Information to issue to every bidder
Buyer and project
- project address/waterway
- owner/entity
- private/public/commercial
- target completion
- approval status
Vessel/equipment schedule
For every vessel or major machine provide:
- type
- LOA
- beam
- draft
- displacement/full-load mass
- projected windage if available
- intended mooring arrangement
- outboard/drive protrusions
For plant provide:
- operating mass
- centre of gravity
- dynamic loads
- vibration/torque
- lift points
- hose/pipe loads
Site information
- water levels
- depth
- bed material
- waves/wake
- current
- wind
- flood
- navigation envelope
Mandatory bidder response table
| Item | Bidder response |
|---|---|
| Pontoon dimensions | |
| Frame material/alloy/grade | |
| Float material/type | |
| Deck material | |
| Empty freeboard | |
| Design loaded freeboard | |
| Design live load | |
| Concentrated load | |
| Maximum intended persons | |
| Restraint system | |
| Pile/anchor design included? | |
| Gangway size | |
| Design standards | |
| Site-specific engineering? | |
| Engineering signatory | |
| Approval service included? | |
| Freight | |
| Crane/barge | |
| Installation | |
| Electrical | |
| Water | |
| Warranty | |
| Lead time | |
| Exclusions | |
| GST | |
| Total contract price |
Quote normalisation
When one quote includes engineering and another excludes it, add realistic allowances before ranking price. Use a comparison sheet with three values:
- quoted
- adjustment for excluded scope
- normalised project cost
Procurement red flags
- "built to Australian Standards" without identifying standards
- no site-specific design basis
- no stated load or freeboard
- no responsibility for pile/anchor design
- very small deposit followed by a very large pre-delivery payment with no inspection right
- no drawings before manufacture
- no written exclusions
- no warranty document
- no reference projects in similar exposure
- no discussion of approvals
- builder refuses to disclose float/frame/deck material grades
- engineering certificate offered only after extra payment despite being represented as compliant