Process map of current tender processes of subcontractors

Abstract

This paper is focused on current tender processes of subcontractors within construction industry in the Czech Republic. It identifies those tender processes as a vital part of general contractor's bid preparation for a client. Other processes related to working out general contractor's bid for a client are also presented, but not in detail. This paper is a continuation of a paper, which was published at a Construction Maeconomics Conference 2019. Therefore, it is based on obtained information from semi-structured qualitative interviews with general contractor's employees, who specialize in general contractor's bid preparation processes as well in tender processes of subcontractors. Their answers were analysed and synthesized back in a process map visualizing general contractor's bid preparation and tender processes. Process map is an attachment of this paper and text of this paper describes its parts in detail.

Keywords

• bid preparation
• process
• procurement
• subcontractors
• tender