Bid Questions – Are You Monitoring Them?
Presenter: Clark Wantoch, PE, MS, MBA, PWLF
Organization: Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association
Description: Questions at Bid Opening stage could lead to a pipe type change. Are you aware of this, monitoring it and taking a proactive response?
In Wisconsin, over a 6-month period, 29 projects had the pipe type questioned just weeks before bids were open with 17 projects being changed. Many more would have been changed if not for the proactive actions taken. In addition, other actions slowed the requests dramatically.
The goal of this poster is to teach awareness of proposed pipe type changes at bid opening and suggestions for addressing the requests.