Handicap parking sign pricing

[Big EZ Signs LLC]

Howdy all, just trying to get a reality check here on some signs I just bid. I've attached images below, but it's basically a 3 panel handicap parking sign on u-channel post set in a 6" steel bollard pole filled with concrete. We're supposed to install the bollard, and the sign. I bid it at $1075 for the whole thing (not including install labor), but I want to make sure I'm not overpriced. Thoughts?

 

[Medina Signs]

$1075.00 seems a little high to me for parts. I would calculate cost at about 300-350 plus your markup. So call it $700.00. Installation is a different story, call it 500.00 - so you are at $1200.00 installed.
In my opinion. -but I may be low.

 

[Gino]

Is this for one installation ??

 

[Big EZ Signs LLC]

Is this for one installation ??

That's for one sign, minus the installation charge.

 

[Gino]

Is this some kinda prevailing wage job ??

That whole thing sounds extreme.

 

[weyandsign]

It depends what a 6" sch. 40 galvanized pipe will cost you. And if you're mixing 20 bags of concrete by hand, or calling a truck.

 

[Billct2]

Last time I priced 6" galvanized pipe for a bollard install like this I was shocked, it was hundreds. If you're pricing it without install how do you handle the bollard w/uchannel? Do you just supply the parts or do you have to provide the bollard with uchannel concreted in place? Either way, the price doesn't sound off to me. Delete the bollard and it's a piece of cake.

 

[Precision]

8' U channel posts purchased this week cost $30.75 each in California (most expensive state in the nation, if you ask me).

 

[Big EZ Signs LLC]

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. For the bid, we are to provide all 3 panels, the 12' U-channel post, the 9' sch40 6" steel pipe, and fill it all with concrete. I took the price of all materials, doubled it, added my profit margin on it, and that's how I came to the $1075 not including installation. The 6" sch40 pipe is almost $400 for the 9' I would need, so that adds a significant cost.

 

[Ray Miller]

Did you try pricing the pipe at a junk yard? I've gotten lots of my metal at junk yards over the years

 

[Big EZ Signs LLC]

Just a little update: it turns out I was using Galvanized steel when pricing the 6" Sch40 pipe. Knocking it down to Hot Rolled Steel dropped the cost significantly.
Of course the punchline is the customer asked me to drop the bollard poles entirely. Now the cost is $215 a sign (retail).

 

[monroesigns]

So you landed the job with the reduced materials/price?

 

[Big EZ Signs LLC]

So you landed the job with the reduced materials/price?

Yep, indeed I did.

 

[monroesigns]

I'm glad you did, and thanks for responding. (edited typing errro)

 

[Gino]

Another happy ending.