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Assisting the comparison and assessment of tenders, as tenders will be based on the same
inf ormation;
Hint A Bill of Quantities can only be as good as, and as accurate as, the documents it is based on.
Incomplete drawings, vague schedules and performance-based specifications do not form a good basis for
a useful and comprehensive BQ.
Helping to reduce the tender period (and its associated costs) as the tenderers then do not have
to each reproduce the tender documents f or their own quick (though it may take weeks), and sometimes
rough or abridged, measurement and builders quantities;
And it also provides a basis f or project cost analysis, so that f uture cost planning ef f orts have
reliable inf ormation to ref er to.
Timing
Suf f icient time needs to be set aside (well in advance) in the design and documentation schedule and
bef ore tendering f or the preparation of the BQ, which will take several weeks the BQ is best based on
complete documentation And it really is not helpf ul f or the consultants to be using this measurement
period as a chance to f inish-of f incomplete documents (or even start new ones), which then need to be
re-issued to the Quantity Surveyor f or re-measurement and inclusion into the BQ.
Note: If a BQ is prepared in the correct and agreed format, they may form part of the Contract that is, they
become a contract document. And so the Contract Sum can be adjusted against the items, quantities,
descriptions and rates included within it.