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Product Estimating
Created by Ian Badhams
Created on Dec 5, 2022

Support for 2 stage enquires/bidding

Ideally to support a 2nd stage tender we would need a very flexible analysis as discussed the following common issues make the current comparison limited;

  • Subcontractor remeasures: mostly we would ask our subcontractors to take the risk on quantities so they often make adjustments on the BoQ quantities

  • We ask subcontractors to price detailed scopes which may not be captured in the BoQ. Therefore items are often added below the line, which then needs to be compared between packages

  • Comments column: We need to present the final price to our peers and also the clients team. A column for notes next to every item is a necessity so we can report properly on a particular inclusion/exclusion etc.

  • Multiple columns for the same subcontractor to show the movement from ā€˜as opened tenderā€™ to the final worked price. [Audit trail on tender package versions]

  • Consider Post contract use of the functionality as well...We also run within this tender analysis all the post tender queries (see TQ tabs) and s/c clarifications reviews (Clarifications tab). These are then marked in a colour system to indicate if a particular item may have a cost associated with it and will then be marked to say it has been captured. I donā€™t know if this is something that can included in your assessment.

We then report the process up the line on a CSA. Presumably this could be set up on Causeway for each package (from the TAā€™s) to filter back into the relevant line item to build our final cost.

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