Bid Fraud … It Happens Every Day!

Please provide a bid to remove about 25 yards of debris at 13 Elm Street. I need a detailed bid with lots of photos. I will pay you a $25 trip charge less a 20% discount. So, how may of your bids are approved so that you can absorb the low $25 trip charge? The banks want at least two bids for every job. Is your customer releasing your bid to a favorite subcontractor (uncle Jake) so that a slightly lower bid will get their favorite subcontractor the job? Some firms love high bidders … do they love you … do you get a lot of requests for bids … but, never win a bid? In the United States, bid rigging is a felony criminal offense under Section 1 of the Sherman Act.