Welcome, Andyp95.
I don't think it's sad at all that people may take somebody who is on time, doesn't swear in front of them, doesn't stink, has more experience, doesn't look like an escaped convict, etc. than someone who just gives them a lower price.
Bids? Unless we expect a job to go to a re-bid, unless we've got it, there's not much sense saving the whole thing. It just goes on a bid log with the numbers.
I've been places that did save them, and thrown away whole dumpster loads of years old blueprints.
