Potential for long-term sustainability

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual framework of bidding model for maintenance contractors. Sustainability is closely linked with the maintenance of facilities or infrastructure. From maintenance contractor’s perspective, one of their key business processes is to bid projects under fierce competition. Their competitiveness is critically affected by their bidding behaviours and bid makeup selections. Design/methodology/approach – This paper aims at identifying critical and important objectives of bidding and items affecting bidding strategies and developing a bidding model for maintenance contractors. Findings – With the questionnaire surveys of 50 maintenance contractors, two critical objectives of bidding have been identified. Likewise, a total of eight critical and 12 important items affecting bidding strategy have also been identified. A bidding model for maintenance contractors is presented. Research limitations/implications – This model formulates the maintenance contractors’ bidding behaviors in a rational manner, and acts as a guideline to new and less experienced maintenance contractors to have a brief understanding about the bidding process and to assist them for establishing their own bidding strategies. With this knowledge, clients or maintenance contractors themselves would become easier to achieve their sustainability goals. Originality/value – Many academic researches on contractor’s bidding strategy emphasized on the general building works, and less attention has been given to maintenance works. Because of the fact that the community is awash with sustainability, and sustainability development is closely related to maintenance work, the business operation of maintenance contractors should be understood. This shall contribute to the achievement of sustainability goals for the society.

External Factors Influencing Bid/No-Bid Decision for Supervision Consultant Service: A Case of Construction Project in Hanoi

“…Besides, competition with unknown bidders (e.g., using sealed envelopes) attracts more bidders than the open auctions and generated higher revenue (Athey, Levin, & Seira, 2011;Enshassi, Mohamed, & El Karriri, 2011). Then, Keung and Yiu (2015) identify that bidding behaviors as well as makeup selections greatly influence competitiveness of contractors. In addition, the threat of new entrants' competitors is one of the most important factors affecting the contractors' competitiveness and bidding strategies (Wheelen & Hunger, 1998;Enshassi Mohamed and Karrini, 2011).…”

Contractor Selection for Sgraffito Decoration of Cultural Heritage Buildings Using the WASPAS-SVNS Method

“…Table 1 shows the most commonly cited criteria dealing with "Contractor selection criteria" or "Contractor pre-qualification criteria". Furthermore, the researchers suggested other criteria, such as risk [19], environment [20,34], equipment resources and current workload [19,21,22,37,38], company characteristics [2] and business ethics [10], legal capacity [7,10,15], warranty [1,10], design [15,18], and firm background innovative capabilities [23].…”

Criteria Evaluation for Contractor Selection in Cultural Heritage Projects Using Multiple Criteria Approach

“…Presently, researchers have determined the contractor selection criteria. The most common criteria presented in the studies are financial soundness (Fong & Choi, 2000;Polat, 2016;Gao, 2018;(Vahdami, Meysam Mousavi, Hashemi, Mousakhami, & Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, 2013), technical capability (Niento-Morote & Ruz-Vila, 2012;Zavadskas et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2018;Vahdami et al, 2013), management ability (Niento-Morote & Ruz-Vila, 2012; Chiang et al, 2017;Kaklauskas et al, 2006), health and safety (Chiang et al, 2017;Taylan et al, 2018;Gao, 2018;Holt, 1998) and reputation (Kaklauskas et al, 2006;Keung & Yiu, 2015;Enshassi, Mohamed, & Modough, 2013;Darvish, Yasaei, & Saeedi, 2009). Furthermore, along these criteria was proposed additional criteria, namely, previous performance (Hadidi & Khater, 2015;Cheng & Li, 2004;Ulubeyli & Kazaz, 2016), quality (Martin et al, 2018;Marzouk, El Kherbawy, & Khalifa, 2013;Juan, Perng, Castro-Lacouture, & Lu, 2009); and experience (Yang, H. Wang, W. Wang, & Ma, 2016;Topcu, 2004).…”