OpenConstruction Academy

Tendering & award

17 video lessons on tendering & award, in German, English, French, Italian, Chinese, Bulgarian and Spanish, set in Germany, the United States, Ontario (Canada), Québec (Canada), Italy, China, Bulgaria, Spain and the United Kingdom. Each one is shown step by step in OpenConstructionERP, with chapters and a full transcript. In other languages: Vergabe · Appel d'offres · Nadmetanje i odabir.

  1. 5:34 DE · Germany GAEB-Dateien kontrolliert austauschen How do I export a bill as GAEB X83, get priced X84 back and check that the exchange really worked?
  2. 3:04 DE · Germany Angebote prüfen und Vergabe vorbereiten How do I compare bids on the same scope when the lowest one is missing an item, and record the award rationale?
  3. 3:10 EN · United States Bid Leveling: Three Quotes, One Job Compare three framing bids in OpenConstructionERP using the same scope of work. This bid-leveling example follows a trade package from the estimate through quotations and adjustments to the subcontractor award.
  4. 4:23 EN · Canada · Ontario Tender Work to Subcontractors Three drywall subtrades priced your townhomes, and one came in more than a fifth lower. In Canada, carry the wrong sub's price in your bid and you may be held to it.
  5. 4:30 FR · Canada · Québec Soumissions et BSDQ Can I accept the lowest BSDQ bid if it arrived without the required bid bond?
  6. 4:25 IT · IT Come leggere il computo metrico prima di fare l'offerta How do I check a computo metrico estimativo line by line before I bid, and which part of the total can be discounted?
  7. 4:39 IT · IT Ribasso d'offerta: analisi prezzi e margine How far can I lower my bid before the job loses money, once site overheads are counted?
  8. 4:59 IT · IT Subappalto: confrontare le offerte e scegliere l'impresa How do I compare three subcontractor bids fairly when the lowest one leaves out a line?
  9. 5:03 ZH · CN 工程量清单投标价怎么算:四大块与增值税陷阱 How do I build a bid price in four blocks under the new Chinese standard without charging VAT twice on a provisional sum?
  10. 5:20 ZH · CN 暂估价招标:比价、清标、定标,最低价未必最省 How do I compare three bids for a provisional-sum package when the lowest one leaves out a room?
  11. 1:58 BG · BG Избор на подизпълнител: сравнение на оферти по цена и срок How do I choose between three subcontractor bids when the cheapest one does not fit the schedule?
  12. 2:40 ES · ES Importar BC3 y preparar una oferta de obra: PEM, gastos y baja How do I import the BC3 from a tender, add overheads and profit, and prepare a bid with a baja without losing the original budget?
  13. 2:10 ES · ES Comparativo de ofertas de obra: precio, alcance y adjudicación Is the cheapest of three subcontractor bids really the cheapest once the scope is the same, and how do I award it with its purchase order?
  14. 3:40 DE · Germany Kostenvoranschlag und GAEB How do I price the Rohbau bill of quantities myself, report the Kostenvoranschlag to the client, and send the bill to bidders as GAEB without my prices?
  15. 3:43 DE · Germany Vergabe im Bauwesen How do I compare three bids for the Rohbau, clarify a suspiciously low price under VOB/A and prepare the award?
  16. 5:53 EN · GB How to Price a Construction Tender (NRM 2) We price a UK construction tender in OpenConstructionERP, starting with the bill of quantities and working through to the tender sum. The example follows an NRM 2 structure and includes measured work, subcontract quotes, preliminaries, risk, overheads and profit.
  17. 6:01 EN · GB How to Compare Subcontractor Bids We compare subcontractor bids for the same work package in OpenConstructionERP. Before looking at the totals, we check exclusions, missing scope and the assumptions behind each quotation.

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