Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Doug Reitmeyer walks through real federal contracts he bid and performed, with the actual award amounts, his actual costs, and how he knew ahead of time he'd be the only bidder. Sean and Doug gave this talk from the main stage at the Win The Storm conference.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
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• Why fewer than 30,000 of roughly a million licensed US contractors are registered for federal work, and what that does to competition
• The Walter Reed job: two bidders, $960,000 bid against a $620,000 government estimate, $308,000 cost, 68% margin in about 90 days
• The San Francisco federal building cooling towers: bid $884,000 three times as the only bidder, refused to come down to the $650,000 estimate, and how the towers actually got on a 19-story roof
• Why a federal contracting officer cannot close out the file until you have been paid 100%, and the 14-day Prompt Payment Act progress payments
• The third number most contractors ignore - time - and the $149,500 furnace removal that was subcontracted for $71,000 after one hour of work
• How to get written past performance references from a government agency that tells you they don't do that
• Real numbers on the Abraham Lincoln Home wheelchair lifts ($87,400 award, $30,000 to build, $2,000 each to install) and the Scotia, NY hangar door seal ($82,273 negotiated, $34,750 subcontract)
Learn how to find, bid, negotiate and perform federal construction contracts.
Start at gcexperts.com/zoom
Doug Reitmeyer walks through real federal contracts he bid and performed, with the actual award amounts, his actual costs, and how he knew ahead of time he'd be the only bidder. Sean and Doug gave this talk from the main stage at the Win The Storm conference.
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LET'S TALK
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Book a call: gcexperts.com/zoom
Call Me 813-678-5701
admin@gcexperts.com
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
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• Why fewer than 30,000 of roughly a million licensed US contractors are registered for federal work, and what that does to competition
• The Walter Reed job: two bidders, $960,000 bid against a $620,000 government estimate, $308,000 cost, 68% margin in about 90 days
• The San Francisco federal building cooling towers: bid $884,000 three times as the only bidder, refused to come down to the $650,000 estimate, and how the towers actually got on a 19-story roof
• Why a federal contracting officer cannot close out the file until you have been paid 100%, and the 14-day Prompt Payment Act progress payments
• The third number most contractors ignore - time - and the $149,500 furnace removal that was subcontracted for $71,000 after one hour of work
• How to get written past performance references from a government agency that tells you they don't do that
• Real numbers on the Abraham Lincoln Home wheelchair lifts ($87,400 award, $30,000 to build, $2,000 each to install) and the Scotia, NY hangar door seal ($82,273 negotiated, $34,750 subcontract)
Learn how to find, bid, negotiate and perform federal construction contracts.
Start at gcexperts.com/zoom
