Many of you in the construction industry are more than familiar with the ins and outs of the procurement process on private construction projects. Frankly, you wonder if there is any process, or rather it is a case of who you know, not what you know. Truthfully, that is not far wrong. There is little protection for bidders in the private bidding arena, and the bidder's fate is in the hands of the architect, construction manager or the owner.
Things are not quite so simple in the public contract sector. There are laws and regulations which govern the method and manner of each phase of the bidding or acquisition process and the rights which each of the parties has during those phases. This section of the materials will attempt to introduce the reader to those rules and regulations and to explain the rights of the parties throughout the process.
