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In the acceptable public contract analysis step, on the basis of
public contract specifications defined in Phase 1, a set of
acceptable public contracts is created for each public contract
specification. Identified acceptable public contracts are ranked
according to the level of conformance to corresponding
specification. The conformance is calculated on the basis of
preferences and fitness functions defined in Phase 1. Analysis
performed in this step is followed by effective selection of
promising acceptable public contracts and rejection of those that
should be disregarded. The number of potential acceptable public
contract group that may be constituted for the contractor selection
stage with acceptable public contracts identified in the previous
step is usually high. The goal of acceptable public contract group
analysis step is to search for a sorted list of acceptable public
contract group ranked according to a fitness function. This step
takes advantage of technique proposed as a part of the MAPSS
method [8]. Genetic algorithm is used for generation of optimal
acceptable public contract groups ranked according to a fitness
function. In this phase each contractor selection participant may
define his/her own fitness function. Thus, suggestion concerning
best acceptable public contract groups may be different depending
on a participant. In this phase, social relationships among
acceptable contractors are verified and validated.
In the stage conclusion phase, once all public contract
specifications that are defined for contractor selection stage have
assigned acceptable public contracts, this fact is registered in the
repository. If applicable, this stage encompasses redefinition of
the set of planned upcoming auctions, relationships among them,
their scope and assumptions
4.4 Recommendations During Contractor
Selection
Characteristics of a contractor selection process are such that in
general prediction of its full course is impossible. Nevertheless,
identification of its repeatable parts is useful in context of
boosting efficiency of selection execution and promotion of good
practices among selection process participants, especially those
being representatives of public administration.
Mechanism of recommendation in the C-CS method aims to
detect activity patterns in contractor selection process, where
activity pattern is a set of activities that are frequently performed
in a structured way in a particular context by a contractor
selection participant. Identified activity patterns are later
recommended to other selection participants. Identification of
activity patterns is possible due to information stored in
participant’s activity module of the repository. To identify activity
patterns, the approach presented in [4] is used.
5. CONCLUSIONS
The C-CS method contributes to increased efficiency of the
contractor selection process. It is achieved by computer support
for multi-variant automatic analysis of economic operators and
offers submitted by them. A structured approach is proposed to
definition and reuse of requirements, stored in a repository in a
form of contractor or offer specifications. An important aspect of
the C-CS method is an analysis of relationships among candidate
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contractors from various ongoing or completed public auctions.
Such analysis eliminates the risk of selection of a set of
contractors unable to mutually collaborate which could lead to
one or more project failures. Identification of activity patterns in
every phase of the C-CS method addresses the problem of process
evolution and unpredictability. Activity patterns allow good
practices to be identified and reused. Recommendations generated
on the basis of activity patterns enable more effective execution of
contractor selections.
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work has been partially supported by the Polish National
Science Center. Grant no. DEC-2011/01/N/ST6/04205
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