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Course Overview:
This training includes a range of procurement options for project owners to consider, to support the delivery of specific projects. It clarifies profiles of relevant delivery models (e.g. construct only, alliance etc.) and associated forms of contract, together with details of typical procurement processes. It also highlights a recommended process for the development of procurement strategies (Australian model) for individual projects. It also provides information for project owners considering the use of building information modelling and other information and communications technology (ICT)-based project techniques, and finally agreed common tendering and contracting principles to be adopted by member agencies.

Course Objectives:

• Use of the Guide in the assessment of procurement options and development of procurement strategies will help to:
• Improve current methods and processes
• Promote consistency of approaches to tendering and contracting
• Support equitable risk allocation in contracts
• Identify opportunities to use interactive or collaborative procurement processes or incorporate ICT-based project techniques, where appropriate

Target Audience:
Project Owners, Procurement Managers

Course Content:

• 1 What is a procurement strategy?
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Structure and format


• 2 When to develop and implement a procurement strategy
  • 2.1 Informing the funding decision
  • 2.2 Programming for development
  • 2.3 Programming for implementation


• 3 How to develop a procurement strategy
  • 3.1 Four-step development process
  • 3.2 Step 1: Data gathering
  • 3.3 Step 2: Preliminary screening
  • 3.4 Step 3: Procurement options analysis
    • 3.4.1 Where private financing is not required
    • 3.4.2 Where private financing may be required
    • 3.4.3 Validation of findings
  • 3.5 Step 4: Identification of recommended delivery model and procurement method


• 4 Delivery Models
  • 4.1 Construct only
  • 4.2 D&C
  • 4.3 Construction management
  • 4.4 Managing contractor
  • 4.5 Direct managed
  • 4.6 ECI
  • 4.7 Alliance
  • 4.8 PPP


• 5 Procurement methods
  • 5.1 Applicability and selection
  • 5.2 Forms of contract
  • 5.2.1 Commonly used forms
  • 5.3 Contracting principles
  • 5.4 Structuring the procurement process
    • 5.4.1 Interactive and collaborative processes
  • 5.5 Tendering principle