- Overview of contracting and tendering
- Definition of a contract
- Stages in contracting
- Preparation and tendering
- Award and administration
- Defining tendering
- Purpose of tendering
- Alternatives of tendering
- Objectives of tendering
- Tendering process
- Contracting methods
- Competitive bidding
- Competitive proposals
- Reverse auction
- Tendering preparation
- Identifying requirements
- Setting scope of work
- Planning the evaluation process
- Identifying suppliers
- Developing tender documents
- Invitation to tender
- Terms and conditions
- Tender briefing
- Receiving and opening bids
- Commercial and financial consideration
- Contract pricing, fixed price, cost plus, unit price and measured work
- Special forms of contracting
- Payment terms
- Value for money
- Whole life costing
- Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)
- Contractor’s strategy
- Bid and no-bid decision
- Tender evaluation and award
- Evaluation process
- Preliminary examination of bids
- Detailed examination of bids
- Rating scale
- Scoring protocol
- Compliance matrix
- Technical bid scoring
- Evaluation report
- Awarding of contract
- Post award conference
- Debriefing unsuccessful bidders
- Documentation
- Mistakes and protests