ABOUT THE BOOK

Why is this Book written? A lot of people who would like to get involved in competitive biddings with a view to win and execute projects profitably do not have either the knowledge, experience, skills or training required. Besides there is a great scarcity of relevant professional books and experts who have distinguished practicing experience.ln order to bridge this  gap ,this book has been designed, written and published after painstaking researches, literature reviews , several practical successful bid participations  and live case studies of failed bids for over thirty years.The book, “Bidding and Winning: Theory, Practice and Applications” teaches you step-by-step procedures on how to source for relevant construction and consultancy projects,how to prepare and write bids professionally to win the contracts and mobilize to execute same profitably and proficiently. It also teaches you how to use same principles to win better friendships, marriages, procurements, appointments and promotions to enhance your relationships.

What is the Scope? The book specifically offers comprehensive Definitions/Types  of Biddings, Bid Writing Procedures,Classifications and Applications to  other areas of life and livelihood. It shows how bidding strategies are applied ingeniously to make important decisions to enhance Friendship/Marriage, Employment/Job Placement, Appointment/Promotion, Procurement/Purchasing, Consultancy/Construction, Housing/Accommodation opportunities and benefit from  other areas whenever choices  are to be made from scarce and competing resources in any given environment or situation.

The various theories, principles and practices of Biddings are carefully examined as well as detailed Guidelines for Composition of Bids, Procedures for Bid Writing , Meeting Pre-qualification Bid Requirements, Preparation of Technical and Financial Bids, Format of Bid Submission and Packaging, Criteria for Bid Evaluation and Assessment, Making Contract Awards ,Site Management Procedures and Sourcing for Project Financing.

It concludes with Evaluation of Bureau of Public Procurement Guidelines and how to meet them, Preparation and Calculation of Consultancy Fees for Professionals and Samples of Preparation of Requests for Proposals (National/International Biddings).