Every public purchase — from office supplies to major infrastructure works — runs on a contract, and getting that contract wrong can cost an organisation far more than the goods themselves. This course builds a practical foundation in general procurement: what a public procurement contract actually contains, who the bodies involved are, and how disputes get resolved when something goes wrong.

Delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, the course also looks at the supplier side of the relationship — negotiating with vendors, requesting and analysing price quotes, and building a working database of suppliers and tenders — so participants leave with both the legal grounding and the practical relationship skills procurement work demands.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Enable managers, administrators and staff to purchase influence and contract effectively to support business units and meet organisational goals.
• Understand the basic needs and concepts of procurement policies, procedures and practices to avoid risk when planning, implementing and managing procurement strategies.
• Acquire the knowledge, ideas, skills and abilities needed to add strategic value through cost management, building competencies, and driving innovation.
• Understand dispute-settlement mechanisms in procurement.
• Build a working supplier and tender database.

This course is designed for:

• Board members, senior executives, and key staff in system management.
• Directors and policymakers in human resources and capital management.
• Board members and training and development managers in system management.
• Board members, strategic planners, and contract managers.
• Graduates and professionals interested in the field.

Module 1: The Procurement Contract and Its Legal Framework

• The concept of the public procurement contract and its main elements.
• Basics of public procurement and its legal framework.
• The bodies and departments responsible for public procurement, and their role.

Module 2: Building a Better Procurement System

• Working toward a better system of public procurement contracts.
• Methods and general conditions of the public procurement process.
• Contract execution and post-execution stages in public procurement.

Module 3: Resolving Disputes and Preventing Corruption

• Dispute-settlement mechanisms.
• Preventing and combating corruption in procurement.

Module 4: Contract Types and Supplier Relations

• Works-execution contracts.
• Supply and services contracts.
• Tenders, and building a supplier information database.
• Practical exercises on terms of reference and specification documents.
• Managing supplier relationships and professional ethics.

Delivery formats:

• In-house training.
• One-to-one training.
• Group training.
• Hands-on practical training.

We can deliver this course at the time and place that suits you. For more information, please contact the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy team.