Modelling ontology for supporting construction tender evaluation process

Abstract

Tendering processes involves tedious and complex procedures. In construction, analysing a collection of tender documents is complicated and demanding task which requires in depth knowledge of domain experts. Inconsistency information and lack of knowledge during decision-making process could trigger to wrong decision. In addition, vast amount of information is in unstructured forms need to be managed into a systematic manner. The aim of this research is to develop a generic ontology-based architecture for supporting tendering processes and proves the effectiveness of the approach in construction tender evaluation process emphasizing only on checking sufficiency documents. Here, ontology is built to capture and structure domain expert knowledge based on criteria and preferences demand for tender evaluation.