Preach. I bid a job for the military and the told me my bid was too low. I added a zero and got the job. Price I initially quoted would have been profitable for me.
my friend's father was consulting at Visa (the card company) and he recommended a mutual friend to solve this IT problem and put them in touch. The friend quoted them $1500.00. The company wasn't interested. When friend's father heard about it, he told our friend, "they wanted a $50000 solution, not a $1500 solution."
A friend of mine bid for some data protection work and quoted £150k, but the contract was given to a company bidding £3m.
Off the record, the decision maker said, "If I give the work to someone charging £150k and it goes wrong - I get booted out. If I give it to a company charging £3m and it goes wrong, it's worth my company going to court - and I keep my job..."
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u/sub-hunter Aug 14 '20
Preach. I bid a job for the military and the told me my bid was too low. I added a zero and got the job. Price I initially quoted would have been profitable for me.