Emergency Procurement - Consulting services by Sonia Bejaoui https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha Many believe that that are much more risks connected with the procurement of consulting services. Do you agree or not? Why? en-us 2020-10-12 16:46:15 UTC 2020-11-26 21:27:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Agree, as procurement of consulting services is unseen and intangible https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/952637904 2020-11-23 15:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/952637904 Yes, it is risky and maybe more so as the contract is with an individual rather then the protection of a company identity. I would also say in some cases Consultancies are a HR issue and not necessarily for Procurement to be involved in. Strong ToR and Reference checking is critical. https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/955886822 2020-11-24 12:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/955886822 Yes, it is riskier than procurement of goods because it involves a human and personal strength of individuals that remain intangible. It depends on the professionalism and the knowledge of the consultant, which might be a success of a flop. Our responsibility as Procurement staff is to determine strong areas for performance evaluation so that the bidding process can capture all these points. https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/955977804 2020-11-24 13:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/955977804 Much Risier https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/961690267 Yes, I agree, it is closer to hiring staff, with all the risks that come with a poorly executed HR process. As my colleague mentioned, it may be good for some consultants to be hired and managed via HR rather than procurement process.]]> 2020-11-25 21:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/961690267 Very few experts among the available Consultants https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/964382202 Many experts in the field are taken or hired by big and stable companies.  Consultants who are available to respond to the apply for consultancy are those who are with very limited knowledge  with little to no experience at all in the required field.  Hiring companies are left with only those with poor credentials to choose from and settle for second best in the field.]]> 2020-11-26 21:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sondal91/pj2kp460tn32gha/wish/964382202