Procurement Routes in Construction Management
Description
Scenario: The Kingston city authorities are planning on a new-build local government administrative headquarters to be located in the city centre. This will achieve the centralisation of all public sector departments and relocation of their staff to a single location. These departments are currently located in a number of properties of different types and ages across the city, and the client view is that this arrangement is no longer suitable for the purposes of modern and efficient administration of government services. The strategic objectives of the client for the new project are to achieve Value for Money by rationalising local government service departments in a high specification modern building that befits a progressive and visionary city. The project has a budget of £25M and an initial estimate is that around 12500m2 of accommodation is required, although this is likely to be reviewed as the design develops. The client need to have a Strategic Project and quality procurement lifecycle for the project which ensures value and risk studies are integrated in the process. The project is currently at an early stage of development and the client representative has commissioned you as an independent PM consultant to advice on the value and risk studies to be carried out at the following stages. Identify business needs. Your 1st task is to design a value study to achieve the objectives set out under the “description” heading of this step. Options to meet business needs. Confirm project still required. Your 2nd task is to design a value and risk study to achieve the project objectives. This include any procurement strategy that you think best suit your client business need. Prepare a report for the Senior Responsible Owner of the client which details your approach to these two tasks. The report is expected to address the following – How the studies (the value, risk and procurement strategy) will benefit the client and project. – Any pre-workshop activity required in preparation for the studies. – Identification of the stakeholders to be invited. – An agenda for how the project is to meet its strategic planning. You should outline all your assumptions.
