CP Training Courses
Contracting and Procurement

Strategic Contract Management - up to Award

How to develop a Contract Strategy that defines the kind of contract appropriate to the circumstances and identifies the best contractor for the contract.

More and more of our business is being conducted by external resources under contracts that are managed for the company by line staff drawn from virtually all the functions. This creates opportunities for great benefits to be gained but is also full of potential pitfalls, which can lead not only to loss of expected benefits but to serious unnecessary expense in the worst cases.

Contracts for major engineering projects stand out as obvious examples, but many ongoing routine services such as catering, facilities managements and vehicle fleet leasing etc account for vast expenditures in most organisations. This course gives participants the ability to get the best contract into place during the "upstream" phase leading up to contract award, ensuring that expected benefits are realised and expenditure is not wasted.

The course provides participants with:

• the ability to set up and execute contracts and to manage ongoing contractual relationships
• tools and techniques for application at every stage of the process using a 'cradle to grave' methodology for contract building
• an understandable and enduring framework based on 7 Critical Success Factors.

Contracts are easy to manage if they are appropriate for the circumstances and are being delivered by the right contractor. Get those two things right and the contract can run smoothly - get them wrong and it can't.

Dates: 20th to 24rd November 2006
Fee: £1,960 plus VAT @ 17.5%

Training courses in this section include:

Strategic Contract Management - up to Award
Practical Contract Management - Getting the Results
Managing Suppliers and Contractors - Risks and Opportunities
Strategic Procurement Skills
Materials Management for Engineering Projects

Additional courses, workshops and seminars are available for in-house delivery upon request. Contact enquiries@cp-training-consortium.co.uk