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Unit FM4.21: Describe The Basic Principles Of Procurement- Understanding Procurement And Contract Management Assignment

Unit FM4.21: Understanding procurement and contract management in facilities management Assignment

  1. Describe the basic principles of procurement (including the rights and responsibilities of the buyers and of the sellers)
  2. Explain the processes and stages of the procurement of goods and services to support the facilities management function (including agreeing requirements defining specifications, agreeing adjudication criteria, sourcing suppliers, issuing tenders, receiving and adjudicating tenders, shortlisting, negotiating, awarding contracts and declining other bids, initiating contracts, monitoring provision)
  3. Explain the tendering and bid processes (including the use of spend analysis, supplier/market analysis, expressions of interest, pre-qualification, approved tenderer lists, schedules, adjudication criteria, invitations to tender, responses to tenderers’ questions, supplier open days, e-auctions, the formal opening of tenders, adjudication processes, shortlisting, presentations, negotiations)
  4. Explain how to select appropriate contracts and service specifications (including the influence of factors such as the types of goods or services to be purchased, commodities or bespoke, input or output specification, value and duration of contract, lease or buy, purchase order, call-off contract, JCT forms 2005 (replacing JCT 1998) for building contracts)
  5. Explain how the management of the procurement process should be organised (including the definition of roles, (specifier, user, buyer, budget holder), separation of powers, levels of authority, the keeping of records)
  6. Explain the principles of relevant legislation (including the EU procurement process, OJEU, open competition, Office of Government Commerce (OGC), environmental standards, employment (Working Time Directive, Right to Work, Discrimination), Sale of Goods Act 1979, Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1979)
  7. Explain the different types of contracts (including verbal contracts, purchase orders, call-off contracts (enabling or framework contracts), industry-standard forms, e.g.; JCT forms 2005, PPI/PPP)
  8. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different types of contracts for a range of goods and services (relating the different types of contract explained for the previous assessment criterion to different types of goods and services)
  9. Explain how to select the most appropriate procurement option that suits the contract type (supporting the explanation with example/s from the learner’s own experience or case studies)
  10. Explain how to select the most appropriate contract type that suits the procurement of a particular good or service (supporting the explanation with example/s from the learner’s own experience or case studies)
  11. Explain how specifications are drafted and used for procurement of goods and services
  12. Explain the benefits of writing well-defined specifications.
  13. Explain how standard terms and conditions are used in the procurement of goods and services
  14. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the standard terms and conditions (including factors such as ease of management, dispute the resolution, availability, time, familiarity, flexibility, clarity, precedent, equitable)
  15. Explain the elements which may make up the cost of goods or services (including raw material, labour, manufacture, packaging, transport, consumables, cost of sales, excise duty, insurance, overheads, profit)
  16. Explain the factors to consider when evaluating a procurement decision (including cost, reliability, capacity, reputation, cost, time, quality, compliance)
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