Design-Build Procurement Approaches - Design-Build for Water and Wastewater Projects - page 77

Table 7-6. Advantages and disadvantages for best-value selection (BVS)—one step
(RFP only) (continued)

Advantages Disadvantages

Competitive price component
provided; price certainty at time
of proposal submission

Owners and proposers need time and cost to
prepare RFP

Detailed technical information
provided

Greater effort to review detailed proposals

Selection can be based on price
and other factors, thus providing
“best value”

Level and quality of competition could decrease
as there could be several proposals received.
Proposers like to assess competition (i.e., with a
short-list of three, proposers have a one in three
chance).

Integrated and collaborative
approach between owner
and design-builder can still be
achieved although somewhat
diminished

Could limit proposer creativity and flexibility by
doing too much design for the RFP
Owner input only during procurement development;
during proposal preparation there is no owner
input
Subject to price-based pitfalls
Life-cycle cost considerations limited
The proposal price, quality, and scope have to be
accepted. Any change will be an adjustment to
proposal price or a change order.
Less integrated and collaborative approach between
owner and design-builder