Legislative and scientific aspects of selecting general contractors for construction work on capital construction projects

Introduction. The author addresses the choice of corporate general contractors participating in bidding for the construction of capital construction projects (CCP). The criteria evaluation pattern, employed by the customer pursuant to the effective legislation of the Russian Federation, is presented. The author has studied the criteria evaluation mechanism, applied to corporate general contractors in the course of implementation by the customer of the procurement procedure for the construction of facilities. Materials and methods. Legislative and subordinate acts, results of scientific research have been analyzed. The author has analyzed the process of tendering for public procurement contracts on the performance of work on the construction of capital construction facilities. Criteria evaluation problems, arising in the process of selecting general contractors, were identified. The benchmarking method was proposed to assess corporate general contractors. Results. Factors, influencing the quality of construction work, were presented. The author suggests consolidating them into a system of evaluation criteria and integrated into the “quality of construction work” criterion in the effective legislation. In addition, it is necessary to evaluate any procurement procedure for construction work using such parameters as “the qualification of the bidder”, “financial resources, equipment and other material resources of the organization”. Conclusions. Thanks to the proposed system of evaluation criteria, the mechanism of selecting general contractors will be more distinct, comprehensible and transparent. The system of criteria selection and evaluation, applicable to construction companies, should be simple and comprehensible not only by the customer, but also by the contractor. It is advisable to avoid using numerous mathematical formulas to calculate the rating of general contractors. Further relevant areas of research have been formulated, including the evaluation of qualitative components of assessment criteria applied to construction organizations and the issuance of their quantitative characteristic (weight significance) using the method of the full factorial experiment.