Yes, and it attracted arguably the best contractors in the world, with international reputations. The guy who we argue bought his way onto this pre-qualification list low-bidded it by $2 million on a $9-million project. If I were the project manager, I would take a low bid like that and throw it in the garbage. I would probably take the highest and the lowest and chuck them and pick one in the middle range that had a reasonable expectation of being able to complete the job. Nobody can leave $2 million on the table on a $9-million project.
On November 2nd, 2010. See this statement in context.