1.4 Codes of practice and procedures commonly used. Flashcards
Can you tell me about codes of practices you might use when tendering a project?
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What do you know about the JCT PN Notes 2017? Do you know of any other similar documents?
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How would you select tenderers for a tender list (prior to issue of Preliminary enquiry)?
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What do we mean by the preliminary enquiry?
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What documents need to be prepared during the preliminary enquiry?
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What is an enquiry letter? What should it include?
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What is a Project Information Schedule (PIS) and what should it include?
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What is the importance of a Project Information Schedule (PIS)?
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What is a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and what should it include?
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What is the importance of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire?
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Give some specific examples of questions you might include in a pre-qualification questionnaire.
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How do we work out the scoring criteria of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire? Do we give this criteria to the participants?
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Generally what time allowances would you allow as a minimum response to pre-qualification questionnaires?
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How many different contractors might we go out to during the prequal?
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What do we mean by the invitation to tender and tender stage?
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What documents are required for an invitation to tender?
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What are the different types of pricing schedules that may be issued at Invitation to Tender?
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How might tender documents be different if we are using a Design & Build procurement route?
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What would we include in an Invitation to Tender Letter?
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What would we include in a Tender Form?
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For CDM purposes what document do you need to send out at ITT stage?
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What is included within the pre-construction information? Who produces it?
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What is a preliminaries document? Why do we need to issue this at ITT stage?
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Why do we include a return envelope in the tender pack?
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In a private sector tender what is the minimum period recommended for and return of tenders?
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In a public sector tender what is the minimum period recommended for and return of tenders?
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How might the tendering period differ under a Design & Build procurement route?
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Can we have mid-tender interviews? What are the advantages?
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What is the process we follow if a tenderer considers that any of the tender documents or requirements are deficient or require clarification?
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When we provide the tenderer with a clarification will this automatically lead to an extension of the tendering period?
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If we clarify a design by updating the design information what considerations do we need to have in relation to the other tender documents?
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What tender compliance issues do you need to consider to ensure fair and competitive tendering?
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Explain how you would undergo an opening ceremony to ensure fair and competitive tendering?
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How would you deal with a late tender?
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Why is it unfair to accept a late tender?
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What happens if a tenderer submits a tender with qualifications? What process do we follow?
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What factors may be considered when assessing tender returns?
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Do we just use lowest price when assessing tender returns?
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What quality criteria may be considered when assessing tender returns?
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When analysing a tender return explain the process of examining priced documents
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What processes do we undertake if an error is found in priced document?
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What do we mean by the alternative provisions?
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What do we mean by alternative 1?
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What do we mean by alternative 2?
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How would you check the competitiveness of contractor’s rates?
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Explain how you would assess abnormally high rates? Why is it important to identify these?
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Explain how you would assess abnormally low rates? Why is it important to identify these?
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Explain how you would examine daywork rates? Why is it important to identify these?
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What do we mean by front-loading? Why is it important to identify front-loading?
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What is the difference in the approach to assessing D&B tenders vs traditional?
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What is the difference between assessing single-stage and two-stage tenders?
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What do we include in a tender report?
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What is included in the executive summary of a tender report?
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What is included in the introduction of a tender report?
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What is included in the ‘tender information’ part of a tender report?
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What is included in the tender analysis part of a tender report?
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Do you include a section in your tender report to compare tender returns with a pre-tender estimate? Would this be the case under D&B?
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What is included in the conclusion and recommendations pat of the tender report
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What documents would you appendix to the back of your tender report?
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What items are likely to be discussed in a PD report?
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What items are likely to be discussed in a PM report?
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If tenders come back over budget how might you proceed post tender?
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