Training

Supplier Selection for Strategic Projects Training Course

This course summarizes best-practice and methodologies for making supplier selection decisions to improve value for money; making robust and defensible decisions; and meeting legislative and regulatory requirements during procurement for strategic projects. The course addresses the entire evaluation and decision-making process and is based on QinetiQ Commerce Decisions' experience in multiple procurements with a combined valued of over £20 billion in a wide variety of public and commercial sectors.

The course reinforces the need to develop an evaluation strategy and plan, and ensure it remains consistent with the ongoing evaluation activities. The course will show how an evaluation model should be developed, and will address techniques for defining and structuring key criteria, weighting these criteria and measurement of the criteria. It will also address best-practice evaluation techniques and show how analysis, reporting and debriefing are critical to the evaluation and the success of any procurement project.

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AWARD Practitioner Training Course

Through a 'hands-on' approach supported by tutorials and interactive classroom teaching the course gives evaluators, team leaders, project/procurement managers and other decision makers a practical working knowledge of the key capabilities of AWARD. The attendees will be shown how to evaluate proposals, handle clarifications, manage RFP and proposal documents and produce decision reports efficiently using AWARD.

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Configuring AWARD Training Course

Through a 'hands-on' approach, supported by tutorials and interactive classroom teaching, the course gives attendees a practical working knowledge of AWARD configuration for procurement projects. The attendees will be shown how to develop evaluation models in AWARD, configure users and their responsibilities, and establish reports and document usage.

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AWARD Evaluator Briefing Training Course

On any significant procurement project multiple evaluators are involved, often from various departments and organizations. Effective execution of the evaluation process depends on the whole team being on the same page and working together efficiently and effectively. QinetiQ Commerce Decisions AWARD Evaluator Briefing provides a half-day briefing for the evaluation team, which is designed to meet these goals and tailored to the specific needs of the evaluation. The briefing covers both the specific evaluation process and an introduction to AWARD evaluator functionality.

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How does the 'AWARD Practitioner' course differ from the 'AWARD Evaluator Briefing'?

The AWARD Evaluator Briefing covers only the basic functionality an evaluator needs to answer questions. The briefing is bespoke to the project and includes training on the project's specific evaluation model. Much of the functionality covered by the Practitioner course is not addressed in the Evaluator Briefing, which does not include tutorials or hands-on learning. The Evaluator Briefing is designed for all evaluators, including subject matter experts who are not part of the immediate project team. In contrast, the Practitioner course is designed for procurement professionals who need to engage with AWARD beyond being an evaluator on a specific project. Many customers benefit from attending both the Practitioner Course and the Evaluator Briefing for specific project usage of AWARD.