PCP (Lvl 3 – Advanced) Diploma of Procurement & Contracting

When: Thursday 16 September 2021

Workshop dates: 16 - 17 September, 13 - 15 October, 8 - 9 November, 6 - 9 December (11 days)

Where: Proleaders Academy
Level 1/ 451 St Pauls Terrace
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006

Cost (incl. GST): Standard $5,775.00 / Group (3 or more) $5,575.00 per person*

* Call 02 8066 1900 for details of group bookings 

Pre-training Requirements

• Successful completion of Level 2 Intermediate Procurement is a pre-requisite requirement to register for Level 3.
• To discuss direct entry into Level 3, please contact IPAA NSW on (02) 8066 1900.
• QLD PCP Procurement policy 2021 click here

Overview

This procurement and contracting program equips participants with the skills to manage large-scale complex goods and services procurement and contracting activities. The 11-day program (4 workshops) considers the details of large-scale procurement planning, conducting, evaluating and negotiating complex offers and managing complex contracts. It is suitable for all professional procurement officers, procurement analysts and contract managers. It is action learning-focused and uses case studies and simulations to ensure the tools, techniques and concepts presented are analysed and practised in the learning environment.

Learning Outcomes

• establish a governance framework for a complex procurement
• develop a complex procurement plan
• manage risk in a procurement
• manage a complex procurement activity
• evaluate a complex procurement
• negotiate successful procurement outcomes
• manage a complex contract
• manage contractor performance.

Benefits to your organisation

• ability to plan a successful, significant procurement
• ability to ensure effective governance and probity in a complex procurement
• ability to manage contracts effectively

Benefits to you

• efficient and effective procurement activities
• reduction in the risk of governance/probity breaches in procurement
• improved procurement outcomes

Assessment

This course is delivered through a mixture of presentation, group work, case studies and individual research in a partnering arrangement with Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd (RTO ID No 45024)

Day 3 of workshops 2, 3 and 4 are dedicated to assessments. You may be required to undertake some preparatory research within your organisation, in addition to preparing a presentation you will make during the assessment days. This may require up to 5 hours of your time outside class. All other assessment requirements are self-contained and can be completed during the assessment days.

Units in the Program

There are 14 units in the program:

PSPPCM012     Plan for procurement outcomes

PSPPCM013     Make procurement decisions

PSPPCM011     Plan to Manage a Contract

PSPPCM008     Manage Contract Performance

PSPPCM009     Finalise Contracts

PSPPCM014     Participate in Budget and Procurement Review Processes

PSPPCM010     Manage procurement risk

PSPPCM016     Plan and implement strategic sourcing

PSPPCM017     Plan and implement procurement category management

PSPPCM018     Conduct demand and procurement spend analysis

PSPETH003      Promote the values and ethos of public service

PSPGEN046     Undertake Research and Analysis

PSPGEN049     Undertake negotiations

PSPLEG003      Promote compliance with legislation in the public sector

*NEW* Virtual Classroom for regional and remote students

Our virtual classroom consists of an actual classroom with a facilitator teaching the class to students who are either in the classroom with the facilitator or dialled in remotely to the class session. Presentation slides and other digital files can be presented during the training session using the Zoom platform and the student may either focus on these resources or the facilitator. The class can also view the students who are remotely dialled into the class session and can interact with them in the same manner as in a classroom.

For students located in the same city or town as the facilitator, we recommend they attend the classroom with the facilitator, and those who are located outside of the actual classroom to form their own groups in the same city or town and then remote into the virtual classroom together from the same physical location, e.g. meeting room or training room.

Each physical location will require the following set-up:

- Sufficient internet connection – Zoom is successful on a 4G network. Any network better than 4G will enhance the student’s experience;

- A PC with a web-camera, microphone and the capacity to run the Zoom application to allow the facilitator to better interact with students in the same manner as a traditional classroom; and

- Sufficient sized monitor or screen to support the number of students in the room.

We use Zoom Room to allow the greatest outreach of students and to provide another avenue for people wanting to undertake training without the excessive cost of flights and accommodation necessary to send a person to a capital city to undertake face-to-face training. We use this technology to help those in remote locations who would normally miss out on further education because they are unable to either fund or access the training they need to perform their work better.

There is an extra fee for this option - $150.00 (incl. GST) per day, per location. This fee covers all remote students in the one location for the day.

We can allow a maximum of 3 remote students per course. Please be aware that Learning via distance using live stream will place greater expectations on the trainee to engage and actively participate in the learning. If you are interested in this option, please contact IPAA NSW on (02) 8066 1900.

Additional information

The class size is a minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 18 participants only.

Individual bookings are a per person cost. Group bookings are a per person cost for a group of three or more participants from the same agency.

Course delivery is subject to meeting minimum panel size. Where a minimum panel is not achieved, registered attendees will be advised no later than one week prior to the course start date.

Regional Delivery

While no regional course delivery dates are currently offered, attendance at our Fortitude Valley courses is available via Virtual Classroom (see above). If you have a group of 10-18 people, we can send a trainer to your location (see In-House Course Delivery below).

In-House Course Delivery

In-house training can also be provided directly to your organisation. Maximum class size of 18 applies. Contact [email protected] for more information including the fee schedule.

Please note: successful completion of Level 2 Intermediate Procurement is a pre-requisite requirement to attend PCP Level 3 Diploma in-house training.

Privacy Policy

The information being collected when registering for this course is for the purpose of managing your learning and development. This organisation may disclose this information to a Queensland government agency or contracted service provider as is necessary for the management, delivery and student outcome reporting of this learning and development course. Your personal details will not be disclosed to any other third party without your consent, unless required to do so by law.