Contractor contract award

For example, a single EPC lump sum contract awarded on competitive basis will place most of the risk on the contractor s shoulders but require a very thorough, lengthy and expensive bid preparation process that could discourage contractors from submitting bids. 

Contractors Evaluations - When a contractor is evaluated either for screening purposes or a specific contract award, the information developed must be documented for future reference. 

Contract Award - Every contract award, whether competitive or negotiated, must be documented with a thorough justification memo analyzing the reason for the selection and comparing the relative merits of all contractors considered. 

Bid security Funds or a bid bond submitted with a bid as a guarantee to the recipient of the bid that the contractor, if awarded the contract, will execute the contract in accordance with the bidding requirements of the contract documents. 

Contract award. Was the contract awarded consistent with terms of the RFP Were provisions made for objectively awarding to the best value or best advantage to the buyer, not just the low bidder Contract administrator. Was the contract administered fairly and objectively Was the contractor required to perform as specified in the RFP and in accordance with the contractor s proposal Were any changes managed properly and fairly (to the buyer and the contractor) ... 

To protect both parties in a contract arrangement it is good practice to make a contract in which the scope of work, completion time and method of reimbursement are agreed. Contracts are normally awarded though a competitive tendering process or after negotiation if there is only one suitable contractor. 

Lump sum contracts tend to be favoured by companies awarding work (if the scope of work can be well defined) as they provide a clear incentive for the contractor to complete a project on time and within an agreed price. 

Part B information to be defined by the FSA customer once the contract has been awarded to a contractor, e.g. the sample storage conditions to be used, the methods to be used, the IQC procedures to be used, the required measurement limits (e.g. limit of detection (LOD), limit of determination/ quantification (LOQ), and the reporting limits)... 

Part C information to be provided by the contractor on an on-going basis once contract is awarded - to be agreed with the customer to ensure that the contractor remains in analytical control . 

Part B Information to be defined by the FSA customer once the contract has been awarded - to be agreed with contractor... 

Because the scope of work for JACADS closure is too uncertain to permit fixed-price competition, contracts for services under a cost-reimbursable contract with an award fee will be used (Bushman, 2000). The entire process of chemical demilitarization has been a novel experience, both for the Army and its contractors. Consequently, a fixed-price contract for the first closure of a disposal facility was not practical. Fixed-price contracting for JACADS closure... 

The EPC contract was awarded on competitive basis to a small (75 employees) contractor with an excellent group of process engineers, a very lean organization, and a very good record of handling subcontractors in construction management situations. 

Structural steel. Try to award the steel fabrication contract including erection. If not possible, include the contractor with the equipment rental business as well as one of the mechanical contractors... 

Before accepting any bid from any contractor, be sure that the contractor submits experience data, showing the satisfactory (to the customer) completion of at least three contracts of similar nature and involving the same or equivalent materials, within the last two years. In addition, he must guarantee that if awarded the contract, at the very least the lead craftsman to whom this job will be assigned will be the one who handled one or more of these reference Jobs. If he is unable or unwilling to use craftsmen and supervisors experienced in this work, he should not be permitted to bid. 

Preliminary engineering was started in May 1980 with the award of the project services contract to Bechtel, Inc. of San Francisco, California. Shortly afterwards, two more contractors were selected Davy-McKee of Lakeland, Florida,for the design of the two methanol plants and Foster-Wheeler of Livingston, New Jersey,for conceptual and basic design of the MTG plant. 

In 1985, the operations and maintenance contractor awarded the air filtration contractor, by competitive bidding, a subcontract totaling 2.9 million to fabricate and install JACADS air filtration system. After the units had been fabricated and delivered to JACADS, the operations and maintenance contractor awarded the air filtration contractor a 1.3 million sole-source contract to expand for safety purposes the original filters from two banks of charcoal each to a total of six. 

All RAS and SAS analyses are administered by the Sample Management Office (SMO) which is staffed by an EPA contractor. All communications with the laboratory are through SMO personnel and direct contact with the CLP laboratory is not permitted. TTie SMO also administers the award of RAS and SAS contracts which are for three months duration. The time of contracts is short so that other laboratories can gain entrance into the program and so analyses are not biased by one laboratory. 

The effectiveness of the site-focused organizational model depends importantly on the confidence that the contracting parties have in the quality and fairness of the contractual incentives used to drive contractor performance. Contractor site personnel have indicated that the quality of a contractor s performance in those technical areas subject to objective measurement is easily agreed in conference between contractor site managers and CMA on-site representatives. Contractor performance measured subjectively, which also affects incentive awards, is more likely to be conten-... 

Bid shopping- A practice by which contractors, both before and after their bids are submitted, attempt to obtain prices from potential subcontractors and material suppliers that are lower than the contractors original estimates on which their bids are based, or after a contract is awarded, seek to induce subcontractors to reduce the subcontract price included in the bid. 

The conventional fixed bid method of delivery project approach is characterized by a clear separation between the design phase and the construction phase. The owner hires an architect/engineering firm (A E) that turns the functional requirements of the building into a detailed set of construction drawings and specifications. These drawings and specifications, as well as schedule requirements and special conditions, become the basis of a request for proposal (RFP) that is issued to general contractors (GC) for bids. Bids are received and evaluated and a fixed price or lump sum contract is awarded to a GC. The GC purchases materials and awards subcontracts as required to satisfy his obligations as detailed in the contract documents. 

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