Procurement Flashcards
3 COMMON NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES
Competition, Deadline, The Boss is Missing
4 MAIN TYPES OF CONTRACTS
- Purchase Order 2. Fixed Price 3. Time & Materials 4. Cost-Reimbursable
4 TYPES OF PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS
RFQ, RFI, RFP (or RFT), RFB (or invitation to bid)
5 ALTERNATE NAMES FOR A SELLER
Contractor, Subcontractor, Vendor, Service Provider, Supplier
5 COMPONENTS OF A CONTRACT
CCOLA - 1. Capacity (competency, of legal age, and individual legal entities) 2. Consideration (the inducement to change possession from one seller to the buyer) 3. Offer (a proposition to exchange something for something else) 4. Legal Purpose (the reason for the contract has to be for something legal) 5. Acceptance (a buyer’s willingness to accept the offer from the seller)
8 ALTERNATE NAMES FOR A BUYER
Client, Customer, Prime Contractor, Contractor, Acquiring Org, Government Agency, Service Requestor, Purchaser
ADMIN PROCUREMENT INPUT (7)
- Pg Procurement Mgmt Plan (rules for admin) 2. Pg Budget Baseline (guide measurement of income and expenses) 3. Contracts (legal rules of agreement) 4. Approved Change Requests (authorizes change for component and the changes to be put into the contract) 5. Pg Performance Reports (is the seller meeting its obligations?) 6. Payment Approval Requests (PM makes request with evidence work done to milestone) 7. Component Payment Schedules (match request to agreed payment timing)
ADMIN PROCUREMENT OUTPUT (7)
- Pg Procurement Mgmt Plan Updates (due to approved changes) 2. Pg Budget Baseline Updates (due to approved changes) 3. Contracts Updates (due to approved changes) 4. Pg Budget Updates (contract amounts that do not correspond to budget) 5. Pg Performance Report Updates (updates on performance on comp) 6. Payment Approvals (confirmed payments requests sent to finance to pay) 7. Payment Schedule Updates (as impacted by change request)
ADMINISTER PROGRAM PROCUREMENTS
The process of managing the contracts that impact the program so that deliverables meet cost constraints, deadlines, and quality standards These actions are laid out in the Contract Mgmt Plan which is to be completed during the life of the contract.
BIDDERS CONFERENCES
Conferences that occur prior to bid or proposal creation so that potential bidders may ask questions. Q&A’s are made available to all bidders
BUDGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The system that tracks and regulates the program budget, tracks and regulates program component contracts, and critically, provides notification of feasible over-expenditures and a method of identifying actual over-expenditure; typically integrated wit the enterprise budget management system to achieve optimal savings and cost advantages
BUY DECISION QUALITIES
Buyer doesn’t possess the skills needed for the work. Also if the buyer doesn’t possess the capacity to do the work.
BUYER
The person or group in an organization that acquires products, services, or results
CEILING PRICE
A % of the target cost. Maximum total amount the work is expected to cost with any cost overruns being considerd
CLOSE PG PROCUREMENT INPUT (5)
- Pg Mgmt Plan - guide actions needed to close 2. Contracts - check for all steps for closure followed 3. Pg Budget - check for funds for any final payments to close contract 4. Pg Performance Reports - check all issues closed as related 5. Component Closure Notification - notice that all work should be complete and may proceed to closing procurement
CLOSE PG PROCUREMENT OUTPUT (3)
- Closed Contracts (archive for legal period) 2. Procurement Performance Reports (follow-up items to add to issue register, lessons learned, etc) 3. Closed Budget Allocation (close after final payment. remaining funds returned to main pg budget)
CLOSE PROGRAM PROCUREMENTS
The process of formally closing each contract impacting the program; closure can only be conducted if the deliverables are completed in a satisfactory manner, all payments have been made, and all contractual issues have been resolved
COMPETITION NEGOTIATION STRATEGY
Using one seller (fictition or real) against another to attain the best price or desired terms
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS OF SERVICES PROVIDERS
identification and assessment of potential suppliers for the porducts and services reqired by each component
COMPONENT PAYMENT SCHEDULES
Schedules that distinguish the milestone points that indicate when funds are due contractors
COMPONENT SCOPE STATEMENTS
statements developed from the determination of required component achievemets which are used to propel contract statements of work for the components
CONDUCT PROCUREMENT INPUTS (7)
- Pg Procurement Mgmt Plan 2. Contract Mgmt Plan 3. Comp Cost Estimates (from updated budget) 4. Qualifies Seller List 5. Pg Assets (templates, etc) 6. Subcontractor Procurement Plans 7. Pg Mgmt Plan (risks, assumptions, constraints, etc)
CONDUCT PROCUREMENT OUTPUT (7)
- Selected Sellers (Who for Buy) 2. Internal Service Providers (Who for Make) 3. RFP’s 4. Contract Mgmt Plan Updates (include modifications based on actual contracts put in place) 5. Pg Procurement Mgmt Plan Updates (modif based on actual contracts in place) 6. Contracts 7. Component Payment Schedule Updates (per contracts put in place)
CONDUCT PROGRAM PROCUREMENT T/T (10)
- Procurement Planning 2. Bidder Conferences 3. Distribution of RFP’s 4. Develop Qualified Seller List 5. Contract Negotiation 6. Proposal Eval System 7. Expert Judgment 8. Contract Mgmt Procedures 9. Change Control Procedures 10. Seller Selection
CONDUCT PROGRAM PROCUREMENTS
The process of determining the approach to conducting the program procurement activities, including strategies, measurements, review processes, methodology, analysis guidelines, and reporting rquirements
CONTRACT
A mutually binding agreement that requires the services provider to supply the specified services or goods to the buyer who is required to pay for them per the terms of the document
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR
manager of the contract and is resonsibl with protecting the integrity and purpose of the contract (contract police). The only erson who can change the contract.
CONTRACT INTERPRETATIONS ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD KNOW
- Contract replaces anything agreed to prior to contract. (not in contract, NOT requirement) 2. all items (reports, quality control, inspections, etc) should be completed before closing 3. Spell out numbers rather than numerics 4. Use formal contract admendments to agree to changes 5. Any changes made before signed should be handwritten and initiated by all parties 6. qualification criteria should be clearly spelled out
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PLAN
A contract management plan is a plan to provide governance for a specific contract over its life ; the plan is typically only created for large purchases or acquisitions and addresses requirements for execution, delivery, and documentation on the part of the buyer and the seller
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PLAN PURPOSE TO PGM
Helps to 1. Define the rules for archiving doc 2. establish work payments 3. addresses contract changes 4. validate the work is complete 5. close the contract when complete
CONTRACT SPECIAL PROVISIONS
items added to a contract to account for any standard terms that will not meet the needs of the work involved.
COST-PLUS-FIXED-FEE CONTRACT (CPFF) (Buyer Risk level, Seller Risk leel, description, when to use)
Buyer - Medium / Seller - Small. A contract in which the supplier receives payment for allowable costs plus a fixed fee for the work delivery. Typically used when buyer knowes generally what is needed but not fully defined on what is needed to build it.
COST-PLUS-INCENTIVE-FEE CONTRACT (CPIF) (Buyer Risk level, Seller Risk leel, description, when to use)
Buyer - Medium / Seller - Small. A contract in which the supplier receives payment for allowable costs, as well as pre-negotiated fee and, in cases where incentives are met, an incentive fee. Use when want to urge the supplier to provide the work sooner.
COST-PLUS-PERCENTAGE OF COST CONTRACT (CPPC) (Buyer Risk level, Seller Risk leel, description, when to use)
Buyer - Large / Seller - Small. A contract that reimburses the seller for cost plus a negotiated percentage of the total costs. Not preferred by buyers since shady sellers could use it to inflate their fees by increasing the “costs”.
COST-REIMBURSABLE CONTRACT (CR) (Buyer Risk level, Seller Risk leel, description, when to use)
A contract in which a supplier is paid for direct and indirect cost actually incurred on the program or project
DEADLINE NEGOTIATION STRATEGY
Using fictitious or real deadline to attempt to get a party to sign the contract
DESIGN SOW
SOW with exact details of exact design specifications. Typically when buyer knows exactly what they want and does not want any variance from the specifications. Typically used with fixed-price contracts.
FIRM-FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT (FFP)
a contract in which the seller provides products or services based on a well defined scope of work for a set price
FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT (A.K.A. LUMP-SUM) (Buyer Risk level, Seller Risk leel, description, when to use)
Buyer - Small / Seller - Large risk. A contract that pays a seller a fixed price for a well defined or detailed product or service. One of Most Commonly used since provides stable budgeting for buyer. Appropriate when detailed scope of work provided, the less the details, the higher the risk of quoting wrong.