7060MAA Contract Management Coursework 2 Assignment Brief | CU

7060MAA Assignment Task

Provide an academic report of 3000 words +/- 10% addressing the questions noted below. The report should include references to the APA 7th edition standard and relevant tables, charts, and figures.

The report must be clearly structured with a cover page, contents page, list of tables & figures with headings detailing which of the tasks are being addressed and to the highest academic standard. You MUST start each question on a new page.

Scenario – Sourcing of waste management services, including hazardous wastes.

As a Contracts Manager, you have been asked to work within a Team to source a Waste Management  Service for your company. As a large manufacturer with 500+ employees, the company have a range of waste materials that need to be disposed of that including a waste product of contaminated oil from its manufacturing process, which is hazardous the health and the environment.

The company has a range of strategic objectives linked to improving it sustainability assessment. As part of the project to source a waste management service includes the following objectives:

• Ongoing reduction of waste going to landfill from 70% to 40% over 3 years.
• Compliance with all safety and environmental standards regarding the disposal of all waste.
• All supplier to have targets, systems and programs to reduce their CO2 footprint. 

As part of your role as the Contract Manager, you need to address the questions noted below and provide answers in a formal report.

7060MAA Task / Questions

LO1. Critically appraise the process for identification, short-listing, assessment and selection of a suitable contractor for different phases of a project. 

Q1 (AN) LO1 
Q1.1 Critically evaluate using literature options to procure waste management services from contractors. Determine and justify the method you would use, including ensuring compliance  standards in the context of the given scenario  

Q1.2 Evaluate the major factors that would be mandatory requirements in the selection of a suitable waste management contractor, providing an analysis of importance to the project. 

Q1.3 Detail how you would assess a contractor's suitability in the context of the given case study

LO4 Critically analyse the different forms of contract required for various elements of a project and explain the need for good contract practice.

LO5. Develop and apply the key requirements of a valid contract and critically evaluate the alternative  dispute resolution process

Q2 (OR) 
Q2.1 Determine the type of contract that is applicable for a waste management contract with a contractor contract, focusing on relevant legal principles. 

Q2.2 Critically evaluate the tendering process from invitation to tender through to the evaluation and selection of an appropriate waste management contractor. 

Q2.3 Critically evaluate how risk is managed through appropriate clauses in the contract with the waste contractor and a formal dispute resolution process. 

LO4 Critically analyse the different forms of contract required for various elements of a project and explain the need for good contract practice.

Q3 (RJM / SE) 
Q3.1. Critically evaluate the risk associated with the waste management contract, identify and justify a suitable risk management process.  
 
Q3.2. Develop a risk management plan, including mitigation, for the process and risks identified in Q3.1.  

Q3.3. Discuss and justify how measures of performance will be required, with associated benefits and weaknesses to managing the contract.  

Q3.4 Create a performance measure scorecard with appropriate lead and Lag indicators and identify how the different measures may conflict or support each other. 

Submission Instructions:

You must submit your report in a Microsoft Word Document via the Turnitin link in Aula by the date specified above.
Your document should show the development of your report and not be a newly saved copy for submission

7060MAA Marking and Feedback

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked by the module team.

How will I receive my grades and feedback?

Provisional marks will be released once internally moderated.
Feedback will be provided by the module team alongside the grades release. 
Feedback will be provided via Turnitin.
Your provisional marks and feedback should be available within 10 working days.

What will I be marked against?

Details of the marking criteria for this task can be found at the bottom of this assignment brief.

7060MAA Assessed Module Learning Outcomes

The Learning Outcomes for this module align with the marking criteria, which can be found at the end of this brief. Ensure you understand the marking criteria to ensure achievement of the assessment task. The following module learning outcomes are assessed in this task:.

LO1. Critically appraise the process for identification, short-listing, assessment and selection of a suitable contractor for different phases of a project.

LO4. Critically analyse the different forms of contract required for various elements of a project and explain the need for good contract practice.

LO5. Develop and apply key requirements of a valid contract and critically evaluate alternative dispute resolution processes.

7060MAA Assessment Marking Criteria

Marking Scheme

Question 1 (LO1)

Q1.1 (15 Marks)

• Clear evaluation of a range of relevant procurement options.
• Application of critical analysis and thinking to each option.
• A concise, justified selection of a procurement process.
• Details of how the selected process supports compliance with the required standards of the scenario.
• Correct referencing literature, case studies and other supporting evidence.

Q1.2 (Marks 10)

• Identification of appropriate legal requirements
• Application of critical analysis and thinking to the impact on the project.
• Correctly cited references and supporting evidence.

Q1.3 (5 Marks)

• Provide the key criteria for assessment
• Justify why these are critical to the success of the contract.
• Justifications supported by relevant citations/references.

Question 2 (LO4 & LO5)

Q2.1 (10 Marks)

• An appropriate contract type needs to be considered for the scenario.
• Clear reasons for your choice of contract type need to be presented based on quality, volume, price and legal obligations relevant to the waste management industry.
• Your answer must be linked to the case study and focused on legal principles and good business practice.
• A comparative review of relevant literature to support answering the question.

Q2.2 (15 Marks)

• A discussion on the administrative process involved in the invitation to tender process.
• A critical review of the legal principles and good business practice associated with selecting a supplier from the tender submissions relevant to the waste management industry.
• A comparative review of relevant literature to support answering the question.

Q2.3 (10 Marks)

• A discussion on the role of service level agreements applicable to the waste management industry.
• An overview of legal principles related to risk mitigation within contracts.
• A detailed discussion on legal principles related to the dispute resolution process.

Question 2 (LO4)

Q3.1 (Marks 10)

• Clear evaluation of the appropriate Risk process with a level of critical evaluation linked to research and literature. 

Q3.2 (Marks 5)

• The identification of the key risks relevant to the project scenario, clear and relevant risk mitigation strategies that a fully justified. 

Q3.3 (10 Marks)

• A clear analysis of the benefits and weaknesses of using performance measures in managing a contract, supported by academic evidence/references that support your justification.

Q3.4 (10 Marks)

• A correctly formatted measures of performance scorecard.
• Relevant to the key performance indicators linked to the scenario, there must be both lead and lag measures that are correctly identified.
• A discussion that details how the measures may conflict or how they support each other that including a conclusion on the strengths and weaknesses of your scorecard