QUESTIONNAIRE ON CONTRACTORS’ SELECTION PROCESS

FOR RESPONDENTS IN CONTRACTING ORGANISATIONS ONLY

Instruction: Please circle or fill in the appropriate answer.

A. PERSONAL DATA
1. Your profession (i) Architect (ii) Civil/Structural Engineer (iii) Mechanical/Electrical Engineer
(iv) Builder (v) Quantity Surveyor (vi) others (please specify) ………………………
2. Your age as at your last birthday (i) Below 21 years (ii) 21-30years (iii) 31-40 years (iv) 41-50
years (v) Over 50 years
3. Your academic qualification(s) (i) ND (ii) HND (iii) B.Sc/B.Tech (iv) M.Sc/M.Tech (v) PhD
4. How long have you been in the construction industry? (i) Less than 10years (ii) 11-20 years (iii)
21-30 years (iv) 31-40 years (v) 41-50 years (vi) Over 50 years

B. ORGANISATIONAL DATA
5. How old is your firm/company? (i) Less than 10years (ii) 11-20 years (iii) 21-30 years (iv) 31-40
years (v) 41-50 years (vi) Over 50 years
6. How would you describe your company? (i) Fully indigenous (ii) Partly indigenous/Partly
expatriate (iii) Fully expatriate
7. How long has your organisation been participating in pre-qualification exercise by clients before
contract award? (i) Less than 10years (ii) 11-20 years (iii) 21-30 years (iv) 31-40 years (v) 41-50
years (vi) Over 50 years

C PREQUALIFICATION CRITERIA

8. The following are possible prequalification criteria in contractors’ selection process Please
response to the questions by CIRCLING the appropriate option or fill in the appropriate answers
in the spaces provided in relation to your company.

A Contractor’s Organisation-Related Response

Criteria
1 The form of ownership of your company (i) Sole proprietorship (ii) Partnership (iii) Limited
Liability company (Ltd) (iv) Public Liability
Company (PLC)
2 Indigenisation of contractor (i) Fully indigenous (ii) Partly indigenous/Partly
expatriate (iii) Fully expatriate
3 Years of experience in construction (i) Less than 10years (ii) 11-20 years (iii) 21-30 years
(iv) 31-40 years (v) 41-50 years (vi) Over 50 years
4 Evidence of Certificate of Compliance (i) Not Available (ii) Available
by PENCOM
5 Evidence of three years Tax Clearance (i) Not Available (ii) Available
Certificate
6 Specialisation of company (i) Building (ii) Civil engineering (iii) Building and
civil engineering
7 Company’s Organisational Structure (i) Centralised (rigid /formal/complex) (ii)
Decentralised (less complex with higher degree of
freedom)
B Contractors’ Financial capability- Response
Related Criteria
8 Current Asset N
9 Current Liability N
10 Net Profit (before tax) N
11 Total Assets N
12 Total Debt N
13 Total Equity N
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14 Working capital N
15 Banking credit (a leverage ratio that (i) Bad (ii) Fair (iii) Good
measures the adequacy of available
assets to pay off the debts of the
construction company).
16 Bank Reference (i) Not Available (ii) Available
17 Annual Turnover (Total volume of work (i) Less than N100m (ii) N100m - N300m (iii)
executed for year 2017) N300m - N 1billion (iv) N1b - N 10b (v) N10b and
above
18 Fixed Interest Loan: N
19 Preference Share Capital N
20 Ordinary Share Capital N
21 Reserve N
C Contractor’s Technical and Managerial Response
Capability-Related Criteria
22 Years of experience of majority of (i) less than10 years (ii) 10-20 years (iii) 20-30 years
technical and managerial personnel in (iv) Above 30 years
the company
23 Years of experience of majority of site (i) less than10 years (ii) 10-20 years (iii) 20-30 years
operatives in the company (iv) Above 30 years
24 Contractor's IT knowledge (i) None (ii) Low (iii) Average (iv) High
25 Ownership of plant and equipment (i) Below average (ii) Average (iii) Above average
26 Plant and equipment – types, size, (i) Low (ii) Average (iii) High
suitability and availability
D Contractor’ Past Performance-Related Response
Criteria (in the last 2 years)
27 Size of past project completed (i) Less than N100m (ii) N100m - N300m (iii) = N300m -
N 1billion (iv) N1b - N 10b (v) N10b and above
28 Number of past projects completed ……………5 nos
29 Number of projects completed on ……………non
schedule
30 Number of projects completed on ……………all
budget
31 Number of projects abandoned ……………non
E Quality-Related Criteria Response
32 Quality control/assurance policy (i) Very low (ii) Low (iii) Average (iv) High (v) Very
high
33 Quality management system (i) Very low (ii) Low (iii) Average (iv) High (v) Very
high
F Contractor’s Occupational Safety & Response
Health-Related Criteria
34 Safety and health records (1) Very low (ii) Low (iii) Average (iv) High (v) Very
high
35 Safety Insurance policy (1) Very low (ii) Low (iii) Average (iv) High (v) Very
high
36 Number of construction sites accidents ………….
reported in the last 5 years
37 Number of construction site injuries ………….
reported in the last 5 years
G Contractor’s Image, Reputation & Response
Ethics-Related Criteria (in the last 5
years)
38 History of industrial unrest with workers (i) Pending (ii) Resolved (iii) No record
39 History of Arbitration cases (i) Pending (ii) Resolved (iii) No record
40 History of litigation (i) Pending (ii) Resolved (iii) No record

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D PROJECT SUCCESS

9. Kindly supply the following information in respect of your last completed project by either
FILLING IN the appropriate answer or CIRCLING the appropriate option in the spaces provided.

A Time-Related Success Response

1 Initial contract period (weeks) 4wks
2 Final contract period (weeks) 1wk
B Cost-Related Success Response
3 Initial contract (Award) sum N 288 M
4 Final contract sum N 280M
C Quality-Related Success Response
5 At the time of handover of your last completed project, to what extent was the project free from
apparent defects? (PLEASE TICK ONLY ONE among i – iv below )
(i) The project was free from defects
(ii) There were a few defects but the project was handed over on time 
(iii) There were one or more defects that delayed handover slightly – by ………………weeks
how many weeks?
(iv) There were major defects which delayed handover substantially – by ……………….weeks
how many weeks?
6 How many times were you called back during the Defects Liability Period …1…………..time
to make good defects?
7 Level of client’s satisfaction with the degree of conformity to all technical 1 2 3 4 5
specifications of your last completed project (1 = Not satisfied to 5 =
Extremely satisfied)

THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE – THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOD BLESS YOU.