Joint Venture Submits Low Bid on Water System Improvements Contract, WS-648A

Executive Construction Mgmt. Co/NQN Contracting, Joint Venture, submitted the low bid on December 11, 2012 for the project known as DWSD Contract WS-648A, "Water System Improvements: Various Streets Throughout the City of Detroit."

Here are the as-read bids. Equalization will not affect the outcome of this bid.

1. ECM Co/NQN Contracting, JV . . . . $3,692,100
2. Imperial Construction Co. . . .  $4,336,423
3. Major Cement Company . . . . . $5,235,930
4. RBV Contracting, Inc. . . . . . . .  $5,754,589
5. Blaze Contracting, Inc. . . . . . .  $5,792,000
6. Willie McCormick Co. . . . . . .  $5,932,757
7. Pamar Enterprises, Inc. . . . . .  $6,176,266
8. Lawrence M. Clark, Inc. . . . . .  $6,178,641
9. Ric-Man Detroit, Inc. . . . . . . .  $9,181,373 

Comment: Its good to see a lot of bidders on this job, including a number of new faces. Competition is a good thing. However, the low bidder appears to be quite low. $644,323 is an awful lot of money to leave on the table, and that's assuming Imperial has a good number. Even they look pretty low.   

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