Cert IV in Procurement and Contracting – Contract Stream – Final Activity 3 – Questions Part 2

Your contract is coming to the end of the 2nd extension period and you have 1 possible extension left.
As the current provider has been under-performing and the contract has not been meeting the business needs you are considering in testing the market again.
• How could you check that the current market can meet your needs and provide a better outcome than the current provider whilst remaining impartial, open and transparent?

In legal terms, why is it so important to always issue a purchase order, official order, service order or work order (terminology varies from organisation to organisation) when ordering services from a standing offer (panel)?

What are the issues (bullet point only) that would be typically covered in a good Contract Management Plan? (Please note, if you are using an organisational template, you may have more or less points covered by your plan than the space allowed for writing in your answers).

What are some methods of building trust and confidence whilst encouraging and achieving good communication with all contract stakeholders?

When considering Dispute Incidences, what actions can you take to reduce dispute incidences with a contract provider?

For this contract to deliver a training program, what performance monitoring would each of the following measure:
 Contractor
 Gov
 independent
 Customers

What should be considered before using destruction of assets as your chosen method of disposal?

After a machinery of government change, it appears that your organisation may no longer have responsibility for the delivery of regional maritime rescue services, which may mean that you need dispose of 30 Maritime Rescue Vessels.
What should you do (select the most correct answer), then explain your reason for this method of disposal in the space provided?