East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) contracts for up to $200 million per year in construction work. As a public
utility, EBMUD is generally required by law to select the contractor for each project that
submits the lowest-price responsive bid.
Disputes between owner and contractor may be inevitable, but both owners and
contractors benefit tremendously by reducing the number and magnitude of disputes, and
by resolving them quickly and fairly when they occur.
This paper discusses several tools that EBMUD has developed over the years that are responsive to this need, and include the following:
third-party review of bid documents; detailed bidder qualifications; multi-phase
involvement of project staff; and, partnering.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 7 |
| Published : | 11/01/2009 |
