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Instead of using the NCE or building plans to calculate costs, you will use actual bids from subcontractors.

• Get the bids
• Review the bids
• Need to get best and least expensive bid to keep costs down.

Criteria to look for in Bids

• What do subs need to formulate a bid?
  • plans
  • specs
  • Expected scope
• Identify: 
  • what scope is included in the bids? Are the bids apples to apples?
  • Is there a quality gap between bids?
  • Are there scope gaps between bids? (scope gap = missing items from the bid that still need to be done)
  • Alternates in the bid can cover the scope gaps
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• break down the bids by line items. Some have crossover.
• Process for choosing bids.
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• Bid levelling = using the lowest cost of each line item.
• find the best combination of line items to get the best overall subcontractor pricing
• Need to find more information in some cases regarding scope. (the zapp'd electrical bid says to call, but students get the information, but could we do an audio file with a voicemail and visual voicemail instead?)
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