Valid reasons to reject all bids: The following is a list of some of the reasons why an agency might choose to reject all bids:
- All bids are above the amount of money available for the project.
- The low bid is within budget but is non-responsive, and the other bids are above the amount available in the budget.
- There is a bid protest based on mistakes or ambiguities in the specifications and drawings.
- The low bid is materially unbalanced to the potential detriment of the agency, and the agency realizes that the bid documents are unclear about quantities or how the work will be performed.
- The agency didn't perform an estimate of the construction cost and was just using the bid process to get estimates from contractors. In many cases, preparing an estimate is required prior to bidding, and is always a good practice. Bidding should not be used as a cost estimating procedure.
- The agency always intended to perform the work with their own crews if bid prices came in above a certain amount. Again, the bidding process should not be used as a cost estimating procedure.
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Mike, See WA's attempts: SB 6669 (2004: only for “good cause”), HB 1444 (2005: only for “good cause”), HB 1292 (2005: compensate low bidder), and SSB 6509 (2006: only for “compelling reason”).
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