The specification is the single most important component in procurement and the maxim applies “the better the specification, the better the result”. This half day workshop will provide delegates with the tools to construct a procurement which facilitates innovation and enables effective specification writing.

Date & Duration

Next Dates: Thursday 13th March 2025

Also available on request – In-House or Open based on demand.

Target Audience

Those staff tasked with drafting the key feature of the tender document: drafting the specification of requirements to ensure the specification delivers against the needs of the organisation. It is focussed on staff tasked with drafting specifications for supplies and services.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will develop a full appreciation of the importance of developing a robust specification, the options to ensure maximum flexibility and the procurement tools available to assist in the process.

Course Content

• Determining the needs of the organisation
• Internal review and consultation
• The role of the specification
• Technical dialogue/market consultation as a mechanism for undertaking market soundings
• Ensuring bias is eliminated
• Using variants – what they are and how to implement in a specification
• Effective ways of drafting a specification
• Review of sample specifications – good and bad
• The role of the Competitive Dialogue procedure where it is not possible to draft a specification
• Positioning innovation and sustainability at selection, specification and award stages
• Summary of EU court cases relating to specifications
• Evaluating tenders and innovative solutions
• Evaluating variants
• Questions and Answers

Cost

€475 per participant. All training costs are VAT exempt. There is a 10% discount when 3 or more places are booked on this course.