Development of a multi-criteria awarding system for construction contractors in Gaza Strip

Other Title(s)

إعداد نظام متعدد المعايير في ترسية العطاءات على مقاولي التشييد في قطاع غزة

Dissertant

Midwikh, Zuhayr Hasan Nimr

Thesis advisor

Anshasi, Adnan Ali

University

Islamic University

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

Department

Department of Civil Engineering

University Country

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2008

English Abstract

Selection of the best contractor to implement a project on time, within a reasonable price and with an acceptable level of quality is a key factor for the project success. Generally, contractor failure can only be seen after the contractor has failed to perform on the project.

This research has been conducted through literature review of the topics related to contractor selection process, followed by a field survey.

Fifty seven managers, experts, and engineers were asked to fill a questionnaire that covers topics related to the selection of contractors and to the awarding methods practiced in Gaza Strip.

Three case studies about projects awarded to the lowest bid price were analyzed and their impacts on the project implementation were explored.

This research aims to investigate the current practice of the contractor's selection methods and the awarding system for the construction projects, specifically the lowest bid method.

The criteria used in the evaluation and selection of contractors were explored and identified in details from many countries. The results of this study guide to determinate 10 main criteria for contractor’s selection and suitable for the local construction sector, the results also guide to the identification of 38 sub criteria, the weights and impact of these factors on the contractor selection were also defined. The results indicated that the financial evaluation of the bid has been ranked in the first position with weight equal 40.10 % the remaining 9 classes are all related to technical criteria with a total weight of 59.90 %. The finding of this study indicated that 65 % of the local implementing agencies and owners in Gaza strip agreed to use a multi criteria awarding system, while 35% of them still prefer to use the low bid price method for contractors selection. The results, also, indicated the existence of many problems in the local construction sectors, the dominant part of respondents (90 %) confirmed that the current awarding method i.e.

"the lowest bid price" is considered one of the major problems of the construction sector.

A new selection and awarding method is proposed.

This method considers multi-criteria for the selection of contractor which cover : financial, technical, managerial, and safety factors, in addition to the past performance of the contractor .

The contractor classification method presented in this research should be considered as preliminary and subject to further modification and developments.

The results of this study recommended that there is a need to develop and modify the current low bid awarding system and to set up a new awarding system that set a balance between technical and financial criteria.

Necessary actions are needed from local concerned authorities to adopt this new system by legislative changes.

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

Topics

• Contracts
• Palestine
• Gaza Strip
• Contracting

No. of Pages

194

Table of Contents

• APA
• MLA
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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-301360