Course duration: 2 Days

Course running order

Day 1

The skills required for effective contract management
· Styles of the effective contract manager
· Leadership, ability to influence, willingness to take the lead and initiative, problem solving
· The tools of the Contract Manager –Using Microsoft Project

Designing the project and contract management process
· The workstreams and reporting approach
· Responsibilities for contract management
· The team
· Their roles

Setting objectives for procurement projects and major contracts
· Developing contracts sourcing strategies
· Undertaking risk assessments for procurements and developing risk management strategies
· Evaluating market positions and market exposure
· Deciding on the relationship style and approach

Specifying to transfer risk
· Using performance specifications and measurement to transfer risk
Setting key performance measures

Day 2

· Managing the competition
· Building the tender document
· Deciding the selection process and criteria
· Using weighted criteria
· Incorporating total life costing and ownership into specification and terms
· EU compliance in the public Sector

Deciding the terms
· Making use of standard forms of contract
· NEC, ICEE, IMech, MF, JCT
· RFI, Pre Qualification and RFQ

Contract award
· Post Tender Negotiation and the EU regulations
· Evaluating offers – lowest price, most economically advantageous
· Ensuring compliance with the contract and understanding contractual remedies for poor performance

Effective contract monitoring
· Negotiating improvements to current service delivery
· Change control mechanisms
· Motivational factors that enhance performance and create continuous improvement
· Review and evaluation

Course Objective

This programme is designed to improve delegates’ awareness of techniques and best practices associated with the management of contracts let to third party suppliers.

Who should attend?

Both procurement and non- procurement personnel that are involved in managing.
contracts with external third party suppliers.