I really question their value from a supplier’s perspective.
With customers we’ve dealt with in the past they’ll send us an invitation to bid anyway. So the Dodge reports don’t help us out there.
With customers who have never done business with us we rarely sell them anything as a result of Dodge reports.
There are a couple of minor perks we get from using them. If bid dates get pushed back we generally find out from the Dodge reports. Sometimes that buys us time that we need during a busy quoting season.
We also find out who got the job and what the top 3 bids were. Then we can follow up with whatever company gets the job.
If it were up to me, I don’t think I’d use them.
No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens” [Abraham Lincoln]
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Pete,
Dodge reports are a tough place for a general to win projects. You may need an advantage to win.
Are you;
A DBE?
Large enough to have your own crews?
Most of the projects listed are government subsidized so they require generals to jump through the minority hoop.
If you are a sub, its a good place to find out who is bidding what and you can bid directly to them unsolicited.
Hope this helps.
Dabble - formerly WAHD
SO U got the same flyer in the mail that I did, huh?
Good question ... I was thinking along the same lines ...
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
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