By Gordon White, the conflictjourney.com Think of your BATNA (Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement) as your plan B. If everything you try through working on a troubling relationship doesn’t bear fruit, where will you turn, what will you do? Your answer to these questions is your BATNA. Having a BATNA means thinking ahead, and it […]
Direct and Indirect Procurement Planning Costs When procuring goods, some of the direct and indirect costs to include when preparing your business case seeking approval for the acquisition include: Shipping and packaging Costs of energy use if applicable Maintenance and warranties Parts, repairs, consumable supplies Disposal at end of the lifecycle Training and knowledge transfer […]
By Lise Patry BA | Sc | LLB | ICD.D | NECI Instructor As part of our NECI courses we teach the importance of planning ahead, as all contracts inevitably come to an end one day. Well, as recently confirmed by the SCC, that may not always be true. The Supreme Court of Canada Confirms […]
By Lindsay Parcells LLM, LLB, MBA As procurement professionals know, Canadian courts have established a clear duty on the part of owners and respondents to respect the terms of ‘Contract A,’ which includes a duty by owners to reject non-compliant bids and proposals. This included duty is based on the notion that it would make […]