ABSTRACT
Deciding the procurement strategy is the foundation stone of a successful outcome to a contract, but this process is very often understated or almost overlooked as Employers and their advisers, in their urgency to get projects out to tender and commenced on Site, tend to select the procurement strategy most familiar to them, rather than to spend time properly considering the project in terms of the Employer’s resources and his objectives in terms of time, price and quality, with the additional factor of risk having to also be considered and evaluated. It is rarely achievable for all three to be fully satisfied; it is usually a compromise.
