Abstract: United States highway agencies use best-value procurement with a fixed price to select design builders. This method enables public agencies to choose the best proposer by assessing several factors in addition to price. ...

Abstract: Traditional design–bid–build guidelines suggest that engineering estimates should be within +/−10% of the lowest contractor bid and recommend this value as a reference to identify anomalies in the bidding process. This ...

Abstract: In best-value procurement, current practice shows that cost is frequently more influential than noncost factors, and consequently, the lowest bidder is chosen in most cases; thus, a best-value selection is not achieved. ...