On Demand: Effective Contract Formation

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the parts of a contract.
• Clarify ambiguous contract language.
• Determine appropriate specification type for a project.
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of contract administration team members.
• Identify appropriate contract vehicles and deliverables.
• Prepare implementation and payment milestones plans.
• Determine inclusion of appropriate contract clauses for inspections, reporting, and remedies.
• Identify the entity’s rights to rejections, damages and contract termination.
• Identify contract risks.
• Choose the appropriate contract clauses for a given situation.
• Prepare a contract administration plan.
• Establish a performance assessment plan.

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Entry-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as assistants, coordinators, buyers, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who are responsible for either the procurement function or staff who provide procurement functions under delegated authority.   

• Professionals who are employed by governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly-owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly-funded or created organizations) that either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

• Suppliers or representatives of suppliers seeking to understand the public procurement function from a holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.