As a professional report, clarity and readability are critically important. You are encouraged to use diagrams and graphs to help to explain the topics. Any material (images, drawings, diagrams, text) that is derived from other sources must be suitably referenced using a standard form of citation. Your report should be 1,500-2,000 words in length. While you will not be penalised for exceeding this word count, keep in mind that being clear and succinct are key features of professional documents. 1 should take the form of a flow chart with annotated explanations against each item. The flow chart must indicate the two separate routes of information, which are specifications or bills of quantities. 2 is a tabulated checklist that details a tender package. Each item must be accompanied by an explanation as to why it has been included. 3 is a scenario case study to explain what method of tendering and taking-off techniques would be suitable for each project. 4 is a PowerPoint format presentation material (A4 size hard-copy and not more than 10 slides).

LO 1: Define what constitutes a tender and the information required for this process. LO 2:. Explain the procedures and contractual arrangements for tendering.

You are an assistant quantity surveyor in a new cost consultant firm. Your director wishes to produce a Practice Manual with guidelines and instructions on technical and professional quantity surveying practices to ensure that the staff can deliver good and consistent quality service to their Clients. The practice manual has two sections; pre-contract and post contract stages. Your team is responsible for drafting the Standard Tender Package of the manual and your Team Associate needs you to assist him in drafting this section. You have been assigned to complete the following tasks: - 1. It is important that the tendering stage is well planned in advance to make sure that the rest of the design team are delivering their tendering information to quantity surveyor for a particular package in accordance with an agreed programme. In order to meet the agreed programme, the standard procedure for preparing a tender document is very important. Therefore, you are requested to produce a flow chart with explanation notes on each stage for assembling tendering information. This explanation should compare and evaluate the use of specifications or bill of quantities with drawings as methods of tendering. 2. Explain the documentation required to issue a tender that can be used for international contracts. 3. Recently, your company are employed as a cost consultant in the following projects: Design and build project for a hotel development whose value is budgeted $800m. Traditional procurement project for a residential development in Kowloon.

Your Associate wishes to use the above projects as Scenario to give a guidance on choosing the type of tendering methods and different taking-off techniques. You are requested to recommend a method of tendering and explain in detail the reasons for selecting this method. You are also required to evaluate the relationship between taking off techniques you have chosen and the type of contractual arrangement for the above projects.

4. In order to recommend our clients to use Building Information Modelling in the tender and procurement for future projects, you are requested to provide presentation materials to explain the potential benefits of using this system.