BSBPUR402

Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to negotiate terms of contracts with suppliers, and prepare and finalise contracts.

It applies to individuals who negotiate contracts as part of a broad purchasing role but are not specialist legal practitioners. They are required to negotiate and formalise complex purchasing arrangements involving significant risk and/or significant expenditure and detailed legal and documentation arrangements and are typically guided by organisational contract negotiation guidelines. They work under minimal supervision of a senior purchasing manager or in consultation with senior management.

Unit mapping information

This unit supersedes BSBPUR402B Negotiate contracts

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Foundation skills

This unit contains foundation skills

Unit sector or competency field

Administration—Purchasing and Contracting

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

None specified.

Assessment conditions

Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in the administration – purchasing and contracting field of work and include access to:

• organisation policies and procedures
• purchasing strategies and relevant purchasing records
• office equipment and supplies
• case studies and, where possible, real situations

Assessors must satisfy NVR/AQTF assessor requirements.