Purchasing Law -Secrets of Requests for Proposals

Course Outline

SECRETS OF REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS
(One Day)

In this full-day seminar, we examine the current law and practice of Requests for Proposals, including:

• Binding and non-binding RFPs
• The Request for Proposal Contract
• The Obligations of the Owner in Requests for Proposals
• The Obligations of the Proponents in Requests for Proposals
• The Risks of pre-award commitments
• Negligent Misstatement and controlling this legal risk
• Evaluation criteria and systems in RFPs
• Mandatory v. Desirable Criteria in evaluation and award
• Bias and Conflicts of Interest in Competitive Bidding
• Negotiation with Proponents - risks and rewards
• Common problems in RFPs
• Recent cases concerning RFP law and practice
• Liability of consultants in RFPs

In this course we examine the Request for Proposal process and explore in-depth the new Laws of Competitive Bidding covering the RFP process. We cover the basis of these changes in law, the new legal duties of the owner who issues the RFP and the corresponding obligations upon bidders. Following this, we look at several topics and issues of a practical nature with respect to RFPs. Throughout, we will review numerous case summaries and legal issue notes covering topics relevant to RFPs.

All participants will receive a detailed and comprehensive set of course materials and case summaries.

For more information, please

Upcoming Courses

Moncton, NB, June 2012

Purchasing Management Association of Canada
National Conference
A Full Day Pre-Conference Seminar on June 6, 2012

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Secrets of Requests for Proposals
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
To register, contact: Amanda Cormier: acormier@pmac.ca

Seminars are now being scheduled for the Winter / Spring 2012 season. No public seminars for this course will be scheduled for the foreseeable future. If you have 12 to 40 people in your organization to train, please contact us for an in-house course at rcworthington@shaw.ca.

If you are a member of a regional or national purchasing group or professional organization, and wish to host a seminar, please be in touch to request a customized proposal for your membership. Keynote Presentations can be added for conferences, round tables and group meetings.

If you are interested in having a public course in your region, please fill out our Mailing List Form. When we have 25 people from any city interested in a course, we will schedule it in a public venue. Thanks.

About the Instructor:

ROBERT C. WORTHINGTON

An award-winning lecturer in law, Robert C. Worthington, LLB, has taught purchasers, contract managers and their legal counsel throughout Canada for over 26 years, specializing in the laws of contract, competitive bidding and procurement. He has written two books on contract and procurement law, designed especially for contracting and purchasing professionals. All of Robert's publications and law seminars are entertaining as well as informative. For more information, please check out the links on this website.

WORTHINGTON AND ASSOCIATES LTD.
Box 34192 Station D
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6J 4N1
email: rcworthington@shaw.ca
Tel: (604) 488-0114