
Designing a maritime tender: from the scope of services to a risk allocation matrix
How to prepare RFP documents that are clear, can be evaluated and stand up to contractual disputes.
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Tender design, scope of work, choice of legal instrument and risk allocation.

How to prepare RFP documents that are clear, can be evaluated and stand up to contractual disputes.

Before negotiating the text, the nature of the obligation, the signatory's authority and the desired means of enforcement must be clear.

The main cause of failed tenders, unrealistic pricing and exhausting claims in maritime projects lies not in evaluation or performance, but in a vague, incomplete and non-standard scope of work in the original documents.

Loading every operational, legal and unforeseen risk onto the other party is not good drafting. It is a reliable recipe for financial failure, a stalled project and a maritime contract that ends in exhausting litigation or arbitration.
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