3 ECTS credits
75 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 8020295GNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een inleidend niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
ES Academische eenheid
Onderwijsteam
Decaan ES (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
30 contacturen Hoorcollege
Inhoud
  • Class 1: Introduction to public procurements
    • Bilateral presentation  and expectations
    • Description of the objectives of the course
    • Presentation of the assignment
    • Creation of groups of 2 students for the exam
    • Public procurements history
  • Class 2: Overview of the international institutions and their tendering procedures
    • Presentation of the international institutions and procedures
    • Focus on EU procedures and tendering rules
  • Class 3: Monitoring public procurements
    • Analysis of the TED and the UNGM + exercises
    • Presentation of the Call for Tenders’ to be analysed by the student for their assignment (with evaluation criteria cut off)
    • Transmission of 3 Contract Notices in 3 different economic fields and brief them to (1) point out the relevant info and (2) comment on their relevancy
  • Class 4: Contract Notice and entities assets
    • Presentation of the students’ analysis of the 3 Contract Notices and debate
    • Critical analysis of a Contract Notice
    • How can an entity present its capacities to win a contract (addressed to all types of prospects)
    • EuropeAid Application form
    • Transmission of 1 call for tender and brief them to point out the relevant info and comment their relevancy (instruction mentions students should read it as if they were a tenderer)
  • Class 5: Call for Tenders analysis
    • Presentation of the students’ analysis of the Call for Tenders and workshops about
      • The objectives of the contract
      • the criteria requirements
      • the price list
    • Creation of the structure of an offer
  • Class 6: Partnerships building
    • The appropriateness of partnership and their hierarchy
    • Evaluation of potential partners, the questions to ask
    • Partnership key aspects and documents
    • Partnership negotiation and workshop
    • Transmission of 1 call for tender and brief them to point out the relevant info and comment their relevancy (instruction mentions students should read it as if they were a Contracting Authority)
  • Class 7: Assets presentation and methodologies
    • Presentation of the students’ analysis of the Call for Tenders and workshops about
      • Appropriate types of methodologies
    • Templates to present entities’ capacities
    • An introduction to PM²
  • Class 8: Out of the box criteria creation
    • Presentation/analysis of a Call for Tender without criteria
    • Workshop to define the most appropriate criteria
  • Class 9: Workshop for assignment preparation
    • Workshops dedicated to the Call for tender to be presented for the examination
    • Students’ specific requirements discussion
  • Class 10: Assignments presentation
    • Presentation of the exams in groups of 2 students with their PPT support
    • Conclusions
Studiemateriaal
Cursustekst (Vereist) : International Tendering
Bijkomende info

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.

Leerresultaten

General Competences

The learning objectives of this course are to:

  1.     Be introduced to public procurement databases and their rules
  2.     Understand the various forms of public procurement that exist for entities operating within the international context
  3.     Define the differences between the types of procedures
  4.     Critically read of a call for tender
  5.     Critically identify and match the right bid to the organisation
  6.     Learn the basic principles of an effective bid management process
  7.     Design, prepare and produce successful bids
  8.     Formulate successful consortia or partnerships

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 70% van het eindcijfer

Examen Praktijk bepaalt 30% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Work (Call for Tender) met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 70% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Praktijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Oral Presentation of Tender met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 30% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

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)

 

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Postgraduate Certificate Economic Diplomacy: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Postgraduate Certificate International Trade and Investment: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Postgraduate Certificate Flagship Programme in Economic Diplomacy and International Business: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)