Journal Entry 3.1

At this time, please read "How Bad Can It Be?" by Cal Harrison, which discusses issues with the priced-based RFP process. This ties into the issues related to making bid/no-bid decisions.

Next, please read the research article "A Comparison of Qualifications Based-Selection and Best Value Procurement for Construction Manager/General Contractor Highway Construction," by Alleman et al. (2017) that evaluated QBS versus best-value procurement practices within the construction industry. You may choose to only read the following: Introduction, pp. 2–3, and the Results and Findings section, pp. 8–13. Both articles are linked from the course schedule.

Then, continue to the journal entry on the next page.

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