![]() ![]() At the same time “Work Packages” covering the whole of the Contract works are competitively priced by sub-contractors (or the main contractor) adjudicated by the Client’s Project Manager/Employer’s Agent. Following a single Contractor’s selection after the first stage, the project is developed with the benefit of the Contractor’s resources and expertise. However, there will typically be a qualitative element – to establish the tenderers appropriateness for the scheme and to ascertain their outline proposals for its delivery and a competitively priced element (of Contract preliminaries, profit and overheads) along with the tenderers’ itemised assessment of overall scheme cost. That first stage tender enquiry will vary in its content according to the circumstances of a particular scheme. In summary, a Two Stage Tendering process involves the selection of Contractors to submit a “First Stage Tender” at the early stages of a project. Therefore, in the context of the 2015-2018 programme, the time is ripe to consider a Two Stage Tendering approach. ![]() Consistent with the HCA targeting procurement efficiency, the significantly increased levels of activity in the construction market have seen Contractors keen to avoid potentially abortive time and costs arising from single stage tendering – especially Design and Build related. Within the HCA prospectus, Two Stage Tendering has been cited as an example of procurement efficiency so far as the HCA is concerned. This objective has also been restated by the Homes and Communities Agency in their “Prospectus for the Affordable Homes Programme 2015-2018”. High quality housing projects efficiently delivered with cost certainty, whilst offering value for money and competitive pricing have long been targeted. (FOR DESIGN & BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRACTS) ![]()
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