Procurement and tendering L1

Question 1

What guidance is available relating to procurement and tendering?

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Question 2

What are the differences in procurement between JCT Standard Form and JCT with Contractor’s Design?

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Question 3

What do you understand by pre-qualification?

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Question 4

What types of tendering are you aware of?

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Question 5

What do you understand by serial tendering?

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Question 6

What are the main factors that govern procurement route selection?

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Question 7

What do you understand by single stage tendering?

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Question 8

What do you understand by two stage tendering?

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Question 9

How do single and two stage tenders differ?

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Question 10

What do you understand by procurement?

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Question 11

What is the difference between procurement and tendering?

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Question 12

What procurement options are you aware of?

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Question 13

What are some of the benefits and pitfalls of the procurement options identified?

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Question 14

Which carries the most client risk?

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Question 15

When is a contract formed during procurement and tendering?

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Question 16

Explain the Find a Tender (FTS) e-tendering platform.

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Question 17

When do tenders need to be legally posted on FTS?

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Question 18

What is your understanding of the traditional procurement route?

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Question 19

What are the strengths of this procurement option?

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Question 20

What are the weaknesses of this route?

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Question 21

What is your understanding of the design and build procurement route?

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Question 22

What are the strengths of this procurement option?

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Question 23

What are the weaknesses of this route?

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Question 24

What is your understanding of the construction management procurement route?

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Question 25

What are the strengths of this procurement option?

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Question 26

What are the weaknesses of this route?

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Question 27

What is your understanding of the management contracting procurement route?

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Question 28

What are the strengths of this procurement option?

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Question 29

What are the weaknesses of this route?

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Question 30

What is your understanding of the public private partnership (PPP) procurement route?

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Question 31

What are the strengths of this procurement option?

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Question 32

What are the weaknesses of this route?

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Question 33

Name three of the criteria that need to be considered before selecting a procurement route.

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Question 34

What do RICS say robust tendering techniques can help ensure a positive tender result?

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Question 35

Name 3 of the items identified by RICS that a robust tendering technique provides?

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Question 36

Name 3 key steps to good procurement management?

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Question 37

What are the 5 major steps in a procurement plan?

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Question 38

Explain your understanding of the impact of contractual relationships on the procurement route adopted?

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Question 39

Explain the roles and relationships of the parties under the various procurement routes.

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Question 40

What forms of procurement route are available that allow an early start on site?

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Question 41

How does the procurement route chosen affect cost certainty?

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Question 42

What methods of procurement are available to reduce confrontation?

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Question 43

Explain your understanding of the following terms; time certainty quick start earliest finish cost certainty cost control and competition.

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Question 44

How can you demonstrate value for money?

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Question 45

How do you ensure diligent quality and change management is implemented?

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Question 46

How do you allocate risk?

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Question 47

How do you manage risk?

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Question 48

What do the following mean; single stage tendering two stage tendering and negotiated tenders? When and why would you use each?

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Question 49

Explain what tendering means.

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Question 50

What rules do you tender under?

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Question 51

What processes might this involved?

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Question 52

How do you compile a tender list?

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Question 53

How do you undertake pre-qualification?

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Question 54

Explain how you prepare tender documentation.

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Question 55

How do you deal with errors in tenders?

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Question 56

Why is there wording in the tender documents that says the client is not bound to accept the lowest tender?

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Question 57

How long would a typical tender period be and why is this the case?

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Question 58

Does a tender always represent actual cost?

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Question 59

How do you issue tender documents?

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Question 60

Explain your understanding of e-tendering.

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Question 61

What RICS guidance are you aware of relating to this?

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Question 62

Explain how you would manage the tender process.

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Question 63

Explain tender opening procedures you are aware of.

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Question 64

How would you evaluate a tender?

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Question 65

How would you deal with an error?

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Question 66

How do you deal with qualifications?

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Question 67

Explain what you would include when compiling a tender report.

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Question 68

What are the main methods of choosing a contractor?

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Question 69

What are the procedures for tendering?

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Question 70

On what grounds would you re-tender?

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Question 71

Explain the rules of tendering e.g. codes of practice or procedures that you are aware of.

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Question 72

What regulations govern the client during the tender process?

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Question 73

What public sector EU or international regulations relate to the tender process?

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Question 74

Explain your understanding of the Government Construction Playbook in relation to the procurement of public works projects.

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Question 75

What is PAS 91 used for?

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Question 76

What is electronic tendering?

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Question 77

Do you know of any e-tendering services?

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Question 78

What are the advantages of e-tendering?

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Question 79

What is online bidding?

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Question 80

Explain the impact of the Procurement Act 2015 to me.

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Question 81

What is the aim of procurement law (in relation to public sector procurement)?

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