bidding, contracting and procurement in the public sector

Dear colleague,
This Insight Information conference is designed to help you succeed in the competitive and lucrative field of public procurement,
bidding and contracting. At the federal level alone, over $14 billion are expended annually on the purchase of goods and services.
The opportunities are there, but so are the risks. With so many legal and financial traps and pitfalls to be avoided, you must ensure
that at every step in the bidding and tendering process you have built in suitable safeguards to ensure fairness, efficiency and value.
The need for well trained and competent staff in this sector is growing on both the public and private side of these often large scale
transactions. This program is designed to help address the need for quality legal training and professional development in this field.
Whether the deal is local, national or international in nature, there will be significant and diverse challenges to address. Ensure that you
benefit from these practical updates on the latest legal, regulatory and business developments and are not left behind. Manage your
exposure with the most up-to-date knowledge on risk management, risk minimization and the reduction of exposure to illegal activities
in this field of practice.
With a faculty of experts assembled from both private sector and public sector organizations, you will receive expert, strategic and
practical insights on the key steps in the process and proven approaches for dealing with the attendant challenges. Among the
topics to be addressed in this conference are:
• Selecting bid criteria for best outcomes
• Understanding bid evaluation models and frameworks
• Pros, cons and implications of avoiding Contract A
• Sole source procurement and documented due diligence
• Bid analysis for red flags
• Governance models in procurement
• Procurement fraud indicators and fraud scenarios including
bid-rigging
• Professional services contracts models
• Pro-active policies and procedures for investigations including
measures that will aid the litigation process
Benefit from the hard won lessons of leading procurement and legal experts on both the buy and sell side of public sector procurements
and projects.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Elizabeth Mayer
Associate Lawyer
Davis LLP
What your colleagues are saying about Insight’s conferences:
“ Great refresher.”
“ It was perhaps the best program of its type that
I’ve ever attended.”
Josh Lommer, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP
“ Good overall materials on contract drafting issues.”
Andrew Donovan, SaskPower
Richard Jankowski
Avison Young Commercial Real Estate/Granite Developments
CLE Accreditation:
This conference has been approved by the Law Society of British Columbia for 12 hours, of which 2.75 hours for ethics.
This conference has been approved by the Law Society of Saskatchewan for 12 hours, of which 3 hours for ethics.
For Alberta lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional
Development Plan as required by the Law Society of Alberta.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Gain additional presence and prestige in front of senior level decision makers through Insight Information’s sponsorship opportunities.
All of our exclusive sponsorship packages include a comprehensive suite of preferential benefits.
For further details, please contact Gene Beil at 416.642.6129 or gbeil@alm.com
Who Should Attend
• Procurement, purchasing, supply and contract specialists
from: federal/provincial/municipal governments and from
crown corporations, universities, colleges, hospitals, public
sector regions and depts., police and fire departments,
and school boards, etc.
• Procurement specialists from the defence sector
• Lawyers from law firms, public sector organizations
and in-house counsel
• Procurement, infrastructure and P3 experts
and consultants
• Risk managers in the public sector
• Finance/forensics experts for public sector transactions
• Insurance representatives