There’s one thing that’s often overlooked by subbies when it comes to improving bid-winning performance in construction tendering.
We’re talking about internal construction tendering processes and procedures. Believe it or not, if they aren’t up to scratch, you could be missing out on a lot of new construction business.
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Well, the information required to fulfil both, construction tenders and estimate functions is essentially the same throughout the whole bidding and construction process.
From preparing invitations to subcontractors or suppliers to tender or to calculate running costs. Quantity Surveyors rely on construction software applications that give them full visibility and control over the financial elements of the construction process.
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We spoke with Carol Massay, Head of Access Construction and winner of the ‘Construction businesswoman of the year’ at the Great British Business Woman Awards, to discuss her journey in the industry and her thoughts on women, diversity and new entrants coming into construction.
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John Leitch is bid manager at Hull-based modular buildings specialist M-AR Ltd, and has used Access ConQuest for more than 27 years. As demand for housing, particularly affordable homes, soars, he explains how off-site construction can provide greater cost certainty and faster delivery times.
Hitting housing targets is an ongoing challenge for many local authorities, which is why growing numbers are supplementing traditional building projects with Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), or modular buildings – not just for new homes but schools too.
One of the main reasons, of course, is speed. A modular construction project can be completed up to 40% faster than conventional ones because most of the work is completed and approved off-site.
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In this post, we’ll outline some key ways subcontractors can build ever stronger relationships with main contractors in the construction industry.
But first, here are five things subbies do that are guaranteed to send contractors running for the hills:
- Sending in an incomplete bid
- Sending a bid with errors and inaccurate data
- Submitting the bid after the deadline
- Going back to the contractor with extra charges
- Not responding at all to the contractor’s RFP
Sound familiar? If you recognise any of these happening at your organisation, you could be seriously damaging your chances of forming strong working relationships with contractors, subsequently hindering your chances of securing projects.
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- Construction
There’s one thing that’s often overlooked by subbies when it comes to improving bid-winning performance.
We’re talking about internal tendering processes and procedures. Believe it or not, if they aren’t up to scratch, you could be missing out on a lot of new business.
Consider these questions:
- Do you (or your customers) worry about the accuracy of your pricing?
- Do you and your estimating and surveying teams spend a lot of time on mundane admin tasks?
- Do you find it difficult to get a clear view of project costs?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these, there’s a good chance the tips in this blog post will be valuable. Follow our action points, and you’ll be well on your way to running a well-oiled tendering process and pricing more jobs than ever before.
So, here are five common mistakes that subcontractors make when tendering for new business (and what to do to fix them).
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Access Group will be speaking at industry show Digital Construction Week, 16 & 17 October 2019.
Appearing on the Tech Stage on day two, Andy Day will be sharing how software can save precious time in construction and release people from admin heavy tasks.
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- Construction
"ConQuest is just so flexible, it can be adapted, changed, the libraries can be amended, it gives me so much flexibility on all labour, plant, materials and adjustments. I have used a couple of other systems in the past and as far as I am concerned ConQuest is the bee’s knees", Melvin Sully, GA Sully & Sons.
How much time do you spend creating Bills of Quantity in Excel? Is updating spreadsheets with changes taking up valuable time?
ConQuest Estimating’s integrated system allows you to access everything you need in one place. All your data is stored and updated through a single system and your estimating processes work seamlessly together: you can access comprehensive libraries of items including your own items and bespoke build ups, update projects quickly, manage and compare subcontractor quotes, take-off measurements and produce reports.
Learn more about how ConQuest customers save time and improve the accuracy and quality of their data by taking advantage of ConQuest’s powerful integrated software.
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“I save around 3-4 days per tender by using Online Enquiries. If we price 150 tenders per year, this will give approximately 500 man-days longer for our supply chain to price the enquiry.” David Barbour, Estimating Manager, akp Scotland.
ConQuest’s cloud-based Online Enquiries system streamlines the way you send enquiries. In just a few clicks, multiple trade bills and enquiry letters are created for a whole project, no matter the size.
The system, part of Conquest Estimating, allows you to easily create subcontractor/supplier document packages, store them on the cloud and send notification emails. Live tracking let’s you see which subcontractors and suppliers have viewed and downloaded the information, saving you time chasing quotes.
Read how Online Enquiries has helped other estimators improve the efficiency of their enquiry process, increase their capacity to process tenders and improved their communication with their subcontractors.
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