Procurement, Tendering and Contracts
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 48 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
PG: NilUG: 250CP
Aims and objectives
This unit aims at introducing specialised knowledge and skills in regard to procurement, tendering and contracts for construction and infrastructure management projects.
| Unit Learning Outcomes | |
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| On successful completion of this unit students will be able to: | |
| # | Unit Learning Outcome Description |
| ULO1 | Assess objectives/ options and apply suitable protocols and processes/ methods for procurement |
| ULO2 | Appraise, develop, and employ best practices and advanced procurement systems |
| ULO3 | Evaluate procurement risks and adopt suitable prevention/ mitigation measures |
| ULO4 | Prepare and/ or analyse tenders as well as price + non-price proposals for source selection decisions and negotiate for reinforcing best value throughout project life-cycle in different procurement arrangements |
| ULO5 | Recognise and use various forms of contracts and procurement procedures in the building/ infrastructure projects including subcontracts and professional services contracts |
| ULO6 | Assess contractual/ payment issues and recommend suitable solutions in building/ civil infrastructure project delivery |
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
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| Activity Type | Activity | Total Hours | Number of Weeks | Hours Per Week | Optional - Activity Details |
| Online Contact | Synchronous Lectures | 18 | 12 weeks | 1.5 | |
| Online Contact | Synchronous Tutorials | 18 | 12 weeks | 1.5 | |
| Face to Face Contact | Workshop | 12 | 3 weeks | 4 | |
| Online | Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12 | 12 weeks | 1 | Various online learning resources including LinkedIn references |
| Unspecified Learning Activities | Independent Learning | 90 | 12 weeks | 7.5 | |
| Total Hours: | 150 | Total Hours (per week): | 15.5 | ||
Assessment
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Content
This unit includes three special related components as below:
Component 1: Procurement in project-based industries Component 2: Tendering, source selections and performance assessments for value reinforced project delivery Component 3: Contracts and payment arrangements in a range of procurement
Component 1: Procurement in project-based industries
- Procurement fundamentals
- Public sector procurement principles and policies/ protocols
- Overview of different procurement routes with sequential and integrated methods
- Procurement objectives and strategies
- Partnering, Alliancing, other relational and value networking arrangements
- Public Private Partnership (PPP)
- Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)
- Stakeholder and end-user/ customer consultations in large and/ or complex projects
- Sustainable procurement strategies and measures
- International projects and global supply chains
- Strategies and policies for procuring novel materials, technologies and solutions
- Roles, responsibilities, competencies/ capabilities for procurement personnel
- Procurement risks, ethics and integrity
- Special topics: Procurement best practices and innovations
- Estimating and cost planning fundamentals for tendering
- Bid/ tender preparation and benchmarking mark-up/ profit margins in different
- Bidding/ tendering in different procurement routes
- Auctions and reverse auctions
- Registered lists, prequalification and post-qualification
- Multi-criteria analysis fundamentals for source selection decisions in procurement
- Supplier/ vendor selection for materials and equipment
- Bid/ tender analysis and contractor/ sub-contractor selection for project delivery
- Price and/ or qualifications-based consultant selection in project-based industries
- Price and/ or non-price factors based best value source selection in integrated procurement routes
- Best and Final Offers and Negotiations
- Value management and enhancement (value creation and capture) opportunities in project procurements
- Benchmarking best practices/ systems for performance assessment of selected source in project delivery and cost/ value analysis of completed projects
- Contract principles and elements of contract;
- Contract types for project delivery
- Payment arrangements in different procurement arrangements for project delivery
- Contract documents and documentation controls
- Contract administration fundamentals in project-based industries
- Case-study examples of contractual issues and resolutions
Study resources
- References.
References
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.