Course Detail

DAY 1: Contract Basics

1. The basics of common contracts and clauses from a legal point of view.
2. Content of contract documents.
3. International contract forms.
4. Contract drafting.
5. Letters of guarantee, insurance and payments.

DAY 2: Contract Strategy

1. Strategic issues, supplier selection and contract system.
2. Factors affecting strategy.
3. Bidding methods and procedures.
4. Documentation of tenders.
5. Edit the wording of the contract.

DAY 3: Effective Control and Management Methods

1. Communication and meetings.
2. Financial arrangements and documentation.
4. Records - contract file.

DAY 4: Reviewing contracts and understanding disclosure processes in various types of contracts

1. Common problems in contracting and obstacles to reviewing contracts.
2. Understand disclosures in contracts.
3. Methods and procedures for tenders, planning and reviewing contracts.
4. Contract award.
5. Checklist for developing a contract review program.

DAY 5: Incentives, Fines and Management of Subcontractors

1. The need for incentives and their importance.
2. Types of incentives and care.
3. Sharing - saving.
4. Withholding amounts and guarantees of good performance.
5. Developing qualified subcontractors.

DAY 6: Claims and Disputes, Negotiation and Raising a Claim

1. Overview and need to negotiate.
2. Timing, Planning and Preparation.
3. Negotiation Practice and the reasons for the claim.
4. Claim definition and Reasons for avoiding the claim.
5. Claims Negotiation.

DAY 7: Contracting Strategies to Avoid Claims

1. Payment contracts.
2. Design and edit contracts.
3. Identifying and avoiding risks (types of risk, dimensions of risk, problems and effects, Risk waiver).
4. Determine the extent of the risk.
5. Risk Management & Risk Mitigation Methods.

DAY 8: Commitment to quality in Contracts and Competitions

1. Quality systems in tenders and contracts.
2. Legal aspects of contracts.
3. Contracts are legally binding.
4. legality requirements.
5. Basic legal issues.

DAY 9: Contracting Ethics

1. The need for clarity and justice.
2. A unified approach for all contractors’ reactions.
3. The main characteristics of contract control in an effective way.
4. Publication of the message for the preparation of tenders and contracts.
5. Groups exercise.

DAY 10: Claim Handling Techniques

1. Terminate the contract.
2. Dispute resolution mechanisms.
3. Methods for calculating compensation values, cost and duration.
4. Arbitration steps.
5. Case-Study & Program conclusion.

PLACE:                      London (UK)

VENUE (TBC):          INDUSTRIOUS (Hammersmith, LONDON)

LANGUAGE:            Arabic/English