Cost 2. Time 3. Credit Conditions (Performance, Prestige, Power)
Cost 2. Time 3. Credit Conditions (Performance, Prestige, Power)
of Maharashtra,
has invited a tender for the Construction of a Foot over Bridge connecting Metrorail station to
suburban railway station.
After a preliminary screening, MMRCL has selected 4 companies M/s ABC Limited, XYZ
Company, PQR India Limited & MNO Construction. The Bid assessment Committee of MMRCL
Expert decided to judge the 4 companies based on 3 factor to award the Job with more
rationality & accuracy.
1. Cost
2. Time
Credit Conditions are considered important compared to cost but not as the time. However time
constraints are very important to the cost of the project
Based on the decision of the Bid assessment committee following comparison table has
prepared.
Company
Factors
ABC Limited XYZ Company PQR India Limited MNO Construction
Cost Normal Cost+1Cr Normal Cost+3Cr Normal Cost+2Cr Normal Cost
Time +2 month On Time +3 month +1 month
Credit conditions Advantageous Good Better Average
Ranking Scale for Criteria & Alternatives
►Ref: T.L.Saaty. The Analytic hierarchy process. McGraw-Hill
International Book Company, New York, 1980
Scale Definition
Value
1 Equal importance
3 Weak importance of one over another
5 Essential or strong importance
7 Very strong importance
9 Absolute importance
2,4,6,8 For the above two judgments of the
intermediate state corresponds to the value of
the scaling
Randomness Index (RI) value of 1-10 rank matrix
►Ref: L.G. Vargas, An overview of the analytic hierarchy process and its
application. European Journal of Operational Research, 1990, 48:2.
Rank of RI value Rank of matrix RI
matrix value
1 0.00 6 1.24
2 0.00 7 1.32
3 0.58 8 1.41
4 0.90 9 1.45
5 1.12 10 1.49