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Bidding trend in different categories of work in Division Road Office, Bharatpur are different. The main purpose of the research is to analyze the existing bidding trends along with the consequences of procurement at Division Road Office Bharatpur,Chitwan. Contracts were administered in Chitwan and Dhading districts. Bidding data of Division Road Office Bharatpur of four consecutive years starting from 2073/074 to 2076/077 were analyzed. Also the journal articles, research papers, books, internet searching were done. Low bidding trend was identified using average percentage below engineers' estimate as threshold and analysis was also done using average number of bidders for competitive bids. The study revealed that, "A" category works ( Road Construction) i.e. 52.94% are suffering from low bid, "B" category works (Bridge and Structure Construction) i.e 46.15% are suffering from low bid where as "C" category works (Maintenance ) i.e. 25% are suffering from low bid based on percentage below engineers’ estimate.
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Bidding trend in different categories of work in Division Road Office, Bharatpur are different. The main purpose of the research is to analyze the existing bidding trends along with the consequences of procurement at Division Road Office Bharatpur,Chitwan. Contracts were administered in Chitwan and Dhading districts. Bidding data of Division Road Office Bharatpur of four consecutive years starting from 2073/074 to 2076/077 were analyzed. Also the journal articles, research papers, books, internet searching were done. Low bidding trend was identified using average percentage below engineers' estimate as threshold and analysis was also done using average number of bidders for competitive bids. The study revealed that, "A" category works ( Road Construction) i.e. 52.94% are suffering from low bid, "B" category works (Bridge and Structure Construction) i.e 46.15% are suffering from low bid where as "C" category works (Maintenance ) i.e. 25% are suffering from low bid based on percentage below engineers’ estimate.
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