"You Win Some, You Lose Some..."

Last week two of Fort Scott's finest came in to my shop. After the initial shock, and realizing that I was not in big trouble the officers let me know that they were there to get bids on marking the new police cars. I typed up a bid for various options, reflective, non-reflective and some number changes. On Friday I received a letter from the city stating the amounts that myself and my competitors had bid. My bid was mistakenly doubled by the finance director. I promptly typed a letter of clarification which when added up correctly proved my bid as the lowest and delivered it to City Hall. On Monday I called City Hall and the error was acknowleged, however after the clarification and the addition of some number changes to 3 additional vehicles which I was not originally made aware of, hence my bid again became a higher bid. The bid was awarded to a competitor on that basis. The difference? $5.00. (That's Five Dollars.) Does the competitor own a local commercial property inside the city? Nope. Will the Competitor use Engineer Grade Reflective material? I don't know, but if not than my bid was $140 lower. Is that a little aggravating to me? Obviously. Do I know and respect the Competitor, yes I do.

Also on Monday a Public Works employee approached me about bidding on sign blanks. I sure appreciate being considered for bidding on the work. It's quite an extensive list which will take quite a lot of time to figure out. More than $5 worth of time? Yes, for sure. So, I think I'm gonna pass on bidding this one...