Procurement Management and Contract Administration

1. Madawalabu
University
College of Engineering,
Dept. of Construction Technology & Management Bale Robe, Ethiopia
COURSE OUTLINE
Procurement Management & Contract Administration
CoTM4242
Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: 3hrs lecture, 5hrs home study
Semester: 2nd
, 2016/2017
Consulting time: “open door policy”
Pre-requisite: CoTM 4241
Lecture Room No.: Computer Lab Bldg
Instructor: Andualem Endris Yadeta (M.Sc)
E-mail: andu0117@yahoo.com
Tell: +251-913116477
Course Description
Tendering: definition, Purpose, Types, Preparation of tender, Pre-qualification: invitations,
instructions, Opening and evaluation; Statistical approach in tendering to bidders; Tender
evaluation. Post qualification tender documents. Contracting: definitions, Types, awarding of
contract, Contract agreement, Conditions of contract, Technical specifications, Bill of quantities
and drawings, Forms formats and schedules: Tender form, Bonds and guaranties, Bid bond,
Performance bond, Advance payment guaranty, Retention money guaranty. Insurance and
indemnification, Claim administration: Types, Causes, Contractual provisions, Time related
claims, Cost related claims, Quality related claims, and Stakeholders satisfaction related claims,
Arbitration, litigation.
1. Introduction
1.1. Definitions
1.2. History of Contract
2. Tendering
2.1. Definition
2.2. Purpose of Tendering
2.3. Types of Tendering
2.4. Preparation of Tender
2.5. Pre-qualification of Tender
2.6.Post-qualification of Tender Documents
3. Project Delivery Methods and Types of Contract
3.1. Project Delivery Methods
3.1.1. Design-Build Method
3.1.2. Design-Bid-Build Method

2. Madawalabu
University
College of Engineering,
Dept. of Construction Technology & Management Bale Robe, Ethiopia
3.1.3. Turnkey Method
3.2. Types of Contract
3.2.1. Lump sum Contract
3.2.2. Admeasurements Contract
3.2.3. Cost plus Contract
4. Bonds and Insurances
4.1. Bonds
4.2. Guarantees
4.3. Insurances
5. Construction Claims
5.1. Causes of Claims
5.2. Types of Claims
5.3. Claim Management
References
1. PPA (2006). User’s Guide for Standard Bidding Document for the procurement of works.
Public Procurement Agency, MoFED, Addis Ababa.
2. MUDC (1994). Standard Condition of Contract for Construction of Civil Works Project,
Ministry of Urban Development and Construction, Addis Ababa.
3. FIDIC (1999). Conditions of Contract for Construction. International Federation of
Consulting Engineers. For Buildings and Engineering Works Designed by the Employer.
4. Federal Negarit Gazeta (2009). Ethiopian Government Procurement and Property
Administration Proclamation: Proclamation No. 649/2009, Addis Ababa.
5. Ribeiro, Robert (1996). Engineering Contracts: A Management Guide. Elsevier
Butterworth Heinemann, England
6. Murdoch, John and Hughes, Will (2000). Construction Contracts: Law and Management,
3rd ed. Spon Press, London.
7. Horgan, M.O’C. and Roulston, F.R. (2005). The Foundations of Engineering Contracts. E.
& F.N. Spon Ltd.
Evaluation Criteria
Assignments: 20%
Quizzes 10%
Reports 10%
Semester Project: 20%
Final Exam: 40%
Attendance: 90% during the lecture session is compulsory.