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Project Procurement Fundamentals

Duration: 2 Days                                                                               Contact hours: 16 hours
Course level: Beginner to Intermediate                                        Price: $1050

Improve project performance through effective procurement activities.

For many projects procured goods and services account for 60% or more of project expense. Effective procurement management for these projects is often the difference between project success and failure. This course is designed to equip project professionals, or supply chain/procurement professionals, with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively identify, select and manage suppliers in a project environment.

Prerequisites:
Attendees should have a basic understanding of project management, supply chain management, or purchasing activities.

What you will gain from this course:

  • The knowledge and skills necessary to apply procurement and contract management processes in a project environment.
  • Understanding of the supplier identification and selection processes.
  • Fundamentals of contract management.
  • Ability to develop and execute project sourcing strategies.

Who should attend this course:

  • Project managers, procurement managers, contract managers, or others who are involved with sourcing and procurement of goods and services for projects.

Course agenda:
The procurement process

  • Sourcing and procurement fundamentals
  • Special considerations for procuring in a project environment
  • Procurement and contract terminology
  • Basics of procurement strategy
  • Primary activities of project procurement.

Procurement planning

  • Developing the project procurement plan
  • Integration of project scope and procurement strategy
  • Procurement’s role in the project team
  • Supplier identification
  • Contract types

Sourcing for projects

  • Sourcing strategies
  • Integration of procurement strategy and project sourcing
  • Evaluating supplier proposals

Contract negotiation and administration

  • Contract negotiation strategies
  • Elements of a contract
  • Contract performance measures
  • Contract closure