Improving procurement (2.05 minutes)
Richard Kirby from Tasman District Council and Peter Silcock CEO of Civil Contractors NZ (CCNZ) discussing four suggestions for improving procurement in a busy market.
Planned programmes (3.44 minutes)
Richard Kirby from Tasman District Council and Peter Silcock CEO of Civil Contractors NZ (CCNZ) discussing the importance of engaging with contractors on procurement planning to develop a pipeline of work and to understand the market.
Objectives and Outcomes (3.06 minutes)
Richard Kirby from Tasman District Council and Peter Silcock CEO of Civil Contractors NZ (CCNZ) discussing the importance of aligning the RFT and contract documents with the client’s sought outcomes and objectives.
Risk allocation (0.50 minutes)
Richard Kirby from Tasman District Council and Peter Silcock CEO of Civil Contractors NZ (CCNZ) discussing why putting risk onto the contractor puts up the tender price and why contractors won’t tender for the work when there is too much risk.
Collaboration (6.14 minutes)
Richard Kirby from Tasman District Council and Peter Silcock CEO of Civil Contractors NZ (CCNZ) discussing the importance of collaboration as it attracts innovation and adds value, and the need to work in partnership as it breaks down barriers.
Standardised documents (2.03 minutes)
Richard Kirby from Tasman District Council and Peter Silcock CEO of Civil Contractors NZ (CCNZ) discussing the importance of minimising the number of special conditions of contract to ensure risk is allocated correctly.
Value for money (1.06 minutes)
Richard Kirby from Tasman District Council and Peter Silcock CEO of Civil Contractors NZ (CCNZ) discussing how value for money is simply achieving the client’s objectives.
