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 …

Bidding is the process in which a contractor submits a tender to the owner of a construction
project to undertake its execution. This enables companies to properly employ required …

Recommending the identity of bidders in public procurement auctions (tenders) has a
significant impact in many areas of public procurement, but it has not yet been studied in …

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 …

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 …

Engineers and other construction professionals need to take the lead to clarify the facts
when a possible fraud in public infrastructure procurement is identified. A robust approach …

With the rapid urbanization and globalization, developing countries contractors start to
venture overseas. These contractors are exposed to various types of risks especially …

Collusion occurs when companies conspire to remove competition from the process of
bidding and collectively agree who will win an auction by engaging in price fixing and 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 …