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Qualifications Based Selection
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Auburn, NY 13021
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Real World Testimonials
Roof Collapse
On April 23, 1987, shortly after the official opening of the new mega Sav-On Foods Store at Station Square in Burnaby, British Columbia, an area of the building roof-top parking lot of approximately 6400 square feet collapsed into the food store, injuring 20 people. A Commissioner's Inquiry by the Canadian Government determined that one of the major factors that led to the ultimate collapse of the structure was the selection of the Structural Engineer on the basis of competitive bidding …
Skyway Collapse
In July of 1981, two elevated walkways over the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a party, killing 111 people and injuring 188 others. The engineering services on this structure had been awarded on the basis of low bid, and the design professional services were limited by contract …
Kaye Henderson Memo
Memo from Kaye Henderson, Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation from 1987-1990. "As Secretary, I inherited a system of selecting design professionals on the basis of competitive bidding. The results were uniformly negative. Price-based selections for design services don’t work. It didn’t work for the public, the agency administrators, contract managers or even office holders."
Real World
In July of 1981, two elevated walkways over the lobby of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed during a party, killing 111 people and injuring 188 others. The engineering services on this structure had been awarded on the basis of low bid, and the design professional services were limited by contract …
Quotables
... there is a tendency to unrealistically reduce the price when price is known to be the primary basis for the contract award …
U.S. House of Representatives Report 98-621
Just the Faqs
Q. What are the most important benefits of QBS?
A. It all comes down to technical quality - i.e., safety, functionality, maintainability and life-cycle costs - and long-term savings.