8. Construction (Design and Management) CDM
Assessment of Professional Competence (APC)
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
Energy Performance
of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
Display
Energy Certifi cates
(DECs)
44. Design Construct Manage and Finance (DCMF)
PFI models the public sector retains
the responsibility for key staff, teachers in schools, clinicians
in health schemes, etc.; however, in prison schemes the private
sector
consortia also provide the prison staff. As the consortia have
also been responsible for the design of the prison the need to
follow
a heavily prescriptive specification has been dispensed with and
innovative new ways to deal with questions such as high levels of
security and surveillance were introduced
45. e-Procurement
There has been a growth in the number of tender documents being
prepared in electronic format. The degree to which the entire
procurement
process is electronically based can vary widely. The main
advantages claimed for e-procurement are:
Simplification of the process
Reducing costs and waste
Avoids the need for duplication of effort when issuing documents
Fairer assessment of bids.
Web-based systems
The most efficient and secure method of conducting e-procurement.
An extranet (a closed/restricted) web-based portal is used to send
information to the selected bidders only. The advantages are:
The ability to securely communicate in real time
All bidders access the same common pool of information.
