Try contacting local general contractors and see if they could include you on their bid solicitations.
general contractors generally bid for a project, assuming responsibility for the project's planning and overall development. Often, however, the general contractor delegates performance of many specific tasks
Legally-- Nothing.
To bid means to have multiple people placing different amounts of money on one item. Then the seller take the highest bid.
They can't tell you who to hire, but they can decline or reject a contractors bid.
Very often Sub Contractors are SME (Small and Medium Enterprises). Because of this thy frequently have lower operations cost and over heads that larger companies. Therefore they will then be able to bid for work at a lower cost as long as they are big enough to do the work within the bid
A bid bond is typically returned to the bidder after the bid opening if their bid is not chosen, or once the contract has been awarded and the performance bond is in place.
Check the state departments and local city web pages. Most of them have bid listings on their web pages. Also check out college websites as well. If you're looking for commercial projects, since you said free construction leads. I would just do some research on the general contractors in Iowa and contact them.
There are many contractor bidding websites that aim to match open work orders with available contractors. Prominent websites include National Contractors, Pro Bid Source, and Contractors Bidding. These sites normally take a percentage of the contract as payment.
No, the state of Texas does not require it as of the time of this answer. However, most Texas clients are financially savvy and are not likely to offer a contract or even accept a bid from an un-insured contractor. The first hallmark of a reputable contractor is that they come properly insured for the services being offered by contract bid. In other words, Your bid proposal should include documentation signifying that you are insured and that your coverage meets any minimum requirements of the bid as proffered. If your an un-insured contractor, you can't expect serious consideration of your bid. You also might not be invited to bid for that client again in the future. Proper insurance and required coverage limits are generally part of the bid requirement to begin with.
Yes, you can bid more than once for a single product on eBay if you've been outbidded. If you want, you can actually set a highest amount you'll bid so that the system will automatically increase the bid for you until the set maximum amount if you've been outbidded. Besides, you can bid for more than one items on eBay at the same time too.
You can prevent a contractor from working on a project by not hiring them or accepting a bid from them. Contractors are paid to do work by a person or company and typically work under a binding contract.