Procurement and Tendering Flashcards
On your PwC Glasgow project, can you tell me what questions you included in your PQQ?
1) Proposed Team and Capacity
2) Contractor’s Approach
3) Health and Safety
4) Sustainability, Environment and Corporate Responsibility
What else was included in the PQQ?
1) Project Information (site visits, confidentiality)
2) Project description (Employers requirements with regards to quality, details of the works, who CMT are, programme)
3) Procurement & Contract Strategy
4) Instructions (details of when the PQQ needs issuing).
What other questions might be included in a traditional PQQ?
1) Company details
2) Financial information
3) Insurances
4) Market conditions / supply chain
On project South Wing, what was your advice to the Client?
I advised the Client that although one of the Contractor’s initial commercial bid was significantly lower than the other tenderers, that this was because they excluded significant amounts of the works. I therefore presented the likely cost of their actual bid through equalizing their tender submission, showing that they were likely the highest bidding tenderer due to the amount they excluded.
On project South Wing, how did you carry out the equalization process?
I undertook a side by side comparison of their tenders and if an element had been incorrectly excluded, then I would take the highest of the other 2 tenderers and input that into their price.
On PwC Manchester, how did you ensure value for money on a negotiated tender?
Through making sure the Contractor tendered their packages to at least 3 subcontractors to gain a competitive price.
On PwC Manchester, how could you ensure value for money if the Contractor was unable to get multiple subcontractors to tender for the works?
I would undertake my own assessment of the tender return.
How did you know the three quotes were value for money to the Client, as they could have been 3 high bids?
I would compare the bids against the PTE.
