Reflection by Ajay Shaju

Module 2

ajayes360 — 2025-02-05 01:33:51 UTC

Got an overview about the course.
learned about the deliverables of this semester.
Professor sorted everyone according to their Date of birth and divide them in to different groups and played an Ice braker.
Learned about Public procurement and source of revenue of public agencies
Did in class assignment - Public Agency Presentation (We chose London Police) as a group of 3

Module 4

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 16:39:30 UTC

Things I learned from the module:

Got an overview about risk management.

severity X probability = risk

3 ways to approach risk = Avoid, Risk, Manage

6 components of corporate risk management

Insurance and Bonding

Did a analysis and prepared an executive summary including Issue identification,

recommendations,

Decision criteria,

Justification of recommendation,

Implementation plan for the case "But it was only $1000 job case" .

Module 5

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 17:51:38 UTC

Things Learned:

The legal side of procurement.

Common law: Based on judicial decision

Law of agency: principal - agency - third party

the law of agency relationships.

Duties of agent.

The personal responsibilities of a procurement professional.

Contract Law and its requirements.

learned Contract A and B framework

learned about Bidders rights

(Some) requirements of an Invitation to bid

Module 6

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 18:02:34 UTC

Did Group Case analysis In class

module 7

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 19:40:41 UTC

Learned about competitive bidding.

principles of integrity - Open Fair Transparent

Types of competitive bidding documents: RFI, REOI/RFEI, RFPQ, RFQ, RFT, RFP

Learned about tools used in competitive bidding

learned about the process included in Quotes or Tenders, Proposals

learned about non competitive procurement methods

Module 8

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 19:50:21 UTC

Learned about document building – specifications and scopes of work

concepts covered : Requisition, specification, types of specifications, scope of work, things to consider when reviewing specs, and strategic sourcing.

Did a group work on building a specification or scope of work based on a customer requisition.

Module 9

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 20:11:41 UTC

Evaluation criteria and supplier selection

things I learned:

evaluation criteria

qualified vs unqualifies suppliers

evaluation teams and meetings

proposal evaluation process

supplier selection steps

Module 10

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 20:17:53 UTC

Ethics and fraud

I learned the following from the chapter:

Ethics in public procurement
Unethical behaviors
Codes of ethics
Conflict of interest
Gifts policy
Common issues: fraud, bribery, corruption, bid-rigging, collusion
Consequences of unethical actions
Ways to support ethical behavior in procurement

Module 11

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 20:24:55 UTC

attended class and participated in silex working periods

module 12

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 20:26:04 UTC

Presented Silex group presentation

Module 13

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 20:28:30 UTC

Contract and supplier management

Things I learned:

Contract essentials and types

Supplier management and performance measurement

Formal and informal evaluation techniques

Supplier development practices

Building procurement relationships with impartiality

Supplier debriefs

Module 14

ajayes360 — 2025-04-21 20:32:25 UTC

Reviewed previous modules

through a quiz.