RICS eTendering
RICS eTendering is a web tendering service offered on a pay-per-tender basis to the construction industry. It allows you to run tenders through a secure website. It offers a simple, secure, standard, efficient and cost effective way to manage tenders online.
This is a major opportunity for you to replace existing paper based procedures and achieve significant cost savings, through a more efficient and reliable process.
The service is suitable for tenders of all types and sizes of project. It is fully compliant with EU Procurement Directives and is approved by the Office of Government Commerce. It can be used for public sector as well as private sector tenders. Tenders can be run as either sealed or unsealed.
RICS eTendering – the benefits
• Maintains an audit trail of all communication between the client/quantity surveyor and contractors
• Provides secure and safe tendering
• Pay-per-tender, so no annual fee or IT investment costs
• Contractors register free of charge
• Simple and user-friendly
• Improves efficiency and eliminates waste
Full training and support documentation is available to help you make the switch to RICS eTendering. Register your first tender by 31 December 2007 and the training will be provided to you free of charge.
Positive feedback is being received from RICS eTendering users.
‘CB Richard Ellis encourages the usage of the RICS e-Tendering system and is committed to its ongoing development. This is a facility that we are keen to offer to our clients in the future.’
- Mark Rahim, Associate Director - Quantity Surveying, CB Richard Ellis
Read about CB Richard Ellis’ experience of using RICS eTendering
‘E tendering is a positive move for the construction industry as a whole. It provides many benefits with regards to time, cost and quality as well as green issues and can be applied to all projects large or small. It results in the tendering process improving for Clients and Contractors alike and should become the preferred tendering procurement option.’ - Alistair Howden, Project Surveyor, Davis Langdon
Read about Davis Langdon’s experience of using RICS eTendering
RICS eTendering was officially launched on 18 October 2007. Speaking at the event, Construction Minister Stephen Timms MP said.
'Procurement in construction needs to be more lean and more efficient, and we need to find ways of reducing waste in procurement for both purchasers and suppliers throughout the supply chain, at the tendering stage and beyond.'
Free events are being held to demonstrate the service. Visit www.ricsetendering.com for event dates and booking information.
For further information, visit www.ricsetendering.com, T +44 (0)20 7695 1500 or email info@ricsetendering.com
RICS eTendering is being managed by BCIS (RICS’ Building Cost Information Service). The website is run on the OGC framework platform provided by BravoSolution UK Ltd
