1st November 2006, 03:09 PM
Slightly off the main thrust of the thread perhaps, but I was interested in Mr 1desk's comment about assessing tenders, in part, on quality of staff.
Presumably competence and appropriateness (including staff) for the particular project are the major criteria for selecting contractors for the tender list in the first place, as one would in other industries, and is a requirement of the CDM process. It seems a bit late to check it out at tender assessment and could possibly leave one open to criticism.
Of course the case can arise where a firm has the appropriate staff but they are commmitted elsewhere, which you might not find out about pre-tender.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
Presumably competence and appropriateness (including staff) for the particular project are the major criteria for selecting contractors for the tender list in the first place, as one would in other industries, and is a requirement of the CDM process. It seems a bit late to check it out at tender assessment and could possibly leave one open to criticism.
Of course the case can arise where a firm has the appropriate staff but they are commmitted elsewhere, which you might not find out about pre-tender.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.