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Pre Qualification of Vendors for Large-Scale IT System and Services

Muhammad Adeel Zafar


INDUSTRY :

AREA : Management Information Systems

ORGANIZATION : Ministry Of Science And Technology

LENGTH : 2

LUMS No : 18-442-2014-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2014

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KEYWORDS:

Large Scale IT System,Services,Procurement,Science & Technology,Vendors,Outsource,Management


DESCRIPTION:

This case exercise was written for use in the ASP-LUMS Procurement Management workshops. The workshops are run for different tiers of professionals working within the government and CSO/NGO sectors. The short case exercise revolves around a procurement manager¿s task of coming up with pre-qualification criteria to qualify IT vendors for a large IT project for the provincial government. Pre-qualification is an important aspect of procurement in both the public as well as private sectors. The exercise has been designed to help participants understand that basic concept; learn to determine relevant pre-qualification criteria and assign appropriate weights to the criteria for a given project.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The short case exercise revolves around a procurement manager's task of coming up with pre-qualification criteria to qualify IT vendors for a large IT project for the provincial government. Pre-qualification is an important aspect of procurement in both public and private sectors. The exercise has been deisgned to help participants understand that basic concept, learn to determine relevant pre-qualification criteria and assign appropriate weights to the criteria for a given project.


SUBJECTS COVERED:

Management Information Systems (MIS)