Certification Programme on Advanced Contract Management

The advanced contract management certification programme helps to strengthen participants' knowledge and skills in adaptive and agile contract administration of all types of procurement contracts: goods, consulting services, non-consulting services and works. It explores various supervision, performance-tracking, risk-controlling, trend-analysis and reporting tools and procedures used in contract administration in accordance with best up-to-date international practices to ensure value for money and sustainable outcomes. OBJECTIVES Course participants will be able to competently plan and carry out in the adaptive and agile manner the various contract administration functions for successful delivery of goods, works and services in accordance with the “scope”, “quality”, “time” and “money” provisions of the respective contracts, and recognised standards of professional practice. By the end of the course, the participants will also understand the intimate link between contract administration and successful project management including reporting with respect to accomplishment of project outputs and objectives. CONTENT MODULE 1: 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 MODULE 2: CONTRACT MANAGEMENT • The contract: contract types, incompleteness & ambiguity, intent & interpretation, liabilities & indemnities • Contract management: roles & responsibilities, change management, liabilities & indemnities • Guidelines: relationship management, negotiation management, agile contract management MODULE 3: MONITORING & EVALUATION • Setting up an M&E Plan • Data Collection Plan • Contract Performance Review • Contract Compliance MODULE 4: SPECIAL TOPICS – GOODS • Quality management • Time management • Disclaimers • Price Adjustment MODULE 5: SPECIAL TOPICS – CONSULTING SERVICES • Deliverable Accountability • Management of Experts • Payments • Liability MODULE 6: SPECIAL TOPICS – NON-CONSULTING SERVICES • Setting up and reporting on KPI’s • Managing performance-based payments MODULE 7: SPECIAL TOPICS – WORKS • Contract Delivery Methods • FIDIC Forms of Contract • Role of Engineer • Managing changes in Construction • Managing Inspection • Managing delays and compensation • Contract close-out • Claims and Dispute Procedures NUMBER OF WEEKS: 6