Bid Evaluation Process on Non-Residential Public Building Project, Case Study on Selected Public Building Projects in Addis Ababa
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2018-10
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AAU
Abstract
In the public construction procurement process, the tendering phase of a project and
selecting the most appropriate main contractor is an initial milestone for project
success. Public procurement process in Ethiopia currently is facing many problems
that hinders the process from having effective and efficient result. There are
problems that are related to public building project procurement process that are
found in the literature review, but to make the finding more precisely related to nonresidential
public building procurement in Addis Ababa, a pilot survey of an interview
on the process factor conducted to Public Property Administiration and Procurement
Agency (PPAPA) specifically department of procurement directorate and
professionals from few construction management consultant made to conclude the
gap identification.
Then questionnaires have been developed and distributed to construction sector
professionals who are actively working for on the construction sector. In addition to
see the trend in setting bid qualification criteria and their strict use on bid evaluation
process, project case sudies have been studied on eight non-residencial public
building projects under construction in Addis Ababa.
Procurement process factors are identified through interview and questionnaires, and
then the response has been analyzed to rank the factors based on their relative
weight using frequency and severity index analyses as perceived by professionals
responding the questionnaires. The study showed that favouritism in providing
influential information to bidders, inappropriate project scope definition by client,
selecting lowest bidder by avoiding technical score form further evaluation in the
process, inappropriate project packaging by client, setting subjective criterion on bid
document by consultant and clients are some of the most influential process factors
considered crucially by the respondents for bid evaluation process in non-residential
public building project current practice in Addis Ababa.
This study provides supportive practical solution for public client to enhance and
improve their contractor selection processes in order to have successful completion
of construction projects that would meet their requirements and increase their
satisfaction levels.
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Public Body, Public Procurement, Bid, Pre-Qualification, Post- Qualification.