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Creating Successful Bid Proposals
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Attention New York Engineers:
This course cannot be taken to fulfill your
continuing education requirements in the state of New York since the course does
not cover material from one of the core engineering disciplines.
For more information, check the
New
York State Board Requirements.
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Richard Warden, P.E., CPESC
Overview
Engineers routinely design and bid projects. The Bid Proposal Form, which
summarizes how the contractor will be compensated, becomes a major factor in the
tone for the working relationship between the engineer/owner and the
contractor. By considering variations on how items can be measured and paid,
the engineer may create more win-win conditions between the owner and staff, the
contractor and the contractor’s material suppliers. This course covers some
basic techniques as well as unique alternatives and describes some typical
results that can be expected when using these bidding parameters.
This
course will have relevance to any engineer that creates bid documents. The
examples in the course relate to earthwork construction, but most any work that
can be expressed for bidding purposes can be substituted into this material.
Prerequisite knowledge
required to complete this course: The engineer should have a basic
understanding of the bid creation process, reviewing bids received, and
involvement during the contractor’s execution of the work.
The
student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15)
questions at the end of the course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
When this course is completed
the student will have learned multiple alternatives to use when creating future
Bid Proposal Forms and will recognize how each choice may affect the final bid
results. The student will also learn why various techniques have beneficial
effects within their organization, as well as during execution of the work by
the contractor.
This course teaches the
following specific knowledge and skills:
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Selection of common methods of measurement and
their consequences
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Selection of common methods of payment and their
consequences
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Unique alternatives to these common methods of
measurement and payment
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A basic understanding of the reviewing for
balanced bids
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The necessity for Change Orders and how they can
be minimized through the measurement and payment choices.
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How to reduce cash-flow problems for the
contractor through timely payments.
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How extending existing line items may reduce
negotiated extras, and why that is important.
Course
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