CONTENTS Foreword 7 Introduction 9 Tendering requirements 10 Costs 11 Deadlines13 Function 14 Range of services 16 Quality 17 Tender items 18 Organizing the tender 21 Timetabling the invitation to tender 21 Time invested by participants 22 Tendering sequence and nature of tender 24 Fixing bid units 26 Tendering by trade 26 Invitation to tender by part lot 29 Package awards 29 Tendering style 31 Tendering by function 31 Detailed tendering 32 Depth of tender 32 Structuring an invitation to tender 35 Textual elements 35 General information about the building project 35 Contractual conditions 39 Technical requirements 42 Project-related contractual conditions 44 Tender specification 45 Drawing elements 46 0ther descriptive elements 47 Structuring service specifications 49 Approach to functional service specifications 49 Functional tender specifications without a design 51 Functional specification with design 55 Structuring a functional tender specification 58 Drawing up a requirement profile 60 Procedures for a detailed description of works 64 Lo 67 Title and subtitle 67 Items 69 In conclusion 80 Appendix 81 Standards 81 Literature 81 Further sources of information 81 Picture credits 83