Economic Scoring Formulae in multi-attribute construction auction

Ballesteros-Pérez, P., Pellicer, E. and González-Cruz, M. C. (2017) Economic Scoring Formulae in multi-attribute construction auction. In: Pellicer, E., Adam, J. M., Yepes, V., Singh, A. and Yazdani, S. (eds.) Resilient Structures and Sustainable Construction. ISEC Press, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9780996043748 doi: 10.14455/ISEC.res.2017.73

Abstract/Summary

Public tendering implies the free concurrence and competition of bidding companies that certify their solvency, so that those companies proposing the most attractive bid, both technically and economically, are awarded the contracts and carry them out according to the same terms and conditions that they proposed. Generally, there is high competition in public tendering, both concerning the number of bidders (constantly increasing), as well as the profit margin (constantly decreasing). On the other side, handling the procurement process, there is a contracting authority that spends public money while trying to fulfill a particular socio-economic objective. This paper will take the contracting authority’s (auctioneer’s) point of view which is in charge of devising and implementing the awarding criteria, as well as choosing the best bidder. Particularly, this paper will focus on some aspects of the Economic Scoring Formula (ESF) design. The ESF constitutes a set of mathematical expressions that transform the economic bids submitted by the bidders into scores, so that, eventually, the bidders can be ranked and the best one selected. We will conclude that, despite apparently simple, how ESF are configured eventually have profound consequences on bidding behavior and some bidding results, like a higher or lower bid dispersion.

Additional Information	Proceedings of the Ninth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference Valencia, Spain, July 24-July 29, 2017
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URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/72530
Item Type	Book or Report Section
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of the Built Environment
Uncontrolled Keywords	Bidding, Tendering, Competition, Economic bid, Bidder, Procurement.
Additional Information	Proceedings of the Ninth International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference Valencia, Spain, July 24-July 29, 2017
Publisher	ISEC Press
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