Bidding Trend and its Effects in Implementation on Road Projects of Division Road Offices of Department of Roads, Nepal
Keywords:
Bidding Trend, Competitive Bidding, Low Bidding, Collusive BiddingAbstract
Bidding trend in different categories of work in Division Road Offices are different. Data of three fiscal year were used for analysis of bidding trend of Nepalgunj, trend depicts the similar pattern. Low bidding trend was identified using contractor’s overhead considering threshold of low bidding and analysis was also done using ranges of low bidding. Regression equation of percentage below engineers’ estimate and number of bidders were developed. The study revealed that 65, 58,62 and 83 percent low bids were found in Nepalgunj and and 84, 35, 56 and 100 percent low bids were found in Mahendranagar for A, B, C and D Category of work based on point threshold of low bid. Similarly, on the basis of range of bidding maximum number of contracts were found at50, 30 and 20 percent below engineers’ estimate in A, B and D Category of work. Maximum number of contracts were found at 40 percent below engineers’ estimate for C Category of work in Nepalgunj. Percentage below engineers’ estimate depends 67 percent on number of bidders in Nepalgunj.
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