Procurement for Management Services in Delivery of Public Construction Projects in Poland

Authors: A. Leśniak, E. Plebankiewicz, K. Zima

Abstract:

Construction projects can be implemented under various contractual and organizational systems. They can be divided into two groups: systems without the managing company where the Client manages the process, and systems with the managing company, where management is entrusted to an external company. In the public sector of the Polish market there are two ways of delivery of construction projects with the participation of the manager: one is to assign operations to another party, the so called Project Supervisor, whilst the other results from the application of FIDIC conditions of contract, which entail appointment of the Engineer. The decision is to be made by the Client and depends on various factors. On the public procurement market in Poland the selection of construction project manager boils down to awarding the contract for such a service. The selection can be done by one of eight public procurement procedures identified by the procurement law. The paper provides the analysis of 96 contracts for services awarded in 2011, which employed construction management. The study aimed to investigate the methods and criteria for selecting managers, applied in practice by the Polish public Clients.

Keywords: construction management, construction services, methods and criteria of tender selection, public procurement

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1055755

References:

[1] J.W.E. Masterman, "Introduction to Building Procurement Systems", Taylor & Francis, 2002.
[2] D.W. Halpin, D.W. and Senior, B.A.,"Construction Management", 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2011.
[3] S. Levy, Project Management in Construction, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2011.
[4] S. K. Sears, R. H. Clough, G. A. Sears, Construction Project Management: A Practical Guide To Field Construction Management, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2009.
[5] The Act of 29 January 2004 - Public Procurement Law (Journal of Laws of 2010, No. 113, item. 759; No. 161, item. 1078 and No. 182, item 1228 and of 2011, No. 5, item 13, No. 28, item 143 and No. 87 item 484).
[6] PN-ISO 6707-2:2000 Budownictwo - Terminologia - Terminy stosowane w umowach, Polska Norma, 25 kwietnia 2000.
[7] E. Wiktorowska, "The organization of the construction process with the participation of the Project Supervisor - part I" (in Polish), Buduj z Głową 2/2003.
[8] Lapierre Ł., "Contract agreements in construction process" (in Polish), Polskie Centrum Budownictwa. Warszawa, 1998.
[9] The Act of 23 April 1964 - Civil Code. (Journal of Laws of 1964, No. 16, item. 93 as amended.)
[10] International Federation of Consulting Engineers http://www.fidic.org/
[11] Conditions of Contract for Construction For Building and Engineering Works Designed by the Employer. General conditions; Guidance for Preparation of Particular Conditions; Forms of Tender, etc. Publisher: FIDIC, First Ed. 1999.
[12] Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build for Electrical and Mechanical Works Designed by the Contractor. General conditions; Guidance for Preparation of Particular Conditions; Forms of Tender, etc. Publisher: FIDIC, First Ed. 1999.
[13] A. Kosecki, Construction project management as a service regulated by contract. (in polish), part I, Przegl─àdBudowlany, 3, pp. 36-39, 2003
[14] Kosecki A., Construction project management as a service regulated by contract. (in polish),part.II, Przegl─àdBudowlany, 4, pp. 9-12, 2003.
[15] Construction Law (Journal of Laws of 2006 No. 156, item. 1118, as amended).
[16] Kurowska A., "Rational selection of evaluation criteria in accordance with Article 53 of Directive 2004/18/EC" (in Polish), Ekonomiczne i PrawneZagadnieniaZam├│wieńPublicznych,Mi─ÖdzynarodowaKonferencj aNaukowa, Ł├│d┼║, 2010.
[17] The Public Procurement Bulletin, www.uzp.gov.pl
[18] Public Procurement Office, "Public Procurement Office Reports from 2010" (in Polish) Warszawa, 2011,pp. 24-28,. http://www.uzp.gov.pl
[19] Czarnecka J., Krynicka U., Łagocka A., Orze┼é. J., Rzepakowska I., Zabadeusz P., edited by. Wichniak-Olczak A., "Correct estimating of the value of public procurement as an activity preceding the initiation of public procurement" (in Polish), KontrolaUdzielaniaZam├│wieńPublicznych,InformatorUrz─ÖduZam├│wień Publicznych Nr 5/2011.
[20] Guidelines for the Selection of Consultants, 1st Edition, FIDIC, 2003.