§ 81456 Bidder Material Removal Agreement

• •When a community college wants to build, fix, or tear down a building, they can ask bidders to remove old materials from the site.
• •Bidders must say how much they will pay for those old materials by deducting that amount from their total bid price.
• •The college picks the bidder with the lowest total cost after this deduction, or they can reject all bids if they want.

A community college wants to tear down an old classroom building to build a new one.

The college asks construction companies to bid on the job. One company says they’ll do the work for $500,000 but will also take away the old bricks and wood for free, saving the college $20,000. Another company bids $490,000 but doesn’t want the old materials. The college picks the first company because their net bid ($500,000 - $20,000 = $480,000) is cheaper than the second company’s $490,000.