Criteria for contractor selection

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-38

  Hatush, Zedan ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bid evaluation; Criteria assessment; Information; Prequalification

Indexed keywords

SCREENING;

BID EVALUATION; CONTRACTOR SELECTION; CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION STRATEGIES; INFORMATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES; PRE-QUALIFICATION;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 0002576968     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461997373088     Document Type: Article

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