Senior Associate - PPP Tendering

Overview

Tender Document Preparation

• Support the development of tender documentation, including EoI, RFQ, RFP, ITB and Heads of Terms for the EPC, the Interface and the O&M contracts.
• Coordinate input from financial, technical, legal, and other advisors to ensure complete and accurate documents.

Tender Launch And Management

• Coordinating informative bidder conferences to orient and engage the market.
• Collaborate in the full lifecycle of competitive tender processes for EPC and O&M contractors using an E-Platform (preferably Oracle Aconex)
• Oversee processes for RFQ (prequalification) and RFP (proposal) stages, ensuring compliance with procurement timelines, governance protocols, policies and processes.

Bid Process Oversight

• Support in the pre-bid and post-bid clarifications and Q&A processes, ensuring consistent, transparent, and competitive interaction with all market participants.

Bid Evaluation

• Support the technical and commercial evaluation of bids, ensuring compliance with the evaluation criteria.
• Receive input from multidisciplinary advisory teams, ensuring accurate assessments of compliance, pricing, and risk profiles.
• Oversee the selection of Preferred and Alternate Bidders, and the evaluation reports.

Qualification(S)

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, project management or contract management.
• Professional certifications such as CP3P, PMP, RICS, LEED preferred
• Aconex and MS Office

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure project tendering delivery, with a focus on EPC and O&M (in a PPP environment preferably).
• Proven track record in tendering processes for large-scale infrastructure projects.

Competency

• General understanding of PPP models, including EPC, O&M, DBFOM and BOOT structures.
• Understanding of procurement standards and contract structures.
• Project management, organization and coordination abilities.
• Fluent in English, additional languages considered an asset.