The emerging electronic bidding process for construction projects is gaining new players. A Pennsylvania vendor has rolled out a system adaptable for public and private owners and a New York firm is taking aim at state transportation markets.
The Allegheny County (Pa.) Public Works Dept. recently used an Internet-based system from Pelleon L.P., Wexford, Pa., to bid the Painters Run Road reconstruction, a $2.8-million project. The process "went pretty well," says Don Killmeyer Jr., the county's deputy director of engineering, although he says the county has no immediate plans to adopt e-bidding across the board. Click here to view graph