• Discuss the situation in which u adopt selective tendering over open tendering.
- It is imperative to determine the considerations in the selection of tenderers. The type,
nature, size, and complexity of the project are examples of considerations that must be
made in adopting this tendering method.
- Typically, a complex project or contract or a project that required specialist skills will
adopt a selective tendering method as only a limited number of contractors who can
fulfill the criteria or requirements of the projects are invited to tender through an
advertisement and this process is known as pre-qualification of tender.
- This is because selective tendering only allows the contractors to submit basically the
contractor profiles to be analyzed but not to tender the project.
- Apart from that, the current competitive conditions in the market price make it better to
adopt selective tender over open tender as this method ensures the lowest price from
contractors who are capable of doing the work.
- Not only that, using this method gives clients greater confidence that their requirements
will be satisfied as the shortlisted contractors have been evaluated for their experience
for the type of project that will be done. Thus, it will cause higher quotations because
of less competition but also because of the higher caliber of the tenderers.
- Hence, the employer and advisors predetermine the shortlisted contractors based on
prior experience with the shortlisted contractors.
- After the contractors are short-listed, the selected short-listed contractors are then called
by invitation letter to tender for the project.
- Due to this scenario, the cost of tendering is reduced.
- The selected shortlisted contractor that has the best value will be chosen.
- The current competitive conditions in the market price make it better to adopt selective
tender over open tender as this method ensures the lowest price from contractors who
are capable of doing the work.
- It is imperative to determine the considerations in the selection of tenderers. The type,
nature, size, and complexity of the project are examples of considerations that must be
made in adopting this tendering method.
- Typically, a complex project or contract or a project that required specialist skills will
adopt a selective tendering method as only a limited number of contractors who can
fulfill the criteria or requirements of the projects are invited to tender through an
advertisement and this process is known as pre-qualification of tender.
- This is because selective tendering only allows the contractors to submit basically the
contractor profiles to be analyzed but not to tender the project.
- Apart from that, the current competitive conditions in the market price make it better to
adopt selective tender over open tender as this method ensures the lowest price from
contractors who are capable of doing the work.
- Not only that, using this method gives clients greater confidence that their requirements
will be satisfied as the shortlisted contractors have been evaluated for their experience
for the type of project that will be done. Thus, it will cause higher quotations because
of less competition but also because of the higher caliber of the tenderers.
- Hence, the employer and advisors predetermine the shortlisted contractors based on
prior experience with the shortlisted contractors.
- After the contractors are short-listed, the selected short-listed contractors are then called
by invitation letter to tender for the project.
- Due to this scenario, the cost of tendering is reduced.
- The selected shortlisted contractor that has the best value will be chosen.
- The current competitive conditions in the market price make it better to adopt selective
tender over open tender as this method ensures the lowest price from contractors who
are capable of doing the work.
