Contract Manager

Title – Contract Manager

Duration – months

Location – Victoria, BC (Remote)

Working Hours – / day

Travel – Once a quarter, if needed

Proposed Consultants should have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities :

• Sound working knowledge of contract law, trade agreements, public procurement policy and government procurement practices.
• Knowledge of negotiation, contract management and risk management.
• Knowledge of recent trends in public and private sector procurement.
• Basic knowledge in recent developments in Canadian contract law and court case decisions.
• Considerable tact, professionalism and diplomacy as the Consultant will interact with vendors, professionals and various levels of employees in a government setting.
• Superior written and oral communication, interpersonal, influence and negotiation skills to properly represent the ministry and its business interests relating to procurements.
• Work with a team co-operatively within diverse or work groups, including the ability to understand and respond effectively to other team members with diverse views.
• Problem solves effectively by giving shape and direction to issues, ideas, information and deliver high quality work in a timely manner. Use analysis and evaluation skills on high profile and / or complex, time-sensitive procurement matters. View client issues from various points of view and driving factors. Assess, weigh and manage risk. Willing to view problems as opportunities.
• Comprehends a situation analytically by breaking it down into its components and identifying key or underlying complex issues. It implies the ability to systematically organize and compare the various aspects of a problem or situation and determine cause-and-effect relationships ("…") to resolve problems in a sound, decisive manner. Checks to ensure the validity or accuracy of all information; and
• Promotes innovation to improve project success and performance by doing or promoting new ways of doing things, such as introducing a solution or process to a procurement, previously unknown or untried to the Ministry.
• Proposed Consultants should have the following experience specific to one or more Canadian public sector entities ( federal, provincial, or municipal governments, public post-secondary institutions, health authorities), etc.
• Five or more years’ experience in the past ten () years managing competitive procurement projects.
• Led five () or more RFP projects within the past () years that resulted in successful proponents and signed contracts, where the Consultant :
• Was the primary overseer for the solicitation document,
• Chaired proponents’ meetings.
• Was the writer or overseer for the evaluation criteria documentation,
• Ensured team evaluation decisions and documentation were accurate, compliant with Canadian procurement law and the RFx, and appropriately documented, and
• Led debrief sessions with unsuccessful proponents.
• Led three () or more RFP or RFx projects within the past five () years that included scored shortlist processes, such as pre-qualifications, interviews, demonstrations, presentations, etc.
• Experience facilitating evaluation of proposals for five () or more projects within the past ten () years.
• Experience with contract finalization or negotiations with five () or more contracts within the past ten () years that resulted from a RFP process; and
• Experience with IT procurements and contracting models.

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