Unbalanced bidding on contracts with. Variation trends in client-provided quantities

This paper examines unbalanced contract bidding, a strategy for the allocation of rates to unit quantities for the benejt of the bidder. A mathematical model is proposed which attempts to objectively exploit variation trends in client-provided quantities. It is shown that the model can be solved by two methods – linear programming and the maximum-minimum method. The maximum-minimum method is preferred for most real-world situations.