PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Appendices to Thesis Keith Gale 2013Organisation: Hampshire County CouncilProfession: EngineerGender: MYears experience: 8 yearsSeniority: Senior EngineerKnowledge of frameworks and traditional procurement methods: yesQ6 In your view, what are the drivers that encourage suppliers to start on time?Well ultimately, it is predominantly to do with the financial impact which is not justin monetary terms but is predominantly in terms of the incentives which are giventhrough the KPI’s to enable them to become more competitive in their tenders. Bystarting on time you gain more points which may acquire an opportunity to win morework if they are starting on time.Q7 In your view, what are the drivers that encourage suppliers to finish on time?I think historically, I’ve always found in my experiences that in fact the damagesclauses were an incentive for contractors to finish on time and they always had aneye on that and could use that to accelerate work if you like. I think that has beenadded to if you like with the use of KPI’s. And again with incentives they score morepoints and they do finish on time and again that leads to them becoming morecompetitive in their tenders.Q8 In your view, what can be done to encourage suppliers to start and finish ontime?415