[SML] bidding on a project

[Douglas G Marshall]

From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 9:16 AM
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Cc: Bill Sapsis
Subject: Re: [SML] bidding on a project

Having run a scene shop for a number of years (in conjunction with the rigging)

"Get paid for the time spent on a bid?”  Do you mean the company bidding wants to charge you up front for producing a bid?  If so, that’s ridiculous.*

"How much information?”  The more information you provide the more accurate the bid will be.  If you don’t provide things like dimensions, textures, specific materials, etc then you will get bids that are all over the map & higher than necessary.  Shops don’t like to guess and when they have to guess, they guess high.

The amount of time spent on a bid is directly proportional to the amount of information provided.

*Unless, of course, you haven’t provided any information on the bid drawings/documents and the shop has to do your job for you.

I once had a designer provide paint elevations done in crayon.  Yes, in crayon.  If I had had the time I really wanted to build two sets, the first in crayon, just to see the look on his face when we set it up.  Looking back now, I should have done that.


Bill S




+1 to everything Bill said.   I did 2 years with getting bids on Scenery for the Wilma Theater in Philly.  Never paid to get a bid, that would be crazy.  We did have Full designer elevations, not just a pretty picture.  And had Models most times along with the drawings.   (think we had models for all shows….)

Doug
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