BPM213: Recommend, only in Case 2 (construction of MRT tunnel), a suitable method of tendering: Procurement Management Report, SUSS, Singapore

Question 2 – Tendering Procedures, Prequalification of Contractor, Tender Evaluation and Award

(a) Recommend, only in Case 2 (construction of MRT tunnel), a suitable method of tendering, justify your choice of selection, and describe its procedures.

(b) Identify the advantages and disadvantages of your recommended tendering system for Case 2.

(c) The Quality Fee Method (QFM), based on the QFM framework dated 1 February 2023, is used to evaluate tenders for architectural design services for the project in Case 1.

The authority has informed all tenderers of the following (refer also to Table Q2) during the tender stage:

• QFM Configuration: Quality (Q): Fee (F) weightage = 80:20, with
consultants’ performance weightage at 10% of overall QFM weightage

• Fee proposal: Based on percentage of final construction cost
Examine and evaluate the five conforming bidders’ performance in Table Q2 by:
(i) Calculating their Consultants’ Performance score (CP‐score), Other Quality
score (Q sub‐score) and the Quality score (Q-score), the Fee score (F-score)
and the Total QFM score.

(ii) Showing clearly your calculations on the average of all qualified bids (first
average), the average fee computation and checks on any outlier bids to prevent price-diving.

(iii) Ranking their overall submission based on their Total QFM score.