What should I pay for mixed e-waste ongoing?

Its a bid on a contract I currently have, last year I had no competition this year I got a bigger company interested in bidding against me. This contract is what got my company started last year and it supports my family now I am very worried that this company will out bid me and I will lose this important contract. I should mention that the electronics come from just about everywhere schools, households, etc. and its never consistent amounts one time it could all be computers and another it could be mostly printers.

Originally Posted by savage85

Its a bid on a contract I currently have, last year I had no competition this year I got a bigger company interested in bidding against me. This contract is what got my company started last year and it supports my family now I am very worried that this company will out bid me and I will lose this important contract. I should mention that the electronics come from just about everywhere schools, households, etc. and its never consistent amounts one time it could all be computers and another it could be mostly printers.

I think your the best candidate to answer your own question.
You've had this contract for awhile now. You should have been tracking the type and quantity of material you have been receiving. At minimum, you should know what your profit has been per pound of this mixed ewaste. Based on all this information you should have, plus any information on your competition, plus any inside scoop from the relationship you have built over the past year with your customer, should give you a everything you need to place a very competitive bid.

Originally Posted by savage85

Its a bid on a contract I currently have, last year I had no competition this year I got a bigger company interested in bidding against me.

If it's a contract you currently have what's the problem????

You know what the value of the contract is, if you feel you need to increase your offer you can easily do so projecting off of last year's value.

With the market tanking like it just did, I would be hesitant to overpay of any escrap. Here copper is down also. Get the books, a calculator, and figure out what you are willing to work for.......

Estimate how many pounds you hauled for them last year. If you don’t know estimate how much you paid to them last year and use the following equation.

Example: (P)x = C
P= the price you paid per pound
X = Unknown Weight in pounds
C= How much you paid them last year

Example:
$0.06x = $1500
X = 25,000 pounds

Now, what did you make last year from all this? Use this to figure out what you are making per pound

Xy = R
X = Weight in pounds
Y = Unkown profit per pound
R= Gross Payout last year

Example:
25,000y = $10,000
y= $0.40 per pound

Now play with the amount you pay per pound to see how it will affect your gross profit.

**Don’t forget to factor in your other expenses and the fact that ewaste prices have fallen**

Let me also offer this piece of advice; take it for what it’s worth.

The best repellant for competition is a strong relationship with your client. Your client should be so happy with you that they don’t care about competition, especially if your family is depending on this contract. No one leaves a company they are truly happy with for a few extra dollars in revenue or savings.

People buy form people. People stay with people.

Originally Posted by Jeremiah

Let me also offer this piece of advice; take it for what it’s worth.

The best repellant for competition is a strong relationship with your client. Your client should be so happy with you that they don’t care about competition, especially if your family is depending on this contract. No one leaves a company they are truly happy with for a few extra dollars in revenue or savings.

People buy form people. People stay with people.

some entities are required to take the best bid from a qualified bidder. generally government contracts

What he said^^^^ lol

Originally Posted by savage85

What he said^^^^ lol

any way you can separate the computers from the rest? Say like .10lb(or whatever) for towers/servers/laptops, and like .01 or .02 for the printers, monitors, keyboards etc?