Tendering, step by step
Comparability is the whole point. Protect it at every step.
- Define the scopeDrawings, specification and preliminaries that leave no gaps.
- Prequalify the listCapability, capacity, safety record and financial standing.
- Issue the tenderSame documents, same deadline, same information to everyone.
- Answer queries in writingEvery clarification goes to every tenderer at the same time.
- Open and analyseCheck arithmetic, qualifications and any abnormally low bid.
- Award and recordRecord the basis of the decision, then debrief the unsuccessful.
Educational reference. Public procurement is governed by law and by the client's standing orders. Take advice.
Questions about the Tendering poster
- What’s on the Tendering poster?
- 6 numbered steps. Comparability is the whole point. Protect it at every step. Define the scope — Drawings, specification and preliminaries that leave no gaps.; Prequalify the list — Capability, capacity, safety record and financial standing.; Issue the tender — Same documents, same deadline, same information to everyone.; Answer queries in writing — Every clarification goes to every tenderer at the same time.; Open and analyse — Check arithmetic, qualifications and any abnormally low bid.; Award and record — Record the basis of the decision, then debrief the unsuccessful.. Educational reference. Public procurement is governed by law and by the client's standing orders. Take advice.
- Who is the Tendering poster for?
- Tendering belongs to the Civil Engineering section rather than to a school year, because engineering is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning construction management can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Tendering poster?
- Running a tender, or preparing one that will be judged fairly. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Tendering belongs on the wall where that engineering work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Tendering?
- Cost Estimating, Critical Path Method and Earned Value sit alongside Tendering in the Civil Engineering section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Cost EstimatingCritical Path MethodEarned Value
- Is the Tendering poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Tendering downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Civil Engineering section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Tendering poster print at?
- Tendering is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Tendering loses nothing.Printing guide
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