Reference no: EM132272855

OBJECTIVE:

This study aims to develop the students' understanding of tendering procedures in construction industry.

OUTCOMES:

On completion of this module the student should be able to:

- Give reasoned advice on managing tendering process and presenting a report.

TASKS:

Government Organisation deliver major projects, infrastructures and investments. As the part of generating employment for the locals government invites qualified and experienced firm for the construction of Oman national railways worth 16.6 billion Omani Rials. The scope of works comprises in construction of 2135 Km double lane track, non-electrified connecting the major parts of Salalah, Duqm, Muscat and Sohar.

Work to be executed as four phase. Salalah to Amal, Amal to Al Duqm, Al Duqm to Muscat, Muscat to Sohar for the duration of three years.
Assume that you are working in Government Organisation as the senior quantity surveyor. Your Organisation decide to float the tender for the construction of double lane railway track. Regarding the project you are asked to prepare, the part of the tender document as per the conditions of contract "Sultanate of Oman Standard Document for Building and Civil Engineering Works (fourth edition), September 1999.

So that you need to prepare the PRIME DOCUMENT forming the part of tender document.

a) Review the three principal methods of choosing a contractor and suggest the client to select the most appropriate tendering procedure.
b) Explain the various documents required for preparing tender document.
c) Suggest the possibility of using electronic tendering in the case study with pros and cons.
d) As the part of tender document prepare minimum four prime document (Instruction to tenderers is mandatory) for construction of double lane railway track.

Report Format

1) The front cover of the report should have MEC logo and no page number should appear. It must be in printed form using the following margin spacing.
• Top: 1.0 inches
• Left: 1.5 inches
• Right: 1.0 inches
• Bottom: 1.0 inches

2) The report must be in black font typed in the English language using 12 points font of "Times New Roman ", on an A4 size standard paper.
3) The spacing of the lines must be 1.5 inches, using ‘justification' alignment for the running text , ‘center justification' for the chapter heading, and ‘left justification for the section heading/sub heading if any.
4) The font used for the chapter number and title is 16 points font; for the sections is 14 points font; and 12 points for sub sections with Bold.
5) The page number should be in the ‘footer' at the middle. The page number in the ‘Table of Contents' where there is the ‘List of Tables', ‘List of Figures' must be in Roman numerals, (e.g. i, ii, ii,...) and all other pages must be assigned a running Arabic number (1,2,3,...) starting from 1.
6) The references must use the Harvard Coventry referencing format and arranged in the order of their appearance.
7) Give sequential number to all figures and tables (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2, .... and Table 1, Table 2,...). The figure title is centered at bottom of figure. The table name is centered at the top of the table. Appendices are not required in this report.
Report Sections
The Report should contain a maximum of 2500 words with the following sections:
• Cover Page
• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Main body of report
• Conclusions and recommendations
• References / Bibliography

The report should start from the ‘cover page' to the ‘references' with the following sections:

1. Cover Page

2. Table of contents:
• ‘Table of Contents' must be in bold upper case size 14 points font in the middle of page (centered)

• ‘List of Figures', ‘List of Tables' must be in the upper case without bold and use Roman numerals to number the pages.
• All chapter topics should be written in upper case without bold.
• Subtopics written in each chapter should be numbered using Arabic numerals and indented one tab.

3. Introduction (Minimum 300 words)
This section is the background of the report content. It summarizes the overview of the topic and how the report is organized.

4. Main body of report (Minimum 2000 words)
• Describe the context of the case and present the breakdown summary of the data gathered for the Present findings in an organized manner supported by literature.
• Explain the techniques engaged.
The following are the details in writing of the body of the report:
• The headings are informative and descriptive.
• Discuss the conceptual framework of the case study
• Expound or elaborate the concept by presenting sub -topics relevant to the main topic.

5. Conclusions and recommendations (Minimum 200 words)
Every report should include a concluding statement regarding the subject matter of the study. State how this topic information has developed your knowledge. It can state also how this experience has enhanced your writing skills during the research process.

6. References (Minimum 8 references)

Write the list of all the sources of information you have consulted incorporated in the report following the right format of listing them using the CU Harvard style referencing format of listing. All references listed can come from websites, journals, reference books magazines and etc. Minimum 8 citations are mandatory in the report.

Aim: Write the aim of coursework

Description: Short paragraph (one or two points are enough for each headings) to summarize the expected outputs of the assignment. (Analysis, calculations, discussion, research on.., etc). You are asked to write about the principal methods in tendering related to case study and select the appropriate tender for the case study. Explain the tendering procedures for the selected appropriate tender. Suggest the possibility of using e tender. Prepare the required prime document for the case study and explain any four documents.

Time-plan: Prepare the time-plan in days.

Note: Maximum 300 words are enough for proposal.

Attachment:- Contractual Procedures and Estimating.rar