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EPC Contractor Strategy

Win the Specification.
Tilt the Odds.

Getting written into the EPC contractor's specification is the single biggest advantage you can hold in a project pursuit. It does not guarantee the win, but it tilts the odds hard in your favour. This is the arena where Scott has won the most.

How EPC Procurement Actually Works

On a major project the owner, whether that is Aramco, ADNOC or an operator anywhere in the world, awards the EPC contract to a contractor. The contractor then runs their own procurement, against specifications their engineering team has already written. Focus only on the owner's vendor list and you miss where the real decision happens. The EPC contractor is the one who buys.

Why the Specification Matters So Much

Being specified does not guarantee the contract. But it changes the contest entirely. You move from fighting on price against an open field to being the engineer's preferred solution with a technical reason to be there. Across thirty years that advantage has been worth tens of millions in won business.

Where Scott Has Won

The relationships that matter are real ones. Técnicas Reunidas is the contractor Scott has won the most business with, including the £1.9M Marjan package with Aramco. Tecnimont and Saipem, where he is well connected. McDermott. Fluor, where he closed a £250K project in Greece. Bechtel, where he won a mining project in Chile. These are not names on a slide. They are people who take his calls. Read the Marjan case study →

The Specification Window

EPC contractors run FEED, the Front End Engineering Design phase, 12 to 24 months before a project enters procurement. That is the window. Vendors are evaluated and written in during FEED. By the time the ITT is issued the list is largely fixed. We work inside that window.

The EPC Specification Process

01
Owner Awards EPC Contract
Owner selects the contractor: Técnicas Reunidas, Tecnimont, Saipem and others
FEED / Specification Phase
This is where your product must be specified. Venti Red operates here.
02
ITT Issued
Invitation to Tender with the vendor list largely fixed
03
Procurement & Award
Specified vendors hold the advantage. Unspecified vendors fight uphill.
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The Contractors That Matter

Where Scott
Has Real Relationships.

Técnicas Reunidas

The contractor Scott has won the most business with. The £1.9M Marjan package with Aramco came through this relationship. Active across KSA and global energy projects.

Tecnimont

Italian EPC powerhouse across energy and chemicals. Scott is well connected into their project and engineering teams.

Saipem

Global energy and infrastructure contractor. Strong existing relationships across offshore and onshore programmes.

McDermott

Offshore and onshore energy EPC. Engineering led procurement, where specification influence decides the outcome.

Fluor

Global EPC across energy, mining and infrastructure. Scott closed a £250K project with Fluor in Greece.

Bechtel & Samsung Engineering

Bechtel across mining and infrastructure, where Scott won a project in Chile, and Samsung Engineering across the Gulf and Asia.