Two-Day Public-Sector Workshop
AI in Public SectorContracting
Use AI to draft, review and manage contracts more efficiently—while retaining the judgment, oversight and accountability public-sector decisions demand.
Serving Singapore’s public sector since 2004
Why This Matters
AI Can Accelerate the Work. It Cannot Own the Decision.
AI can produce a convincing clause, summary or recommendation in seconds. But when an output overlooks an obligation, misallocates risk or conflicts with procurement requirements, the consequences remain with the officer and agency—not the tool.
Polished Can Still Be Wrong
AI can present inaccurate assumptions or unsuitable clauses in language that appears authoritative.
Summaries Can Conceal Omissions
A concise summary may leave out an obligation, exception or condition that materially affects the agency.
Risk Can Shift Quietly
Small changes in warranties, indemnities, liability or termination rights can significantly alter the agency's exposure.
Procurement Boundaries May Be Missed
AI may not recognise the approval limits, procurement requirements or governance context surrounding a decision.
Informal Changes Can Create Exposure
Operational instructions, emails or vendor discussions may create commitments before formal variation approval is obtained.
Accountability Remains Human
The officer who recommends, approves or acts on an output remains responsible for the resulting decision.
The Capability Gap
The Guardrails Are Clear. Contracting Judgment Is Harder.
Public officers already have access to approved AI tools and guidelines governing their use. Those safeguards establish important boundaries, but they cannot determine whether a particular clause protects the agency, a summary has missed something critical or an AI-assisted recommendation should be acted upon.
The capability gap lies between generating an output and making a defensible contract decision. Closing it requires AI know-how, contract knowledge and public-sector judgment to work together.
AI Can Produce
- ✗A professionally worded clause
- ✗A concise contract summary
- ✗A comparison of vendor terms
- ✗A list of potential risks
- ✗A negotiation recommendation
- ✗A proposed course of action
The Officer Must Decide
- ✓Whether it protects the agency and allocates risk appropriately
- ✓What has been omitted, understated or taken out of context
- ✓Which differences matter and what consequences they create
- ✓Which risks are credible, material and within the officer's authority
- ✓Whether it supports the agency's objectives and approval boundaries
- ✓Whether to accept, amend, reject, document or escalate it
About This Workshop
Use AI Across the Contracting Lifecycle—Without Losing Control
This two-day workshop equips public officers to apply AI across contract drafting, review, negotiation preparation, vendor management, variations, breach and escalation.
Participants learn to interrogate AI outputs, identify overlooked contractual and procurement risks, and decide what can be used, what must be changed and what requires specialist review.
- 01Draft and Review Faster — Use AI to prepare, summarise and compare contract content more efficiently.
- 02Detect Risks Earlier — Identify omissions, inconsistencies and unsupported assumptions before they influence a decision.
- 03Manage Beyond Award — Address vendor performance, variations, informal commitments and potential breaches.
- 04Retain Decision Ownership — Know what to accept, amend, reject, document or escalate.
Who Should Attend
For Officers Whose Work Shapes Contract Decisions
Designed for public officers involved in preparing, reviewing, recommending, approving or managing contracts. No legal, procurement or AI qualification is required, although relevant work exposure will be helpful. It is especially relevant to officers who already use or expect to use AI to support contract-related work.
What You'll Gain
Make Better Contract Decisions with AI
Move beyond generating contract content. Develop the ability to evaluate it, challenge it and act on it responsibly.
Apply AI Purposefully
Support drafting, review, comparison, negotiation and contract administration.
Interrogate Outputs
Detect inaccuracies, omissions, inconsistent terms and unsupported assumptions.
Evaluate Contractual Risk
Assess obligations, risk allocation and the consequences of proposed terms.
Decide and Escalate
Determine what to accept, amend, reject, document or refer for specialist review.
Why This Workshop Is Different
More Than AI Prompts. More Than Contract Theory.
This workshop brings together AI capability, contract knowledge and public-sector accountability within one practical learning experience.
Programme Outline
From AI Output to Accountable Contract Decision
Follow the contracting lifecycle across two practical learning days.
1. AI in Public-Sector Contracting
- AI applications across the contracting lifecycle
- Suitable uses and practical limitations
- Common forms of inaccurate or misleading output
- Human oversight and decision ownership
2. AI-Assisted Drafting and Contract Review
- Drafting and revising contract clauses
- Summarising lengthy agreements
- Comparing vendor terms and proposed changes
- Testing outputs for omissions and inconsistencies
3. Contract Terms, Risks and Negotiation
- Contract formation and key obligations
- Clause review and risk allocation
- Practical consequences of proposed terms
- AI-assisted negotiation preparation
1. Procurement, Confidentiality and Governance
- Public procurement requirements and approval boundaries
- Responsible AI use in contract-related work
- Confidentiality and sensitive information considerations
- Recognising when specialist review is required
2. Contract and Vendor Management
- Monitoring obligations and vendor performance
- Managing variations and scope changes
- Applying change-control requirements
- Preventing informal commitments from creating contractual problems
3. Breach, Escalation and Defensible Decisions
- Identifying potential breaches
- Considering remedies and dispute prevention
- Escalating legal, procurement and operational concerns
- Documenting recommendations for management and audit review
Your Trainer
Where Contracting Experience Meets AI Judgment
Yang Yen Thaw is a multidisciplinary practitioner whose work sits at the intersection of law, management, technology and organisational risk. He has advised on governance, contracts, commercial risk and organisational decision-making, and his current focus is helping decision-makers clarify authority, escalation, accountability and defensibility where AI, data, regulation and operational pressure intersect.
He has authored multiple books on AI, data protection and digital transformation, spoken on AI and Law at the State Courts of Singapore, and delivered training to officers from agencies including MHA, MOH, CSA, IMDA and PDPC.
A Registered Management Consultant and Certified Information Privacy Manager who holds a Bachelor of Law and both Advanced Certificates from the Institute for Adult Learning, he translates complex legal and technological issues into practical considerations for non-specialists. This enables participants to evaluate AI-assisted contract work through the connected lenses of law, operations, risk and accountability.
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AI in Public Sector Contracting | 29–30 Oct 2026
29–30 Oct 2026 · 09:00–17:00 · Amara Singapore