Some thoughts from someone who's in government and who has dealt with bidding (not for comm systems though).....
Hopefully, the bid package would spell out the qualifications for bidders (such as experience supplying comm systems, ability to provide tech support). A properly put together bid package would limit the potential for damage from unqualified bidders.
The important phrase for this discussion should be "lowest responsible bidder." That means a bidder who meets the qualifications and whose bid makes sense, compared to the "engineer's estimate" and the other bids. So, let's say LA estimates the cost of the system (I'm throwing some numbers out there, they're not real) to be $10 million and all but one bid comes in close to that number (higher and lower than). Then Joe's Radio and Billiards submits a bid of say $7.5 million.
The purchasing agent is going to ask Joe's to explain its bid and why it came in so low. If Joe can't come up with a valid explanation for the low-ball, their bid is going to be disqualified as not being a "responsible" bid.
--dan
Joe's Radio and Billiard Ball Co. bid lowest, would LA-RICS have to be
supplied by Joe?
A real dilemma.
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