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Professional Practice: Guideline for Quantity Surveyor Chapter 2

Tender Action

 Documents sent to builders so that they can estimate the price for which they
are prepared to do the work.

 The tenders must be submitted by a specified time and date.
 On the specified date the tenders will be opened and the Architect / Client will

select the builder that they think most suitable, who then becomes the
Contractor.
 The contractor bid are evaluated against price as well as other important

considerations and a recommendations made to the clients on the
acceptance of the overall best offer.

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