15. PT Flashcards
Tell us about the single-sourcing and why it was adopted?
Utilities have single sourced works due to:
Limited supply chain specialists to tender per package.
Complexity.
Track record / previous working knowledge.
Interface may have been an issue with multiple subbies.
Outlined in Utilities procurement strategy.
The client was in agreement with this from the get-go.
What types of procurement strategies are you aware of?
D&B
Traditional
Construction management
Management contracting
Public-private partnership (PPP)
Partnering
Frameworks
What does PPP stand for and what is it?
Public-private partnership
Long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions to provide a service/asset. Revenues are then drawn from taxpayers over the course of the contract.
What is the procurement strategy/process at SCSJV?
MWCC & Utilities - Two-stage Design & Build
Utilities scope is single-sourced, but we must show VfM.
What is design & build procurement?
1 single Contractor assumes the risk and responsibility for D&B the project.
Design and construction are integrated, reducing the overall duration.
Cost and duration are established at the beginning.
Extras:
Typically, Client will appoint consultants to produce concept designs and create the Employers requirements. Client will then give these Concept designs and the employers requirements to the contractor, who will price to design and build the job based off these designs and requirements.
Typically, the Clients design team will be novated to the Contractor, to help keep design continuity within the project.
What is a framework agreement?
Is a contract agreed for a series of projects.
A client who has regular & similar work may join a framework with Contractors.
Repeat business.
Just need to procure once so saves time, however may not be VfM or the most competitive.
Briefly explain traditional procurement.
The least risk procurement method as there is a level of certainty about design, cost and duration. Design is complete before the main construction is let & begins.
Briefly explain Management Contracting procurement.
MC is involved at an early stage and is the main point of contact for the Client.
They programme, split the packages and obtain the tenders for the works from contractors, which are let on a competitive basis.
Management Contractor paid a management fee (usually a percentage on the cost of the project). The cost is only derived after let of the final package.
Briefly explain Construction Management procurement.
Similar to Management Contracting.
Split into packages and the client enters into separate contracts, however Construction manager is a consultant and is expected to monitor design and construction.
The Client has direct contractual relationships to the contractors.
What is the difference between Construction Management & Management Contracting?
The main difference is the contractual relationship links.
MC - The MC has the contractual relationship with the contractors, so the Client only has 1 relationship to the MC.
CM - Does not have the contractual relationship with the contractors. Client has the contractual relationship to the contractors.
In relation to procurement, what is partnering?
Isn’t a procurement route, more so a behaviour. It is based on trust, openness and co-operation between client and contractor. Partnering promotes value rather than lowest cost.
What is a PQQ? What is it for? Examples of what it can contain?
Pre-Qualification Questionnaires.
Questionnaire filled out by Contractors bidding for a contract.
Financial Information, H&S, Experience.
It informs the client of Contractor competence.
Name the main types of tendering procedures/options.
single stage tendering
two-stage tendering
negotiated tender
Briefly describe single stage tendering.
Single-stage tendering – ITT documents are issued to a number of competing contractors who are all given the chance to bid for the project based on identical tender documentation.
Briefly describe two-stage tendering.
Two-stage tendering
First stage is tender documentation being issued to the bidding contractors at RIBA Stage 2 or 3. The preferred contractor is chosen on a basis of quality of their bid, prelims etc. (Minimum details).
Second stage is the contractor then joins the design team on a consultancy basis. They work together to complete the design at RIBA Stage 4, before presenting a bid for the works.
p.s. the big difference is that the design is not fully complete, and so the Contractor has input into it, as opposed to the single-stage tendering.