You are required to produce and present a Procurement Plan identifying the benefits and risks associated with the procurement of goods, services and utility provision necessary for the delivery of a sustainable data centre to help facilitate the expansion of engineering and design for local businesses, with a recognition of their need for enhanced digital infrastructure, and thus demonstrate your ability tocritically apply modelsof a professional procurement function in a local project environment.

The challenging economic factors at work in the current global supply market is generating a huge operational and economic pressure on global Supply Chains for the delivery of high quality and affordable goods, services and utilities. Using the STEEPLED Model and other appropriate academic models, consider the possible risks and benefits that might affect the procurement of goods, services and utilities for the delivery of the project recognising your demand for equipment and materials supplied by manufacturers based globally including both China and the USA. Due to the local interest in the project, ensuring an analysis of ethical supply chains and compliance with sustainable legislation and best practice is also a necessity.

You have the choiceto come up withany design of the data centre to benefit the community.

The presentation should be no longer than 15 minutesand you are expected to produce a set ofPowerpointslides to go through during your presentation.