Procurement Advice

The Transport sector involves procurement of works, goods and services varying in size and value from major infrastructure contracts to small consultancy packages. Governments, lenders and owners have widely varying policies and rules designed to ensure efficiency, value-for-money and good governance. Procurement often involves taking a project through a complex web of approvals and assessments even before it is brought to the stage of tendering. The client needs to understand how to prepare and package infrastructure contracts so as to secure funding and launch the most appropriate form of contract.

The consultant can assist by applying his wide knowledge of procurement options to the client's specific circumstances. Works can be packaged as engineer-designed or contractor-designed using domestic or international [FIDIC] forms of contract. Internationally, lending banks and institutions have developed detailed frameworks for ensuring that public funds are correctly applied and the consultant is able to assist the client to navigate through these processes.

The long worldwide experience of Scott Wilson places us in a strong position to advise clients on the advantages and disadvantges of various procurement options such as design–build, design-build-finance-operate and performance based maintenance contracts. We provide advice and assistance in the drafting and selection of contract documents, the preparation of bidding documents, pre-qualification documents, and the appraisal of pre-qualification applications, bid evaluation and contract award procedures. This advice is dependent on the procurement requirements of the project and has encompassed the procedures of various international financing agencies such as World Bank, EIB, EBRD, PHARE, EU and those of the National Public Procurement Office.   

Our approach is to provide the support required by our client through all phases of the procurement process from inception to implementation based on our international and local experience. Our aim is to increase the knowledge base, build on existing schemes and develop the culture of our Clients’ organisation through knowledge transfer and high levels of communication to create an improved environment of trust and teamwork on all matters of procurement. We are also able to place experts on short or long-term assignments into client organizations to work with their procurement teams.