Comments on: Unbalanced Bidding Raises Questions About City Asphalt Contract

By: Nasser

Nasser — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:25:27 +0000

Hi,
I used to work for F.D.O.T. in market analysis section. My job was to review bids for bid collusion for 20 years. i have lots of inside information about the same subjects that might be useful to you. send me and email and I will send you mu phone number. I have some info about the project in hand in Capital Circle close to airport.

By: Jesse Jane

Jesse Jane — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:27:55 +0000

Move along people, nothing to see here….just move along.
How is this bid any different from all the other bids? It’s all crony capitalism at its best and something the City of Tallahassee is good at pulling off. Propbably more stories here than we can imagine. And if the winning bidder ends up not the “chosen” one is another story all together.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:56:26 +0000

Or it could be that companies will go as low as they can go to win bids. Then once they win, they nickel and dime to make up the difference in their ridiculously low-bid.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:32:09 +0000

Or, it could be that the other companies colluded. Are the other companies closely related? Three or four bids is an awfully small sample to make assumptions about bid manipulation. I have purchased milled asphalt from Peavy and Sons. It could be that Peavy and Sons is able (or willing) to re-sell the milled asphalt to the general public, can actually make a little money on the resell of the salvaged asphalt and has passed that savings on to the residents of Leon County. Thank you Peavy and Sons for the great product and the taxpayer cost saving measures. Win – Win