Certification Programme on Contracting and Managing Consultants

This online certification programme provides participants with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to achieve all stages of procurement of consulting services. It allows to acquire knowledge of how to design terms of reference, which evaluation criteria to use and how to score them, and gain hands-on experience of how to assess proposals and negotiate contracts with engineering companies - all in accordance with MDB procedures and FIDIC standards. OBJECTIVES This Certification Programme enable to: • efficiently design your contracting strategy • assess and mitigate risks • competently prepare well-balanced procurement documents • set evaluation criteria • conduct proposals evaluation, contract award and contract administration procedures • handle procurement-related complaints • manage consultancy contracts in an efficient and adaptive manner • prepare contract management plan • verify quality of deliverables • manage relationships • understand how to improve sustainability in consultancy CONTENT M1 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: INTRODUCTION • Main principles • Procurement Cycle • What is consulting? • Differences between Services and Goods • Global view on consulting services M2 CONTRUCTING STRATEGY AND PLANNING • Contracting strategy and planning • Selection Methods, Arrangements and Market Approaches • Types of contracts • Consulting services cost estimation • KPI’s • Sample Consulting Services Procurement Process M3 STANDARD PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS AND SELECTION PROCESS • Development of Terms of Reference • Advertising and shortlisting • Setting evaluation criteria • Request for proposals • Forms and Conditions of Contracts M4 EVALUATION • Submission of Technical and Financial proposals • Evaluation of Proposals • Opening of Financial Proposals and Combined Evaluation • Negotiation and Award of Contract • Hands on Expanded Implementation Support by the Bank and Complaints Management M5 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT • Introduction to Contract management • Responsibilities and Key Risks • Contract Administration and Management • Relationship management • Review by the Bank M6 ENHANCING INCLUSIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH PROCUREMENT • Introduction to Sustainable Development and Sustainable Public Procurement • Gender Considerations in Procurement • Promoting Innovation, Inclusiveness and Sustainability M7 SELECTION OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS AS CONSULTANTS • Selection methods and types of contracts applicable to selection of construction engineers as consultants • Cost estimation for Supervision services • Terms of reference for supervision • Key aspects of conditions of contract to be included at RFP stage • Qualification criteria suitable for selection of construction engineers as consultants • Evaluation of technical proposals for supervision • Key issues subject to negotiations with the selected consultant • Contract management during construction project and distribution of responsibilities NUMBER OF WEEKS: 6 weeks