[Submitted by email]

We are a General Contractor that bids on City projects. The City requires that we submit our bid the day prior to opening of the bids. They also require, that if we want the information about the bid opening (bid results) to see if we are successful we must attend at the opening. This requires that we drive from Langley back and forth to deliver the bid one day, and again back and forth on the day of the opening. I thought as I drove over the old Port Mann bridge and watched them constructing a new ten lane bridge that I must say something. I understand that the City may want the original tender delivered, but to return again the next day makes no sense when the City could send the results out within an hour by e-mail or fax. This would show some appreciation for the effort that the bidders extend, and keep traffic off the roads and bridges that do not need to be there. For your information the City of Abbotsford does this all be e-mail, the Vancouver Park Board does the bid closing and opening at the same time.