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Construction and building services
Tendering for public construction work: pre-qualification, frameworks, contracts, pricing documents and the certification specialist trades are asked for.
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Construction and building services
Bonds, Guarantees, Retention and Z Clauses — Read These Before You Price
Two contractors can price the same drawings and arrive at very different numbers, because the real cost of a construction contract sits partly in its commercial terms. These are the ones to read before you price, not after you win.
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Construction and building services
How Public Construction Frameworks Work
A lot of public construction work is never advertised as a single tender. It is awarded through frameworks. For contractors, that changes which tender matters most, and when it comes round.
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Construction and building services
The Common Assessment Standard, Explained for Contractors
The Common Assessment Standard is now the normal way construction suppliers are pre-qualified, in the public sector and by many main contractors. What it is, which certification you need, and the documents that can quietly let it lapse.
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Construction and building services
What’s Different About a Construction Tender Pack?
A construction tender pack has the usual skeleton, plus three things most other packs don't: the design, a works contract whose options decide the risk you are pricing, and pricing documents built around it.
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Reading the tender pack →Clarifications →Evidence and eligibility →Bid / no-bid →All Insights →