Contractors bidding behaviors in palestinian construction industry

الملخص EN

The tendering procedures in the United Nation Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) are based on a clear, transparence regulations and credible systems that focused directly to achieve the best value of money.

The aim of this paper is to analyze the bidding process and the bidders' participation trends in the construction, maintenance and repair tenders in UNRWA during the period (2002-2007).

567contracts were awarded during that period for construction, maintenance and repair projects.

The results show that the bidders have strong tendency to bid in the construction building tenders, while weak participation was observed in the repair tenders.

The results show also that, the level of participation is improved with the existence of fixed bid bond rather than percentage bid bond.

The clients are advised to adopt a cooperative strategy with the bidders to empower their tendency to participations in the repair works.

Reducing tender fees for the repair tenders, reducing the bid bonds and a continuous consultative supports will enhance the bidding process at this type of work.

The study provided some useful recommendation to enhance the bidding environment which can be benchmarked for any other clients.