decisions on bidding
bid preparation costs 48
client characteristics 50–51
competitive situation 46–48
professional value of contract 51
project costs and revenues 49–50
relationship to business strategy 2:49
risk assessment 53–54
skills and experience factors 52–53
workload and personnel implications 52
declining an invitation 54
deliverables 149–54
definition of final deliverable 150
schedule 150
delivery of bid
courier services 205
design software 183–84
dissemination of research findings 27, 31, 34, 216–17
document management
in bid preparation 71–73
documentation
as contract deliverable 151–54
double envelope system 35, 195, 208
draft contract 66, 194