Published: April 2, 2010
Tags: bid errors, BidBlog, contract, J.P. Landscape, Moore
Comments: 2
By Jeff Moore On the data reporting side, we periodically see interesting bid errors, but rarely do we receive any details as to why a particular bid is way off from the other bids. Nor do we have the time to track down such details with 600 other tasks to do during the day. But [...]
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: bid, contract, Johnny Thomas, Lipscomb, local hiring, Milwaukee County, preference, resolution, Sackerson, Wanta, William Sackerson Construction, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan Milwaukee County soon could give a bidding advantage to the contractor that hires the most county residents for a project. The goal of the county resolution, sponsored by Johnny Thomas and Theo Lipscomb, is to eventually offer a preference to public works contractors that hire people who live in the county and, [...]
Published: February 23, 2010
Tags: contract, military trucks, Oshkosh Corp.
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The military contracts keep coming for Wisconsin-based truck-maker Oshkosh Corp. The latest is a deal for 1,460 heavy-duty military trucks that are specially designed to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs. According to the company, the contract announced Tuesday is worth $640 million. The all-terrain trucks are proving popular with the [...]
Published: February 22, 2010
Tags: Army Reserve, contract, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh Defense
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. has been awarded another Army contract worth millions. According to the company, its division, Oshkosh Defense, has been awarded a $13 million contract to deliver over 35 next-generation Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks to the Army Reserve. The trucks carry up to 13 tons of payload and have off-road [...]
Published: February 13, 2010
Tags: Army, contract, military trucks, order, Oshkosh Corp.
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corporation is announcing that the U.S. Army has affirmed a $3 billion contract to build 23,000 military trucks and trailers. Oshkosh Corp. secured the contract last fall by under-bidding two other companies, BAE Systems and Navistar Inc. Those two companies questioned whether Oshkosh could meet the price it quoted, and [...]
Published: January 26, 2010
Tags: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Busalacchi, contract, Horsley, Klein, notice, stimulus, WisDOT, Zignego, Zignego Co. Inc.
By Sean Ryan A Wisconsin Department of Transportation notice to contractors ranks the agency among the worst in the nation in starting construction for stimulus jobs. But the notice contradicts assessments by WisDOT’s peers and the department’s record for stimulus construction starts in 2009. The notice’s assertion that WisDOT ranks poorly in starting construction is [...]
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: Army, contract, military vehicles, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh Defense
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received two hefty military orders for spare parts and repair kits for its new class of mine-resistant trucks. Oshkosh Defense said Monday the deals with the U.S. Army are worth more than $325 million. The parts are for M-ATVs, which are all-terrain military vehicles [...]
Published: January 13, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, appeal, bid, contract, local preference, MJ Construction, sewer construction, Underground Pipeline Construction, United Sewer and Water
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan MJ Construction Inc. owner Michael Tomasini on Wednesday won a third sewer contract under Milwaukee’s local preference law but spent the morning defending his bids. “This is the cheapest we have ever bid,” said Tomasini, whose company is based in Milwaukee. MJ’s operating costs are higher than those for some other construction [...]
Published: January 12, 2010
Tags: American Sewer Services, bid, contract, law, local preference, Maly, Milwaukee, MJ Construction, sewer, Underground Pipeline Construction, United Sewer and Water, Wade
By Sean Ryan Milwaukee has invoked its local bidder preference on three sewer project awards, and contractors have challenged every contract. Builders filing the latest challenge argue the local preference law hurts Milwaukee residents looking for work because, in the long run, fewer people are employed. One contractor, MJ Construction Inc., has received each sewer [...]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The Pentagon will pay the defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. nearly $32 million to upgrade the armor on 300 military vehicles and produce more than 90 cargo trucks. Oshkosh Defense said Friday it expects to deliver the trucks by September. According to the Oshkosh, Wis.-based company, its contract with the U.S. [...]
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