Contracts Engineering and Administration

 

Our Supply Chain Professionals have provided full life cycle contracts consultancy and support for many of the world’s largest Upstream Oil and Gas projects. Our in-house systems, procedures and personnel can provide clients with:

 

• Development of project contracting and procurement strategies.
• Preparation of tendering procedures and guidelines
• Pre-qualification of bidders and vendors
• Preparation of tender and bid documentation as part of clients integrated team
• Management of tender and bid process
• Detailed evaluation of tenders and production of recommendation reports
• Drafting of final contract documents
• Post contract administration and negotiation of claims and variations
• Dispute resolution
• Contract audits and compliance checks

Estimating and Project Controls

 

OGCS can provide Project Controls and Estimating expertise covering the full project life cycle, either on a single commission basis, as part of a Managed Service or by providing personnel seconded into the client’s team.

 

Capabilities include:

 

• Project Estimates
• Independent cross check estimates
• Development of project cost breakdown structures
• Project cost control
• Development and production of project cost reports
• Cost risk analysis
• Change control evaluation and management
• Management of reimbursable contracts
• Cost audit and project reconciliation

Planning and Scheduling

 

OGCS, along with our sister company Athena Project Services, provides a comprehensive range of Planning and Schedule Time Management for all sizes of projects.

 

These include:

 

• Development of project schedules on Primavera P6 scheduling software
• Analysis of contractor’s schedules
• Progress measurement and checking
• Resource planning and allocation
• Schedule claim analysis
• Ad-hoc schedule and progress reviews

Business and Process Support

 

OGCS can help clients to develop and improve their internal Contracts and Procurement procedures in the following areas:

 

• Development of Contracting and Procurement systems
• Drafting of procedures
• Provision of standard templates for processes throughout the contracting life-cycle
• Process mapping
• Provision of Contracts and Claims workshops

Risk Analysis

 

Schedule Risk Analysis is invaluable in providing management focus of Key Milestone outcome ranges and the subsequent communication with project stakeholders. OGCS can provide an independent Risk Analysis of Project Schedules through our established approach:

 

Develop a Schedule Model

• Identify Uncertainties and Risk Ranges through workshop structured interviews
• Analyse the model with Monte Carlo simulation
• Provide comprehensive report to support management decisions

 

Cost Risk Analysis provides a range of results and is used to support management in establishing levels of Contingency, meaningful KPI’s and expected project cost outcomes. OGCS can provide an independent Analysis of Project Cost Estimates through our established approach:

 

Develop a Cost Model

• Identify Uncertainties and Risk Ranges through workshop structured interviews
• Analyse the model with Monte Carlo simulation
• Provide comprehensive report to support management decisions