Procurement Complaints and Disputes
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Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
*This is an interactive recording, which allows you to claim all your annual CPD points
Chair: Anubhav Madan, Head of Procurement, Local Government Procurement
Procurement Complaints and Disputes
- The bases for complaints about the conduct of procurement processes, including the Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018
- The remedies available to complainants, including damages and injunctions
- The duties owed by public servants in resolving disputes over procurement processes, including those imposed by the Legal Services Directions
- Case studies to illustrate best practice in advising on the resolution of disputes over procurement processes
Presented by Patrick Collins, Special Counsel, Maddocks
Presenters
Patrick Collins
Patrick has been advising Australian governments on commercial law matters for 15 years and has a deep understanding of the public sector operating environment as well as the applicable laws and best practices (having been an in-house Government Lawyer for many years). This year, Patrick was a finalist in the Australian Law Awards, for Special Counsel of the Year. Patrick is known for his practical and pragmatic advice, responsiveness to clients’ needs and achieving outstanding results for his clients. Patrick has extensive experience in providing legal and probity advice on government procurements and grant processes, drafting commercial contracts, conducting complex contract negotiations, advising on the construction of complex commercial contracts, resolving contract management issues and conducting alternative dispute resolution for contract disputes.
Anubhav Madan
Anubhav joined Local Government Procurement in November 2020, having spent about the last 10 years providing procurement consulting services to both private and public sector organisations. In his last role in NSW Procurement within NSW Treasury, he was focused on architecting and supporting state-wide procurement reform initiatives that support and deliver election commitments, while creating value in professional services by architecting the Business Advisory Services (BAS) standard commercial framework and improving procurement operations for professional services across the state. Prior to that, Anubhav has been focused on architecting and driving procurement transformation initiatives to improve procurement value, capability and profile across various public and private sector organisations since 2004 across Asia, USA and Australia. With a degree in Computer Engineering from Singapore, and trained in Entrepreneurship from Stanford, he also has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and is an alumnus of London Business School (LBS). Most recently he has attained an MCIPS status. In this role as the Head of Procurement, he and his team support in excess of $800M in spend under contract working with over 900 suppliers supporting the NSW Local Government sector. His focus is on optimising contrcts, compliance and overall procurement activity within the Local Government sector to provide greater value to both buyers and suppliers in the sector.