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The Canadian Institute's 6th Annual Western Canadian

Legal and Business Guide to Public Procurement

Applying the latest develoments and risk-managing the procurement process from the pre-tender stage

Wednesday, January 27 to Thursday, January 28, 2010

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Friday, January 29, 2010 | 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Drafting Statements of Work, RFPs, and Evaluation Criteria to Minimize Contract Challenges and Disputes

Workshop leader:

Judy Wilson
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

  • What is needed in the statement of work or RFP? How do you define requirements?
  • What are the minimum and maximum requirements you need to get the product that you want?
    • Being careful to avoid sole-sourcing
  • Examples of clauses that work and that do not work in the statement of work or RFP
  • Best practices for drafting liquidated damages clauses: Avoiding interpretation as limitation of liability
  • Ensuring the right evaluation criteria on a contract by contract basis: Does one size fit all?
  • To what extent should pricing drive the award? Are there any standards on pricing?
  • Understanding PWGSC’s evaluation criteria and when/how they should be used