Procurement
Tender information for archaeological appointments
A clear return starts with the scope, delivery assumptions and information your procurement team needs to compare the appointment properly.
- Suitable for
- Direct appointments and competitive tenders
- Send
- Brief, WSI, programme and site information
- Return
- Scope, assumptions, exclusions and programme
- Urgent route
- Tender and construction deadlines prioritised
Tender return
What we can set out against your project
The exact return depends on the package and procurement stage. We respond against the documents supplied rather than offering generic assurances.
- Technical response
- Our understanding of the requirement, proposed method, sequence, deliverables and authority interfaces.
- Programme
- Mobilisation assumptions, fieldwork duration, reporting stages, dependencies and phased handover where relevant.
- Commercial schedule
- Price basis, provisional allowances, exclusions, change-control route and the information needed to firm up uncertainty.
- Site delivery
- Proposed staffing structure, plant and welfare assumptions, access needs and coordination with the principal contractor.
- Supporting information
- Relevant project information, references and current supporting documents supplied directly where appropriate to the procurement process.
Issue a comparable package
Documents that produce a better tender
Include the decision notice, exact condition, archaeological brief or WSI, impact drawings, previous reports, site constraints, target mobilisation date and tender return deadline. If an item is unavailable, identify it rather than leaving bidders to make different assumptions.
Project review
Invite Cambridge Development Archaeology to review the package
Upload the tender documents and return date. Select the urgent callback route where a live deadline or construction start needs immediate attention.