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Segment 5.3 Specifying Goods and Services
Segment 5.3 Specifying Goods and Services
Knowledge: Will know and understand | Capabilities: Will be able to |
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Types of specifications used in the procurement of goods or services, such as drawings, samples, branded, technical, conformance, output- or outcome-based specifications |
Develop appropriate specifications for the procurement of goods or services |
Sources of information that can be used to create specifications, such as published standards, the internet, suppliers and directories |
Research appropriate sources of information for the development of specifications for the short and longer term |
The typical sections of a specification such as scope, definitions, descriptions of requirements, testing and acceptance, change control mechanisms and remedies |
Develop and complete all required documentation for the specification of through-life contracts |
The impact of specifications on the organisations’ cash input costs |
Ensure that the design and performance of specifications avoids unnecessary costs for both the organisation and suppliers |
The risks that can result from inadequate specifications, particularly from under or over specifying needs |
Monitor the creation of specifications by colleagues and other internal stakeholders and work to ensure that risks are mitigated |
The use of standardisation, value analysis and value engineering programmes to regulate specifications |
Identify opportunities to regulate specifications both in the short and longer terms by the implementation of standardisation, value analysis or value engineering programmes and provide guidance to internal stakeholders on their implementation |
The use of social and environmental criteria in specifications |
The use of social and environmental criteria in specifications |
Types of specifications used in the procurement of goods or services, such as drawings, samples, branded, technical, conformance, output- or outcome-based specifications
Develop appropriate specifications for the procurement of goods or services
Sources of information that can be used to create specifications, such as published standards, the internet, suppliers and directories
Research appropriate sources of information for the development of specifications for the short and longer term
The typical sections of a specification such as scope, definitions, descriptions of requirements, testing and acceptance, change control mechanisms and remedies
Develop and complete all required documentation for the specification of through-life contracts
The impact of specifications on the organisations’ cash input costs
Ensure that the design and performance of specifications avoids unnecessary costs for both the organisation and suppliers
The risks that can result from inadequate specifications, particularly from under or over specifying needs
Monitor the creation of specifications by colleagues and other internal stakeholders and work to ensure that risks are mitigated
The use of standardisation, value analysis and value engineering programmes to regulate specifications
Identify opportunities to regulate specifications both in the short and longer terms by the implementation of standardisation, value analysis or value engineering programmes and provide guidance to internal stakeholders on their implementation
The use of social and environmental criteria in specifications
The use of social and environmental criteria in specifications
This segment was last updated on: 20th May 2021