This urgent needs occasionally occur due to a sudden change in circumstances. The process for selecting a replacement supplier must still be controlled. If there is a reason for normal processes to be waived, this must be fully documented and approved at a high level.
Reference: CIPS study guide page 7
LO 1, AC 1.1

Developing and using generic specifications is as import in the sustainable procurement process as it is in the traditional procurement process. During this stage, human/labour rights and environmental performance criteria should be translated into specifications that meet specific requirements of the specified outcome, desired by the procurement action.
The specification stage is key to all types of contract. Building in environmental and social considerations at this early stage, provides a clear indication to suppliers that sustainability is important to the UN organization.
Consider available alternatives which are less environmentally and socially damaging. Consider all the phases of a product's life cycle (e.g. production, transportation, maintenance, disposal, etc) when determining its cost and environmental impact. Assess the overall environmental and social integrity of suppliers by looking at their policies and practices.
Specifications which are output-based rather than input-based can increase supplier innovation, reduce waste and minimise harmful social and environmental impacts.
Reference:
- Sustainable Procurement
- CIPS study guide page 95-99
LO 2, AC 2.1

Construction procurement is particularly complex and risky. Forming a contract in construction may take lots of time and energy of both client and contractor. Therefore, standardisation in construction contract would help the buying organisation to save their precious resources. Furthermore, the wording of these model form contracts is accurate as it has been agreed among the professionals within an industry.
One of the advantage of using model forms of contract is the balanced of risk and reward allocation between the contractor, consultant engineer and the client.
Reference:
- An Introduction to FIDIC model contracts
- CIPS study guide page 139-147
LO 3, AC 3.1

Under a hire purchase arrangement:
* The finance company (Car Finance Services Ltd) buys the vehicle from the dealer and retains legal title.
* The customer (John) only obtains title after all instalments are fully paid.
At the time of the accident, John had only paid three months in advance and therefore did not yet have title.
The dealer has already sold the car to the finance company, and the transporter is just a carrier.
So Car Finance Services Ltd (C) held title in the vehicle.
Reference: CIPS L4M3 Commercial Contracting - Transfer of title and risk - credit and hire purchase arrangements.

An insurance policy transfers a risk from one party to another in exchange for payment, it does not transfer the liabilities from the insured to insurer.
Insurance policies are taken out as a form of protection against a specific risk or unfortunate occurrence. If one party indemnifies another to protect that other party in the event of a risk occurring then the indemnity itself is merely a statement of intent. There also need to be some mechanism of substance to back up that indemnity. This BACK UP is the insurance policy which can be relied upon to meet the indemnity being given. In fact, most indemnity provisions are backed up by insurance coverage.
Professional indemnity or liability insurance offers such coverage to professional advice or service providing individuals and companies ensuring protection against any legal costs and damages awarded as a result of claims relating to negligence. Whereas more general forms of liability insurance focus on direct forms of harm such as sustaining injuries, professional indemnity insurance provides a far more detailed and comprehensive form of coverage. The cover protects a firm or individual's liability relating to any financial loss caused by errors or omissions in the service provided as well as any alleged failure to perform on behalf of a client.
Goods in transit insurance does what it says on the tin, protecting any goods your business delivers or transports from place to place. The responsibility to pay the insurance premium is negotiable, it may belong to the supplier or the buyer.
Reference:
- Is that Covered? Insurance and Indemnity Clauses
- Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Goods in transit insurance
- CIPS study guide page 150-153
LO 3, AC 3.2