Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Distinguish among the types of bid calls and types of responses
• Use performance, labour and material payment bonds, and insurance knowledgeably
• Make productive use of the bidding period while the contractor is putting together a bid
• Discover new methods of bidding being contemplated by the industry
• Deal appropriately with the low bid when it exceeds the owner’s available financing

Description
For a building project, construction is the ultimate reality. Here ideas, drawings and specifications take physical form. The bidding, negotiation and contract award phases of a project are a short but essential part of every project.

The bidding process is to seek from the construction industry a statement of what it can do, how much time it will take to do it and what price it will charge. They are the most challenging aspect of the building process and result in a higher rate of claims and litigation. Key aspects include dissertations on the preparation of bids, the uses and abuses of unit prices, plus cost-saving and rebidding strategies.

Course Outline

• Pre-Qualifications of bidders and pre-bid estimates
• Bid documents
• Surety and insurance requirements
• General liability insurance
• Bidding period
• Roles of contractors
• Receipt and evaluation of bids
• Low bid exceeds approved cost estimate
• Award of contracts

Who Should Attend
Owners • Developers • Plant Managers • Architects • Engineers • Interior Designers • Contract Administrators, Specification Writers • Contractors • Subcontractors • Manufacturers • Suppliers • Construction Associations • Construction firms • Lawyers