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Bulletproof your Bidding Process: Keys to Minimize Liability
Webinar Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
Public bidding rules for construction projects can create many problems for government agencies responsible to manage the process. How can you develop and implement a bidding process that will minimize your agency's liability, audit findings and costly lawsuits? Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your staff will learn:
- How to create clear & comprehensive bid documents
- Best tools to evaluate bid responsiveness & bidder responsibility
- Techniques to correct bidder mistakes: What you can & can't do
- Effective solutions to manage & defuse bid protests
- Real life examples - Learn from others' mistakes
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
In this 60-minute webinar, our expert will unpack the complexities of the government bidding process, outlining best practices that will help you during and after the bidding period.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Best Solutions on Key Issues in Bidding Public Projects
- Keys to develop & implement a bidding process that minimize your risks
- How to change your bidding documents: Structuring & communicating addenda
- Mandatory pre-bid meetings: How can they help or hinder your project
- How to Evaluate Bid Responsiveness & Bidder Responsibility
- Common bid irregularities: When should you reject a bid as non-responsive?
- Material & immaterial irregularities: Solutions to understand the differences
- Awarding to qualified contractors: Writing effective bidder responsibility criteria
- Best Tools to Deal With Contractor Claims of Error & Bid Protests
- Bidding errors: What your agency can & can't correct
- Requests to withdraw a bid: What to do when the low bidder makes a mistake
- Effective practices to manage bid protests
- Live Question & Answer Session - Have your Public Bidding Questions Answered!
- Best Solutions on Key Issues in Bidding Public Projects
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SPEAKER
Mike Purdy is the principal of Michael E. Purdy Associates (www.mpurdy.com), a Seattle-based consultant firm he established in 2005, that helps government agencies, associations, and businesses navigate through the complexities of public contracting issues. He is also a frequent and popular trainer and speaker for public agencies and industry associations. For more than 30 years, Mike served as a contracting and procurement manager for large government agencies in Washington State.
- Mr. Purdy began his public contracting career with the City of Seattle, where he was the City's Contracting Manager. After more than 21 years with the City, he served for five years at the Seattle Housing Authority as Contracting and Procurement Manager.
- Before his retirement in early 2010, Mr. Purdy was the Contracts Manager for the University of Washington's capital projects office, where he was responsible for managing design and construction contracts for more than $1 billion worth of public works projects.
- He maintains the popular "Mike Purdy's Public Contracting Blog" at http://PublicContracting.blogspot.com, designed to keep government agencies, contractors, and consultants up-to-date on key developments in public contracting.
- Mr. Purdy earned a bachelor's degree in business and public administration and an MBA, both from the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Washington), and a master of divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California).
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CPE CREDITS
This program is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org
Prerequisites: Basic skill level required
Program Level: Intermediate
Advance preparation: No prerequisites
Method: Group-Live
Credit Awarded: 1 CPE Credit (50 minutes) -
PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or DVD) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. If you should have any concerns, comments, or refund requests with this conference, please contact our customer service representatives at 800-964-6033. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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