Enhancing Procurement Practices: Comprehensive Approach to Acquiring Complex Facilities and Projects - Softcover

Kov�cs, Attila

9781441989482: Enhancing Procurement Practices: Comprehensive Approach to Acquiring Complex Facilities and Projects

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ISBN 10: 144198948X ISBN 13: 9781441989482

Publisher: Springer, 2011

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Structural Approach and Targeted Fields of Procurement.- Terminology.- Focal Points of Procurement.- Procurement Environment.- Procurement Management Techniques.- Integrated Procurement Management.- Projects in the Context of Procurement.- Project Procurement Related Management Techniques.- Procurement in the Context Of Project Management.- Project Management Organisations.- Definition and Characteristics of Procurement Systems.- Public and Private procurement Systems.- Basic Procurement Systems.- Types of Contract.- Sourcing Patterns.- Types of Procurement Procedures.- Formation of the Drafting Organisation.- Structure of the Solicitation and Contract Documents.- General Drafting Principles.- Preparation for the Evaluation.- Preparation of the Prime Specifications.- Preparation of the Conditions of Contract.- Preparation of Realisation-Related Documents.- Preparation of the Instructions to Offerors.- Typical Time Schedule of Procurement Procedures.- Conduct of Prequalification.- From Publication to Evaluation.- Evaluation and Clarification of Offers.- Contract Negotiations.- Closing of the Procurement Procedure.- Procurement and the E-Volution.- E-Commerce Site Categories.- Relevance and Future of E-Procurement.- IX - Appendices.- Appendix A - Terms Used by International Organisations for Procurement Procedures.- Appendix B - Terms Used by International Organisations for Entities.- Appendix C - Terms Used by International Organisations for Documents.- Appendix D - Functional Analysis System Technique (Fast).- Appendix E - Procedural Timeframes Set by International Organisations.- Appendix F - Sample List of Attachments of Tender-,Bidding- And Contract Documents.- Appendix G - Sample Structure of Complex Contracts.- Appendix H - Sample Terms and Definitions of an IT Contract.- Appendix I - Sample Marking and Documentary Requirements of Delivery.- Appendix J - Sample Training and Consultancy Requirements.- Appendix K - Sample Documentation Requirements.- Appendix L - Sample Prerequisites of System Acceptance Procedures.- Appendix M - Sample List of Implementation-Related Documents.- Appendix N - Sample Project Management Organisation of the Client.- X - References and Further Readings.- Primary Procurement-Related Documents Considered.- Other Procurement-Related Documents.- Primary Project Management Related Document.- Suggested Further Readings.- Xi - Glossary and Index.

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From the Author

(Digest from the Preface) I have made the following observations after reading the literature: – Harmonisation of the diverse pool of terms into a single "procurement dictionary" is desirable. – It makes sense to compare procurement procedures applied by international organisations. – For the contracting parties only the purchased/delivered part of the project is meaningful. – There is a clear gap for the description of comprehensive procurement approaches. – Practical details of the preparation and conduct of procurement procedures are rarely addressed. From among the above-mentioned missing links this book intends to address, two topics may require further explanation: project procurement and comprehensiveness of the solicitation documents. Procurement is only a facilitating knowledge area of project management, as determined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) of the Project Management Institute (PMI). However, as the selected supplier is interested solely in delivering the contractual scope, I propose observing project procurement management also from a narrower angle, in parallel with the classical integral view. From the supplier’s point of view it does not matter how the overall objectives of the project will be met. Regarding the potential benefits of comprehensive solicitation documents, procurement principles, methods, and techniques are extremely well described in developed regions. In other areas procurement approaches are documented only in a superficial manner. In lack of comprehensive solicitation documents it would be time consuming to start everything from scratch, therefore a practical skeleton of medium complexity – what this book intends to be - may be useful.

About the Author

Author’s Biography

Attila Kov�cs graduated in 1977, earning an MScEE degree. In the first half of his career he was involved in exporting complex telecommunications systems from Hungary to the Middle East and North Africa. These projects were awarded through competitive tendering procedures, so he gained notable bidding and contracting experiences in the suppliers’ frontline. During this period he regularly wrote technical and marketing articles published in different international periodicals.

After a turn in 1991 he found himself on the opposite side of the table as director of the procurement subsidiary of Mat�v Hungarian Telecommunications Co. Ltd., preparing and conducting international competitive tendering procedures for selecting consultants, suppliers of complex telecom and IT systems, building construction contractors, and other undertakers. In this second half of his career he obtained remarkable skills in the procurement arena, including projects procured according to the rules of international financing institutes like the World Bank, EBRD, and EIB. Meanwhile he also contributed to the procurement of several domestic and foreign projects as an advisor. In the last years he was invited as guest lecturer and workshop conductor, both in Hungary and abroad.

Recently he has gotten involved in the regulatory arena, too, as an EU liaison manager."

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