Procurement Methods for Construction Projects

Running head: PROCUREMENT METHODS
PROCUREMENT METHODS
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Executive summary
The process of procuring the entities for the goods, services and the works acquiring is the
procurement methods. It can be both competitive and non-competitive. The delivery method
of design-bid-build is the most popular method of construction. The design build method is
the system of delivery of projects of construction that involves the complete responsibility of
the designing and the building of the construction to a sole member. The scope for the
deployment of this method is in both the new home construction and the home renovation
and it is considered as the alternative of the conventional method of design-bid-build. The
securing of the services of a construction manager is a variation of the method of design-bid-
build. The most commonly deployed mechanism of the construction management is the CM
At-risk.

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................3
Discussion......................................................................................................................3
Design-bid-build method...........................................................................................3
Advantages.............................................................................................................3
Disadvantages........................................................................................................4
Design build method..................................................................................................6
Advantages.............................................................................................................6
Disadvantages........................................................................................................8
Construction management..........................................................................................8
Advantages.............................................................................................................9
Disadvantages........................................................................................................9
Conclusion....................................................................................................................11
References....................................................................................................................12

3PROCUREMENT METHODS
Introduction
This report aims to discuss the positive and negative aspects of the three procurement
methods for construction projects. The advantages and the disadvantages of the design-bid-
build method is clearly discussed in this report. The advantages and the disadvantages of the
design build method is stated in this report. The advantages and the disadvantages of the
construction methods is clearly stated in this report. Lastly, this report concludes with an
appropriate conclusion of this report.
The methods that are utilised by the procuring entity for acquiring goods, services
and works is known as procurement methods. The methods of procurement can be both
competitive and non-competitive (Arney et al. 2014).
Discussion
Design-bid-build method
This delivery method is a conventional method of construction. This process includes
the selection by the owner and then hiring of professionals of design for producing
construction or/and design documents that are to be utilised in the Request for proposals of
the qualified builders (Bergman and Lundberg 2013). In the above mentioned situation, the
drawing of contracts is dissimilar for the contractor and the designer and there is a minimum
involvement of the builder in the phase of designing of the project.
Advantages
The advantages of this method are:
 The owner plays a higher role in the process of designing
 The extra willing participants of bidding such as contractors are increasingly
familiar with the approach