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The essence of retendering infrastructure project is to ensure that the client conceived objectives on revised projects are fully achieved. This paper aim is to identify and examine retendering strategies and success criteria necessary for infrastructure projects. A questionnaire which comprised of 50 questions entitled “Retendering Strategies and Success Criteria of Infrastructure Projects” (RSSCIP) was developed to evaluate 60 randomly sampled mega infrastructure projects in Nigeria using qualified project engineers/managers as project respondents to evaluate the retendering strategies and success criteria of infrastructure projects with mean, standard deviation, factor and regression analysis as analytical tools. The study findings identified higher client involvement/commitment/support, appropriate procurement method, and improved project risk management as major retendering strategies. Additionally, conformance to the project duration, number of rework activities, and the number of disputes/complaints on record were also identified as major success criteria of infrastructure projects. It further indicated a significant relationship between variables which constitutes retendering strategies and success criteria of infrastructure projects through regression analysis.