Many practitioners today are faced with the task of advising clients on matters that may affect the number of project bidders. An appropriate question may be, does a restriction of bidder participation negatively impact project costs through limiting competition, and to what degree? Intuition and anecdotal evidence suggest that with an increase in the number of bidders vying for a project, the more competitive the low bid offer will be. There is little published evidence and analysis on bid competition impacting cost-effectiveness, although there are numerous reports replete with arguments, assumptions, anecdotal evidence, and bias. This paper critically evaluates public projects, bid under a condition of free, open, and unfettered competition. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of the impact of reduced competition on project bid prices. By selecting a single building type, designed by a single firm, with prebid estimates prepared from the same estimating database, over a limited time period, the investigation attempts to control model variance. The study found that reducing the number of bidders will result in increased project bid prices.

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ALL TEAMS SHOULD AIM TO DEVELOP A HUMAN DEVELOPMENT-CENTERED HIGH-PERFORMANCE MODEL FOR SPORT (HPMS). A MODEL CAN UNITE A TEAM TOWARD A SHARED VISION, ACTING AS A CLEAR SIGN OF WHY THE PERFORMANCE PROGRAM EXISTS, AND WHY ATHLETES SHOULD TRUST THEIR CAREERS IN THEM. IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE MERITS OF AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO ESTABLISHING A TRAINING SYSTEM, THEREBY ENSURING OBJECTIVITY AND BEST PRACTICE. FINALLY, THE MODEL CAN SUPPORT AND PROMOTE A HOLISTIC, WHOLE PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH, WHERE THE PURSUIT OF SPORTING ACCOLADES IS BALANCED AGAINST THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ITS PARTICIPANTS. THE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO ASSIST THE READER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HPMS.

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