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<p>The most significant and pivotal advance in each construction project is to choose the right contractor which is normally done by a pre-qualification system. Pre-qualification of contractor is a course of gathering data and evaluation that decides the contractor’s capacity as far as considering assets accessible, management processes and execution information. However, the current prequalification system witnesses many limitations such as contractor selection (CS) based on L1 bidder concept which may compromise with time, cost and quality of project; non-usage of a quantified mathematical model or software for selection of most competent contractor might as well compromise the system. The objective of this paper was to highlight the need of strengthening the existing pre-qualification system used in Indian roads and highway projects. To achieve the above stated objective of the research, the project-specific data were collected from 25 different road and highway projects. The analysis of the collected data showed that there was negative impact in terms of time and cost requirements, which was observed in all the projects even if the contractor was selected using the prequalification system. The main reasons identified for the delays and cost overruns were land acquisition issues, suspension of work during monsoon season and maintenance work of bitumen refineries, claims and disputes between contractor and clients, inefficiency of contractors while dealing with scope change, etc.</p>
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The most significant and pivotal advance in each construction project is to choose the right contractor which is normally done by a pre-qualification system. Pre-qualification of contractor is a course of gathering data and evaluation that decides the contractor’s capacity as far as considering assets accessible, management processes and execution information. However, the current prequalification system witnesses many limitations such as contractor selection (CS) based on L1 bidder concept which may compromise with time, cost and quality of project; non-usage of a quantified mathematical model or software for selection of most competent contractor might as well compromise the system. The objective of this paper was to highlight the need of strengthening the existing pre-qualification system used in Indian roads and highway projects. To achieve the above stated objective of the research, the project-specific data were collected from 25 different road and highway projects. The analysis of the collected data showed that there was negative impact in terms of time and cost requirements, which was observed in all the projects even if the contractor was selected using the prequalification system. The main reasons identified for the delays and cost overruns were land acquisition issues, suspension of work during monsoon season and maintenance work of bitumen refineries, claims and disputes between contractor and clients, inefficiency of contractors while dealing with scope change, etc.

Effective pre-qualification systems – Are they essential for minimising delays on road projects?

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal

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The most significant and pivotal advance in each construction project is to choose the right contractor which is normally done by a pre-qualification system....

Effective pre-qualification systems – Are they essential for minimising delays on road projects?

Article Category: Research Paper

Published Online: Nov 27, 2023

Page range: 213 - 220

Received: Jun 19, 2022

Accepted: Nov 25, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2023-0015

Keywords
contractor selection, multi-criteria decision-making, prequalification system, time and cost overruns

© 2023 Mangesh Kapote et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Effective pre-qualification systems – Are they essential for minimising delays on road projects?

Article Category: Research Paper

Published Online: Nov 27, 2023

Page range: 213 - 220

Received: Jun 19, 2022

Accepted: Nov 25, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2023-0015

Keywordscontractor selection, multi-criteria decision-making, prequalification system, time and cost overruns

© 2023 Mangesh Kapote et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
contractor selection, multi-criteria decision-making, prequalification system, time and cost overruns