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Professional Practice: Guideline for Quantity Surveyor Chapter 4

4.2.4 Negotiated Tender

Under this method, only one contractor is approached. Normally because the skills of
the contractor are such that the architect and other members of the design team needed
from the contractor’s specialist knowledge use for design stage.

Following the completion of the design, the contractor will price the bill of
quantities and then enter into a negotiation with the quantity surveyor. This offer is

practiced on the following grounds:

 projects that require immediate completion

 the project work requires expertise.
 the project continued and phased-phase.

 project financing made by the contractor
 the project which has the same job

Advantages Disadvantages

Low cost Offer a high price because there is
no competition.

Contractor can advise and provide Only certain contractors to be
recommendations and advice to the selected.
architect / engineer early stage of
project design.

Employers can estimate the costs Due to the offer price is too high,
involved with more accurate and control of wastage of materials and
faster by a previously unknown level time not so good.
of prices for projects that have the
same field. Misappropriation stage of planning
to cause harm to the employer.

Table 4.4: Advantages and Disadvantages of Negotiated Tender

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