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The module addresses three areas of procurement, strategic issues, selection and decision making, operational and practical considerations, and performance measurement. The content covers aspects of the decision to build and procurement method selection on objective basis, use of professional advisors, procurement management, relative procurement efficiency, procedural stages and their discrete objectives, priorities and risks, project maintenance profiling. EU procurement directives and procurement abroad -commonality and divergence. Client value for money philosophy and techniques. Decision making process. Key performance indicators applied to procurement methods.

On completion of this module you will be able to:
1. From a given business proposal, to identify and appraise a client's objectives and function requirements and determine specific procurement criteria to be met.
2. Prepare procurement solutions to match project requirements
3. Objectively evaluate the relative effectiveness of modern procurement methods
4. Develop an efficient procurement management structure and gateway procedures for example individual project
5. Prepare the framework for a diagnostic / technical audit for a post project review of procurement performance.
The module provides the education content for the graduate to undertake the training towards the
RICS APC core competencies in appropriate procurement and Contract Practice