Advanced Contract Management

This ITCILO Face to face certification programme provides the participants with advanced knowledge on contract administration and adaptive project management, acquiring a spectrum of advanced technical, procedural and business competencies. OBJECTIVES On completion of this course, participants will have necessary skills to competently plan and carry out in the adaptive and agile manner the various contract administration functions for advanced procurement management and successful delivery of goods, works and services as well as understand the intimate link between contract administration and successful project management including reporting with respect to accomplishment of project outputs and objectives. CONTENT Advanced Contract Management course includes the following main topics: Introduction: • Legal Background: contract law, contract formation and remedies under contracts • Project Procurement Strategy for Development (PPSD) and Contract Management Plan (CMP) • Risk management under contracts • Project management background • Goods vs Services-dominant logics Contract Management • The contract: contract types, incompleteness and ambiguity, intent and interpretation, liabilities and indemnities • Contract management: roles and responsibilities, change management, liabilities and indemnities • Guidelines: relationship management, negotiation management, agile contract management Monitoring & Evaluation: • Setting up an Monitoring & Evaluation Plan • Data Collection Plan • Contract Performance Review • Contract Compliance Review Special topics – Goods: • Quality management • Time management • Disclaimers • Price Adjustment Special topics – Consulting services: • Deliverable Accountability • Management of Experts • Payments • Liability Special topics – Non-consulting services: • Setting up and reporting on KPI’s • Managing performance-based payments Special topics – Works: • Contract Delivery Methods • FIDIC Forms of Contract (GOLD, YELLOW, SILVER, RED books) • Role of Engineer • Managing changes in Construction • Managing Inspection • Managing delays and compensation • Contract close-out • Claims and Dispute Procedures NUMBER OF WEEKS: 2 weeks NUMBER OF HOURS: 45 hours