Seminar Description
Designed specifically for municipal staff, this comprehensive two-day seminar covers the latest court decisions and leading edge business strategies for getting maximum value from your procurement processes. The fundamentals of competitive contracting will be discussed along with more advanced strategies and emerging issues.
Critical Court Decisions
The seminar will guide you through major changes in Canadian law and practice. It will explain the impact of these changes on tenders and RFPs and assist you in evaluating the most dangerous areas for your organization.
Best Practices in Competitive Contracting
Traditional business patterns are changing in all parts of Canada and this seminar will assist you in understanding critical problem areas and tricky legal issues in competitive contracting. It will highlight the latest innovative methods to effectively manage procurement risks, and explain how to limit your personal and professional exposure to liabilities.
Draft RFPs, Multiple Stages and Web-based Procurements
Explore the benefits of the latest practices in use by organizations across Canada. Learn how these strategies can enhance your organization's reputation for fairness, openness and transparency. Discuss the use of draft RFPs to narrow the gap between the incumbent and the challengers and the advantages of using web-based procurements when deadlines are tight.
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RFPs without Contract A Obligations
Can you imagine procurement without the burden of Contract A obligations? Review the innovative language used by organizations to eliminate Contract A from their RFP process and the recent Canadian judgments on this issue. Explore the legal, ethical and practical implications of this new development.
Who should attend?
Designed specifically for municipal staff who:
- Run tendering or RFP processes, or evaluate tender bids or RFP proposals.
- Prepare specifications for major tendering or RFP projects.
- Use competitive bidding to reduce costs and maximize value for money.
Seminar Materials and Real Life Case Studies
Each participant receives a seminar binder with over 200 pages. This binder has summaries of all key discussions, recent court decisions, real-life case studies, and checklists, sample policies, clauses and documents. It is an excellent reference tool that you will use long after the seminar has ended.
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