01-05-2026, 05:30 PM
(01-05-2026, 04:57 PM)creative Wrote: Are they not required to go with the lowest bid as long as they meet the requirements?
It general depends on what is being bid upon and as such if it is an RFT or an RFP. Generally speaking RFTs are what are the typical low bid, these can be construction contracts, demolition contracts, snow removal, new vehicles, etc. The other case is RFPs which in some cases can be lowest bid, however they can also be ranked, so all the companies can bid but lowest may not always win, this tends to be the case for procurement of engineering services, however I have seen it for road reconstruction contracts but that tends to be more rare.
The Region can really just have penalties in the contract forcing contractors to do the job right. For example a regional inspector (they're often on regional roads reconstruction projects) may not have much to do in the winter as such they could just drive around and do random inspections of bus stops, if they aren't up to spec as per the legally binding contract the contract could face a penalty (should), provided the terms are defined adequately in the contract.