Objective 1 - PreConstruction Activities Flashcards
What is required of bidders?
-Cost
-Insurance
-Bond - surety
-forms to be complete
What consist of the bidding documents?
-Invitation to bid
- Instruction to bidders
-Information available to bidders
-Bid forms and attachments
-Bid Security
- Contract Forms: agreement, performance bond, payment bond, certificate
- Contract Conditions: general conditions, supplemental conditions
- Specification: Division through 49
Drawings
What is the typical procedure for distributing documents and pre-bid meeting?
Must be sent out to to an advertising agency where public bidders and instructions can be viewed.
Prequalification bidders procedures, when is it typically used
Bidders must demonstrate the following:
- Financial stability
- Bond security - showing they can financially protect themselves
- Size of firm
- Special training and staffing
- experience of project type
-Known history of dispute
What is the typical distribution of documents?
-Fair distribution to all bidders
- Includes written and graphic info, supplemental info, addenda, or additional instructions must be communicated simultaneously
- cost of printing sets of bid documents must be paid directly to the client
- electronic bids: - savings on printing and architect’s fees
In distributing information control plan is established by client and architect, what is the process?
-Be consistent with disclosure of privacy policy
-clearly define documents distribution process
- provide supplemental info to all bidders in a timely and fair manner
-maintain secure exchange of project info
What are the AIA documents applicable to bidding?
A710 - Instructions to bidders
A310 - Bid Bond Form
A101 - Owner-Contractor agreement
A503 - Supplementary conditions
A310 -Bid Bond Form
Guarantees that if the lowest bidders is to withdraw after selection but before execution of contract, the contractor is to pay the difference between the next lowest bidder and their bid.
-Bidders present: cost, schedule, unit prices, etc
A710 - Instruction to Bidders
Notes the due date, time and location of pre-bid conference, last date bidders can call for questions, process of submitting questions
What is architect’s role with Design-Bid-Build project delivery method during bidding?
-Help with reviewing bids
-seeing the qualifications for the bidders
-architect is initially engaged by the owner for design and documentations
What are the reasons to have multiple prime contractors?
a form of DBB that allows competitive biding, some public project require MP, accelerate schedule
