ASSESSMENT OF LOW BIDDING IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEPAL
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v6.i10.2018.1163Keywords:
Low Bidding, Influences, Significant, Suffering, Key Role, Effects, UnfoldsAbstract [English]
A study on “Assessment of low bidding in bridge construction of Nepal” was conducted during the period from January 2018 to May 2018. The method of the study was on the basis of secondary literature received from different sources and field observation. The purpose of the study was to overview low bidding and its influences on bridge construction. It has been realized that low bidding has significant role on time delays, cost overrun and quality degrade in bridge construction and as a result, users are closely suffering from inconvenience on transportation along with scarcity, hunger and diseases. Low bidding, itself is not a problem whereas it has got wide uses in all over the world with acceptance as more scientific and reliable process. In the context of Nepal, causes like political protection, zero punishment, expectation of mobilization advance for company survival, increment of turnover and inadequate study before bidding played key role on low bidding. The study found that low bidding has huge effects like arises fraud practices, misuse of muscles and power, claims and dispute, variation order and loss of professional reputation. True practices based on right effects with right causes can unfolds the positive aspects of low bidding like promotion to healthy competition, encourages towards corporate culture, equal opportunities to all parties and utilization of saved amount on further works.
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