Procurement Management
This training aims to equip officers as well as professionals who wish to acquire recent knowledge, skills, and competencies to be able to fulfill their roles in procurement management. It develops participants’ knowledge and skills in the procurement of goods and services, and introduces them to procurement policies and guidelines of donor agencies.
- Understand tender documentation and processes
- Understand the concept of “strategic procurement”
- Establish award criteria and evaluate tenders from a financial and value for money perspective
- Prepare scoring mechanisms and justify contract award recommendations
- Negotiate with suppliers and manage supplier performance and contracts
- Prepare and write tender documents for a variety of different tenders
The course will utilize lectures with presentations and interactive class discussion. Trainees will also analyze case studies with the supervision of the trainer.
- Management Functions
- Fundamentals of Public Procurement
- Tendering and Contracting Procedures
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Procurement Planning
- Bidding
- Methods of procurement
- Ethical considerations in procurement
- Fraud detection and control
- Legal aspect of procurement
- Managing change