2011 INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT [SEP]

  

DATES: SEP  12 - 30, 2011    
TUITION: $5950    
     

 

 

 

Overview

The International Procurement program covers the institutional, legal, financial and procedural issues involved in the procurement of goods and services by public entities and discusses reform programs to improve transparency, efficiency and accountability. It provides participants with a detailed analysis of the project-procurement cycle and includes a full presentation of the procurement policies of international financial institutions (IFI) such as the World Bank, as well as a comprehensive coverage of the open tender system.

 

Course Outline

Public Procurement Reforms

• Reform programs and approaches to enhance transparency, efficiency, integrity and accountability

 

National Procurement Laws and Institutions

• Differing approaches under common law and civil code systems

• UNCITRAL model law

• Transparency and accountability; ethics and corruption

 

 

International Procurement

• Procedures of international financial institutions such as World Bank, ADB, IDB, etc.

 

Procurement Planning

• Role and objectives

• Policy and institutional aspects

• Project cycle: procurement issues

• Procurement process under goods, works and PPP

• Budgeting, budget utilization and monitroing

 

Selection of Consultants

• Procedures of IFI

• Terms of reference, evaluation of proposals, QCBS, QBS

• Contracts: lump sum, time-based

 

International Competitive Bidding (ICB)

• Objectives, principles, and key features

• The bid package: preparation and scheduling

• Bid advertising and prequalification

• Preparation of bidding documents

• Bid examination, evaluation, and award

 

Other Methods of Procurement

• Limited/restrictive international bidding, national competitive bidding

• Direct purchase, shopping

• Internet bidding, electronic procurement

• Green Procurement

• Versatile and adaptive procurement

 

Contract Administration

• Principal types of contracts, terms, and guarantees

• Negotiation techniques

• Dispute avoidance and resolution

• Oversight and monitoring

 

Performance-Based Contracting

 

Course Advisor

Raghavan Srinivasan has over forty years of experience in international procurement of goods and services and in national procurement systems. He was Chief Procurement Advisor for the World Bank for 10 years until his retirement in 1997. Mr. Srinivasan has been teaching this course at ILI for over 30 years. Since retiring, Mr. Srinivasan has been involved in preparing Country Procurement Assessments and assisting implementation of reform projects in various countries.

 

Sample of Selected Faculty

Allan V. Burman, President, Jefferson Solutions, Former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, United States Government

Julia Paschal Davis, Frmr. Procurement Principal Counsel and Division Director, Office of the Maryland Attorney General, Advisor, UNCITRAL

Jason Matechak, General Counsel at International Relief and Development (IRD), Rule of Law Officer at American Bar Association Section of International Law, Fmr Partner Reed Smith LLP

Chris Yukins, Professor, George Washington University Law School, U.S. Delegate to UNCITRAL