Governance, Risk & Compliance5-day programme

Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training in Hanoi

Dates1–5 Feb 2027
LocationHanoi, Vietnam
VenueTBD
Register by23 Dec 2026

Key facts

Dates
1–5 Feb 2027 (5 days)
Where
TBD, Hanoi, Vietnam
Fee per participant
£3,750 (GBP)
Payment
By invoice and bank transfer
Registration closes
23 Dec 2026
Certificate
Certificate of completion
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Programme Overview

The Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training in Hanoi is an applied five-day professional development programme for officials, managers and specialists responsible for decisions, assurance and implementation. It connects technical methods with practical work products that participants can adapt to their own institutions.

The programme is hosted in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is designed for public institutions, donor-financed project teams, regulators and organisations that need documented decisions and reliable operational controls. The venue is a learning location, not a claim that a local institution is providing a confirmed technical visit.

Participants work with realistic but fictional case files covering procurement plans, evaluation criteria and clarifications. Exercises distinguish requirements that follow a particular financier or jurisdiction from general good practice. No project funding or nomination arrangement is implied.

The curriculum develops a continuous workflow from initial assessment and planning to evidence gathering, quality assurance, management reporting and institutional follow-up. It also encourages participants to identify gaps in existing policies before applying any international reference framework.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

  • Procurement plans
  • Market research
  • Bid documents
  • Evaluation criteria
  • Qualification
  • Advertising
  • Clarifications
  • Bid opening
  • Evaluation reports
  • Integrity
  • Complaints
  • Award decisions
  • Contract handover
  • E-procurement
  • Value for money
  • Audit trails

Each participant builds a portfolio of draft tools and a short implementation plan, with responsibilities, verification points and a timetable for management review.


The Growing Importance of Public procurement planning and tendering

Institutions are expected to demonstrate not only that activities have been completed, but that decisions are consistent, traceable and proportionate to risk. In public procurement planning and tendering, weak definitions, fragmented records and unclear accountability can make otherwise sound work difficult to defend or improve.

The reference materials listed below offer official frameworks relevant to parts of this curriculum. They do not establish that any named institution has committed funds to this course. Participants should check the rules governing their own country, employer and financed project before adopting the examples.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

  • Assess procurement plans using documented criteria
  • Assess market research using documented criteria
  • Assess bid documents using documented criteria
  • Assess evaluation criteria using documented criteria
  • Assess qualification using documented criteria
  • Assess advertising using documented criteria
  • Assess clarifications using documented criteria
  • Assess bid opening using documented criteria
  • Assess evaluation reports using documented criteria
  • Assess integrity using documented criteria
  • Assess complaints using documented criteria
  • Assess award decisions using documented criteria

Strong public procurement planning and tendering systems help organisations:

  • Improve the consistency of evaluation reports
  • Improve the consistency of integrity
  • Improve the consistency of complaints
  • Improve the consistency of award decisions
  • Improve the consistency of contract handover
  • Improve the consistency of e-procurement
  • Improve the consistency of value for money
  • Improve the consistency of audit trails

A workable system needs clear ownership, tested records and decisions that can be reviewed independently. The sessions translate these requirements into small, repeatable routines rather than a one-off report.

Test yourself 3 quick questions

1. Which approach best supports procurement plans?

2. Which approach best supports evaluation criteria?

3. Which approach best supports clarifications?


Who Should Attend This Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training?

This programme is designed for:

  • Ministry department directors
  • Government policy analysts
  • Project implementation unit managers
  • Project management unit coordinators
  • Technical assistance team leaders
  • Internal auditors
  • Compliance officers
  • Procurement specialists
  • Finance managers
  • Monitoring and evaluation officers
  • Data and reporting analysts
  • Programme quality assurance staff
  • Institutional development specialists
  • Public sector trainers
  • Development partner focal points
  • Consultants supporting public agencies

Participants should bring a description of one institutional process they wish to improve, without sharing confidential personal or commercial information.

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Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the institutional purpose and limitations of public procurement planning and tendering
  • Assess existing procedures against relevant documented requirements
  • Identify critical stakeholders and decision rights
  • Prioritise operational risks and quality weaknesses
  • Select appropriate methods and tools for the task
  • Document assumptions and supporting evidence
  • Design practical controls and review checkpoints
  • Use sample datasets or case files responsibly
  • Communicate findings to decision-makers
  • Prepare a proportionate action and resource plan
  • Monitor follow-up and adjust implementation

The emphasis is on demonstrable workplace outputs, with peer feedback and facilitator review of the methods selected.


Programme Contents and Structure

Your 5-day journey tap a day to see the sessions
    • Translate project activities into procurement packages
    • Define technical and performance requirements
    • Prepare procurement schedules and milestones
    • Assess market capacity and competition
    • Choose methods under applicable rules
    • Map procurement risk and approvals
    • Plan stakeholder and budget coordination
Full day-by-day contents

The five-day sequence builds from diagnosis to an institutional improvement proposal. Each day includes guided technical work and a documented practical exercise.

  • First Day: Procurement planning and market analysis
  • Second Day: Tender documents and competition design
  • Third Day: Bid management and evaluation practice
  • Fourth Day: Award decisions and procurement integrity
  • Fifth Day: Procurement assurance and improvement planning

Full day-by-day contents

First Day | Procurement planning and market analysis

  • Translate project activities into procurement packages
  • Define technical and performance requirements
  • Prepare procurement schedules and milestones
  • Assess market capacity and competition
  • Choose methods under applicable rules
  • Map procurement risk and approvals
  • Plan stakeholder and budget coordination
  • Draft a procurement strategy

Workshop: Procurement planning and market analysis application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Second Day | Tender documents and competition design

  • Prepare clear instructions to bidders
  • Develop qualification and evaluation criteria
  • Design technical specifications without bias
  • Set realistic delivery and contract conditions
  • Plan advertisement and pre-bid communication
  • Manage clarifications and addenda fairly
  • Build an evaluation methodology in advance
  • Review a model tender dossier

Workshop: Tender documents and competition design application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Third Day | Bid management and evaluation practice

  • Conduct compliant bid opening procedures
  • Check responsiveness and qualifications
  • Apply disclosed evaluation criteria consistently
  • Assess abnormally low bids with due process
  • Document committee independence and conflicts
  • Record clarifications and decisions
  • Prepare defensible evaluation reports
  • Simulate an evaluation committee meeting

Case Study: Bid management and evaluation practice application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Fourth Day | Award decisions and procurement integrity

  • Prepare an award recommendation and approval trail
  • Apply standstill and complaint rules if relevant
  • Plan debriefing and publication requirements
  • Identify fraud and collusion red flags
  • Handle confidential bid information
  • Coordinate contract finalisation and signature
  • Transfer tender risks to contract managers
  • Review an award and integrity checklist

Workshop: Award decisions and procurement integrity application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.

Fifth Day | Procurement assurance and improvement planning

  • Assess procurement performance indicators
  • Analyse delays and failed tender causes
  • Strengthen record management and audit readiness
  • Improve annual procurement plan updates
  • Introduce proportionate e-procurement controls
  • Define staff training and quality reviews
  • Develop procurement risk mitigation actions
  • Present an institutional procurement improvement plan

Capstone Exercise: Procurement assurance and improvement planning application

Working in small teams, participants apply the day’s methods to a fictional institutional scenario. They produce a short decision-ready artefact, record key assumptions, identify unresolved evidence gaps and receive structured feedback. The output is retained for the final institutional action plan.


Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training Methodology

Facilitators use short briefings, individual exercises and group-based problem solving. Case data are illustrative, with assumptions made explicit; the exercises do not represent an audit or certification of any real organisation.

The programme combines:

  • Expert-led technical briefings
  • Facilitated policy and process reviews
  • Anonymised or fictional case dossiers
  • Spreadsheet and template exercises
  • Small-group scenario analysis
  • Role-based decision simulations
  • Peer comparison of institutional practices
  • Guided risk and control mapping
  • Structured facilitator feedback
  • Daily learning reflections
  • Action planning and presentation practice
  • Reference checks against original standards

Participants can adapt worksheets to their own institution after reviewing local legal requirements, confidentiality rules and management approvals.


Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training, participants will be able to:

  • Present a baseline of current institutional practice
  • Produce a risk and issue register
  • Draft a quality assurance checklist
  • Explain key requirements to colleagues
  • Prepare a credible management briefing
  • Build an evidence and records plan
  • Identify priorities for staff development
  • Set measurable implementation milestones
  • Evaluate whether controls are operating as intended
  • Present an institutional improvement proposal

These are intended learning outcomes, not guaranteed changes in an employer’s systems or compliance status.

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Registration closes in 45 days (23 Dec 2026)


Institutional Application of Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

  • Ownership of procurement plans
  • Ownership of market research
  • Ownership of bid documents
  • Ownership of evaluation criteria
  • Ownership of qualification
  • Ownership of advertising
  • Ownership of clarifications
  • Ownership of bid opening
  • Ownership of evaluation reports
  • Ownership of integrity
  • Ownership of complaints
  • Ownership of award decisions

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

  • Documentation and review of evaluation reports
  • Documentation and review of integrity
  • Documentation and review of complaints
  • Documentation and review of award decisions
  • Documentation and review of contract handover
  • Documentation and review of e-procurement
  • Documentation and review of value for money
  • Documentation and review of audit trails

Institutions can use the draft outputs as a starting point for a tailored in-house programme, internal working group or management-approved improvement initiative.


Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

For teams working in Europe, public procurement planning and tendering can support public-sector assurance, regulatory alignment and accountable reporting. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Africa

For teams working in Africa, public procurement planning and tendering can support implementation capacity and evidence for financed programmes. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Middle East

For teams working in Middle East, public procurement planning and tendering can support institutional modernisation and governance of large initiatives. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Asia and the Pacific

For teams working in Asia and the Pacific, public procurement planning and tendering can support cross-agency coordination and delivery in varied operating contexts. The relevant rules and financing conditions differ by country and project, so the programme uses comparative methods without assuming a uniform legal or regulatory system.

Cross-regional group work lets participants compare practical approaches while protecting confidential institutional information.

The procurement cyclePlanSpecifyTenderEvaluateAwardManage
The procurement cycleMost contract problems are set up early, in planning and specifications, so the cycle is managed as one chain.

Host Country Profile – Vietnam

Hanoi in Vietnam is the established location for this programme. Training is designed around classroom exercises, group discussion and international peer learning rather than an unverified promise of access to a specific government agency.

The host setting allows participants to examine how public procurement planning and tendering can be organised in a professional training environment. Official frameworks and case materials are reviewed in class; a local organisation is not represented as a programme partner unless separately confirmed.

International participants should verify entry conditions for Vietnam using official consular channels based on their nationality and residence status. Travel routes, appointment availability, transit requirements and local arrangements can change, so visa assistance is advisory and entry is never guaranteed.


Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training Deliverables

The following support package and learning materials are designed to help participants prepare, take part and transfer the learning into their workplace.

Before the Programme

  • Participant Pre-Assessment
  • Public procurement planning and tendering Readiness Assessment
  • Public procurement planning and tendering Resource Pack
  • Preparatory Reading Materials
  • Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

  • Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
  • Accommodation with Breakfast
  • Welcome Networking Dinner
  • Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
  • Comprehensive Public procurement planning and tendering Training Manual
  • Procurement Plans Template
  • Market Research Template
  • Bid Documents Template
  • Evaluation Criteria Template
  • Qualification Template
  • Practical Workshops & Simulations
  • Group Discussions & Peer Learning
  • Daily Lunch and Refreshments
  • Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
  • Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
  • Field Visit (where applicable and confirmed)
  • Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

  • Certificate of Completion
  • Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
  • Post-Training Reference Materials
  • Procurement Plans Checklist
  • Evaluation Criteria Working Template
  • Clarifications Action Plan
  • Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
  • Programme Report

Institutions seeking a customised group version can request a tailored proposal. Participants may also explore the programme categories and institutional capacity diagnostic.


Common Challenges in Public procurement planning and tendering, And How This Training Helps

How can we identify the real capability gap?

The first day combines baseline assessment with stakeholder mapping so teams can distinguish a skills gap from a process or accountability problem.

How can we make decisions consistent and defensible?

The second day introduces documented criteria, practical templates and quality checks so reviewers can reconstruct why an option was chosen.

How can we improve data and evidence quality?

The third day uses case records and verification steps to help participants identify missing, contradictory or unreliable information.

How can we report complex findings to senior leaders?

The fourth day turns technical findings into concise management messages, supporting evidence and clear recommendations.

How can we coordinate teams across departments?

The programme defines decision rights, handovers and escalation points in a realistic institutional workflow.

How can we manage uncertainty without inventing precision?

Sessions require participants to document assumptions, limitations and alternative interpretations before making recommendations.

How can we sustain improvements after training?

The fifth-day capstone assigns owners, milestones, indicators and a follow-up review process to a manageable action plan.


Frequently Asked Questions

How can we identify the real capability gap?

The first day combines baseline assessment with stakeholder mapping so teams can distinguish a skills gap from a process or accountability problem.

How can we make decisions consistent and defensible?

The second day introduces documented criteria, practical templates and quality checks so reviewers can reconstruct why an option was chosen.

How can we improve data and evidence quality?

The third day uses case records and verification steps to help participants identify missing, contradictory or unreliable information.

How can we report complex findings to senior leaders?

The fourth day turns technical findings into concise management messages, supporting evidence and clear recommendations.

How can we coordinate teams across departments?

The programme defines decision rights, handovers and escalation points in a realistic institutional workflow.

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Why Hanoi for this programme

Hanoi, Vietnam, was chosen for this programme because it is easy to reach for the participants we expect and has suitable venues for practical, interactive training.

The Strategic Procurement Planning and Tender Evaluation Training in Hanoi programme in February 2027 brings together officials and professionals. Sessions combine short inputs, case studies and group work on participants' own files, and the city's institutions can be added as a study visit on request.

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What the fee covers

Visa Assistance (Complimentary)
Participant Assessment
Airport Pickup
Accommodation
Wi-Fi
Welcome Dinner
Breakfast
Workshop Kit
Programme Materials
Programme Experts
Practical Activities
Lunch
Refreshments
Interactive workshop
City Map & Direction
Risalat T-shirt
Field Visit
Programme Certificate
Entertaining Tour
Programme Report
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