National development projects typically incorporate substantial investments for the acquisition of goods and physical services which are often financed by development partners like the Multilateral Development Banks and UN Agencies. Government agencies responsible for the execution of such projects are often constrained by the scarcity of procurement practitioners who are competent in discharging the full range of bidding and contract administration functions in accordance with the guidelines and procedures of the funding agencies and the standards of professional business practice. Such deficiencies in staff capacity can compromise the achievement of the projects’ outcomes as well as undermine the integrity and “value for money” considerations in the procurement process. This professional training course contributes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of:

• National procurement practitioners
• Procurement staff from International Financial Institutions (IFI)-funded projects as well as UN staff who are involved in planning, executing and monitoring both national and international competitive bidding operations.

• Competently plan and execute the entire procurement process functions for procurement of goods and physical services.
• Competently choose the contractual strategy and supervision of contracts performance in accordance with the standards of professional practice.

At the end of the Programme, you will be able to:

• Efficiently design your contracting strategy and set up and a well informed and balanced procurement plan
• Competently prepare well-balanced procurement documents
• Conduct bid evaluation, contract award and contract administration procedures
• Use proficiently the international commercial trade terms INCOTERMS
• Understand how to improve sustainability, safety and gender aspects for execution of public procurement in conformity with the existing national legislation and international standards.

The course entails the module on procurement of goods and physical services.

The key topics that will be addressed are:

Goods:

• Setting pre-qualification criteria
• Standard Bidding Documents preparation 
• Bidding process
• Evaluation
• Contract Management
• Managing Variations
• Inspection, Acceptance and Warranty
• Case Study: World Bank Project Procurement Strategy for Development

Physical Services:

• Types and nature of services, Employer’s requirements
• Process of selection for procurement of physical services
• Bidding documents preparation
• ToR and evaluation criteria
• Key performance indicators
• Bid evaluation criteria and contract award
• Effective contract management
• Quality assurance systems
• Social, labour and environmental clauses typically used in award procedures

This one-week course is delivered face-to-face at the ITCILO Campus in Turin (Italy) by senior procurement advisors and consultants from ITC-ILO. The course is conducted using a highly participative training delivery methodology through a combination of interactive presentations by subject-matter specialists followed by plenary discussions. Individual and group assignments are used extensively in order to demonstrate in practice the proper application of IFIs’ guidelines and to enable measurement of participants’ learning achievement. 

Solution and analysis of case studies are emphasised as principal techniques for acquisition of new knowledge and attainment of prescribed exit competencies. Individual guidance is provided, upon request, to help participants to troubleshoot procurement-related problems on their own projects.

You will obtain a certificate of participation once you have completed successfully the programme requirements.

This certificate will demonstrate that you possess the right knowledge, skills and attitudes to plan and execute the entire contract administration process in the flexible and agile manner.