Experienced Advice Needed

I know if i owned a 20+ Million dollar company and was bidding on such a large project, i would expect my employees to be able to get better advice on my multimillion dollar investments than just asking random strangers on some forum.

Have you called local yards?
Done a google search?
Called yards in other states?
Compared shipping vs rates to see if a 5 cent more in scrap from out of state would be worth it?



Theirs a lot of tools out their and asking strangers to do your work for you seems like you either
1, you dont want to work for your current employer
2, You dont like your employer / boss
3, all of the above.

I got a sufficient answer earlier on, but I have been curious to see the replies filtering in. Let me clear the air a little to help you understand. I dont own any company, I am an employee. The hedge on this project is far from profitability on scrap metal, profit is on duration of project estimated to bring this junk pile to the ground. Then sell it. To be honest, I would rebate the scap value back to the owner, just to secure the project. See, most of you guys and girls collect scrap and head off to your local vendor based on market value and try to make a buck. Whereas in this particular scenario, there is enough scrap value to say to the closest 20 high volume yards, here is what I have, how much you gonna pay me for it. Then I award to the highest bidder while understanding the market value (which is my original question).

So to answer your questions, and I do thank you for them.

- My most local guy is chomping at the bit to get this work (we'll see if he has a competitive bid)
- Yes, I did a google search (I found this place). Actually, this site is probably re-inforcement to what I already know (someties it's good to get info off the ittle guys too!)
- Regional areas will be contacted if awarded, and I'm not concerned at their cost of doing business. If a local place offers me $290t for iron and the vendor 2 states over will come get it for $297t, I may very well give it to the local guy to support local business. Again, I am not hedging profit on scrap. I just needed to know where the accurate market value is online.

I'm not really sure how your last few sentences fit into my original question, just to let you know:
I have an awesome job, I get along great with my employer and direct boss and yes, I do like working for them. This post was research and I have learnt a couple of things about the scrap world, so thanks again.