What types of construction services don need to be bid?
Generally, professional services such as architects, engineers and construction managers on a project need not be bid. May a public authority award a project to a bid which does not conform to the request for bids? No. The public authority may not award a project to a bidder whose bid does not conform to the request for bids, not may it negotiate with that bidder to change its bid to be in conformance with the request. What are my options if I am the low bidder, but I am not awarded the bid or I am the second low bidder, but I don’t think the low bidder is qualified or made a bid in conformance with the request for bids? Like withdrawing a bid, the quicker a protest is made to the public authority about its award of the bid, the greater the chances are of successfully convincing it to set aside the bid, if your reason is valid. If the public authority has made a mistake in awarding the bid, it may reject all bids and relet the project or award the bid to the lowest responsible bidder w
