l'll be traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in mid-March to provide public works training at the Spring Conference of the Wisconsin Association for Public Procurement (WAPP), an NIGP chapter. The conference is being held in conjunction withV.A.L.U.E., a cooperative purchasing program in southeastern Wisconsin.
When: March 14, 2013
Morning Session: From 11:00 a.m. to noon, I'll be speaking on "Best Practices inDeveloping Public Works Bid Documents." Here's a high level outline of my presentation:
Principals of Preparation
Formats and Structures
Components of Bid Documents
Review of Individual Projects
Document Control
Long Term Review
Training
Afternoon Session: From 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., I'll be speaking on "When Bad Things Happen to Bids: Strategies for Ensuring a Successful Public Works Project."Here's an outline of the presentation that encourages participation by attendees:
Why Aren't Bidders More Careful?
Why do Bidders Make Mistakes?
Missing Bid Prices
Conflict Between Numbers and Words
Bid Calculation Errors
Claims of Error
Is Your Bidder Playing Games?
Bid is Too Low
Unbalanced Bids
Conditioned or Qualified Bids
Will the Real Low Bidder Please Stand Up?
Additive and Alternate Bids
Tie Bids
Responsive Bids
Responsible Bidders
Local Bid Preferences
Bid Protests and Appeals
What Can You Do to Manage Bidding?
What Should be on the Bid Form?
On What Days Should You Not Receive Bids?
When is a Bid Late?
When Should You Take a Bid Guaranty?
The Weather? I've been looking at weather reports for Milwaukee every day and there have been many dayswhen it's been very cold with snow. We'll see what it's like when I am actually there in mid-March!
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