Construction Procurement & Contract Administration
Course Outcome
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- brief overview of procurement methods in construction.
- understand the tendering practices in construction
- explain the role and obligations of parties in contract.
- understand the stages of contract administration under standard form of contract.
- understand the extent of power and liability of a Contract Administrator in supervision, site safety, advice, giving information, instructions etc.
Course Content
- Introduction of Construction Procurement and Contract Administration
- Introduction to procurement
- Important of Procurement Systems
- Types of Procurement Systems in Construction
- Introduction to contract administration
- Purpose of contract administration
- Forms of Construction Contract
- The Role and Obligations of Parties in Construction contract
- Construction Procurement
- Types of Procurement Systems in Construction
- Basic characteristics, strength and weakness of various procurement routes such as traditional method, Design and Build/turnkey, Management Contracting, BOT, Partnering, Public Finance Initiative (PFI) etc.
- Traditional Systems Contractual relationship – Advantages & Disadvantages
- Tendering Process & documentation
- The Bidding processes
- Evaluation process & award the contract
- Contract Binding
- Valid Contract
