The Procurement Process

1 Project start-up

Project Start-Up
0 Procurement Principals 1 Project start-up 2 Risk Allocation Model 3 Business Case 4 Procurement Strategy 5 Market Assessment 6 Market Creation 7 Produce Requirement 8 Supplier Selection 9 Proposal Evaluation 10 Contract Preparation 11 Bid Evaluation 12 Award 13 Project Closure 14 Implementation / Transition 15 Contract Management
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Click for slide: Obtain commitment from the business Click for slide: Define critical success factors Click for slide: Adopt processes for project management Click for slide: Check staff skills and experience Click for slide: Determine governance arrangements Click for slide: Define the project scope Click for slide: Determine the project approach Click for slide: Plan for management of risk Click for slide: Identify the dependencies with other projects Click for slide: Determine whether procurement is required Click for slide: Define the project organisation Click for slide: Produce a project plan Click for slide: Revisit scope Click for slide: Define reporting arrangements
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What you need to do

Staff must be appropriately trained and suitably experienced to manage and run this type of project; note that one of the commonest causes of project failure is the appointment of the wrong people.

Points to consider

You should ensure that individuals' skills and experience are appropriate for the scale and complexity of this particular project.To assess your organisation's current skills and capabilities, see the Toolkit skills matrix. For construction projects, see also  Achieving Excellence in Construction Guide: Project Organisation: Roles and Responsibilities