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Additional Mandatory Bidder Responsibility Criterion: Senate Bill 5301 adds to the list of mandatory bidder responsibility criteria in RCW 39.04.350 that public agencies must check on and validate prior to awarding any public works project. The new criterion relates to the contractor's compliance with the state's minimum wage laws.
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Vancouver also provides a budget estimate and a bidders list. Step 4: Publish a Bidders List A bidders list is like a construction bid’s planholder list; it includes companies that have expressed interest in a specific bid or tender solicitation. Systems like ProcureWare automatically manage the notifications.
We can achieve cost confidence by utilizing progressive project delivery models that involve design and construction project partners very early, and by engaging in transparent collaboration. Bidders add money to bids to avoid potential losses. The procurement world around us is changing rapidly.
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Yet, the challenge was to know how to capture what the suppliers were seeing, when to do it, and how to utilize that information constructively. It seemed ideal to have thousands of market expert eyes reviewing every tender document. What was the incentive for suppliers to provide their observations on the tenders?
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