This CDGA training course will highlight:

• The use of different procurement and contracting strategies
• Handling key risk areas in the procurement process
• Managing principal liability issues
• How change can be best managed
• Ways to deal with performance failures
• Managing claims and resolving disputes

At the end of this CDGA training course, you will learn to:

• Identify the most appropriate project delivery strategy
• Assess and manage key contractual risks
• Recognise the causes of, and how to deal with, change
• Compare ways of dealing with performance failures
• Evaluate the most appropriate course of action when disputes arise

This CDGA training course will benefit all levels of personnel involved in any aspect of project procurement and implementation.  It will enable a broad range of disciplines to appreciate and understand effective project contracting.

This course is appropriate to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: 

• Project and General Management
• Contracts administrators, managers and claims handlers
• Procurement and purchasing staff
• Engineering, operational and maintenance personnel
• Commercial, financial and insurance professionals

Participants will gain greater knowledge through presentations by an experienced international practitioner designed to both educate and challenge.  Extensive use will be made of case studies and real examples of contracts and projects. Open and instructive group discussions will also be facilitated encouraging delegates to raise questions, and share their own experiences.

Organisational Impact

Projects often require complex contractual arrangements, assessing the issues and how to deal with them can be a daunting task.  Your organisation will benefit by:

• Expanding traditional procurement options to promote project goals
• Developing an appreciation of the risks of using different types of contracting strategy
• Enhancing internal capacity to assess and manage key contractual risks
• Minimising the time and cost impact of changes and external events
• Ensuring better monitoring and managing of performance issues
• Exploring alternative ways of reducing the impact of disputes

Personal Impact

Attendees will gain by participation in this training course as a result of:

• Broadening your knowledge of a variety of project delivery strategies
• Extending your understanding of key risk areas and their management
• Improving your knowledge of contract and relationship management
• Enhancing your ability to deal with changes and external events
• Developing your knowledge of monitoring and managing performance failures
• Boosting your confidence in dealing with contractual issues and disputes

Day One: Selecting Project Delivery Route

• Key Principles
• Factors Influencing Selection
• Key Procurement Strategies and Delivery Routes
• Procurement Stages
• Funding and Level of Risk Transfer
• Forms of Contract

Day Two: Project Procurement Process 

• Defining Requirements
• Distinguishing Selection and Award Criteria
• Pricing Models
• Cost and Price Analyses
• Managing Supply Chain Risk
• Exposure to Bribery and Corruption

Day Three: Key Liability Issues and Managing the Risks  

• Management of Risk Process
• Principal Performance Obligations
• Cost, Pricing and Payment Risk
• Indemnities and Insurance
• Selecting the Appropriate Governing Law
• Contract and Relationship Management

Day Four: Managing Change and Performance Failures

• Scope Creep
• External Factors Affecting Performance
• Performance Standards and Monitoring
• Re-work, Re-Performance and Damages
• Using Bonds, Warranties and Guarantees
• Suspension and Termination

Day Five: Managing Claims and Disputes  

• Assessing Claims
• Using the Contract to Manage Disputes
• Negotiation Tools and Techniques
• Formal Dispute Resolution
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 80% of the total course duration.