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Tender Management & Evaluation

A practical professional programme focused on tender management & evaluation, designed to strengthen governance, control, risk awareness and organisational decision-making.

Type
Professional
Level
Advanced
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Tender Management & Evaluation develops the capability to plan, manage and evaluate competitive tender processes in a structured, transparent and defensible manner.

The programme examines tender strategy, specifications, evaluation criteria, bidder communication, evaluation methods, governance, documentation and award recommendations.

Participants learn how disciplined tender management supports fairness, value for money, competition and effective procurement decisions.

Objectives

  • Understand the complete tender-management lifecycle.

  • Develop clear tender requirements and evaluation criteria.

  • Apply transparent and consistent bid-evaluation methods.

  • Strengthen tender governance and documentation.

  • Improve the quality of award recommendations and decision-making.

Learning outcomes

  • Plan a structured tender process.

  • Develop clear specifications and evaluation criteria.

  • Apply consistent technical and commercial evaluation methods.

  • Identify governance and fairness risks within tender processes.

  • Prepare a clear and evidence-based award recommendation.

Who it is for

  • Procurement professionals.

  • Tender and bid-evaluation specialists.

  • Contract and commercial managers.

  • Project and programme managers.

  • Professionals involved in supplier selection and award decisions.

Programme modules

1. Tender Planning
  • Procurement objectives

  • Tender strategy

  • Market considerations

  • Roles and responsibilities

2. Tender Documentation
  • Specifications

  • Scope of work

  • Instructions to bidders

  • Terms and conditions

3. Evaluation Criteria
  • Technical criteria

  • Commercial criteria

  • Weighting

  • Mandatory requirements

4. Tender Evaluation
  • Bid opening

  • Evaluation methodology

  • Scoring

  • Clarifications

5. Governance and Fairness
  • Conflicts of interest

  • Confidentiality

  • Audit trail

  • Evaluation consistency

6. Award Recommendation
  • Comparative analysis

  • Value considerations

  • Approval process

  • Award documentation

Methodology

The programme combines tender-process frameworks, specification and scoring exercises, evaluation scenarios and governance cases. Participants practise designing and evaluating competitive tender processes.

Assessment

Assessment includes tender-design and evaluation exercises and a final applied case requiring participants to assess bids and prepare a justified award recommendation.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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Upcoming sessions

No dates are scheduled at present.

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