The agency invites proposals and arranges the design and documentation consultancy services prior to inviting tenders for the managing contractor contract. The consultants are engaged by the agency. The names of consultants and the extent of services are included in the managing contractor tender documents. The managing contractor has the opportunity to identify in its tender, any concerns it may have in respect of the expertise of the consultants and the extent of their services being provided to the agency. The managing contractor will engage consultants for any additional services it requires.
Tender evaluation is on the basis of tender evaluation criteria.
4. the manner in which construction work should be divided into subcontract packages. If accepted the managing contractor proceeds to stage two, if rejected the agency invites offers from additional contractors to undertake stage two and the successful tenderer undertakes stage two. Alternatively, the agency may direct the managing contractor to proceed with stage two without a GCS limiting the amount payable for construction work.