Zakria Shoaib was confident his company, Bison Towing, would win a contract to tow Winnipeg police vehicles, considering his bid was a mere $14.70 per tow, a lowball offer.
“We knew that we were the lowest bidder,” said Shoaib. “All of a sudden we know that we didn’t get the contract.”
The contract goes beyond towing police cars. It also covers seized vehicles connected to crime ,where impound fees can add up. Shoaib says that’s the real value for a winning bidder, and adds millions of dollars to the deal. But he says the bid opportunity was vague on many of those details.
“The contract is made in a way to favour some specific people in the industry,” said Shoaib.
Bison is just two years old, but Shoaib still figured out what’s included, so he put in the paltry bid, and still lost out on the contract.
“I’m definitely questioning the fairness of the process.”
He took his …