Exchange · 55:57
// THE QUOTE
“you flip to the median fees where fees back used to be 5% or 10% these days 20 30 40%”
— Travis Rudolph · EllisDon Corporation
Insider gripe that lands alone: median-fee scoring is 'a bit of a dart board' — most qualified but too cheap and you miss the mark. Real proposal-side frustration.
Full episode at 55:57How EllisDon, Pomerleau & Bird De-Risk Projects: IPD and Early Contractor Involvement in Atlantic Canada ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Winning on technical merit means little if every bidder scores identically and it all comes down to fee.
“they'd score every technically almost identically so it always came down to fee”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Indigenous benefits, best-value and median fees
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 55:57 of How EllisDon, Pomerleau & Bird De-Risk Projects: IPD and Early Contractor Involvement in Atlantic Canada