Purchasing Law - Secrets of Supply Contract Drafting

Course Outline

SECRETS OF SUPPLY CONTRACT DRAFTING
(One Day)
Managing the Terms & Conditions of Goods and Services Contracts

The Terms and Conditions of a contract determine the rights, responsibilities and remedies of both the purchaser and the seller. Yet, how much time do we actually spend developing these critically important tools? Do you know what should, could and might be included? Do you know why? In today's competitive marketplace you can't afford not to protect yourself.

Secrets of Supply contract Drafting - Managing the Terms and Conditions of Goods and Services Contracts will give you the knowledge, the skills and the clauses to ensure you get value for your purchasing dollars. Newly revised and updated for , this one-day intensive legal education workshop explores the complexities of legal drafting and creating exceptional Purchase Orders, Purchase Agreements and Services Contracts for your organization. Designed especially for the supply management and purchasing profession, this course is presented by Robert C. Worthington, who will guide you with skill, knowledge and humour through the art of creating your own goods and services agreements.

Topics include:

•	The laws of contract
•	The purpose of purchasing contracts
•	The structure and style of contracts
•	How to ensure your Purchase Orders govern
•	Mandatory and optional clauses for Purchase Orders and Purchase Agreements
•	Mandatory and optional clauses for Services Contracts
•	Avoiding the Deemed Employment Relationship
•	Controlling Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property and Privacy Issues
•	Tools and Clauses for controlling contractor performance, avoiding unnecessary legal risk and ensuring well done, on-time performance
•	Controlling the new risks of electronic contracting
•	Drafting Better Scopes of Work, ... and much more!

All participants will receive a detailed set of seminar materials to use as a reference manual.

Please Note: Secrets of Supply Contract Drafting - Managing the Terms and Conditions of Goods and Services Contracts is designed to improve your contracts & knowledge of contract drafting. The course presumes a basic knowledge of contract law.

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Upcoming Courses

Seminars are now being scheduled for the 2012 season. 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.

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