In the global construction context, the best value or most economically advantageous tender
is becoming a widespread approach for contractor selection, as an alternative to other …

The game theoretic perspective in auction bidding has provided a powerful normative
framework for the analysis of auctions and it has generated an impressive volume of …

Green Public Procurement (GPP) is defined as a process of contracting products, services,
and works with the least possible damage to the environment during their life cycle. In order …

Earned value management (EVM) is a classical project monitoring technique that is widely
used in construction projects. Due to its simplicity, this technique suffers from limitations due …

Construction competitive bidding has been studied by many researchers; however, their
focus was mainly on certain bidding aspects. Thus, despite their value, existing bidding …

This paper examines the extent to which engineers can influence the competitive behavior
of bidders in best value or multiattribute construction auctions, in which both the (dollar) bid …

Recent developments in the area of Bid Tender Forecasting have enabled bidders to
implement new types of easy-to-use tools for increasing their chances of winning contracts …

Procurement practices are often characterized by competitive tendering. The overarching
purpose of this is to ingrain transparency, probity, and value for money into the processes of …

Classical scheduling techniques are well-known to underestimate the average project
duration, yet they remain widely used in practice due to their simplicity. In this paper, the new …

Iso-score curves graph (iSCG) and mathematical relationships between Scoring Parameters
(SP) and Forecasting Parameters (FP) can be used in Economic Scoring Formulas (ESF) …