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Professional Practice: Guideline for Quantity Surveyor Chapter 4

4.2.1 Open Tender

 Bidding process that is open to all qualified bidders
 Tender usually published in the newspaper and internet

 Chosen on the basis of price and quality.
 This is most effective way of obtaining many competitive rates.

Advantages Disadvantages

Any contractor can tender their work Client must bear expensive cost of

tendering (reproducing number of
drawings etc.

No favoritisms occurred The wrong contractor may be chosen
because they are from unknown

background.

No commitment to tender, all tender This offer does not encourage

received will be genuine contractors to use modern equipment
and new techniques for its use is the high

cost.

Maximum competition Time consuming

Table 4.1: Advantages and disadvantages of Open Tender

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