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When it comes to bidding for new clients, design and construction specialist Dan Grimshaw of Beam Development<\/a>\u00a0explains why he walks away if the process involves competitive tender when it\u2019s based on cost alone<\/h2>\n

With a new Cabinet Office Green Paper<\/a> set to simplify present complex public procurement procedures, I believe there are lessons to be learned from the private sector when it comes to rethinking the procurement process.<\/p>\n

The current process of competitive tender is massively wasteful and a negotiated tender route \u2013 where a client invites one contractor of their choice to submit a tender response for a project \u2013 is the way ahead.<\/p>\n

The main motivation for people opting for competitive tender<\/a> is to get a comparison price from more than one person, but the procedure doesn\u2019t do an awful lot else and tragically doesn\u2019t even do that very well.<\/p>\n

Sadly, everyone has got used to this paradigm, where everything\u2019s over-budget and over-time \u2013 with the HS2 rail network \u00a3800m over budget a case in point \u2013 when the truth is, they just weren\u2019t priced and programmed properly in the first place.<\/p>\n

Part of that is driven by competitive tender, by people claiming to be able to do things that they can\u2019t do and then making up for it later on. This has a massively negative impact and serves to sow seeds of distrust in procurement as a process<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Negotiating the right tender<\/h3>\n

In my own business, if I learn a job is to be decided through competitive tender, I just walk away when it\u2019s based on cost alone. It\u2019s too costly in terms of resources and also for the potential client who just ends up with a big spreadsheet of bloated numbers to compare and with prices that bear no relation to reality.<\/p>\n

From a private sector perspective, it is about negotiating the right tender at the right price for the job and then getting the job done.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about who can pretend to be cheapest and then win the work because this will inevitably mean costs are driven up one way or another.<\/p>\n

In the construction industry, negotiated contracts are typically a transparent collaboration between a specialist builder, an architect and the client. The builder is selected at the start of the design process for their reputation and experience based on the specific type of project.<\/p>\n

The result is not predicted. It\u2019s still competitive. Even if we do negotiate tender, we\u2019re still up against other contractors and other project management<\/a> companies out there that the clients will be looking at. We still have to win that client but we do it on merit, on track record, on recommendations and on the cost that we propose it is going to be.<\/p>\n

The competitive tender process can also allow clients to try to do more than they can really afford, sometimes with disastrous consequences.<\/p>\n

If you want to go down that route \u2013 where somebody is going to tell you that you can have something and then through the process of building it, you\u2019re going to find out that you can\u2019t and, what\u2019s more, it\u2019s going to cost more \u2013 then fine, but I just don\u2019t think that\u2019s the best way.<\/p>\n

In December, the government published its Green Paper, Transforming Public Procurement, on proposed reform to the UK public procurement with the end of the Brexit transition<\/a> period providing \u201can historic opportunity to overhaul our outdated public procurement regime\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Green Paper aims to speed up and simplify procurement processes, place value for money at their heart and unleash opportunities for small businesses, charities and social enterprises to innovate in public service delivery.<\/p>\n

A consultation on the proposals is open until 10 March.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dan Grimshaw \"Competitive<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

Beam Development<\/p>\n

+44 (0)20 8789 3909<\/p>\n

office@beamdevelopment.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

www.beamdevelopment.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram: Beam Development<\/a><\/p>\n

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