The client needs or expectations.

3. In- depth studies and analysis by the consulting Civil Engineer are not likely to be performed. The
consulting Civil Engineer selected by lowest bid often provide only the minimum services necessary to
satisfy the client`s scope of services.

4. The consulting Civil Engineer`s ability to be flexible and creative in meeting the clients requirements is
severely limited.

5. The engineering design are likely to be minimal in completeness with the details left to the contractor.
This produces a lower first cost design but tends to add to the cost of the completed project. The lack of
design-details and frequently does, lead to greater number of change orders during construction and to
contractor claims at later date.

3.5.2 Two- Envelope System

The two-envelope system involves submission of a technical proposal in one envelope and price
proposal in a second envelope. The client then evaluates the technical proposals and selects the best
qualified Civil Engineer based on that consulting Civil Engineer`s technical proposal at this point in the
selection procedure, the clients open the price proposal submitted in the second envelope and uses this
as a basis of negotiation of contractual scope and fees the second envelopes submitted by the
unsuccessful proposers are returned unopened.

If the clients follow procedure, the net effect is outlined in “Qualification-Based Selection Procedure”,
provided that the client and the best qualified consulting Civil Engineer have extensive discussions to
reach full agreement on the scope of services. This allow the client to utilize the knowledge and
experience of the consulting Civil Engineer in establishing the scope of services. Upon agreement of
scope, the price of services should be negotiated to reflect changes from the original scope used for
obtaining proposals.

If both envelopes of all proposers are opened at the same time, a bidding process, as discussed in the
selection of “Bidding”, Is initiated with attendant disadvantage. Procedures should be establish to
provide confirmation that the second envelope is opened for only the successful proposal.

The two-envelope system is not recommended. If used as intended, it is similar to recommended QBS
procedure except that added cost to prepare comprehensive scope and price discourage some
consulting Civil Engineer from participating. The cost to prepare a proper price proposal are
considerable to the firms not selected, which increases the overall business costs of consulting civil
engineering and ultimately of the clients