Here's the next interesting bid for the Denver Airport!

Go get'em!


Many of my associates spend a great deal of time and effort trying to obtain larger window tinting government projects through the bidding process.

"To each his own"

God bless these dealers who overcome the hurdles of submitting bonds and bids while competing with little margin for error or profit. Quite frankly, the only party that wins at this game in the majority of cases is the window film manufacturer.

Now if you think I am bemoaning this reality, you'd better think again! I say have at it!



It's simply the American Way!

Here's a 14,000 sq. ft bid for a LLumar Magnum Specified Security Film in Beaverton, Oregon.

One company bid the LLumar, the other two bid Sun Tek and Armorcoat.

Interestingly, the winner was nearly $40,000 less than the highest bidder and $18,000 less than the runner-up.

We savvy window film types understand that the cost for the film for the runner-up was a good deal less than the winner or the highest bidder. So obviously that wasn't the determining factor.



Doing a quick calculation of their labor bid for 14,000 sq feet of security film was the cost factor that mattered most!

• Do you think that the government agency is getting the best installation?
• Does the dealer have any margin for error?
• Is the labor rate commensurate with prevailing wages of 2008?

I love rhetorical questions, don't I?

Mike Feldman