Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

instruction technique des offres

English translation:

technical appraisal/evaluation of tenders

Added to glossary by B D Finch
Sep 27, 2019 08:50
4 yrs ago
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French term

instruction technique des offres

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering Tender process
"Après l'instruction technique des offres, les plis financiers ont été ouverts le 6 septembre..."

Hi, this is part of the tender process to win a construction project. Could anyone advise on the "instruction technique" part?

Many thanks.
Change log

Sep 30, 2019 13:39: B D Finch Created KOG entry

Discussion

Cyril Tollari Sep 27, 2019:
'Instruction' is odd here. We would say "analyse technique des offres" if this was a French context.
katiej (asker) Sep 27, 2019:
Thank you everyone. I think technical examination of tenders would work best in this context.

Proposed translations

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technical appraisal of tenders

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Feb 8, 2008 - (RICS) all in tender price index or such other indices as the Council ...... technical appraisal of tenders and judgment as to compliance of the ...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2019-09-27 12:25:53 GMT)
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Note that appraisal involves rather more than just examination. It also involves performing any necessary checks or research and producing a report.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2019-09-27 15:21:22 GMT)
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Appraisal vs evaluation
Here is an example of differences, but note that the words are sometimes used in a less rigourous and more interchangeable way.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-public-finance-ma...
"Appraisal is normally the starting point for any proposal - but it is not a standard procedure. It is an ordered, but flexible, general approach to the analysis of proposals with implications for expenditure / use of resources. It should include not only economic analysis, but also other important information such as financing and/or human rights implications, arrangements for project management and plans for subsequent monitoring and evaluation. The principle of proportionality should be applied, so the scale of the appraisal will vary depending on the scale of the proposed project and its complexity, but an appraisal should normally include the following steps:

define the objectives;
consider a range of options;
identify, quantify and value the costs, benefits, risks and uncertainties associated with each option, including considerations of public private partnerships and the scope for shared services arrangements with other public bodies, optimism bias and distributional implications;
analyse the information;
decide what evaluation should be performed at a later stage; and
present the results.
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"Evaluation examines the outturn of a project, programme or policy against its objectives. It adds value by providing lessons from experience to help future management or development of a specific project, programme or policy. Evaluation should be planned from the outset of the project, and should normally include the following steps:

establish exactly what is to be evaluated and how past outturns can be measured;
choose alternative states of the world and/or alternative management decisions as counterfactuals;
compare the actual outturn with the target outturn, and with the effects of the chosen alternative states of the world and/or management decisions;
draw up the results and recommendations; and
disseminate and use the results and recommendations."
Peer comment(s):

agree Daryo : or also "evaluation"
1 hr
Thanks Daryo. No, an evaluation is about value for money. Note that this "instruction" is conducted before the financial bids are opened and is a technical appraisal..
agree Germaine : although "technical evaluation" (which is not about money!) is a lot more usual (73,000 ghits vs 810)
3 hrs
Thanks Germaine. Yes, having looked at this further, I think both terms are used. There may also be a UK:US difference.
agree Chakib Roula : Evaluation would also fit.
21 hrs
Thanks Chakib
agree Eliza Hall : Yep. And this is a legal question more than a construction one (it's about construction contract law terminology, not construction terminology).
2 days 3 hrs
Thanks Eliza. It's a bit borderline, but these appraisals are done by surveyors or engineers, without any lawyers being involved. So, I think it's rather more construction management than legal.
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technical examination of tenders

I think this could work given the context.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Or evaluation, as in your reference.
4 mins
agree Anne Trager
55 mins
neutral Daryo : maybe, but your in your reference there's no trace of "technical examination".
4 hrs
agree GILLES MEUNIER
5 hrs
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30 mins

Tender's technical information

Selon moi,
Merci
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2 hrs

learning technical details of offers

After learning the technical details of the offers, they go about the others parts....
Peer comment(s):

neutral Germaine : It's not a "learning" process but an appraisal/evaluation of the content of the tender with respect to technical specifications
4 hrs
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