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Bids and Tenders in the Oil & Gas Industry

Duration: 5 Days |  Level: Intermediate

This course aims to enable participants in developing their knowledge and skills in dealing with bids and tenders in the eld of oil & gas, and enable them to make an impeccable contract at the appropriate time and place.


This course is designed for procurement or supply chain managers, and purchasing officers.

  • Course Objectives:

    At the end of this course participants will be able to:

    • Deffine bid and tender.
    • Determine tenders’ procedures in the oil & gas industry.
    • Understand bid plans and strategies.
    • Identify the principles of effiective sourcing management.
    • Understand the principles of tender documents’ preparation.
    • Explain the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), effiective RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, and RFTs.
  • Course Content

    • The differences between tenders and bids
    • Tending and bidding plans and strategies
    • Tender procedure principles
    • Tender documents
    • Tender awards
  • Programme Schedule

    Day 1

    Bids and Tenders

    • Definition and importance
    • The difference between tenders and bids
    • Tendering fundamentals
    • Bid types

    Day 2

    Tendering and Bidding Plans and Strategies

    • Selecting tender strategy
    • Creating a tender plan
    • Choosing the suitable type of contract

    Day 3

    Tender Procedure Principles

    • End-end procurement cycle
    • RFI, RFP, RFQ, and RFT
    • Advertising the contract
    • PQQ

    Day 4

    Tender Documents

    • Tender package contents
    • Scope of Work
    • The response required from bidders
    • Terms and conditions

    Day 5

    Tender Award

    • Tender and guarantees
    • Letters of intent
    • Pre-contract scope changes
    • Disputed contracts

Duration: 6 Days |  Level: Intermediate

This course aims to enable participants in developing their knowledge and skills in managing the contract process, recognizing the legal terms and conditions, and aiding their companies in providing the contracts to the best supplier.


This course is designed for procurement or supply managers.

  • Course Objectives:

    At the end of this course participants will be able to:

    • Define contracts and tenders
    • Determine contracts’ and tenders’ characteristics in the oil & gas industry
    • Understand contract fundamentals and components
    • Identify steps in the bid process and evaluation
    • Develop the knowledge, skills, and concepts in the contracts' documentation process
    • Explain the purpose of the claims which affect the contract.
  • Course Content

    • Contract components
    • Contract fundamentals
    • Bid process
    • Bid evaluation
    • Claims’ purposes
    • Documentation
  • Programme Schedule

    Day 1

    Introduction to Contracts

    • Definition
    • Purposes
    • Types
    • Requirements
    • Contracts in the oil & gas industry

    Contract Components

    • Questions to constantly ask
    • Change orders and eld work orders
    • Turnover sequence charts
    • Using the 80/20 rule

    Day 2

    Contract Fundamentals

    • Questions to constantly ask
    • Change orders and eld work orders
    • Turnover sequence chart
    • Using the 80:20 rule

    Day 3

    Bid Process

    • Definition
    • Types
    • Oil & gas tenders
    • RFP and problems
    • Types of proposals
    • Design conditions
    • Unbalanced proposals
    • Evaluating unit prices

    Day 4

    Bid Evaluation

    • Bidder’s list
    • Bidder pre-qualification
    • The bid package
    • Bid analysis

    Day 5

    Claims’ Purposes

    • Changes due to differing conditions
    • Delays, disruptions, interferences
    • Ripple or impact effect of changes
    • Breach of contract

    Day 6

    Documentation

    • Document requirements
    • Document types
    • Equipment checkout
    • Processes and procedures

Sourcing Operations in the Oil & Gas Industry

Duration: 6 days |  Level: Intermediate

This course aims to enable participants in developing their knowledge and skills in sourcing operations’ management in the oil & gas eld. This improves their sourcing strategies, which they employ to maximize the value their bring to their organizations.


This course is designed for procurement or supply managers, purchasing officers, finance officers, and stock controllers.

  • Course Objectives:

    At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

    • Define sourcing operation
    • Determine sourcing management skills in the oil & gas industry
    • Understand the internal needs and requirements of oil & gas companies
    • Identify the key principles of effective sourcing management.
    • Develop the knowledge to analyse the targeted markets.
    • Explain the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and effective RFIs and RFPs.
  • Course Content

    • Successful sourcing keys
    • Cost performance
    • Supplier performance management
    • Effective oil & gas sourcing operation principles
  • Programme Schedule

    Day 1

    Introduction to Sourcing Operations

    • Definition
    • Process
    • Fundamentals
    • Importance in the oil & gas industry

    Day 2

    Successful Sourcing Keys

    • Golden Triangle Theory (Time, money, e ort)
    • Market analysis
    • Understanding supplier approach
    • Improving sourcing processes and strategies
    • Cost evaluation

    Day 3 and 4

    Cost Performance

    • Challenges in oil & gas
    • Strategic cost management
    • Principles of cost and value management
    • Analysing and mitigating risks

    Day 5

    Supplier Performance Management

    • Importance
    • Long-term supplier relationships
    • Performance measurement and evaluation
    • Quality management for strategic sourcing

    Day 6

    Effective Oil & Gas Sourcing Operations Principles

    • Continuous research for the markets and suppliers
    • Improving selection processes permanently
    • Identification of preferred supplier(s)

Alarm Modeling for Real-Time Operations

Duration: 6 days |  Level: Intermediate

This course aims to enable participants in developing their knowledge skills in communicating with the suppliers in a manner that establishes a mutually beneficial situation for both the company and the suppliers.


This course is designed for supplier relationship managers, procurement or supply managers, purchasing officers, finance officers, and stock controllers.

  • Course Objectives:

    At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

    • Define Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).
    • Understand the importance of SRM.
    • Identify the supplier segmentation process and alliance development.
    • Develop the knowledge and skills needed to manage the risks and problems affecting the company-supplier relationship.
    • Explain the proper measures of suppliers’ performance.
  • Course Content

    • Supplier relationship management overview
    • SRM troubles and risks
    • Supplier performance
    • Segmentation and alliance
  • Programme Schedule

    Day 1

    Introduction to Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

    • Definition
    • The differences between SRM and Customer Relationship Management (CSM_
    • Contract management overview
    • Building good relationships
    • Managing and communicating the relationship
    • The importance of SRM
    • SRM types and styles
    • SRM in the oil & gas industry

    Day 2 and 3

    SRM Troubles and Risks

    • SRM common problem types
    • Solving the problems
    • Strategies to deal with problems
    • Dispute resolution
    • SRM risks
    • Impacts and management

    Day 4 and 5

    Supplier Performance

    • Supplier performance measures
    • SLA
    • Maintaining good supplier performance
    • Monitoring supplier performance
    • Supplier Performance Index

    Day 6

    Segmentation and Alliance

    • Segmentation of the supplier base
    • Defining the alliance
    • Process
    • Success factors and barriers to alliances

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