Contracts in Use Survey 2010 - RICS

General procurement methods 2010
Table 1:
Trends in Methods of Procurement - by numbers of contracts
1987
%
1989
%
1991
%
1993
%
Lump Sum – Firm BQ 35.6 39.7 29.0 34.5 39.2 30.8 19.6 30.0 20.0 24.5
Lump Sum – Spec &
Drawings
Lump Sum – Design &
Build
1995
%
1998
%
2001
%
2004
%
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2007
%
2010
%
55.4 49.7 59.2 45.6 43.7 43.9 62.9 42.7 47.2 52.1
3.6 5.2 9.1 16.0 11.8 20.7 13.9 13.3 21.8 17.5
Target contracts - - - - - - - 6.0 4.5 3.7
Remeasurement – Approx.
BQ
1.9 2.9 1.5 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.7 4.0 1.7 0.3
Prime Cost Plus Fixed Fee 2.3 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6
Management Contract 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.0
Construction Management - 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.9 1.1 0.3
Partnering Agreements - - - - - - 0.6 2.7 2.3 1.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Table 2:
Trends in Methods of Procurement - by value of contracts
1987
%
1989
%
1991
%
1993
%
Lump Sum – Firm BQ 52.1 52.3 48.3 41.6 43.7 28.4 20.3 23.2 13.2 18.8
Lump Sum – Spec &
Drawings
Lump Sum – Design &
Build
1995
%
1998
%
2001
%
2004
%
2007
%
2010
%
17.7 10.2 7.0 8.3 12.2 10.0 20.2 10.7 18.2 22.6
12.2 10.9 14.8 35.7 30.1 41.4 42.7 43.2 32.6 39.2
Target contracts - - - - - - - 11.6 7.6 17.1
Remeasurement – Approx.
BQ
3.4 3.6 2.5 4.1 2.4 1.7 2.8 2.9 2.0 0.7
Prime Cost Plus Fixed Fee 5.2 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3