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PCI offers a wide range of
different types of service. Please visit the five following pages where we
discuss our service offerings in detail.
Purchasing By-laws, Polices and
Procedures
Development of Standard Form
Documentation
Fairness Advice
Transaction Related Services
Training Program
We can help you create optimal
procurement by-laws, policies and procedures. We employ an experience based
perspective on the commercial and public accountability, managing risks, and
balancing the costs and benefits associated with various options.
We can help you develop by-laws,
policies and procedures that are based upon:
• A sophisticated outside perspective
• A proper understanding of public
procurement related problems.
• Concrete ideas as to how to link
purchasing into overall corporate strategy
Let PCI help you design an
effective procurement program, improve project and contract management in
relation to major procurement initiatives and
build effective procurement teams and managing them effectively
Government standard form
documentation should lead to a network of consistent and efficiently
administered supply relationships. Since governments are customers offering a
certainty of payment, the use of the tender and RFP process should lead to
competitive pricing involving the top quality suppliers. Too often, neither of
these things occurs. Very often, the problem is with contract documentation
that provides over-the-top protection against risk, but which scares suppliers
off. Complex, one-sided documentation usually contains provisions that no one
understands.
Studies show that competitive
tenders that attract fewer than four bidders tend to result in above market
pricing. Running a tender with one or two bidders can cost more than simply
going into a shop and asking for a price quotation. Yet many governments find
that their requests for tender and quotation attract minimal interest from the
private sector.
Most government purchasing
departments look no further for professional advice than the legal department or
an outside law firm, when developing their standard form RFP, tender and
similar documentation. While proper legal support is essential, it is also
necessary to consider the commercial implications of contract terms. An
unbalanced contract can cost government millions in unnecessary hedging and
similar costs.
PCI can help you develop standard
form documentation for generic use. We can also help with special purpose
contracting. We will review existing or proposed standard-form documentation
from an objective commercial perspective, and propose the kinds of changes
necessary to ensure that you organization will secure best value for money. We
work with your legal counsel to ensure that all documentation meets all legal
and regulatory developments and all internal policy and governance
requirements.
We can provide guidance regarding
various documentation options, the benefits and cost of security options such
as letters of credit and bonds. We can work with product and service specialists to structure
and help document viable one-off transactions.
Do you know
the difference between a fairness advisor, a fairness monitor and a fairness
auditor? What is the difference between an ethics advisor and a fairness
advisor? How does a fairness audit compare to a forensic audit? What is the
appropriate role of each of these types of consultant? How does the pricing for
one type of consultant compare with the pricing for other types of consultant?
Is it appropriate for the same consultant to play two or more of these roles?
If
you are to sure as to the answers to the foregoing questions, and you are
considering using a fairness consultant for a major procurement transaction,
you need our help.
We have the expertise to help you
negotiate your way through complex
procurement requirements, while ensuring that the contracting process open,
transparent and fair.
Let us analyze your procurement
requirements in relation to specific types of proposed transaction. We can help
you create a robust customer oriented transaction architecture that will increase
competitiveness for government work.
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