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082			_aB TH-0892 _bINA
100			_aInamdar, Purva (UC2216) _990463
245		0	_aBidding process for engineering consultants (Softcopy is also available)
260			_c2020-21
300			_avi,55p.
505			_aTable of Contents ABSTRACT 4 Chapter 1: Introduction: 8 1.1 Background: 8 1.2 Need for the study: 8 1.3 Scope of the study: 8 1.4 Objectives of the study: 9 1.5 Research methodology adopted: 9 1.6 Expected outcome from the study: 11 1.7 Assumptions and limitation for the study: 11 1.7.1 Assumptions for the study: 11 1.7.2 Limitations of the study: 11 1.8 Tentative timeline adopted for the study: 11 Chapter 2: Literature review: 12 2.1 Scope and objective of literature review: 12 2.2 Overall project life cycle and role of consultants: 12 2.3 Overall process followed by consultants before considering a project/client: 13 2.4 Summary for probable parameters for making a Bid/No-bid decision for consultants: . 14 2.5 Overall bidding process followed from clients end: 15 2.6 Bid evaluation criteria: 15 2.6.1 Quality based selection (QBS): 15 2.6.2 Quality Cost Based Selection (QCBS): 16 2.6.3 Cost Based Selection (CBS): 16 2.6.4 Single source selection: 16 2.7 Research gap: 16 2.9 Research questions: 16 3. Data collection: 17 3.1 Overview and methodology: 17 3.2 Basis and objectives of the questionnaire survey: 17 3.4 Overview and objectives of semi-structured interviews: 18 4. Data analysis: 19 4.1 Overview: 19 4.2 Age of organisations of respondents: 20 4.3 Areas of work for the respondants 4.4 Type of process adopted for go/non-go decision: 21 4.5 RII analysis and ranking of parameters: 22 4.5.1 Overall RII ranking of parameters: 22 4.5.2 RII ranking for small scale consultants: 23 4.5.3 RII ranking for medium scale consultants: 24 4.5.4 RII ranking for large scale consultant 25 4.6 Similarity variation analysis for top 15 parameters identified from RII analysis for all the three categories of consultants mentioned: 26 4.7 Comparison of RII ranking: 27 4.8 Accuracy of bidding process adopted: 28 4.9 Analysis for other parameters: 29 4.10 Percentage distribution for interview respondents: 30 4.11 ANOVA test: 31 5.Analysis of Survey Results: 33 5.1 Top 10 influencing parameters identified by Consultants: 33 5.1.1 Past payment record of client: 33 5.1.2 Cash-flow on the project: 33 5.1.3 Fair conditions of contract: 33 5.1.4 Clarity in the ToR: 33 5.1.5 History of the client with the company: 34 5.1.6 Current financial capacity of the client: 34 5.1.7 Overall staff expertise: 34 5.1.8 Revenue generated from previous similar projects: 34 5.1.9 Reputation of client: 34 6. Conclusions 35 6.1 Major inferences: 35 6.1 Major inferences for small and medium consultants: 35 6.2 Major inferences for large consultants: 35 6.3 Major challenges faced in the current bidding process followed: 35 7. Future scope: 36 Bibliography 36 Appendix A (summary for interviews) 37 Appendix B (Questionnaire survey form) 44 Appendix C (Summary for questionnaire responses) 51 1. Classification of consultants: 51 2. Likert scale responses: 52 3. Summary for true-false answer: 53
700			_aVakil, Suren (Guide)
890			_aIndia
891			_a2016 Batch
891			_aFT-UG
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