Report to Provide Strategic Procurement Advice to the Mayor of the Greater Manchester City Region

Report to Provide Strategic Procurement Advice to the Mayor of the Greater Manchester City Region

Your assessment report should be no more than 6000 words in length excluding the cover page and references. The assignment is to be submitted in report format and as such should have a formal structure and layout.

• Part A - A description and critique of the current state and structure of the construction sector; 20%.
• Part A - A description and critical review of the current dominant procurement approaches and contractual arrangements (20%)
• Part B – A review and critical evaluation of the potential interventions and improvements that it is often claimed could result from better procurement in the sector (25%);
• Part B - An evidenced, draft outline Procurement Strategy for a public or a private sector client in the region of concern to the mayor (25%);
• Part C - Presentation of report (Layout, structure, visual presentation, word count, use of language, clarity of expression, referencing within text and bibliography (10%)