3 ECTS credits
75 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 8020295GNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (G) Postgraduate - preliminary level.
Class 1: Overview of the International Institutions and their tendering procedures
Class 2: Monitoring public procurements
Class 3: Relevant aspects for tendering
Class 4: Assets tenderers should bring forward
Class 5: Good partnership, a key to sign contracts
Class 6: Workshop for assignment preparation
Class 7: Assignment presentation
Compulsory Reading
Selected Project Call for tender documents
Selected articles from the International Journal of Project Management
Additional reading provided by lecturers
Recommended Reading
Bailey, P et al (2015) Procurement Principles and Management 11th edition Pearson, London
Lewis, E (2015) Bids, Tenders and Proposals: Winning Business Through Best Practice, (5th edition) Kogan, London.
Trepte, P (2007) Public Procurement in the EU A Practitioner’s Guide, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
The learning objectives of this course are to:
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Practical Exam determines 30% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The final grade is composed based on the following principles and award values:
The class is divided in pairs. Each pair of students will submit a piece of written work to the lecturer and do an oral presentation of 15 to 20 minutes with the support of a PPT (or other presentation system).
The work takes its roots in the call for tender on which the class was based. The Call for tender documents will be in the online shared folder.
The students will put themselves in the position of the Contracting authority (CA).
Their presentation must be structured in 2 chapters:
What are the aspects the CA should require from the tenderer to be able to select the best entity as contractor
What are the award criteria they would create and the number of points for each of them
Each of them will be assessed on the following criteria:
Good understanding of the assignment (15 points) |
Clarity and quality of their oral presentation (15 points) |
Clarity and quality of their PPT presentation (15 points) |
Choice and completeness of the relevant aspects to assess the tenderers (30 points) |
Well balanced and objective award criteria (25 points) |
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Postgraduate Certificate Economic Diplomacy: Standaard traject
Postgraduate Certificate International Trade and Investment: Standaard traject
Postgraduate Certificate Flagship Programme in Economic Diplomacy and International Business: Standaard traject