WorksheetsSHU Seminar Quiz 11.11.2024
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is procurement?
The process of entering into a contract with a party providing works, goods or services
The overall process of acquiring works, goods or services from another party.
The physical act of going out to the market and obtaining a suitable provider for the works, goods or services.
Buying stuff
What are some key considerations for a contractor's QS when reviewing a tender?
Location
Profit
Delivery
Format
What is the order of a traditional procurement?
Concept
Design
Procurement
Construction
Post Completion
What is the order for a contractor's QS completing a tender submission?
Review the documents
Site visit
Completing the price
Ensuring the requirements have been met
Obtaining management approval
Why is construction procurement important?
It always gives you the best person for the contract
It continuously effects the market conditions of the industry
It makes sure the client gets a project as cheaply as possible
It will set out how a project is going to perform
What does a QS do in procurement?
Tell the client what to do
Advise on a suitable procurement route
Source contractors
Give formal legal advise
Pay the contractor
What is tendering?
The process of entering into a contract with a party providing works, goods or services
The overall process of acquiring works, goods or services from another party.
The physical act of going out to the market and obtaining a suitable provider for the works, goods or services.
Buying stuff
What is the order of a Design & Build procurement?
Concept
Procurement
Design
Construction
Post Completion
When would you use a subcontractor?
Some of the works are not within your companies remit
Your company doesn't have the resource to complete some of the works
Your company doesn't like the client
You're faced with a tight timeline for the procurement so you need a quick price
You don't fully understand the required works
A client asks you to procure a 5* hotel, they have a large chain of businesses and this would just be the latest of multiple developments that have planned. What is the primary consideration?
Time
Cost
Quality
A school has a leaking roof, they manage to get to the summer holidays by closing off the effected classrooms. They need you to procure a contractor to fix the roof. What is the primary consideration?
Time
Cost
Quality
A charity has asked you to procure a contractor to build an extension to their community building. This is for a new function they don't currently offer. What is the primary consideration?
Time
Cost
Quality
A pandemic occurs, the NHS contacts you to run the procurement and construction of a temporary treatment facility to give vaccinations. What is the primary consideration?
Time
Cost
Quality
A government led client has been given a new, high level budget to construct a nuclear power facility for experimental purposes. What is the primary consideration?
Time
Cost
Quality
