Effective Contractor Management in Maintenance & Technical Projects

July 15 – 19, 2024
Venue: Grand Excelsior Hotel,
Kuwait Road, Bur Dubai,
Dubai, UAE
Course Fee: $4,500 per Participant

Program overview:

This program is designed to assist participants understand how contractor management fits in the overall Asset Management context.  How to select the right contractor and contract type that suits your sourcing strategy, how to manage and monitor for results. Further, topics such as risk management, safety-health-environment aspects, partnerships, negotiating, people management (winning the hearts of the people) and applying contracts in a complex project will be considered. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the existing contracts used in their organizations. Through a combination of formal lectures and group work, they will leave the course with the tools to make contracts and contract management highly effective.

 

For whom:

This program is designed for professionals involved in contractors’ management, negotiating, managing and verifying contracts in maintenance & technical projects. Production & Continuous Improvement, Facility management teams, Shutdown and Turnaround management teams, anyone who wishes to update themselves on contractor management

 

Learning objectives:

At the end of this program, participants will learn to:

  • explain the basic elements of effective contractor management and its position within asset management;
  • evaluate bids and proposals and choose the right contractor;
  • identify, evaluate and manage the risks involved (SHE, performance);
  • manage & monitor the contractor performance in an innovative way; and
  • develop skills to negotiate and manage contracts’ SLAs

 

Course outline:

 

Day One: Contractor Management Basics

  • Overview of contractor management
  • How does it relate to asset management?
  • (Out) / sourcing strategies
  • Risks involved – risk management & SHE aspects
  • Grounding the maintenance contract with a Risk Based Maintenance concept – how to keep that knowledge in-house

 

Day Two: Contract Types for Maintenance & Technical Projects

  • Contracts – basic types
  • Contracts – complex types

(Turnkey, Design & Construct, Public Private Partnerships)

  • Procurement aspects
  • Choosing the right contractor
  • Monitoring & managing contractor performance
    • From traditional penalties & rewards to more innovative ways

 

 

Day Three: Developing the Contract

  • The contracting cycle
  • Requirements / service levels, RAMS aspects

(Reliability Availability Maintainability & Safety)

  • Writing the contract
  • Periodic evaluation & continuous improvement
    • Vendor management
  • Partnerships

 

Day Four: People Management & Negotiation Aspects

  • Implementing contract management
  • How to make it work by influencing the behaviour of people
  • Negotiating the contract
  • Negotiation ploys
  • Negotiation tactics & tips

 

Day Five: Defining and Managing Service Level Agreement

  • Requirements / service levels – defining what you want
  • Tendering process, Contractor selection
  • Contractor management:
  • Measuring & managing the contractor performance
  • Course Evaluation: Lessons Learnt.

 

The Course Package: Includes: Course material in soft copy, Tea break, Lunch, City tour, and certificate of attendance. A laptop with the soft copy of the course material loaded with a carrying bag will be presented to the participants at the end of the course.

Note: Payment is either U$D or the prevailing parallel market rate. We do not accept government official rate.

Training Methodology

  • Methodology: Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods

 

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Or send us an email:  info@hcaglobalconsult.com or hcaglobalconsult@gmail.com

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