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 (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1 Assess objectives/ options and apply suitable protocols and processes/ methods for procurement
2 Appraise, develop, and employ best practices and advanced procurement systems
3 Evaluate procurement risks and adopt suitable prevention/ mitigation measures
4 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
5 Recognise and use various forms of contracts and procurement procedures in the building/ infrastructure projects including subcontracts and professional services contracts
6 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
| All Applicable Locations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO) |
| Assignment | Individual | 20-50% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Presentation and Response to Scenario | Individual/Group | 20-30% | 2,3,6 |
| Test | Individual | 30-50% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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.