SYNTHETIC BUILDING-TENDER SAMPLE
Alder Court Office Refurbishment
This fictional five-bidder example illustrates selected building-tender findings and source references. It is not a live project, a complete released evaluation or a recommendation.
Comparative position
The submitted totals are not yet comparable on a common basis. Bidder B omits a required provisional sum, Bidder C contains a visible carried-total inconsistency, Bidder D uses a PC-sum allowance below the tender baseline and Bidder E excludes testing with no submitted price. The submitted totals remain unchanged while clarification is outstanding.
Bidder C preliminaries subtotal $418,500 vs tender summary $398,500, a $20,000 inconsistency.
Source: Bidder C Pricing Schedule, Sheet 03, cells H18:H24; Tender Summary, cell F12.
Action: confirm correct carried value and revised total if required.
Bidder B omits required $75,000 facade-access provisional sum.
Source: BoQ Section 1.8 item PS-04; Bidder B Pricing Schedule Sheet 07.
Action: confirm excluded or omitted and whether total is revised.
Bidder D uses $40,000 sanitaryware PC sum where tender baseline is $55,000.
Source: Tender Pricing Requirements Section 6.3; Bidder D BoQ item PC-07.
Action: confirm accepted baseline or bidder basis. $15,000 is a basis difference, not an automatic adjustment.
Bidder E excludes fire-stopping testing with no price.
Source: Bidder E Qualifications item Q-14.
Action: confirm inclusion, price and programme effect; no value is inferred.
Bidder A offers an acoustic-ceiling alternative outside its base total.
Source: Bidder A Alternative Offer Schedule ALT-02.
Action: confirm admissibility and evaluate separately from the compliant base bid.
AKTE preserves submitted figures, distinguishes facts from assumptions and leaves unresolved values visible. No bidder is ranked or selected in this illustration.