The required services may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Planning and coordinating procurement activities including financial estimates, business requirements and contracting options (project procurement management, cost and estimate Management, sole source versus RFP process,)
- Providing briefings on progress and concerns of procurement (Contract process management)
- Planning, coordinating, preparing and controlling documentation for procurement plan and process, depending on method of procurement
- Planning and coordinating the activities of project contractors and other support providers (Procurement integration in Project Management)
- Preparing, reviewing and/or finalizing Statement of Work for potential procurement
- Preparing draft selection methodologies, evaluation plans, evaluation criteria (mandatory and point rated) and evaluation schedules for procurement
- Developing, planning, analyzing, evaluating and prioritizing deliverables and requirements (Bid evaluation)
- Monitoring the implementation and operations of the contract against established goals, objectives and milestones
- Reporting progress of the contract on an ongoing basis and at scheduled points in the lifecycle
- Identifying potential problems and propose solutions
- Ensuring management staff is provided with timely and accurate project information and status updates
- Developing and implementing procurement control, monitoring of system contract delivery and continuing service delivery and reporting procedures and managing changes
- Conducting post procurement reviews and contractor evaluations/lessons learned
- Leading or participating in negotiations and developing procurement process and/or business process maps
- Development of a procurement strategy – for the acquisition of a product or service – that lays out a mechanism to engage with industry and conduct a competition and procurement in line with legislative requirements and organizational policies
- Production of evaluation reports and procurement recommendations for internal stakeholders and sign-off authorities
