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The procedure for undertaking the second stage has been purposely ambiguous simply because there are so many ways of carrying out the second stage of the tender. In many ways it depends on the amount of contractor input that is required in the second stage. If the reason for the choice of a two-stage tender was simply a pricing exercise, used as a means to necessitate a quicker start on site (by overlapping design and tendering), then the contractor input to the design process will be minimal. On the other hand, the contractor may become the lead designer in the second stage and may be fully responsible for coordinating the design and the package tendering. The format and type of the second stage must be carefully considered by the client and design team before tender. The contractor’s responsibilities should be carefully set out in a PCSA.
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