Contract Management & Procurement Training
Most oil and gas cost overruns and disputes trace back not to the work itself but to how the contract was structured, awarded, or administered. A well-run procurement process and a properly managed contract protect a project from disputes, delays, and claims that a poorly handled one invites. Burraq Consulting’s course builds that commercial discipline for engineers and managers who aren’t contract specialists by background but are expected to manage contracts as part of their role.
What Is Contract Management & Procurement?
Contract management and procurement covers the full commercial lifecycle of engaging contractors and suppliers on oil and gas projects — from tendering and contractor selection through contract administration, performance monitoring, variation management, and claims resolution. Getting this right requires understanding contract types and their risk allocation, running a fair and defensible tender process, and administering the contract actively rather than only reacting when something goes wrong.
Who Should Attend
- Project engineers and managers who administer contracts as part of project delivery
- Procurement and contracts personnel responsible for tendering and supplier management
- Site and construction managers who interact with contractors day-to-day
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisite; project or commercial experience is beneficial.
What the Course Covers
- Contract types and risk allocation — lump sum, cost-plus, unit rate, and EPC/EPCM structures — and which risks each shifts to which party
- Tendering and contractor selection, including bid evaluation criteria that go beyond lowest price
- Contract administration fundamentals, including notices, correspondence discipline, and record-keeping that protects your position
- Variation and change order management, and why unmanaged scope changes are the single biggest driver of contract disputes
- Claims management and dispute avoidance, recognizing early warning signs before a disagreement becomes a formal claim
- Contractor performance monitoring, including KPIs and how to use them to manage contractor behavior proactively
- Contract closeout, including final account settlement and lessons learned capture for future procurement
Course at a Glance
Why Train with Burraq Consulting
Burraq Consulting’s instructors bring direct contract administration experience from oil and gas project and procurement environments across the region, and this course focuses on the practical commercial discipline that prevents disputes — the notice that should have been sent within the contractual time limit, the variation that was actioned verbally and never formalized, the record that wasn’t kept until it was needed in a dispute.
Certification and Next Steps
This course builds practical contract management and procurement competency. It pairs naturally with Burraq Consulting’s Project Management (PMP-Aligned) and Cost Estimation & Budgeting courses for a complete commercial project delivery skill set.
Frequently Asked Questions
The course covers contract types and risk allocation principles that apply across commonly used contract forms, including the concepts underlying FIDIC-style structures, without being a form-by-form legal drafting course. Participants leave understanding how different structures allocate risk and how to manage them in practice.
No. It’s specifically designed for project engineers, site managers, and technical staff who find themselves managing contracts and contractors as part of a broader role, not just dedicated procurement professionals. The course assumes no prior formal contracts training.
A major focus is on the administrative discipline — proper notices, documented variations, consistent correspondence — that prevents disagreements from escalating into formal claims. Most disputes are avoidable with better contract administration practice, and that’s where the course places its emphasis.
The principles taught apply broadly across contract structures used internationally in oil and gas, with examples and discussion tailored to the practical realities of the region’s project environment.
Protect your project from disputes before they start.
or contact us to arrange an in-house program for your project and procurement team.