Tacmin's PROCURE A MINE ENGINEERING SERVICE is aimed at assisting the Open Pit Mining Industry with Engineering Services on an outsourced basis as an alternative to employing Engineering personnel. This service is available to mineral and mine owners of green and brown field projects, and the cost to the Client, due to the offset in savings, results in no additional expense over the normal cost of the project. Services such as Engineering Maintenance is carried out at a fixed monthly fee more cost effectively than that of a mine engineering department.
 
ENGINEERING PHASE
 ENGINEERING PHASE - PROCUREMENT
TACMIN SERVICE OFFERING SUMMARY 
THE PROCUREMENT PLAN

The procurement process is initiated as early as possible and the procurement officer, as a member of the project team, becomes involved with the project during the feasibility stage but particularly during the design stage. The purpose of this early involvement is twofold:

To become familiar with the objectives, parameters and requirements of the project so as to be able to get more appropriate and project-specific information from the market

To provide the project team particularly mining, geology and rock engineering and engineering with the commercial input they require before finalising technical and design decisions.

Tacmin is involved in the feasibility and design phases

MANAGEMENT OF THE CONTRACT PROCESS

The objective is to assist the parties involved with managing the whole Contract Process. The continuous involvement of all parties to the contract is essential to the contract process.

Planning

Time schedules with milestone dates for occupation and completion
Lead times for mining equipment or the mobilisation of a contractor

Sourcing

Selecting most cost efficient contractors through benchmarking
Sourcing of suitable equipment suppliers for most economical equipment matches

Tender initiation

Agreements, tender documents, special conditions and specifications

Pre-enquiry

Scope of contractor's work
Project teams function in terms of assisting the contractor
Lead times and milestones for tenders submission, adjudication and evaluation

Enquiry

Schedules of rates
Scope of work
Reporting requirements
Site inspections

Adjudication

Contract mining / Owner operator mining tender adjudications

PROCUREMENT



PROCUREMENT PLAN


Tacmin is involved in the
feasibility and design phases




CONTRACT PROCESS




Planning

Time schedules
Lead times

Sourcing

Contractor selection
Equipment selection


Tender initiation

Agreements, tenders, specifications

Pre-enquiry

Scope of work
Contractors assistance
Lead times - tenders, adjudications

Enquiry

Schedule of rates
Bill of quantities
Reporting requirements
Site inspections


Adjudication

Tender adjudications

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