Mason Fletcher | Ahlers Cressman & Sleight The University of Washington (UW), a public university, aimed to secure a real estate developer for a new building on its campus. The proposal involved an 80-year ground lease (the “Lease”), and developers submitted bids. The selected developer would demolish an existing building, construct a new one, own… Continue reading Competitive Bidding Statute: When it Applies and When it Does Not
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Five Ways to Protect Bidding Opportunities and Bid Formulations
Evan Blaker | Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman The bidding process for a construction project includes a vast array of folks: estimators, owners, project managers, design professionals and many others. Security, especially cybersecurity, can prove a challenge, and those receiving, drafting or issuing bids would be wise to consider potential problems before they become… Continue reading Five Ways to Protect Bidding Opportunities and Bid Formulations
How to Know When Bidding Practices Cross the Line
Sean C Gay | Stoel Rives As economic stimulus and infrastructure spending increase, an unfortunate side effect is an environment that encourages unethical and illegal bidding practices. The construction industry relies on competitive bidding to ensure that participants receive commensurate value for their efforts. Similarly, public and private owners alike depend on the competitive bidding… Continue reading How to Know When Bidding Practices Cross the Line
Bidder Be Thoughtful: The Impacts of Disclaimers in Pre-Bid Reports
Joshua A. Morehouse | ConsensusDocs When bidding a project, subsurface or latent site conditions that are not immediately apparent can massively impact the costs of performance to general contractors. Were contractors required to bid on projects without any information on pre-existing conditions, they would need either to be assured that any additional costs would be… Continue reading Bidder Be Thoughtful: The Impacts of Disclaimers in Pre-Bid Reports
After Sixty Years, Subcontractors are Back in the Driver’s Seat in Bidding on California Construction Projects
William L Porter | Porter Law Group | September 2016 For almost the last sixty years, the standard for bidding on California construction projects has been governed by the landmark case of Drennan v. Star Paving (1958) 51 Cal.2d 409; which generally states that the contractor bidding to perform work for a project owner is… Continue reading After Sixty Years, Subcontractors are Back in the Driver’s Seat in Bidding on California Construction Projects