PRASHANTH D'CUNHA

Tender Review and Bid Strategy: Review and discuss project bid invitations and proposals with the Business Development Director. Incorporate agreed revisions during post-tender clarifications, alternative design evaluations, and cost comparison exercises to strengthen tender governance and commercial competitiveness.

Estimation Team Management and Resource Allocation: Review tender specifications, drawings, and project requirements, and allocate estimation engineers and detailers according to project scope, complexity, and submission deadlines, ensuring timely and accurate BOQ preparation.

Cross-Functional Coordination: Coordinate with Design, Procurement, Production, and Shipping departments to communicate project requirements, clarify technical and commercial constraints, and ensure accurate cost inputs, resource alignment, and effective project monitoring throughout the tendering process.

Technical and Commercial Feasibility: Verify compliance of technical and commercial proposals with tender specifications, drawings, and client requirements. Conduct feasibility assessments covering production capacity, manpower, material availability, and project resources to identify risks and support informed bidding decisions.

Contractual Documentation and Tender Compliance: Prepare tender proposals and contract documentation, incorporating comprehensive commercial notes, terms and conditions, assumptions, exclusions, and deviations in accordance with client requirements and instructions from consultants and main contractors.

Tender Negotiation and BOQ Pricing Control: Participate in tender price negotiations with clients and main contractors, where required, and finalize BOQ pricing in line with the agreed tender value. Maintain consistent BOQ pricing records as a commercial reference for subsequent project execution, variation assessments, and cost control.

Post-Tender Clarification and Commercial Governance: Manage technical and commercial clarifications, evaluate alternative proposals, and prepare comparative cost analyses to ensure transparency, consistency, and traceability of tender revisions and final pricing decisions.

Estimation Risk Management: Identify potential discrepancies, scope gaps, resource constraints, and commercial risks during tender evaluation, coordinating with relevant departments to establish realistic cost estimates and reduce exposure to unforeseen project costs.

Project Coordination and Estimation Review: Discuss project requirements with the Estimation Manager and Sales Team to clarify scope, technical requirements, pricing assumptions, and tender deadlines, ensuring consistency and accuracy throughout the estimation process.

Material Take-Off and Cost Planning: Prepare detailed material take-offs from structural steel drawings, specifications, and BOQs. Develop cost estimates, project budgets, and variation quotations for additional or revised work to maintain cost control and minimise the risk of project losses.

Issued enquiries to suppliers for structural steel materials, followed up on quotations, and evaluated market prices and commercial terms to establish accurate, competitive material costs.

Detailed Costing and Tender Preparation: Prepare project costing using the company's standard pricing formats after thoroughly reviewing tender specifications, structural drawings, and scope requirements, ensuring consistent measurement methods, accurate cost calculations, and reliable tender submissions.

Assessed changes in project scope and additional work requests to prepare quantity calculations and variation quotations, protecting project margins and ensuring commercial recovery.

Maintained clear records of material quantities, supplier quotations, and estimate revisions to support cost verification and effective tender reviews.

Plant Operations Management: Oversaw day-to-day plant operations and coordinated equipment maintenance activities on weekly and monthly schedules to support operational efficiency, equipment reliability, and effective resource utilisation.

Operational Cost Control: Identified maintenance-related requirements and equipment downtime factors to inform operational planning and optimise resource utilisation.

Downtime Monitoring and Reporting: Compiled and reviewed equipment downtime reports to identify operational interruptions, monitor equipment performance, and provide reliable data for maintenance planning and operational analysis.

Preventive Maintenance Planning: Developed and updated preventive maintenance checklists to ensure systematic equipment inspections and scheduled servicing, enhancing maintenance procedure consistency.

Resource Planning and Cost Forecasting: Assessed plant operational requirements and equipment availability to facilitate effective resource allocation and accurate cost forecasting.

Quotation and tender budgeting: Prepared quotations and production budgets during enquiry and bidding stages, evaluating project requirements and cost components to facilitate competitive tender pricing and informed commercial decisions.

Quotation and Tender Budgeting: Prepared quotations and production budgets during enquiry and bidding stages, evaluating project requirements, cost components, and resource needs to support competitive tender pricing and informed commercial decisions.

Integrated Project Execution Coordination:Coordinated production planning, manpower requirements, procurement schedules, and commercial controls to align operational execution with project budgets, delivery commitments, and contractual obligations.

Project Progress Monitoring and Reporting: Monitored and reported planned versus actual project progress across manpower deployment, procurement, fabrication, and painting activities, identifying deviations and supporting timely corrective action.

Cost Variance Analysis: Reviewed differences between planned budgets and actual resource consumption to identify cost deviations, improve forecasting assumptions, and support more reliable estimates for future projects.

Production and Shop-Floor Management: Managed day-to-day shop-floor production activities, coordinating operational resources and workflow while developing practical knowledge of fabrication processes, production constraints, and manufacturing productivity to improve estimation accuracy.

Cost variance analysis: Reviewed differences between planned budgets and actual resource consumption to identify deviations, enhance forecasting accuracy, and inform future project estimates.