Procurement Management

Unit code:NBC4001Study level:Undergraduate

Credit points

12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)

Location

Footscray Park
Online Real Time

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit develops students’ understanding of various stakeholders' responsibilities and liabilities by comparing procurement systems and construction project delivery types. The law relating to the principles and practice of project procurement management is also considered. Practical assessments will equip students to develop skills in analysing contractual issues and facilitating relationships between various stakeholders in a project. The roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder, risk apportionment between various stakeholders and determination of risks to be covered by insurance, bonds or other risk allocation instruments are all investigated.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

Critically review a range of procurement systems to develop project delivery strategies for a variety of built environment projects;
Evaluate complex problems associated with contract management to propose procurement solution for built environment projects;
Critically review the general principles and application of contract management, including procurement strategies relating to tenders applied to projects; and
Analyse contractual risks for built environment projects and extrapolate principles to the allocation and management of a contract.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Report | Grade: 30%

Design project on key elements and steps in devising procurement strategy (Individual)

Assessment type: Case Study | Grade: 40%

Analysis of procurement strategies, risk allocation mechanism and dispute resolution methods (Group)

Assessment type: Presentation | Grade: 10%

Procurement strategies, risk allocation mechanism and dispute resolution methods. Case study oral presentation (Group)

Assessment type: Test | Grade: 20%

Test on procurement routes, tendering, subcontracting, dispute resolution and value management (Individual)

The team case study and presentation include an evaluation of the contributions made by each member of the team to facilitate the assessment of students’ achievement of learning outcomes.