Oxford – contract Management for Non-Contract Professionals

Why Attend

The overall aim of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge, concepts and skills needed to perform activities related to the contracting process. The course covers important contractual concepts and different types of contracts.

Participants in this interactive course will learn essential tools and techniques used in analyzing submitted bids including preliminary examination, technical evaluation and commercial evaluation.

Course Methodology

This course relies on the use of individual and group exercises aimed at helping participants learn all key contract Management activities. The course also features the use of a number of case studies, presentations and role plays by participants followed by plenary discussions. In addition, this course incorporates pre and post testing.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Outline the basic elements and phases of contracting
Describe important legal concepts in contracting that can have a detrimental impact on the contractual relationship between the parties
Describe different types of contracts as well as other different types of relationships between parties
List the main steps needed to prepare a contract with a full understanding of all the documents needed to prepare a request for proposal
Describe all the activities needed to administer the contract post-award including handling variations and claims

Target Competencies

contract Management
Scoping work
Applying contractual obligations

Applying types of contracts
Recognizing terms and conditions
Contract preparation

Course Outline

Overview of contracts
- Elements of a “contract”
- contract Management
- Legal concepts used in contracts
- Scope of work
- Terms and conditions
- Phases of contracting
Important concepts in contract Management
- Governing law
- Confidentiality
- Privity of contract
- Subcontracting
- Indemnities
- Force majeure
- Payment terms
- Breach of contract
- Termination
- Liquidated damages
- Service level agreement
- Representations and warranties
- Covenants
- Rights and conditions
Types of contractual agreements
- Types of contracts
  - Fixed price (lump sum) contracts
  - Cost reimbursable (cost plus) contracts
  - Time and material contracts
- Bill of quantities
- Letter of intent
- Memo of understanding
- Special forms of contracting
- International contracting
- Incoterms

Basic concepts in contract preparation
- Set-up contracting strategy
- Determining sourcing strategy
- Prepare RFPs
- Evaluating proposals
- Awarding contract
Administration, variations and claims
- Implementation of the contract
- Assessing performance
- Change management
- Managing variations
- Claims and disputes

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