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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Direct planning for project contracting and procurement
   • Direct identification of product specifications and procurement requirements for procurement and contract planning, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders
   • Direct development of procurement strategies, methods and management plans in line with project objectives across the program
2. Direct set up of contract and procurement process
   • Direct project managers to source organisations that meet procurement requirements
   • Establish selection processes and selection criteria, in consultation with stakeholders, and arrange for communication to prospective contractors
   • Ensure contract and procurement actions accord with organisation and program objectives
3. Direct management of contract and procurement process
   • Provide direction for identification of requirements of proposals and arrange communication to prospective contractors
   • Ensure responses are evaluated and preferred contractors are selected in accordance with agreed selection processes
   • Direct negotiation of contract terms and conditions between client and preferred contractor
4. Direct management of contracts
   • Direct management of contract and procurement activities in accordance with program contract and procurement management guidelines
   • Provide direction for regular reviews from available records and information, and ensure variances are analysed and changes for implementation agreed on
   • Ensure project managers work within legal and organisational framework for contracts
   • Identify potential, perceived and actual contractual conflicts and approve remedial actions to minimise disruption
5. Direct finalisation of contracts
   • Direct finalisation activities for management of contract deliverables in accordance with contractual project and program requirements
   • Direct review and analysis of project outcomes to determine effectiveness of contract and procurement processes and procedures
   • Aggregate and use lessons learnt for application in planning and implementation of later projects within the program and, where appropriate, pass on to organisational management for use in strategic planning