Commercial Bidding:

esnjones

Went doing take off on commercial project,are we pricing labor and supply,or labor only as a sub-contractor.

Bob Kovacs

Could you be a little less vague?

BKFranks

Went to a Carpenters Union meeting last month. Never been before. They said their signatory contractors that normally see 3-5 bids on a commercial jobs are seeing 30 bids on a single project because residential contractors have no work and are bidding commercial. Be prepared to have your bid PERFECT because they are going through non-union contractors bids and will find the smallest mistake to you have you disqualified.

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consolidatedbui

it means minority, woman owned, or disabled owned business

usually registered witrh the CCR to be eligible or SBA

FRED ROBERTSON

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CONTRACT READS IN SOME CASE YOU WILL BE BIDING ON LABOR AND SUPPLIES AND THE SOME YOU WILL BE BIDING JUST LABOR YOU NEED TO READ THE CONTRACT CAREFULLY AND THEN ASK THE CONTRACTOR JUST SO THERE WILL BE NO DOUGHT . THIS CAN BE A BIG MONEY LOSER IF MIS UNDERSTOOD

PGD

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did i do that right fellas?

ebeye

Typically a GC looks for labor and material (supply) from a subcontractor if it is a portion of the job that he's subbing. There are some instances where a GC would just need labor if the material is already supplied, but as mentioned in another post this needs to be clarified by asking the GC specifically what is the scope of your work. But the final guide should be the specs and plans obviously.

buildiq

ebeye has answered the question, but I would add a point that if you're asking these types of questions, you are probably not ready for commercial construction. The commercial GC will probably spot this too and it's unlikely he will consider you.

Do some more research on scope preparation and scope management. Typically a GC will provide you with specs/drawings, possibly a qty only BOQ and a brief scope of works, eg. "You are tendering for the provision of painting services as per the attached drawings and specs, including, but not limited to the supply of all labour, materials and necessary plant". It's up to you to price properly, but be careful. For example if you don't qualify that your bid is for labour during normal working hours only, the GC is legitimately in a position to require you to complete the works at night for no extra cost!!