Rejections

Hate this part. The rejection calls.

Talked to chipper Petra from Al Lowe Construction, and let them know that while we appreciated their bid and their effort putting it together, we were rejecting the bid, and asked her to pass this information along to the project manager Gary. She asked, for informational purposes, if the bid was high. I told her about the consultation with Al and Gary back in February and the 250-300K ballpark, as well as the 412K bid. I said that this was quite a bit outside the ballpark, and much higher than the two other bids. She, still cheerfully, thanked me for my honesty and the call; I told her that I just wanted to get back to everyone and let them know where they stand.

Talked then with Stephen from Herman Construction (he's new taking over for Jon, whose card I had). Let him know that we appreciated their time/blahblah, but were going with someone else. He asked who, and I said Coastline. He asked if they were close, and I said yes. He asked if I was going to confirm with an email, and I said yes... then I hung up and sent the email.

It's kinda weird... it's been 24 hours since letting Coastline know... and I haven't heard anything from them... it's like the longest time that's passed since a call from Dana or Fred... I kinda miss 'em... kinda worries me that they haven't called. That's just paranoid.