• assessments and identifying development targets
• developing procurement control
• developing procurement know-how
• doing the legwork in establishing the operations model

Examples

• developing procurement operations in the city
• auditing the contracts

2. Organizing procurement regionally and in organizations

• centralized
• coordinated

Examples

• developing regional procurement and logistics
• analyzing the operations of the procurement office

3. Selecting procurement and logistics information systems

• defining the service or system
• tender documentation
• planned development

Examples

• defining a materials system for a city
• order-invoicing processes analysis

4. Service procurements

• purchasing plan
• definition of services / statement of work
• tender documentation
• contract models

Examples

• procurement documentation of special health care
• procurement documentation of district heating by lifecycle model
• school transport tenders
• service centre activity tenders OR tender documentation
• contract negotiations with a service centre

5. Outsourcing processes

• make-buy analyses
• tender documentation
• management of outsourcing process

Examples

• tender documentation for outsourcing of facility-, catering- and cleaning services
• outsourcing of logistics contracts

6. Procurement operations training

• public sector procurement operations 1 - 2 days