PROCUREMENT OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Course Background
The course will primarily provide a protocol and guidance on the preparation, drafting and reviewing of tender documents to procure Facilities Management & Maintenance services. The Law of Contract will be re-visited to enhance learning and for building on the knowledge and skills imparted in this course for application at work.
Course Outline
- CONTRACT LAW: RE-VISITED
- Formation of a Contract Similarities & Differences in Contract Law & Tort Law
- Terms of a Contract
- Discharge of a Contract
- Breach of Contract & Remedies
- Vitiating Factors in a Contract
- PROCUREMENT METHODS, CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS & TENDER DOCUMENTS
- Purpose & Rationale
- Service Provider Selection
- Contractual Arrangements & Risk Allocation
- STANDARD FORMS OF CONTRACT FOR PROCURING BUILDING / CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
- Purpose & Rationale
- Standard Form of Contract: Rationale & Effect
- Standard Forms of Building / Construction Contract: Singapore
- Public Sector: Standard Conditions of Contract for Construction Works (PSSCOC)
- Private Sector: Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA)
- Standard Forms of Building / Construction Contract: International
- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
- Joint Contracts Tribunal
- International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
- STANDARD FORMS OF CONTRACTS FOR PROCURING FACILITIES MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE SERVICES
- Nature of Facilities Management Work & Services vs Construction Work
- Limitations in the Use of Standard Forms of Contracts for Construction Work
- Guidelines for Drafting Particular Specifications to Overcome Limitations
Who should take this course?
The course will benefit those who have a vested interest in buildings including:
- Developers
- Building Owners
- Government Officials
- Architects
- Engineers
- Project Managers
- Quantity Surveyors
- Contractors / Sub-Contractors / Suppliers
- Property Managers
- Facilities Managers
- Maintenance Managers
- Management Corporations
- Town Councils
- and Others
