The tender evaluation process by the client will often focus on technical aspects of the facility but evaluation of design quality can be equally important to deliverability, value for money and fitness for purpose criteria.
For municipal waste management proposals, this step will often be applied to the evaluation of proposals to deliver a service rather than simply the construction of a single building or site. However, common principles will apply when assessing the quality of bids and value for money issues.
When evaluating tenders, consideration should be given to the following criteria:
■ deliverability
■ design flexibility
■ life cycle cost
■ quality of innovation
■ use of materials
■ design image and quality of resulting environment
■ efficiency of design.