Gestion des Achats EPC
Nous accompagnons les contractants EPC et les maîtres d'ouvrage pour les projets clé en main d'ingénierie, d'achats et de construction — de l'étude FEED à la mise en service.
EPC contractors and turnkey project owners
EPC vs EPCM: who carries the risk
Under EPC (often lump-sum turnkey), one contractor takes design, purchasing and construction on a fixed price and fixed schedule, and prices the risk into the number. Under EPCM, the contractor manages engineering and procurement for a fee while the owner holds the equipment and construction contracts directly — cheaper on paper, but the owner carries interface, schedule and cost risk and needs an in-house team capable of holding it. Open-book construction management sits between the two. Choose the model from your internal engineering capability and risk appetite, not from the headline price.
How the package split is decided
Before any tender goes out, the scope is broken into packages: FEED and detailed engineering; long-lead equipment; balance of plant; civils and structures; mechanical, electrical and instrumentation installation; utilities; and commissioning and training. The decision on each package is whether the market is deeper for a specialist or for a single integrator, and who owns the interface between packages. Long-lead items are usually pulled out and ordered early, because delivery — not price — sets the critical path.
The EPC tender process, step by step
1) Fix the basis of design and the battery-limit drawing. 2) Prequalify four to six contractors on reference projects, financial standing and local execution capability. 3) Issue one identical tender pack: scope of work, technical specification, employer's requirements, evaluation criteria, contract form and programme. 4) Run a structured clarification round with answers issued to all bidders. 5) Open technical and commercial envelopes separately. 6) Normalise offers into one comparison on total lifecycle cost — capital, energy, spares, operations and financing terms. 7) Negotiate scope, liquidated damages, warranty and payment milestones before award.
Making the package bankable
EPC procurement stalls when the technical annex will not pass a lender's review. Commercial banks, export credit agencies and development finance institutions expect a defined scope, a credible programme, a contractor with a delivery record, performance security and a payment structure tied to verifiable progress. Preparing the annexes to that standard from the first draft lets the financing conversation run in parallel with the tender rather than after it.
Change orders, reserve and contingency
Change orders are where EPC budgets fail. Build change-order governance into the tender: rate cards for common variations, notification timelines, and an approval workflow that survives contact with the site team. Separate owner reserve from contractor contingency in the budget so the owner knows exactly which risks they carry and which the contractor has priced in — a discipline missing from most tender templates.
Managed industrial procurement services
Requirement scoping, qualified supplier sourcing, RFQ management, bid normalisation and financing routing for capital equipment and EPC projects — free for buyers. See the procurement service scope, eight-step process and pricing model, or start with the industrial RFQ guide.
FAQ
Comment vous rémunérez-vous ?
Des honoraires de préparation fixes, convenus par écrit dès le départ, transparents pour l'acheteur. Nous ne prenons pas de commission fournisseur ni de spread bancaire.
Dans quels pays intervenez-vous ?
Plus de 40 pays. Couverture la plus dense en Europe, au Moyen-Orient, en Asie du Sud-Est et dans les Amériques.
Sous quel délai pouvez-vous démarrer ?
Avec un cahier des charges qualifié et un budget, la première séance de travail a généralement lieu sous 5 jours ouvrés.
Traitez-vous les petits projets ?
La taille minimale est de 250 000 USD. Il n'y a pas de plafond.
Le processus est-il confidentiel ?
Oui. Chaque engagement est couvert par un NDA avant tout partage d'information sensible.
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Lancer une RFQ EPC
Nous accompagnons les contractants EPC et les maîtres d'ouvrage pour les projets clé en main d'ingénierie, d'achats et de construction — de l'étude FEED à la mise en service.