{"id":949,"date":"2025-04-24T05:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/?page_id=949"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:15:30","slug":"ma5810-procurement-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/mgn\/ma5810-procurement-management\/","title":{"rendered":"MA5810 &#8211; Procurement Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><style>\n        body {\n            font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\n            background-color: #f9f9f9;\n            margin: 0;\n            padding: 0 0px;\n        }\n        .container {\n            max-width: 1000px;\n            margin: 30px 0;\n            background-color: #fff;\n            padding: 20px;\n            box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\n        }\n        h2 {\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        h3 {\n            color: #000000\n        }\n        .section-title {\n            background-color: #fff8dc;\n            padding: 10px;\n            margin-top: 30px;\n            border-top: 2px solid #800000;\n            font-weight: bold;\n            font-size: 1.2em;\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        .content-block {\n            margin-bottom: 20px;\n        }\n        ol {\n            padding-left: 40px;\n        }\n        li {\n            margin-bottom: 10px;\n        }\n        .bold {\n            font-weight: bold;\n        }\n        .grey-box {\n            background-color:#fff;\n            padding: 15px;\n        }\n        .table-section {\n            display: flex;\n            gap: 20px;\n            margin-top: 20px;\n        }\n        table {\n            border-collapse: collapse;\n            width: 60%;\n            background-color: #fff;\n        }\n        th, td {\n            border: 1px solid #ccc;\n            padding: 8px 12px;\n            text-align: left;\n        }\n        th {\n            background-color: #fff8dc;\n            color: #800000;\n        }\n        .half-table {\n            width: 48%;\n        }\n        .text-left {\n\t\ttext-align: left;\n\t}\n\n\t.text-right {\n    \t\ttext-align: right;\n\t}\n    <\/style><\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong> 3 <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong> None <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Core \/ Optional:<\/strong> Optional <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Aim(s):<\/strong>To impart the concepts and frameworks of procurement management and to develop analytical and decision-making skills related to procurement.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Intended Learning Outcomes: <\/p><\/strong>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>explain<\/strong> the procurement process and how it relates to the supply chain of an organization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>apply<\/strong> procurement principles to the acquisition of goods and services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>discuss<\/strong> the incorporation of sustainable procurement strategies into existing procurement guidelines.<\/li>\n<li><strong>develop<\/strong> a procurement strategy for a project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p><strong>Course Content (Only main topics &amp; subtopics):<\/p><\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Introduction to Procurement:<\/strong>Need of procurement; development and planning, procurement cycle; proactive procurement; positioning and transformations; strategic procurement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Methods of Procurement:<\/strong>International competitive bidding; national competitive bidding; limited\/restricted bidding; shopping; direct contracting; repeat orders; force account; emergency procurement; community participation in procurement; two-stage bidding; two envelope system; pre-qualification of Bidders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Types of Procurement :<\/strong> Unit price works (BOQ), lump sum, cost reimbursable, time and material, design and build, and BOOT and BOT contracts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Procurement Guidelines:<\/strong> National\/International procurement guidelines; Bid documents, technical specification; evaluation criteria; pre-bid conference; bid opening; bid examination; bid evaluation and award of contract.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable Procurement:<\/strong> Policies and principles of sustainable procurement; sustainability in the procurement process; circularity and metrics for sustainability; implementing sustainable procurement; and technology for sustainability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Procurement Strategy:<\/strong> Prepare and present a procurement plan for a project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p><strong> Time Allocation:<\/p><\/strong>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:60%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:40%;\">\n        \n    <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Learning component<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-right\">Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Theory<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Small group activities<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assignments<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Practical<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Independent Learning<\/td>\n<td class=\"text-right\">99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Marks Allocation:<\/p><\/strong>\n<table>\n<colgroup>\n        <col style=\"width:60%;\">\n        <col style=\"width:40%;\">\n        \n    <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Assessment<\/th>\n<th class=\"text-right\">Percentage Marks<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Continuous Assessments\n<br>Small group Activities 30%, Group project &#038; 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D., (2022). Procurement Principles and Management, 12th Edition, Pearson Education Limited, UK.<\/li>\n<li>National Procurement Agency, (2006). Procurement Guidelines: Goods and Services, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>National Procurement Commission, (2018). Procurement Manual: Goods, Works, Services and Information Systems, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li>Project Management Institute Inc., (2021). A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 7th edition, USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Credits: 3 Pre-requisites: None Core \/ Optional: Optional Aim(s):To impart the concepts and frameworks of procurement management and to develop analytical and decision-making skills related to procurement. 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