How to Bid on Construction Contracts
How the construction contractor can do business with the State of Michigan, Department of Management and Budget, Facilities Administration, Design & Construction Divison

Who Can Do Business With Facilities Administration?

The State of Michigan spends millions of dollars each year with private contractors for a wide range of construction work needed to keep state governmental facilities operating. Department of Management and Budget (DMB) contracts for everything from demolition work to the construction of new buildings.

Maybe you have wanted to do business with the State, but have been afraid that you were too small to meet the bid competition. Maybe you don't even know how to find out when and where the department is asking for bids on contracts.

You can do business with the State of Michigan
No contractor is too small to participate in the bidding on construction projects, if the work is delivered as agreed and if certain requirements set by law are met. It is just a matter of knowing how to bid on state contracts and of offering the best deal for the State.

The Department of Management and Budget is the state agency that awards contracts for various kinds of construction work at state-owned facilities. DMB wants you to have an opportunity to participate in the bidding process and possibly be awarded a contract.

Almost all construction contracts awarded by the State are let through competitive bidding. Except in rare cases, the state must award its contracts to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder -- if that bidder can meet all other requirements for the job.

It is important to remember that the State may reject all bids on a particular job, if it deems it necessary.