Procurement Cycle Webinar Series
NEUPC are hosting a series of webinars focussing on the procurement cycle. The sessions are applicable for all members, those in a procurement role and those who may only have a light touch on procurement.
The sessions will be advertised on our website, along with email communications. If you are interested, please click on the session and complete the registration form.
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Specification Writing Delivered by Achilles Monday 3rd June 10am - 11:30am |
Learning Outcomes This bitesize session will provide an overview of the approach required to effectively design and draft appropriate specifications. Delegates will be able to understand that specification need to be clear, complete, and accurate, meeting standards without distorting competition.
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Contract management overview and best practice Delivered by CIPFA Thursday 6th June 9.30am-1pm |
This webinar is as applicable to procurement professionals as non-procurement professionals. In this session, delegates will have the opportunity to highlight current issues and challenges their organisations/ teams face with generating efficiency savings and effectiveness of their contract management arrangements including:
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Pre-Procurement Engagement Delivered by Achilles Monday 10th June 10am - 11:30am |
Learning Outcomes This bitesize session will provide an overview of which contracts will benefit from Pre-Procurement Engagement and understand how to legally engage with the marketplace without distorting competition.
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Employment Status and IR35 Workshop Delivered by Legal Consulting Thursday 13th June 9:30am - 11:30am |
Part 1 - Overview of the industry Part 2 - Why is it so important? Part 3 - Employment Status Part 4 - Best Practice Part 5 - Developing an assessment process
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Contract Monitoring and Performance Management Delivered by CIPFA Monday 17th June 1.30-5pm |
This webinar is as applicable to procurement professionals as non-procurement professionals. This session will support delegates to ensure key terms are robust to protect your organisation deal with contractual situations including:
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Reviewing and Negotiating SaaS Contracts Delivered by Clyde & Co LLP Tuesday 24th June 2pm - 3:30pm |
so difficult and what you can do to give yourself the best chance of getting a good deal.
how SaaS and cloud-based delivery models differ to traditional on-premises software licensing; and the different commercial risks and legal issues that apply to SaaS that you need to be aware of.
– including the right to use the SaaS solution; implementation and configuration; service levels; charges; and liability and indemnities.
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Specification Writing Delivered by Achilles Monday 8th July 10am - 11:30am |
This session is for procurement practitioners, contract managers and operational stakeholders. It is suitable for anyone who has not written a specification before, or who has and wants to improve their specification writing skills.
Learning Outcomes This bitesize session will provide an overview of the approach required to effectively design and draft appropriate specifications. Delegates will be able to understand that specification need to be clear, complete, and accurate, meeting standards without distorting competition
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Understanding T&C's Delivered by Clyde & Co Tuesday 9th July 10am - 11am |
The content will include: • Understanding how a contract is formed and what is required to create legal relations – including topics such as offer and acceptance, intention to create legal relations, consideration, the meaning of ‘draft / subject to contract’ and the implications of this being written on a contract. • Identifying some of the key terms/clauses to look out for – including charges, liability, warranties and indemnities (including the differences between the two), term and termination, data protection, confidentiality, TUPE, governing law and jurisdiction. • Working through the key boilerplate clauses that you typically see in commercial contracts and why each of them is there. • A case law update on cases decided in 2023/2024 and which are important for English contract law. Reserve your place here |
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Pre-Procurement Engagement Delivered by Achilles Monday 10th July 10am - 11:30am |
Learning Outcomes
This bitesize session will provide an overview of which contracts will benefit from Pre-Procurement Engagement and understand how to legally engage with the marketplace without distorting competition. Reserve your place here |
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Employment Status and IR35 Workshop Delivered by Legal Consulting Tuesday 16th July 9:30am - 11:30am |
Part 1 - Overview of the industry Part 2 - Why is it so important? Part 3 - Employment Status Part 4 - Best Practice Part 5 - Developing an assessment process
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