtures ($2300 lower than me).
______________________
another job i bid w/ a GC was a small municipal renovation job. i just got a chance to talk to him in depth about the other bids. 7 GC's bid the job; 5 reputable companies were within $1k of each other (yes one-thousand dollars) @ $250k, the low bid was an unknown $189k. the high bid was . . . . . .$1.8M < (yes, 1.8 million; not sure what that guy saw on the print). Time to complete was 4 wks. Low bidder has been on it for 10 weeks now and appears half-way through.
