TABLE OF CONTENTS This checklist is intended to assist clients and contractors when preparing or adjudicating tenders for transmission and distribution construction work. The preparation of tenders for large projects is a costly business. Working through the checklist will help to ensure that no major items have been overlooked.
A Initial contractor pre-selection
B The client/the contractor
C Competition
D Technical specifications
E Quality assurance
F Delivery
G Payments
H Estimates
I Documentation
J Terms and conditions of contract
A.1 Is this a serious bid from which a contract will follow or is the client looking for a measure of cost to gauge work in the distant future?
A.2 Is there a pre-qualification in order to gauge the capacity or capability of the contractor?
A.3 Are there at this stage any special terms and conditions of contract that would make the final contract too risky to consider further? For example consequential loss, extremely high liquidated damages, high performance bonds, ongoing defect rectification, etc., contract clauses.
B.1 Is the client or contractor well known with the resources and past track record to consider further?
B.2 If this is an overseas job what experience does the client or contractor have of working in the country under consideration?
B.3 If supported by a international bank are client or contractor able to conform to the usually strict guidelines required?
B.4 Are special insurances required?
C.1 What other large contracts are currently on...
