Module 2: Strategic and Operational Procurement Planning
The first step to every procurement exercise is planning. To plan procurements effectively, procuring entities conduct needs assessment, collate and prioritise the needs, carry out market research and analysis to determine the cost implication of the needs. This process is critical to the success of all subsequent processes as poor procurement planning leads to severe consequences at later stages of procurement lifecycle.
Therefore, to avert crises during the implementation stages, procurement operations must strategically be planned. This module horns the skills of procurement officers on strategic an operational procurement planning. The courses discusses in details why PEs need to plan procurement ab-initio. It covers issues such as processes for compiling annual procurement needs of the Procuring Entity, how to apply market research and access related sources of information, types of competition in the market, risk management in planning and bidding, as well as cost estimation techniques.
The course is serves to define the key responsibilities of procurement officers in ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of procurement plans. It targets public procurement officers, construction professionals, managers and officials from all Federal Government MDAs, State Government Ministries and Agencies, chief executives and head of units.
Learning Outcomes
Participants at this training would acquire a wide range of skills on the following:
| 1 | Understand the core issues and challenges associated with procurement planning |
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| 2 | Know how to apply market research and access related sources of information |
| 3 | Identify and manage potential risks in the planning and bidding stages of the procurement process |
| 4 | Understanding the importance of developing an accurate cost estimate for a procurement contract |
| 5 | Prepare annual procurement plan using the Nigerian Public Procurement framework |
| 6 | Identify best practices in procurement planning |
Module Breakdown
This module is broken down into the following sessions:
| 1 | Introduction to Procurement |
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| 2 | Needs Assessment and Spend Analysis |
| 3 | Market Research and Market Engagement |
| 4 | Types of Competition in the Markets and Analysis of Suppliers’ Preferences |
| 5 | Context Analysis and Capability Assessment of the Procurement Department |
| 6 | Risk Management in planning and bidding |
| 7 | Procurement Strategy Preparation (5-steps), Setting Procurement Objectives and Selection of the optimal procurement strategy |
| 7 | Annual Procurement Planning |
| 8 | Cost Estimation Techniques |
| 9 | Procurement Planning Using the Nigeria Public Procurement Framework |
| 12 | Copious Case Studies Analyses Sessions |
Target Participants
This course targets the following set of participants:
| 1 | Accounting officers, Directors, and chief executive officers in public procuring entities |
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| 2 | Procurement officers working in Federal, States Ministries, parastatals and Agencies in Nigeria |
| 3 | Private sector CEOs and procurement practitioners |
| 4 | Budget officers and Accountants working involved in the budget preparation |
| 9 | Early career public procurement officers lacking the basic knowledge and expertise on procurement |
| 4 | Fresh graduates with keen interest in taking procurement as career |
Course Delivery Method
This course is delivered physically and virtually by highly experienced resource persons from the industry and the academia within and outside Nigeria. The online option is conducted using interactive self-guided learning modules. Furthermore, candidates are evaluated through case study analyses sessions, group discussions and presentations during the workshop.