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Course name ESTIMATION TENDERING AND CONTRACT

Course code ECSI/ECCI/ECCJ 4200/4203


Semester 4TH Year 2nd Semester
Lecturer/email address [email protected] Lucy Abuodha
Time 7.00-11.00 and 7.00am -11.00am
Day of the week Monday andThursday

1. Course objectives

Law: Source of Law, Law of contracts, Law of tort; Contracts: Types of contracts, Form of
contracts, Clauses in the documents; Estimates: Enquiry from documents, material take off,
Labour elements, Overhead cost elements; Tendering: Costing and appraisal of estimates, Types
of tenders; Standard Request for Proposal (SRFP) document, Letter of Invitation, Information to
consultants, Appendix to information to Consultants, Technical Proposal, Financial Proposal,
Terms of Reference, Standard Forms of Contract , Technical evaluation; Supplies of Materials:
Materials, schedules and programmes, Cash and trade discount; Works Planning and Control: Bar
Charts, CPA networks; Site Control and Administration: Work measurement, Site meetings.

2. Course Content

Students will acquire the knowledge on how to secure contracts, tenders as well as manage
computer contracts and project management as a whole.

3. Detailed Course content

Week Subject area Discussion topics Assignments/Reading guide


Introduction to Aspects of business law Read on sources of law
Week 1 business law Law of contract,forms of contract
Law of tort

Estimates Enquiry from documents, material take Read more on estimates


off, Labour elements, Overhead cost
Week 2 elements Bills of quantities
Labour elements
Overheads
,
Tendering Types of tenders Read on Tenders,acquisition of
Tender contents tender,type of tenders
Week 3 Preparation of SRFP document
Letter of Invitation
Information to consultant.

Week 4 Evaluations of Preparation of financial proposal,


tender Preparation of Technical proposal

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Evaluation bases(technical, financial)

Week 5 Contract Contract appraisal models


Management
Week 6 Supplies of Materials, schedules and programmes,
Materials’ Cash and trade discount
Work planning Bar Charts, CPA networks and all the
Week 7 and control
project scheduling activities

Week 8 Site control and Work measurement, Site meetings, site


Administration reports and handover procedures.
Week 9 CAT 2
Week 10 Self Study & revision
Week 11 Revision & Exams End of Semester Exams
Week 12 Revision & Exams End of Semester Exams

4. Teaching methodology

Classes will be conducted in form of lectures, discussions, and presentations

NB: Teamwork and discussions are highly recommended.


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5. Websites

 Any resource
7. Course evaluation

Final Examination 70%


CAT 20%
Term Paper & Assignment 10%
Total 100%

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