Strengthening the supervision of the EPC general contracting model can start from five aspects

The general contracting model of engineering packages refers to the company's entrusted by the owner of the company. According to the contract, the whole process or a certain stage of contracting the design, procurement, construction, trial operation, etc. Under the condition of the total price contract, the contracting company is generally responsible for the quality, safety, investment and progress of its contracting project. The advantage of the EPC general contracting contract is that it can use the optimized design capabilities of the general contractor, the price advantage and professional management of market procurement, better control engineering investment, and ensure construction progress and construction quality. The difficulty is the reasonable determination of the contract price and the control of risks, as well as the grasp and supervision of design changes and construction standards in the later implementation. Judging from the audit of some government investment EPC general contracting projects in recent years, the project has the following vulnerabilities and problems in terms of supervision: First, the owners' units have insufficient understanding, and they believe that the general contracting is good. ; Second, the depth of the design in the early stage is insufficient. The design schemes and drawings cannot meet the needs of bidding and construction. After the bidding, the design scheme is not organized to optimize and adjust the bid; The amount of engineering volume and materials and equipment; the fourth is that the real -time management of the on -site management was negligible; the fifth is that the difference and connection between the general contracting contract and the traditional construction contract cannot be accurately clarified. The terms of the contract are unreasonable.

In recent years, the state has vigorously promoted the EPC general contracting model in the field of engineering. In the future, the use of this packaging model by government investment projects should be the general trend. However, the general contracting cannot be "packed", and it is still necessary to strengthen the supervision of the project to achieve the management intervention of key nodes in the entire process of the entire process before and after the event.

The first is to deepen the design and meet the needs of the project package. Avoid the project's rush to start, and the bidding is carried out based on investment estimates or engineering index coefficients. For the EPC general contracting project that implements the bidding with design bidding, its contract price should be tentatively set to a maximum price limit. After the construction plan design and construction plan are clear, the contract price is reasonably determined according to the corresponding standards, so that the final settlement price after the project is completed is true. Reflecting the actual cost of the project.

Second, the responsibilities, work content, and standards that should be achieved in the contract dedicated clauses should be stipulated in detail, design, procurement, construction and other aspects, especially the project characteristics of the project quantity list project. Prevent the general contractor from reducing construction standards without authorization. At the same time, the award clauses for optimized design should be stimulated, the optimization design saves the division ratio of the two parties, and the boundaries of the optimization of design and reducing standards are clarified to prevent the general contractor from climbing the material on the grounds of optimization design.

Third, in the process of bidding, contract signing, and construction, the management of project changes must be strengthened throughout the process. In the bidding documents, the risk range of both parties should be clearly issued, and unlimited risk clauses cannot be set. Especially for the future engineering changes that will occur in the future, the boundaries of responsibility should be cleared. In the construction, change procedures should be strengthened, and changes are handled strictly in accordance with the contract.

Fourth, the owner unit should strengthen the construction site management. While supervision and supervision and supervisor perform their duties in accordance with the law, they also need to be equipped with professionals with drawing ability and cost management to strengthen the comparison inspection of construction drawings design and preliminary design and bidding documents. The construction content, changes in construction standards, and other changes occurred during the construction process to provide a basis for the completion settlement.

Fifth, the audit department should strengthen the supervision of the EPC general contracting project. From the perspective of the early audit, the government's investment in the EPC project management model is not yet mature and irregular. The performance is the focus of the audit, the project management is good, find the problem, and propose a practical audit suggestion, and give full play to the effectiveness of investment audit supervision.

Source: Hubei Province Xiaoye City Audit Bureau

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