Procurement

Scenario

• Contractor does not show up on meetings

• Type of contract

• Documentation of the contract

Scenario

• Selection of PM after the contract

• Urgency to do the procurement otherwise project would be delayed

• Relations with the supplier?

• Case of multiple sellers

Centralized and decentralized contracting

• Expertise

• Commitment

• Easier access

• Satisfaction

• Experience

• Learning

• Padding of costs

• Urgent need

• Change orders

• Incentives

• Terms and conditions (Handouts from the class on an international training)

• Seller reports

• Force majeure

Breach of contract

• Seller’s payments

• Formal communication

• Compromise

• Arbitration

• Non-competitive forms of procurement

• PM’s discretion

• Privity

• Patents

• Competition amongst sellers

• Bidders conference

• Equality to all sellers

• Seller’s PM?

• Buyer’s PM?

• Conflict of interest, presence of a relative

• Hiring of relatives

Negotiation Tactics

• Limited authority

• Missing man

• Deadline

• Fair and reasonable

• Scenario for plumbing lines

• Construction contractor not delivering

• A large number of changes in the project

• Claim

• Contract’s legal standing

• Difference between contract closure & administrative closure

• Procurement audit