Andkhoy-Qaisar Road Project

The design-build contract adopted for this project is not a turnkey type of contract in which prospective bidders will need to conduct significant site reconnaissance in order to prepare competitive bids, but a measurement contract based on financial unit rates with design carried out by the contractor as the road is constructed. This type of contract was intended to overcome local design capacity constraints and expedite commencement of works. However, the result was mixed: the lead time required for project preparation was reduced, but the use of civil works contract documents without a finalized detailed design resulted in substandard implementation quality in terms of time, cost, and ease of implementation.