Yet the company boasts: "What really sets
bid shopping apart is the amount of time and effort we spend getting to know our products."
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Also, it eliminates
bid shopping."
Bid shopping is when a prime will obtain a quote from a potential sub prime, then find another company willing to undercut that bid; the result can be substandard workmanship.
Those opposed (primarily general contractors and subcontractors) raise concerns about
bid shopping, quality delivery, and overall business ethics.
Thus, specialty contractors are lower on the food chain and suffer most from what we consider unethical bid shopping practices.
It's sometimes difficult for purchasers of construction services, and the general public, to understand why bid shopping is "fool's gold." A building program is not a commodity, the same as buying a bucket of bolts.
Bid shopping has polarized the construction industry, most notably in the major construction markets.
Horschel detests
bid shopping - a not illegal but certainly questionable practice - and refuses to participate.
According to Representative Kanjorsiti, the purpose of the bill is to ensure quality and best value with respect to federal construction projects by prohibiting
bid shopping; The bill defines "
bid shopping" as the practice of divulging, or requiring a contractor or subcontractor to divulge, a bid or proposal to another prospective contractor or subcontractor in order to secure a lower bid or proposal.
Barriers to fair competition include exclusion from private subcontracting opportunities, resistance by prime contractors to working with minorities and resulting
bid shopping, discrimination in obtaining surety bonds, and discrimination by suppliers who give special prices to non-minority firms.
Kanjorski introduced in the House a bill titled "Construction Quality Assurance Act of 2001." The bill is intended to assure quality and the best value with respect to federal construction projects by prohibiting the practice known as
bid shopping.
Bid shopping refers to the practice of contractors pressuring subcontractors, after the award of a contract, to submit a lower bid without passing the savings onto the government.
