Procurement Procedures Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the procurement cycle from requisition to payment.
• Analyse supplier proposals and select vendors based on predefined criteria.
• Evaluate procurement risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Design a procurement plan aligned with organisational objectives.
• Implement contract management practices to ensure supplier performance.
• Demonstrate compliance with procurement legislation and ethical standards.

Target Audience

Procurement officers, buyers, supply chain coordinators, and any professionals involved in the purchasing function within public or private sector organisations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Learners engage in hands-on exercises to apply procurement procedures, including drafting specifications, evaluating tenders, and managing contracts. Practicals reinforce theoretical knowledge and build competence in real-world procurement tasks.

Practical Activities

• Drafting a Specification and RFQ — Learners work in groups to draft a technical specification and prepare a Request for Quotation for a common item (e.g., office supplies). (3h)
• Tender Evaluation Exercise — Using sample bids, learners simulate an evaluation committee meeting to score bids based on functionality, price, and preference points. (4h)
• Supplier Performance Review Simulation — Learners review a supplier's performance data and draft a performance report with improvement recommendations. (3h)
• Contract Management Scenario — Learners handle a contract variation scenario, including drafting a variation order and updating contract records. (3h)
• Integrated Procurement Case Study — Teams work on a comprehensive case study covering planning, tendering, evaluation, and contract management for a capital project. (2h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.