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former9thward

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6. No agency has to hire the lowest bidder.

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 10:35 AM

Jun 2014

The contracts and law always say "the lowest qualified bidder". The agency has an obligation to investigate whether the bidder can actually do the job in the time specified. It sounds like Cal Trans did not do their job.

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Sounds like a pretty strong breach of contract case against Zhenhua. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #1

No agency has to hire the lowest bidder. former9thward Jun 2014 #6

Yes, they do. Otherwise, the headline is "Cal Trans Crony Capitalism Costs CA $250 Million" SunSeeker Jun 2014 #9

Those are not the state bidding rules and they don't need to be changed. former9thward Jun 2014 #11

No, you can't bid since you are not a licenced contractor as far as I know. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #12

They may indeed have an action. former9thward Jun 2014 #13

I think the laws should say the lowest AMERICAN bidder. Not only in cases like this where DesertDiamond Jun 2014 #2

Totally agree. LoisB Jun 2014 #8

I fault the underlying philosophy seabeckind Jun 2014 #3

You cant have it both ways reddread Jun 2014 #4

Don't understand the "both ways" seabeckind Jun 2014 #5

Reagan did his job. Who employed him? reddread Jun 2014 #10

And now we're about to flush away $100 billion for a "high-speed" train from Madera to Merced. Throd Jun 2014 #7