Comments on: Rules of Three http://blueprintfordesign.com/rules-of-three/ Thoughts on design and small business. Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:45:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Chris Crimmins http://blueprintfordesign.com/rules-of-three/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Chris Crimmins Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:58:56 +0000 http://blueprintfordesign.com/?p=650#comment-60 I heartily agree that getting multiple bids can be a great thing. If nothing else, it allows you to see different business models in action as they present their information, and handle the bid process. This can say quite a bit for the organization and professionalism for the company. On my end (a contractor) the better and more detailed the plans, the cleaner and quicker the bid can be. If the budget is tight, getting a contractor on board early can help define the budget early on so that expectations can be realized. P.S. I use Basecamp for our "binder." It works extremely well. I heartily agree that getting multiple bids can be a great thing. If nothing else, it allows you to see different business models in action as they present their information, and handle the bid process. This can say quite a bit for the organization and professionalism for the company.

On my end (a contractor) the better and more detailed the plans, the cleaner and quicker the bid can be. If the budget is tight, getting a contractor on board early can help define the budget early on so that expectations can be realized.

P.S. I use Basecamp for our “binder.” It works extremely well.

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