Sustainability in subcontractor and supplier selection: Qualitative research on the effectiveness of environmental EMAT criteria on achieving sustainability in the selection of subcontractors and suppliers in the Dutch infrastructure sector

The rapidly growing infrastructure sector has a detrimental effect on climate change. The infrastructure sector is responsible for approximately 10% of worldwide emissions. <br/>In the past years, sustainability became more important in the procurement of infrastructure projects. One of the ways to implement sustainability in infrastructure...

The Role of Relational Governance in Achieving Sustainability in Infrastructure by using MEAT Criteria

Three cases in which sustainable MEAT criteria were used, are analysed in order to assess the role of relational governance. If the intrinsic motivation is present at the project team, flexibility, collaboration and risk taking could facilitate an environment in which sustainability through MEAT criteria can be achieved. The structure of the...

Multi-criteria bid evaluation of public projects

Local and national Governments must deliver the public facilities that citizens need and, at the same time, select private firms that are able to build these facilities according to the best possible compromise between available resources (money, time...) and the quality of the required work/service. Consequently, multi-criteria evaluation...

Increasing contractor’s competitiveness at bids for Most Economically Advantageous Tenders

The award criterion ‘Most Economically Advantageous Tender’ (MEAT) is increasingly applied to award tender contracts in the Dutch infrastructural sector. Because of this, contractors are requested to develop solutions themselves instead of executing fully specified works. Therefore, new opportunities arise to become competitive. This research...

Insight into contractors’ competitiveness at Most Economically Advantageous Tenders in the Dutch construction sector

Increased application of Most Economically Advantageous Tenders (MEAT) in the Dutch construction sector changes contractors’ tender processes. They are no longer requested to execute fully specified projects for the lowest price, but contractors are asked to come up with solutions themselves. This offers new opportunities to compete at tenders....