Advanced Contracts Management
Advanced Contracts Management
OBJECTIVES
- Select appropriate type and form of contracts for different situations
- Understand the legal framework in which contract management takes place
- Understand the contract complexities that need managing
- Explain the practical steps in obtaining and analysing performance data
- Be more effective in contract management activities
- Anticipate problems and manage risks
- Integrate contract management with contract needs
- Understand the best means of handling claims, disputes and performance issues
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Contract management
- Project management
- Design management
- Construction management
- Procurement management
- Commercial management
- Finance management
COURSE OUTLINE
Day 1 – Understanding the contract
- Overview of the tendering and contract award process
- Understanding contracts – a refresher on legal requirements for a contract
- Formal and Informal Contractual documents, including
- Standard terms and conditions
- Letters of intent
- Letters of comfort
- The specification and scope of work – linkage to price and payment
- Recognising where the contract risks lie
- Tools and techniques to manage contract risks
Day 2 – Key skills of contract management
- The role and value of an effective contract manager
- Implementing the new contract
- Effective Review processes
- Inspection and certification of contractual performance
- Managing suppliers of professional services
- Working with contract management reports
- Using KPIs in effective contract management
Day 3 – Model Contracts and Terms
- Selecting the right model for the contract
- Standard form Contracts – ICC, FIDIC, NEC and others
- Force Majeure clauses
- Indemnities and Insurance clauses
- Warranty clauses
- Bonds and Guarantees
- Contract variation clauses
Day 4 – Managing Price and Contract Variations
- Managing Price escalation
- Getting a breakdown of costs
- Cost and price analysis techniques
- Tracking changes
- Managing variations to the work
- Changes to timing, accelerating delivery
- Increase or decrease in scope
- Changes to work methods
- Negotiation techniques for price and contract variation management
Day 5 – Managing claims and disputes
- Typical contract claims – scope, delay, quality, payment
- Implementing penalties or service credits
- Liquidated and unliquidated damages
- Termination and other methods of dealing with default
- Defects Liability management
- Dispute Resolution – tools and techniques to use
- Contract closeout