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Clarke, L, van der Meer, M, Bingham, C, Michielsens, E and Miller, S (2009) Enabling and disabling: disability in the British and Dutch construction sectors. Construction Management and Economics, 27(06), 555–66.

Huang, Y-L (2009) Prediction of contractor default probability using structural models of credit risk: an empirical investigation. Construction Management and Economics, 27(06), 581–96.

Lau, E and Rowlinson, S (2009) Interpersonal trust and inter-firm trust in construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 27(06), 539–54.

Li, H, Li, V, Skitmore, M, Wong, J K W and Cheng, E W L (2009) Competitiveness factors: a study of the real estate market in China. Construction Management and Economics, 27(06), 567–79.

Santoso, D S (2009) The construction site as a multicultural workplace: a perspective of minority migrant workers in Brunei. Construction Management and Economics, 27(06), 529–37.

Walraven, A and de Vries, B (2009) From demand driven contractor selection towards value driven contractor selection. Construction Management and Economics, 27(06), 597–604.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Procurement; contractor selection; multi-criteria selection; tendering; quality function deployment; value
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190902933356
  • Abstract:
    The procurement of a construction contractor should consider more aspects than only cost or price. Taking value and price into account to select the "best value for money" bid results in adopting a structured multi-criteria approach. An alternative contractor selection method is presented, which identifies the contractor with the best potential to deliver the highest value for money. An investigation of the client needs and product performances for contractor selection has been conducted for a building type, and the relative weight of each product performance is analysed through a questionnaire. The relative weights of the product performances are identified by allocating a fictional budget to the client needs and translating these values into the relative weight of the product performances by using the quality function deployment method. In the contractor selection method, the relative importance of the product performances are combined with the scores of the bids, resulting in the best bid and contractor in a specific building project.