<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This training programme will provide those involved at any stage of the process for procuring goods and/or services within their organisations with the knowledge and skillset to identify and mitigate the threat posed by the breadth and multi-layered complexity of procurement fraud and corruption.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course objectives</strong></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This course aims to increase and enhance delegates&rsquo; understanding of the various procurement fraud and corruption threats which impact upon them and the organisations, sectors and regions in which they operate and provide them with the tools necessary to mitigate those threats.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Who should attend</strong></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This course is aimed at a wide range of people since financial crime impacts upon every sector and at every level since it continues to manifest itself globally. Thus, it would be of value to those working in:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Supply chain risk management professionals</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Public and private sector</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Risk and compliance professionals</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Those organisations that are expanding into emerging markets, joint ventures and mergers</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Accountants and auditors</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Project organisations</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Procurement fraud and corruption investigators</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Organisations subject to external sanctions and wish to show a holistic lessons learnt approach</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course outline</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nature and scope of procurement fraud</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Manipulation of the procurement process with global case examples and live case studies provided to illustrate each step in the manipulation process</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Examination and analysis of individual and/or organised crime within the procurement cycle</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creation of a procurement fraud risk lifecycle within an organisation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Examination of the essential components for an effective and robust due diligence process and related procedures</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Collection, collation, exploration and evaluation of the data sources available to profile procurement fraud risk within an organisation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creating anonymous procurement fraud and corruption reporting vectors including hotlines and whistle-blower protection frameworks</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Exploring the nature and impact of the use of technology and data analytics to identify actual and potential procurement fraud and corruption</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Procurement fraud and corruption typologies from a national, regional and global perspective</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Designing of an organisational risk mitigation framework</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creation and operation of a rapid and systematic anti-corruption and procurement fraud response</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creation and management of an effective counter fraud culture</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Determination of the tender process with the identification of choke points and areas of vulnerability</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Establishing and monitoring of conflicts of interest</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Obtaining and maintaining an independent quality assurance mechanism</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Identifying and utilising a range of fraud identification and analysis tools and techniques</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Determining and detailing various specialist and technical support functions and personnel</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Using data to create an operational, tactical and strategic response</li></ul><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Instructor</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></div><img src="https://images.cademy.co.uk/77842eb4-001c-4e19-9d72-b04b772377b2/8da06b17-cfed-4ced-b668-8e1a80ffcc74/original.jpeg" style="width: 170px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: auto; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 170px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: auto; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">S</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">teve has over 25 years and extensive professional expertise in procurement fraud and corruption risk identification and the design of risk frameworks to combat the impact of revenue loss</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Steve is the Company Director of Global Risk Alliance Ltd and the author of Procurement fraud and Corruption: How to identify and mitigate procurement fraud and corruption risk. &nbsp;He was the technical working group lead for the design and creation of British Standard BS10501: Guide to implementing Procurement Fraud Controls.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A former Head of Intelligence and Head of Anti-corruption capabilities in UK Law Enforcement involved in the investigation of high value and complex fraud and corruption cases both in the UK and internationally. He was also part of the UK Working Group on Bribery in International Business.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-align:justify;'><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He is the former Global Corruption Risk Advisor to the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply advising members on contract risk review and risk identification and mitigation approach. He has provided international consultancy and training programmes in various sectors including oil and gas, engineering, public sector, retail, media and local government in the Middle East, Australia, Kazakhstan, UK, West Africa and Indonesia.</span></p>

This organisation training programme will provide students involved at any stage of the business management and operations process with the knowledge and skillset to assess the bribery and corruption risk that an organisation or project faces and identify opportunities to mitigate potential threats.
Course objectives
This course aims to increase and enhance delegates’ understanding of the various bribery, corruption and associated financial crime and money laundering threats that can impact their organisation, sector and region in which they operate and provide a risk assessment methodology that assists an operational, management and strategic mitigation response to risk.
Who should attend
This course is aimed at a leaders, management and staff that are actively involved in the bribery and corruption risk assessment process. It is recommended that a broad range of expertise is involved as part of a risk assessment approach, thus, this training programme would be of value to those working in:
Supply chain risk management professionals
Public and private sector
Risk and compliance professionals
Those organisations that are expanding into emerging markets, joint ventures and mergers
Accountants and auditors
Project organisations
Procurement fraud and corruption investigators
Organisations subject to external sanctions and wish to show a holistic lessons learnt approach
Course outline
Nature and scope of bribery, corruption and associated financial crime and money laundering methodology
Risk assessment concept and methodology
Planning approach to corruption risk assessment
Comparative analysis of current risk assessment approach with global best practice to identify potential risks with the current approach to risk
Identifying data sources that support a corruption risk assessment
Insider threat indicators and consequences
Creating an anti-corruption environment and the benefit in introducing a total quality ownership approach
External bribery risk indicators and barriers including financial crime and money laundering threats
The benefits and method of introducing a risk model as part of an annual risk assessment
Risk assessment methodology within projects
Creating a corruption response plan
Designing of an organisational risk mitigation framework
How to introduce a decision making and change management response to bribery and corruption risk
Course Instructor

Steve has over 25 years and extensive professional expertise in procurement fraud and corruption risk assessment, identification and analysis including the design of risk frameworks to combat the impact of revenue loss.
Steve is the Company Director of Global Risk Alliance Ltd and the author of Procurement fraud and Corruption: How to identify and mitigate procurement fraud and corruption risk. He was the technical working group lead for the design and creation of British Standard BS10501: Guide to implementing Procurement Fraud Controls.
In addition to his consultancy work, Steve provides global and virtual training programmes to clients in the field of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and terrorist financial, countering procurement fraud and associated financial crime risks. The programmes have provided to both public and private sectors, law enforcement and not for profit.
A former Head of Intelligence and Head of Anti-corruption capabilities in UK Law Enforcement involved in the investigation of high value and complex fraud and corruption cases both in the UK and internationally. He was also part of the UK Working Group on Bribery in International Business.
He is the former Global Corruption Risk Advisor to the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply advising members on contract risk review and risk identification and mitigation approach. He has provided international consultancy and training programmes in various sectors including oil and gas, engineering, public sector, retail, media and local government in the Middle East, Australia, Kazakhstan, UK, West Africa and Indonesia.

Global Risk Alliance Ltd

Procurement & Supply

Corporate Affairs

Fraud Awareness

Anti Bribery & Corruption

Our training programme will provide those involved at any stage of the process for procuring goods and/or services within their organisations with the knowledge and skillset to identify and mitigate the threat posed by the breadth and multi-layered complexity of procurement fraud, corruption and associated financial crime and money laundering.

Bribery and corruption risk assessment

<p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This training in-person programme will provide those involved at any stage of the process for procuring goods and/or services within their organisations with the knowledge and skillset to identify and mitigate the threat posed by the breadth and multi-layered complexity of procurement fraud and corruption.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course objectives</strong></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This course aims to increase and enhance delegates&rsquo; understanding of the various procurement fraud and corruption threats which impact upon them and the organisations, sectors and regions in which they operate and provide them with the tools necessary to mitigate those threats.</p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Who should attend</strong></p><p id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;">This course is aimed at a wide range of people since financial crime impacts upon every sector and at every level since it continues to manifest itself globally. Thus, it would be of value to those working in:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Supply chain risk management professionals</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Public and private sector</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Risk and compliance professionals</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Those organisations that are expanding into emerging markets, joint ventures and mergers</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Accountants and auditors</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Project organisations</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Procurement fraud and corruption investigators</li><li id="isPasted" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Organisations subject to external sanctions and wish to show a holistic lessons learnt approach</li></ul><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course outline</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nature and scope of procurement fraud</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Manipulation of the procurement process with global case examples and live case studies provided to illustrate each step in the manipulation process</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Examination and analysis of individual and/or organised crime within the procurement cycle</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creation of a procurement fraud risk lifecycle within an organisation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Examination of the essential components for an effective and robust due diligence process and related procedures</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Collection, collation, exploration and evaluation of the data sources available to profile procurement fraud risk within an organisation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creating anonymous procurement fraud and corruption reporting vectors including hotlines and whistle-blower protection frameworks</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Exploring the nature and impact of the use of technology and data analytics to identify actual and potential procurement fraud and corruption</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Procurement fraud and corruption typologies from a national, regional and global perspective</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Designing of an organisational risk mitigation framework</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creation and operation of a rapid and systematic anti-corruption and procurement fraud response</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Creation and management of an effective counter fraud culture</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Determination of the tender process with the identification of choke points and areas of vulnerability</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Establishing and monitoring of conflicts of interest</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Obtaining and maintaining an independent quality assurance mechanism</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Identifying and utilising a range of fraud identification and analysis tools and techniques</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Determining and detailing various specialist and technical support functions and personnel</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Using data to create an operational, tactical and strategic response</li></ul><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course administration</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">This course can be provided at the clients location as a 2 or 3 day course dependent on their education and awareness requirements.<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"></strong><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">Course Instructor</strong></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></div><img src="https://images.cademy.co.uk/77842eb4-001c-4e19-9d72-b04b772377b2/8da06b17-cfed-4ced-b668-8e1a80ffcc74/original.jpeg" style="width: 170px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: auto; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="width: 170px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: auto; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"><p fr-original-style="" style="color: var(--text); font-size: var(--font-size); box-sizing: border-box;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">S</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">teve has over 25 years and extensive professional expertise in procurement fraud and corruption risk identification and the design of risk frameworks to combat the impact of revenue loss</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Steve is the Company Director of Global Risk Alliance Ltd and the author of Procurement fraud and Corruption: How to identify and mitigate procurement fraud and corruption risk. &nbsp;He was the technical working group lead for the design and creation of British Standard BS10501: Guide to implementing Procurement Fraud Controls.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A former Head of Intelligence and Head of Anti-corruption capabilities in UK Law Enforcement involved in the investigation of high value and complex fraud and corruption cases both in the UK and internationally. He was also part of the UK Working Group on Bribery in International Business.</span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: var(--text); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-align:justify;'><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He is the former Global Corruption Risk Advisor to the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply advising members on contract risk review and risk identification and mitigation approach. He has provided international consultancy and training programmes in various sectors including oil and gas, engineering, public sector, retail, media and local government in the Middle East, Australia, Kazakhstan, UK, West Africa and Indonesia.</span></p>

This organisation In-Person training programme will provide those involved at any stage of the process for procuring goods and/or services within their organisations with the knowledge and skillset to identify and mitigate the threat posed by the breadth and multi-layered complexity of procurement fraud and corruption.
Course objectives
This course aims to increase and enhance delegates’ understanding of the various procurement fraud and corruption threats which impact upon them and the organisations, sectors and regions in which they operate and provide them with the tools necessary to mitigate those threats.
Who should attend
This course is aimed at a wide range of people since financial crime impacts upon every sector and at every level since it continues to manifest itself globally. Thus, it would be of value to those working in:
Supply chain risk management professionals
Public and private sector
Risk and compliance professionals
Those organisations that are expanding into emerging markets, joint ventures and mergers
Accountants and auditors
Project organisations
Procurement fraud and corruption investigators
Organisations subject to external sanctions and wish to show a holistic lessons learnt approach
Course outline
Nature and scope of procurement fraud
Manipulation of the procurement process with global case examples and live case studies provided to illustrate each step in the manipulation process
Examination and analysis of individual and/or organised crime within the procurement cycle
Creation of a procurement fraud risk lifecycle within an organisation
Examination of the essential components for an effective and robust due diligence process and related procedures
Collection, collation, exploration and evaluation of the data sources available to profile procurement fraud risk within an organisation
Creating anonymous procurement fraud and corruption reporting vectors including hotlines and whistle-blower protection frameworks
Exploring the nature and impact of the use of technology and data analytics to identify actual and potential procurement fraud and corruption
Procurement fraud and corruption typologies from a national, regional and global perspective
Designing of an organisational risk mitigation framework
Creation and operation of a rapid and systematic anti-corruption and procurement fraud response
Creation and management of an effective counter fraud culture
Determination of the tender process with the identification of choke points and areas of vulnerability
Establishing and monitoring of conflicts of interest
Obtaining and maintaining an independent quality assurance mechanism
Identifying and utilising a range of fraud identification and analysis tools and techniques
Determining and detailing various specialist and technical support functions and personnel
Using data to create an operational, tactical and strategic response
Course administration: This course can be provided at the clients location as a 2 or 3 day course dependent on their education and awareness requirements.

Course Instructor

Steve has over 25 years and extensive professional expertise in procurement fraud and corruption risk identification and the design of risk frameworks to combat the impact of revenue loss 
Steve is the Company Director of Global Risk Alliance Ltd and the author of Procurement fraud and Corruption: How to identify and mitigate procurement fraud and corruption risk. He was the technical working group lead for the design and creation of British Standard BS10501: Guide to implementing Procurement Fraud Controls.

A former Head of Intelligence and Head of Anti-corruption capabilities in UK Law Enforcement involved in the investigation of high value and complex fraud and corruption cases both in the UK and internationally. He was also part of the UK Working Group on Bribery in International Business.
He is the former Global Corruption Risk Advisor to the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply advising members on contract risk review and risk identification and mitigation approach. He has provided international consultancy and training programmes in various sectors including oil and gas, engineering, public sector, retail, media and local government in the Middle East, Australia, Kazakhstan, UK, West Africa and Indonesia.

Our training programme will provide those involved at any stage of the process for procuring goods and/or services within their organisations with the knowledge and skillset to identify and mitigate the threat posed by the breadth and multi-layered complexity of procurement fraud and corruption.

How to identify and mitigate procurement fraud and corruption 

Harpenden

<p>This five-day programme empowers participants with the skills and knowledge to understand and effectively apply best practice commercial and contracting principles and techniques, ensuring better contractor performance and greater value add.</p><p>This is an assessed programme, leading to the International Association for Contracts &amp; Commercial Management (IACCM)'s coveted Contract and Commercial Management Practitioner (CCMP) qualification.</p>By the end of this comprehensive programme the participants will be able to:<ul><li>Develop robust contracting plans, including scopes of work and award strategies</li><li>Undertake early market engagements to maximise competition</li><li>Conduct effective contracting and commercial management activities, including ITT, RFP, negotiated outcomes</li><li>Understand the legalities of contract and commercial management</li><li>Negotiate effectively with key stakeholders and clients, making use of the key skills of persuading and influencing to optimise outcomes</li><li>Undertake effective Supplier Relationship Management</li><li>Appreciate the implications of national and organisational culture on contracting and commercial activities</li><li>Appreciate professional contract management standards</li><li>Set up and maintain contract and commercial management governance systems</li><li>Take a proactive, collaborative, and agile approach to managing commercial contracts</li><li>Develop and monitor appropriate and robust KPIs and SLAs to manage the contractor and facilitate improved contractor performance</li><li>Appreciate the cross-functional nature of contract management</li><li>Collaborate with clients to deliver sustainable performance and to manage and exceed client expectations</li><li>Understand the roles and responsibilities of contract and commercial managers</li><li>Use effective contractor selection and award methods and models (including the 10Cs model) and use these models to prepare robust propositions to clients</li><li>Make effective use of lessons learned to promote improvements from less than optimal outcomes, using appropriate templates</li><li>Effectively manage the process of change, claims, variations, and dispute resolution</li><li>Develop and present robust propositions</li><li>Make appropriate use of best practice contract and commercial management tools, techniques, and templates</li></ul><section>
                    <h3>DAY ONE</h3> <h3>1 Introduction</h3><ul><li>Aims</li><li>Objectives</li><li>KPIs</li><li>Learning strategies</li><li>Plan for the programme</li></ul> <h3>2 The contracting context</h3><ul><li>Key objectives of contract management</li><li>Importance and impact on the business</li></ul> <h3>3 Critical success factors</h3><ul><li>Essential features of professional commercial and contract management and administration</li><li>The 6-step model</li></ul> <h3>4 Putting the 'management' into commercial and contract management</h3><ul><li>Traditional <em>v</em> 'new age' models</li><li>The need for a commercial approach</li><li>The added value generated</li></ul> <h3>5 Definitions</h3><ul><li>'Commercial management'</li><li>'Contract management'</li><li>'Contracting'</li><li>... and why have formal contracts?</li></ul> <h3>6 Stakeholders</h3><ul><li>Stakeholder mapping and analysis</li><li>The 'shared vision' concept</li><li>Engaging with key functions, eg, HSE, finance, operations</li></ul> <h3>7 Roles and responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Contract administrators</li><li>Stakeholders</li></ul> <h3>8 Strategy and planning</h3><ul><li>Developing effective contracting plans and strategies</li></ul>  <h3>DAY TWO</h3> <h3>1 Contract control</h3><ul><li>Tools and techniques, including CPA and Gantt charts</li><li>A project management approach</li><li>Developing effective contract programmes</li></ul> <h3>2 The contracting context</h3><ul><li>Key objectives of contract management</li><li>Importance and impact on the business</li></ul> <h3>3 Tendering</h3><ul><li>Overview of the contracting cycle</li><li>Requirement to tender</li><li>Methods</li><li>Rationale</li><li>Exceptions</li><li>Steps</li><li>Gateways</li><li>Controls</li><li>One and two package bids</li></ul> <h3>4 Tender assessment and contract award I - framework</h3><ul><li>Tender board procedures</li><li>Role of the tender board (including minor and major tender boards)</li><li>Membership</li><li>Administration</li><li>Developing robust contract award strategies and presentations</li></ul>  <h3>DAY THREE</h3> <h3>1 Tender assessment and contract award II - processes</h3><ul><li>Pre-qualification processes</li><li>CRS</li><li>Vendor registration rules and processes</li><li>Creating bidder lists</li><li>Disqualification criteria</li><li>Short-listing</li><li>Using the 10Cs model</li><li>Contract award and contract execution processes</li></ul> <h3>2 Minor works orders</h3><ul><li>Process</li><li>Need for competition</li><li>Role and purpose</li><li>Controls</li><li>Risks</li></ul> <h3>3 Contract strategy</h3><ul><li>Types of contract</li><li>Call-offs</li><li>Framework agreements</li><li>Price agreements</li><li>Supply agreements</li></ul> <h3>4 Contract terms I: Pricing structures</h3><ul><li>Lump sum</li><li>Unit price</li><li>Cost plus</li><li>Time and materials</li><li>Alternative methods</li><li>Target cost</li><li>Gain share contracts</li><li>Advance payments</li><li>Price escalation clauses</li></ul> <h3>5 Contract terms II: Other financial clauses</h3><ul><li>Insurance</li><li>Currencies</li><li>Parent body guarantees</li><li>Tender bonds</li><li>Performance bonds</li><li>Retentions</li><li>Sub-contracting</li><li>Termination</li><li>Invoicing</li></ul> <h3>6 Contract terms III: Risk and reward</h3><ul><li>Incentive contracts</li><li>Management and mitigation of contractual risk</li></ul>  <h3>DAY FOUR</h3> <h3>1 Contract terms IV: Jurisdiction and related matters</h3><ul><li>Applicable laws and regulations</li><li>Registration</li><li>Commercial registry</li><li>Commercial agencies</li></ul> <h3>2 Managing the client-contractor relationship</h3><ul><li>Types of relationship</li><li>Driving forces</li><li>Link between type of contract and style of relationships</li><li>Motivation - use of incentives and remedies</li></ul> <h3>3 Disputes</h3><ul><li>Types of dispute</li><li>Conflict resolution strategies</li><li>Negotiation</li><li>Mediation</li><li>Arbitration</li></ul>  <h3>DAY FIVE</h3> <h3>1 Performance measurement</h3><ul><li>KPIs</li><li>Benchmarking</li><li>Cost controls</li><li>Validity of savings</li><li>Balanced scorecards</li><li>Using the KPI template</li></ul> <h3>2 Personal qualities of the contract manager</h3><ul><li>Negotiation</li><li>Communication</li><li>Persuasion and influencing</li><li>Working in a matrix environment</li></ul> <h3>3 Contract terms V: Drafting skills</h3><ul><li>Drafting special terms</li></ul> <h3>4 Variations</h3><ul><li>Contract and works variation orders</li><li>Causes of variations</li><li>Risk management</li><li>Controls</li><li>Prevention</li><li>Negotiation with contractors</li></ul> <h3>5 Claims</h3><ul><li>Claims management processes</li><li>Controls</li><li>Risk mitigation</li><li>Schedules of rates</li></ul> <h3>6 Close-out</h3><ul><li>Contract close-out and acceptance / completion</li><li>HSE</li><li>Final payments</li><li>Performance evaluation</li><li>Capturing the learning</li></ul> <h3>7 Close</h3><ul><li>Review</li><li>Final assessment</li><li>Next steps</li></ul> 


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