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CE Chapter 2
CE Chapter 2
CE Chapter 2
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2.1 TENDERING POLICY AND PROCEDURE
The construction contract price includes the direct
project cost including field supervision expenses which
are often referred as site overhead costs plus the
markup imposed by contractors for general overhead
expenses and profit.
For any firm to operate its business in a satisfactory
manner, it is necessary for its policy directors to
establish a clear objectives or a strategy.
2.1 TENDERING POLICY AND PROCEDURE...
• Work at hand,
• The geographical areas in which the firm will operate,
• Type of client the organization is to favor, ( private, local authority,
community services, )
• Projected risks and uncertainties of the project,
• Form of the bid: (open, short-listed, pre-qualification, etc)
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2.1.1 BIDDING STRATEGY
In a competitive tendering situation, the
contracting firm is constantly facing a tradeoff of
submitting a high price for getting profit and the
resulting shortage of work, with that of a low
price for winning the contracts, but allow little
profit margin.
Develop a bidding strategy to
determine the OPTIMUM BID
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2.2 CONTRACT PROVISIONS FOR
RISK ALLOCATION
All Pricing arrangements have some common
features in the form of the legal documents
binding the owner and the supplier (s) of the
facility.
Common types of Pricing arrangements are:
1) Competitive Bidding 2) Negotiated Contracts
• Final bid • Reimbursement is
submitted on lump direct project cost
sum or unit price plus the contractor’s
basis fee
All forms of construction pricing
arrangements pose differed level of risk to the parties
in the contract. Hence, it is
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important to identify the provisions for risk
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PARTIAL LIST OF RESPONSIBILITIES
ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT PARTIES IN A
CONTRACT
Force major : "Acts of God" and other external
events such as war, etc
Indemnification: third party liability transfers
Differing site conditions,
Delays and extensions of time,
Liquidated damages,
Occupational safety and health of workers,
Permits, licenses, laws, and regulations,
Equal employment opportunity regulations,
Termination for default by contractor,
Warranties and guaranties,
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RISKS AND INCENTIVES ON CONSTRUCTION QUALITY
the contractor.
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