Commercial services
Procurement support and tender reviews
Choose your contractor or specialist consultant with a clearer understanding of the proposed scope and the differences between their prices.
Discuss your tender or quotationsMake a comparison you can rely on
Two prices can appear comparable while allowing for different work. A tender review examines the proposals against the brief, making omissions and qualifications easier to identify before an appointment is made.
WHBC can help prepare an enquiry and assess the responses. This includes specialist consultant briefs, where defining the required investigation or deliverable gives each consultant a consistent basis for their fee proposal.
From the enquiry to the appointment decision
- Enquiry preparation: review the available work information and identify what needs to be clarified before prices are sought.
- Consultant briefs: define the questions a specialist appointment should address and the outputs required.
- Quotation comparisons: examine contractor returns against the requested scope and record exclusions or differing allowances.
- Fee reviews: compare consultant proposals against the brief, including attendance requirements and the extent of reporting.
- Clarification and recommendation: prepare queries and a reasoned assessment to support your appointment decision.
What you receive
A comparison schedule brings the proposals onto a consistent basis, with differences and outstanding queries recorded. An accompanying recommendation explains the factors affecting the selection. Where included, the service also provides the enquiry brief and a record of clarifications obtained before appointment.
Example scenario: appointing a specialist consultant
Suppose an owner receives two proposals to investigate a building defect. One includes site testing while the other relies on existing reports. A review could identify that difference and establish whether revised proposals are needed before the fees can be compared fairly.
Questions about this service
Yes. Send the original enquiry and the complete returns. We can review whether the contractors have priced the same work and identify questions to resolve before you make a decision.
We can help define the brief and compare the resulting fee proposals. The specialist remains responsible for the advice and design within their appointment, with your approval required before they are instructed.
The recommendation considers the agreed evaluation basis and what each proposal includes. An apparently lower price may exclude work that needs to be allowed for elsewhere, so the comparison explains those differences.
You retain the decision to appoint and responsibility for the procurement approvals that apply to your organisation. WHBC provides technical and commercial analysis within the agreed brief. Any legal procurement advice would require a separate specialist appointment.
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