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Pre-Transition Contract Management Training
In June & July, the CIF hosted Pre-Transition Contract Management Online Training. The course was delivered three times, with 50 municipal and First Nation staff attending. The course was such a success, CIF is considering running it again in August/September.
If you would like to attend, please sign up for the waitlist here. Once we gauge the level of interest, we'll let those on the waitlist know the dates.
Course Description
Now you know when your community will transition to the new producer-led blue box system, but, in the meantime, what's the best way to address challenges in existing collection and processing contracts? Join us for an online training workshop to address pre-transition procurement & contract management related issues facing municipalities.
Objectives
- Understand your responsibilities as a contract administrator
- Understand roles & responsibilities of all contract parties
- Identify common issues & potential problems/pitfalls
- Understand potential responses to deal with contract deficiencies
Some example topics include:
- Price adjustments: renegotiating collection, processing, and/or service rates
- Scope of work adjustments: changing the list of targeted materials (e.g. remove glass)
- Addressing lack of competition: especially in rural areas with few local service providers
- "Off Ramp" clauses: early termination, extensions, reassignment, unbundling, and what to do if there are no off ramp clauses
The course
The course is being delivered in four, two-hour sessions over Zoom (8 hours total). There will be a mix of lecture, quizzes and interactive discussion. Participants will be required to complete a pre-course assignment prior to the start of the course. This is an opportunity to examine your existing contracts to determine their strength and limitations, as well as what to do if recommended clauses do not currently exist in your contract.
Participants of this course will be eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEU) in the
Datacall. Municipalities are encouraged to maintain a record of staff that attend.
What past attendees are saying...
What was the single most important takeaway from this training session?
- “That we have entered a whole different ballgame with respect to the entrance ramp to transition, and that contract monitoring should become more formal and be meticulously documented because of the enormity of the changes coming up.”
- “Change Management Provisions - I've already engaged with our in-house Legal on this.”
- “I am more aware of what the clauses are in contracts and how important it is to have them.”
- “The clauses discussed to change or terminate a contract as well as the more specific aspect of contracts.”
