US Army Corp of Engineers

Has anybody ever bid for the Corp of Engineers. I have a request to bid 42,000 linear feet of stripe, got the request last week and they want the bid by Friday. Problem is the stripes are under snow. Any ways any feed back on the Corps??? Accur8

I never have,did they just look you up?

You are going to have to be a ccr. You will need a duns number as well. It will take some work but they will help you set it up.

To answer The Stripes question, yes they pulled my number out of the phone book, and at this time it appears thay are having a tough time getting a bidder on it. Accur8

What's a ccr and a duns number?

CCR= Central Contractor Registration DUNS= Dun and Bradstreet registration number

StraightlineJim: Take it you are? RF Elwell

I submitted my bid, got a D & B number and a CCR number. It is a bit of a job and time. Now I see why people charge the govt more than the private sector. By the way its tough to meet a bid deadline when there is 6" of snow and ice on the asphalt and the roads are closed. Accur8

I should have warned you it is a bit of work getting registered. Its worth the effort. If your contract is over 20k you can get paid within a few days. Also you will be getting more calls for gov jobs now that your in the system. Make sure you stay up on the paperwork and pay yourself and your employees the proper wages per classisification. The contractors office will help you with compliance. I also carry job site regulation posters with me. We tape them to the side of the truck. Stay in compliance and play by the rules and you will find working for the government is worth the extra effort. They always pay their bills. Good luck, Jon

R F Elwell If you mean am I registered......yes.

accur8....It's common now for a lot of government agencies to pay with credit cards, most in fact. Electronic biling is also fast becoming the norm. Not sure about the Corp of Engineers. As Jake stated, stay on top of the regs, keep your paperwork up, and you'll have no problems. Also, not sure if this applies to you, but if you are a disabled veteran owned business there are set aside programs that guarantee a certain percentage of work goes to these businesses.

The Corp of Engineers are very thorough. Bid a little higher than usual. They can be your worst nightmare. I did a parking lot for the Border Patrol in Laredo which was being overseen by them. The Super walks byt my truck and sees an extension cord that was torn in one place and the dude whips out his blade and cuts my cord in half. Dude walks over to me and tells me that I couldnt have that type of stuff in his jobsite. I told the dude that i wasnt using the cord and explained to him that I was the striper and I called his supervisor and told them they owed me a new xtension cord (it wasnt that EZ ). They did get me one ut the rest of the project was inspected inch by inch. I had another job with them at Laughlin airforce base in Del Rio TX. The Corp had me come out to restripe some oldass stripes that were an inch off. this dudes sometimes have too much pressure from the higher ups and tend to be very picky. I guess they got to prove to their superiors that they are doing their job. Trust me they tend to go overboard on some stuff. Be very carefull with these people.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE SAME OR NOT BUT I GOT A CALL FROM A FELLOW YESTERDAY ABOUT STRIPPING A CONTAINER YARD. ALL LINE REMOVAL AND RESTRIPE. CAME OUTR TO SOME BIG #S BUT HE WANTED THE BID IN 1 HOUR OF THE CALL. PROBLEM WAS I WAS TWO HOURS FROM HOME AND A FAX MACH. TO GET THE PLANS. MY ? IS I WONDER IF IT WAS LEGIT OR NOT. I ASKED HIM IF IT WAS A GOV. JOB AND HE SAID NO IT IS NOT. NOT SURE HOW HE GOT MY CELL #.

FATBACK wrote on Feb 9, 2007:Go to #13

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE SAME OR NOT BUT I GOT A CALL FROM A FELLOW YESTERDAY ABOUT STRIPPING A CONTAINER YARD. ALL LINE REMOVAL AND RESTRIPE. CAME OUTR TO SOME BIG #S BUT HE WANTED THE BID IN 1 HOUR OF THE CALL. PROBLEM WAS I WAS TWO HOURS FROM HOME AND A FAX MACH. TO GET THE PLANS. MY ? IS I WONDER IF IT WAS LEGIT OR NOT. I ASKED HIM IF IT WAS A GOV. JOB AND HE SAID NO IT IS NOT. NOT SURE HOW HE GOT MY CELL #.

I would rather starve than chase this kind of work...

accur8 wrote on Jan 30, 2007:Go to #1

Has anybody ever bid for the Corp of Engineers. I have a request to bid 42,000 linear feet of stripe, got the request last week and they want the bid by Friday. Problem is the stripes are under snow. Any ways any feed back on the Corps??? Accur8

These can be nice sized jobs that you won't have to bang heads with people who don't want to jump thru the hoops to get. Remember the Gov't pay rates (wages) on these.