LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

The paper proposes to provide information on potentialities and procedures of Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) of buildings during the stages of investment planning and design. The paper is mainly focused on the use of life cycle cost analysis in public procurement. Proposed methodology for sustainable construction procurement by public sector clients consists of setting the objective and scope of LCCA, defining the key parameters, setting options for analysis, gathering data to evaluated options, performing the economic evaluation of options, incl. risk and sensitivity analyses, and Final Report. The application of methodology is verified on the example of public buildings, which is the Central Depository of Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. Case study consists of preliminary LCCA for strategic investment decisions and detailed LCCA for options of key equipment (as a part of structural design). The final section summarizes the client's benefits of LCC calculation integration into decision-making processes within building preparation.