Tender

Hi Moutaz

It is the same as preparing any construction programme.

You will be given a contract completion date but your job is to test if the date is acheivable.

Do not be tempted to put a Must End On constraint on the last task in your programme but let the logic run free.

If your planned programme is earlier than the completion date then that is valuable information to the tender team.

The same applies if your programme over runs.

Best regards

Mike Testro

Hi Moutaz,

Although the general requirements will remain constant the level of detail to which you go may be dependant on the scale of the project.

Your job as a tender planner is to establish the optimum time to complete the project this includes

1. Development, submission and acceptance of the tender - Ciontact Award being a Finish Milestone to this phase
2. Design development, procurement and delivery of sub contract and materials - Identify the key design elements and link to procurement of major sub contract and materials. (All linked from Contract Award)
3. Construction, split into Demolitions & enabling works, substructures, frame, envelope, internal finishes MEP, commissioning & hand over, external works etc.
4. Consider the programme risks, weather, complexity of design, availability of local resources etc. Describe them in a programme narrative and try to quantity in terms of time.

As Mike says you should start your programme from receipt of tender documenetation and work towards completion.

If your programme over runs to stated completion date (if there is one) then you should look to produce an alternative programme but you will need to quantify how any time saving is achieved, extra tower cranes, double shifting etc.

regards

Andy

Dear Mike and Andrew,

Thanks for the info. what I understand is that a tender schedule shall be submitted but I have one query regarding the contract award phase, what are the main activities in this phase as it is the finish milestone in this phase?

Also, is the work plan document necessary to be submitted in this stage? and what about the calculation the budget of the project? what are the main steps to make it?

Best,

Moutaz