Sentences with phrase «low bidder»

That work is pretty basic and even the low bidder can't screw it up too bad.

Many years ago I was big time, but truly competitive proposals went away and low bidder started winning.

Low bidder wins (and loses — he mis - bid).

You don't have to take the low bidder; the building can be done in a reasonable time at a reasonable cost.

By Sean Ryan [email protected] Steve Ristow was the low bidder on a state project and lost the job because Wisconsin offers a preference for minority - owned companies.

DiPizio's company, based in Cheektowoga just outside Buffalo, was awarded the contract as the low bidder in 2012.

Aides to Mangano, a Republican, said CG - 3PL, while not the low bidder for the original $ 4 million pact, was the best qualified.

CDI was the low bidder.

The low bidder for an asphalt contract would have paved Onondaga County roads this summer for about $ 4.1 million.

When bids were opened, Lancaster was low bidder at $ 68 million, $ 4.5 million below the next lowest bidder.

The low bidder was Schaefges Bros..

«They came in the apparent low bidder,» said Green, who declined to say how many other bids were submitted.

The commission said its study of the sector had been told of instances of bid - ridding at auctions around the country including by buyers agreeing in advance who would win the auction and then taking turn to be the low bidder in auction.

With no basis for faith, every sale eventually goes to the lowest bidder (or the one willing to wait the longest to be paid).

Defense's practice of giving minority companies a 10 percent price credit meant that companies owned by certain socially and economically disadvantaged groups did not have to be the lowest bidder to win federal contracts, and helped the department achieve the congressionally mandated goal.

It would also seem that he kind of went with the lowest bidder on the editing of his literary masterpiece... the whole thing just doesn't work.

Where was it when the poor were sold to the lowest bidder to go live in poor houses?

«Instead of shopping just for the lowest bidders, we chose suppliers that kept in line with that philosophy.»

Ochromowicz said the four low bidders for the first phase were notified before the board meeting that they had won recommendations from the district's construction manager.

Commissioners last week approved agreements with the low bidders for site electrical work, paving and concrete work, site plumbing and excavation and grading and erosion control.

Park board members Thursday decided to meet soon with the three lowest bidders in an effort to choose one to complete the project.

Park district executive Barbara O'Rahilly said last week that the park board has directed her to contact the lowest bidder for the project, Nicholas and Associates of Mt. Prospect, to determine whether the company will still honor its bid of $ 409,109.

As for the food its simple, many schools contract out to the lowest bidder.

«It is simply not good enough to offer the most bog - standard, lowest - cost service, contracted out in bulk to the lowest bidder.»

Taxpayers will have to shell out an extra $ 9.2 million to fix NYC's bumpy roads because the Department of Transportation stubbornly refused to let the lowest bidder fix a clerical error.

After a judge sided with the lowest bidder, the DOT decided to rebid the job entirely, rather than let a non-union company get the work.

As a result, the lowest bid was discarded because it didn't use a PLA, and the contract was awarded to the second - lowest bidder — whose price tag was $ 4.5 million (6 percent) higher.

AbTech, which is based in Arizona, was awarded a storm - water - treatment contract by Nassau County, where his father's district is located, though it was not the lowest bidder.

The probe of Adam Skelos» affairs has so far centered on a $ 20,000 payment from a title insurance company that the younger Skelos never worked for, and a Nassau County storm - water treatment contract awarded to a firm Adam represented that was not the lowest bidder, Kramer reported.

Justice, delivered by the lowest bidder, coupled with arbitrary rate cuts will create an unviable system of legal aid that fails to grasp the importance of client choice, competition and quality.

Design - build allows the administration far more flexibility in choosing contractors without having to abide by the traditional criteria of choosing the lowest bidder.

«If all the Democrats can say about Carl Paladino is he saved taxpayers millions by being the lowest bidder on 37 leases, their political operation is more pitiful than we thought.»

Let's flash back now to 1996, when then - Presiding Officer Bruce Blakeman instructed the county public works department to list officers, principals and shareholders for all firms being awarded public works contracts — particularly those that, like AbTech's — were not awarded to the lowest bidder.

Newsday later reported that 80 percent of agreements for specialized services, such as the stormwater pact, do not go to the lowest bidder.

The New York Times reported the probe is focused on a contract an Arizona company that employed Adam Skelos won from Nassau County despite not being the lowest bidder.

Like other contracts for professional services, these developer contracts aren't simply awarded to the lowest bidder; a company's past experience, qualifications and track record are also taken into account.

In response to the vote, MV Transportation, the next - lowest bidder, announced that it would file suit against Brega and the legislature for what they claimed to be an instance of local favoritism.

The State Comptroller is reviewing the bidding process and the low bidders are suing the DMV.

The poor decision also means taxpayers will have to pay the cost of defending the DMV from the lawsuits filed by the lower bidders.

Feamster: The thing that scares me the most is what happens when a company you thought you trusted gets bought or goes out of business and sells all of your data to the lowest bidder.

Japan really needs to invest in better voice actors, story tellers, and stop shopping for the lowest bidder.

Most places that have tried public - private partnerships have used a system that blends the traditional process — holding a referendum for local approval to borrow money, then advertising for proposals and taking the lowest bidder — with aspects of public - private partnerships.

«What Sen. Pavlov seems to be talking about is handing the education of our children over to the lowest bidder and letting for - profit companies take over our classrooms,» said Doug Pratt, spokesman for the Michigan Education Association, according to the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals.

With a bid that cost less than half of the next lowest bidder, Safe Havens was selected by competitive bid process to assist the district in training an internal team to conduct annual school safety, security and emergency preparedness assessments for the 1,700 school facilities it operates in 2009.

I researched book cover creators and found options that ran from choosing the lowest bidder on Elance.com to hiring an a seasoned artist who's represented by an agent and charges thousands of dollars.

News stories included EU antitrust proceedings against Amazon, Tor's audio experiment, an incentive for authors published through Amazon imprints, buy boxes going to the lowest bidder, and fake news about ebook sales being down across the board.

google seems to just hook up with the lowest bidder or something.

Traditional publishing companies contract the services out to the lowest bidder, indie authors seek quality workmanship from reputable service providers and pay through the nose for them.

Telephone Customer Service, outsourced to the lowest bidder and keeping you on hold for an hour, for just about every company ever.

The penalties are usually severe if the coverage lapses, so choose a trusted insurance company, not just the «lowest bidder».