Development Organization: Research Developed at California State University, Fresno, USA
Funding Agency: Lyles College of Engineering 21/22 Chancellor’s Office Research Scholarship and Creative Activities, Fresno State and California State University, Fresno
Amount: $6,417.00
Background
Best-value procurement enables highway agencies to make informed selections by assessing not only cost but also technical criteria. However, assessing technical criteria is necessary but not sufficient to reach a best-value selection that is not biased toward cost. In the last two decades, the ranges of scores used in the assessment of technical proposals have shown to play an influential role in the bias toward cost of best-value selections.
Research Objective
This study investigates whether there is any significant difference between technical scores assigned to design-builders in best-value procurements using different award algorithms.
Research Methods
The research used statistical and goodness-of-fit analysis to characterize, evaluate, and compare 822 technical scores from 240 design-build highway projects procured using best-value procurement in the U.S.
Contributions
Best-value in the procurement of highway projects. Lessons Learned from US Design-Build projects
Calahorra-Jimenez M., Garcia-Melero G (2024). Book Recent Topics in Highway Engineering- Up-to date Overview of Practical Knowledge
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Best-value in Design-Build Highway Projects: Technical Scoring Trends and Award Algorithms
Calahorra-Jimenez M.. Construction Research Congress 2022 Arlington, Virginia, March 9-12, 2022
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Research Team
| PI: | Dr. Maria Calahorra-Jimenez, California State University, Fresno |
| Research Assistants: | Kiet Duong |
