Introduction to Commercial - ITC

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This course sets out the fundamentals of policy and legislative frameworks surrounding commercial process.  It explains the legal elements of a contract and the use of approvals processes and business cases, competition stages, single source regulations and legal challenges.  It is set primarily in a MOD context and introduces the department’s contract purchasing and finance system, but against a broader backdrop of the roles and responsibilities of civil servant commercial officers that have wider applicability.

• be able to identify legal elements of a contract and how they are related to a policy and regulatory framework
• understand the principles of an approvals process and its supporting business cases, competition and single source contracting
• understand the role of a commercial officer and their interaction with industry

This course is recommended for MOD Commercial staff. It is strongly recommended that attendance is completed within the first 3 months of joining the Commercial Function and no later than 6 months.