Practical Contract Management

Alan Oxenbury BA; MCIPS; Cert. (NEBOSH) Alan is a procurement trainer and consultant. After graduating from Exeter University in 1977 with a BA in Economics, Alan began his career at a County Council as a Purchasing Officer for hydrocarbon products and highways materials. Alan has also worked for the Post Office as a Senior Purchasing Officer for postal sorting office equipment and furniture, before moving to the electricity sector working on the several power station construction projects. Alan then became a Procurement Policy and Manager for a nuclear decommissioning company, where he was a source of expertise on all matters of procurement policy, procedure, guidance, practice, training and contract documentation and terms and conditions. Alan now regularly delivers CIPS training courses, both on their public programme for subjects as Introduction to Purchasing and Contract Law well as for the professional qualifications at levels 4, 5 and 6. Alan also delivers training for UK public and private sector organisations covering subjects such as Value for Money, Risk Management and EU Procurement Legislation. Alan is currently a Senior Examiner for the CIPS module "Developing Contracts in Purchasing and Supply" and has also contributed several articles for the student page of "Supply Management" (CIPS Journal). R J Carter MA FRSA MCIPS MCMI Cert Ed Ray is the Director of DPSS Consultants (Developing People Serving the Supply Chain), which is an international training and development consultancy made up of 20 specialist consultants. He began his management career in the public sector and thereafter for a large food manufacturer in the UK. He graduated from University with a Masters Degree in Management Studies. His first book relating to supply chain management entitled Integrated Materials Management, was published in 1982 and has become a recommended text for a number of courses, including the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. This was followed by Stores and Physical Distribution, published by Liverpool Academic Press. He is currently working on his new titles, Understanding Supply Chains with Professor David Jessop and Practical Procurement with Steve Kirby due for publication by Cambridge Academic Publishing. Ray has had numerous articles and papers published in journals such as Supply Management and the Centre for Advanced Procurement's Praxis publication. Ray is also Chairman of the Procurement Best Practice Forum, which is made up of many large blue-chip organisations, the purpose of which is to identify and disseminate supply chain management best practices. Ray's now famous `7Cs' of supplier evaluation model, first published in 1995, has now become an accepted model for the evaluation of supplies and contractors and has been adopted by many organisations. It is also part of the CIPS level 4 syllabuses. Until 1991 Ray was Principal Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the Business School, University of North London. In recent years, he has undertaken training and consultancy assignments for organisations such as Shell IT, Lucas Engineering and Systems, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, BRC, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij.B.V, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ZADCO), NDC, UK Intervention Board, Ericsson, British Aerospace, Marconi, BBC, Magnox, Ordnance Survey, Chevron, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Tengzichevroil Company, Medway Council, Coca-Cola and Shell International BV. Ray has worked in many locations, including the Far East, the Middle East, South America, Europe and Africa. The majority of these events have been related to strategic issues in relation to supply chain management, procurement and contracting. S K Kirby BA (Hons), MCIPS, MCMI, Dip. M, Cert. Ed Steve is a freelance Procurement trainer and consultant. His early career was spent working in a purchasing capacity for a number of companies in the West Midlands, all involved in the heavy eng

Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Introduction to Contract Management and Administration Chapter 2 An Overview of the Contracting Process Chapter 3 Scopes of Work and Specifications Chapter 4 Risks, Value and Contract Classification Chapter 5 Types of Contract Chapter 6 Contract Management and Administration Chapter 7 Tendering Methodology Chapter 8 Measuring Contract Performance Chapter 9 Relationship Management and Contractor Motivation Chapter 10 Legal Aspects of Contracting Chapter 11 Variations and Claims Chapter 12 Dispute Resolution and ADR Chapter 13 Public Sector Contracting Chapter 14 Equipment Leasing Contracts Chapter 15 International Contracting Chapter 16 Digital Contracts Chapter 17 Contract Close-out Author Biographies Index