Specification and Contract Preparation
- Course focuses on developing commercial specifications to minimize risk and ensure effective competition.
- Delegates learn to select appropriate forms of specification and contracts to allocate risk.
- Workshops address specification writing process to minimize organizational risk exposure.
- Participants include personnel involved in developing or interpreting commercial specifications.
- Course aims to equip attendees with skills to produce sound operating principles for commercial specifications.
Overview
This 2-day course focuses on developing commercial specifications to minimize risk and enhance competition. Participants will learn about different types of specifications, performance and conformance specifications, principles for specification development, contract preparation, legal aspects, and risk management. The course aims to equip attendees with the skills needed to create effective specifications and allocate commercial risk appropriately. Suitable for personnel involved in specification development or interpretation in commercial settings.
Who should attend
Personnel involved in specification development or interpretation.
Course Content
Course duration: 2 Days
Day One
What is a specification?
· Its purpose and aim
· How specification drives cost time and quality
· Understanding the different types of specifications
Performance and conformance specifications explained
· When to use each type of specification
· Selecting the appropriate form of specification to transfer commercial and technical risk
· Maximising competition and innovation
· The use of national and international standards
General principles to be applied when developing specifications
· Determining which type of specification to choose
· Specifying on a total life cost of ownership basis
· Structure and style
· Defining key performance indicators and setting service levels
Day Two
Preparing the contract
· Selecting the right form of contract to allocate commercial risk
· Using buyer and supplier knowledge to allocate risk
· The use of Standard forms of contract for large contracts and projects
· NEC, MF1, ICE, JCT etc
Structuring the contract on a total life basis
· The buy contract
· Installation and commissioning activities
· The maintenance contract
· The break fix contract
· Setting appropriate service levels
· Exit and transfer
The legal framework
· Legal aspects of differing specifications
· Risk and Liability in contract performance
· Contractual Performance Measures
· Tendering
The course will be run in the form of a series of workshops addressing each element of specification writing process to produce sound operating principles to minimise risk exposure to the organisation.
Course Objective
To provide delegates with the skills to produce commercial specifications which minimise risk recognising the need to achieve effective competition.
Who should attend?
All personnel that have involvement with the development or interpretation of specifications used in commercial practice
Duration / Fees
A 2-day single manned course
