Comment on FR Doc # 2011-26236

I am adding a comment to my previous email. It said I had 478 characters left but there was no room on the screen for additional words. The next important items is as follows: If there was open bidding throughout the country for the smaller Federal jobs, the Federal Government could be sure that it could get it's best possible price on those items. By bundling the jobs, only one or two Large contractors get the jobs and they get pricing from just a few vendors for each item. How an they know if they are getting the best pricing overall? How can they be sure of the 10% savings as stated, if any? If there is a savings to be had on a buy out, this goes to the General Contractor as another profit center, not the owner ( the Federal Government). It has been our experience that on bidding jobs as a subcontractor some jobs are bid again and again to various subcontractors, with cost saving options requested. Does the owner ever get the benefit of those and save money or does this job become another profit center for the largest contractors and minimize the subcontractor's profits ( if any) who actually do the work ? Who would know this? A square foot study would determine the results of this in terms of cost savings. Does the government get a better deal by allowing the largest group to bid the projects directly or by bundling the jobs to the few? I would feel that the most competition would yield the most value to the government, local businesses and the taxpayers that fund these jobs.