A Case of Utilizing Results

Revision of operation guideline on Quality and Cost
Based Selection for public works projects under
direct control of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism
Research Center for Land and Construction ManagementConstruction Management Division
Head MORITA Yasuo Senior Researcher OKANO Minoru Researcher TAJIMA Takashi
Guest Research Engineer UENISHI Taisuke
Guest Research Engineer UMANO Koji
Guest Research Engineer NAKAMURA Keiji(Key word) Direct control of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Quality and Cost

Based Selection(QCBS), improvement suggestion, operation guideline

1. Introduction(1) Structure

Application rate of the Quality and Cost Based

This operation guideline is mainly composed ofSelection (QCBS) for public works projects

3 parts: 1) Background of introduction andunder direct control of Ministry of Land,improvement of QCBS, 2) Implementation

Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism isprocedures of New Method, and 3) Outline ofapproximately 100%. On the other hand, there

trial method related to QCBS. The structural

remain unsolved issues such as increasing

outline is shown in the following table.

burden on both competitive bidders and owners

Table: Features of the operation guideline structurerelated to technical proposals and reviews, anddeviations from policies of utilization oftechnical skills of private sectors or quality
assurance.

Therefore,QCBS

has

Three pillars(1) Background of introduction 1.Background of introduction andand improvement of QCBS
improvement of the QCBS

been

improved at the end of fiscal year 2011.

2.Implementation procedures of QCBS
(2) Implementation proceduresof New method
3. Method of QCBS

Full-scale application of QCBS based on theimprovement suggestion (hereinafter called“New Method”) is scheduled from fiscal year

Structural feature (Chapter)

4.Public announcement of results of QCBS
5.Assurance of evaluation results of QCBS
(3) Outline ofrelated to QCBS

trial method

6.Trial run of QCBS

2013 after a trial run at the Regional(2) Outline

Development Bureaus (including HOKKAIDO

1) Background of introduction and improvement

and OKINAWA) in 2012 fiscal year. For theof QCBS

purpose of appropriate application of this New

Principle of improvements in this revision andMethod, Research Center for Land anda remedial approach to address such cases asConstruction Management has revised thebid-rigging in Kochi Prefecture are described inoperation guideline in this year, which isChapter 1.

described in the following sections.

Polarization of the concept of QCBS into twotypes, which is the core of the improvement

2. Structure and outline of operation guideline

policy, is shown in the figure below.

A Case of Utilizing Results
Current practiceStandard type
Simplified type

Advanced Technical Proposal Type

TypeⅠ

TypeⅡ

Type Ⅲ

Type Ⅱ

TypeⅠ

Polarization
Evaluate construction capability

Require technical proposal in addition to construction capability

Technical proposal evaluation type

Construction capability evaluation type

TypeⅠ

TypeⅡ

Type ＳType ＡⅢ

Type ＡⅡ

Polarization of QCBS type2) Implementation procedures of New Method
InChapter“Construction

2,basic

capability

procedures
evaluation

fortype”

and ”Technical proposal evaluation type” aredescribed, including procedural flows taking
account of the stepwise selection method (trialrun) and schedules for interviews with site
engineers,classificationofqualification

requirements of participating bidders anditems of QCBS, and also the evaluation methodof technical proposals for technical proposal
evaluation type A. Basic concept of calculationfor evaluation values or technical evaluation
points,publicannouncement

methodforevaluation and bidding results, and citation in
special specification document to require
execution of items in technical proposals aredescribed in Chapter 3, Chapter 4, andChapter 5.
3) Outline of trial run method related to QCBS
Basic concept of methods such as “Stepwise
selection method” implemented at the trial run
stage is described in Chapter 6.
[References/Website Information]
For details, please refer to the following URL atConstruction

Management

Division’s

homepage.
http://www.nilim.go.jp/lab/peg/index.htm

Type ＡⅠ