- Thursday, April 22, 2021
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Duration: 1 day
Start Time: Registration from 8.15AM*. Commence 8.30AM*. Finish 4.30PM*.
*Time Zone: Australian Eastern Standard Time (Brisbane)
This one day course is applicable to both Principals and their Agents who develop tenders, assess tender documentation, negotiate with contractors, prepare tenders and discuss their terms. It has been developed to assist these people in the tendering process to gain a better understanding and acquire the knowledge necessary to evaluate, prepare and negotiate quotes, tenders and proposals effectively.
Introduction
- The course
- Course assessment
Outsourcing and contracting
- Strategic procurement
- Outsourcing
- What is tendering?
- Tender process
Quotes, tenders and proposals
- Quote or quotation
- Tender or bid
- Proposal
Terminology
Relevant legal issues and legislation
- Overview of the law
- Legal effect of a tender
- Interpretation of documents
- Conflicts between documents
Tendering options
- Procurement
- Tendering methods
Tendering documents
- Tendering documentation
Preparing and issuing tenders
- Principal’s obligations
- Project definition
- Tender document preparation
- Principal’s liabilities
- Tender preparation checklist
- Preparing the ground rules
- Time consideration
- Calling tenders
Managing and responding to tenders
- Tender enquiries
- Pre-tender briefings
- Site inspections
- Amendments to tenders
- Responding to a tender
Receiving and evaluation tenders
- Receiving offers
- Tender opening
- Tender evaluations
- Tender recommendations
Negotiating and awarding contracts
- Pre-contract negotiations
- Contract award
- Unsuccessful tenderers
- Re-tendering
- Probity
- Post contract review
Tips and Traps
- Tips – the things not to do?
- Principal tips
- Traps – the things not to do?
- Summary
