How do I Find Out About Landscaping Bids in South Carolina?
South Carolina is known as the Palmetto State, so landscaping is an important business for almost every season from the coastal areas to the mountains. Securing work through bids comes from the colleagues, trade associations and continuous research for periodic bids, often called Requests for Proposals (RFP). Establishing a good reputation will occasionally get a landscaping firm an RFP directly from the client, the architect or the construction management firm. Due diligence by a landscaper's marketing staff is as important as the landscaping itself.
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Things You'll Need
- Valid State of South Carolina vendor number for state-run projects
- Valid Central Contractor Registration (CCR) for Federal government bids
- Membership in organizations such as South Carolina Landscape & Turfgrass Association and the American Institute of Architects of South Carolina
- PowerPoint presentation
- Collateral material
- Business cards
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Cultivate information from landscaping colleagues. Membership in the South Carolina Landscaping & Turfgrass Association brings together industry professionals. Many members work for companies or organizations in need of landscaping services, such as colleges and universities, state, county and municipal park services, and private golf courses. Such work is given out through periodic bids.
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Plant your information with associate industries such as architecture and construction management firms. They routinely issue RFPs for landscaping bids. Set up exploratory meetings with project managers and be prepared to give a small presentation, either with PowerPoint or a print brochure and collection of photos, that includes good graphics of past and current landscaping jobs. Leave collateral material. It can range from a post card to a brochure, and, of course, a business card. For further networking, consider joining the American Institute of Architects of South Carolina as an associate member and attend individual chapters' monthly meetings.
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Cruise the Internet weekly for State work. South Carolina's public colleges and universities each have bid pages where current bids are displayed. The schools range from the Citadel in Charleston and Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Myrtle Beach to Clemson University and the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The State's procurement office lists all bids currently needed at state-run projects. Before submitting, a landscaper will need a valid state vendor number. It is obtainable online through the State of South Carolina's official website.
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Cruise the Internet weekly for Federal work. Federal courthouses, prisons and National Parks all require landscaping. Bids are periodically offered on a government website. Before bidding, a landscaping company needs to have a valid Central Contractor Registration (CCR).
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