Contracts Management - Creating and Managing Contracts

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  • Navigate the Contracts Dashboard

    The Contracts Dashboard is the central location to find and create contract records and access associated reports. This article provides a comprehensive overview of how to ...

  • Understanding Contract Types: Standalone vs. Panel Contracts

    This article explains the core contract types used in the Contract Management System: Standalone Contracts and Panel Contracts. Understanding these definitions is essential...

  • Contract Management Role Definitions

    This article explains the advanced contract roles available in the system and outlines what each role can access and perform during the contract lifecycle. Contract Manage...

  • Create a Contract Record (Contract Setup)

    This article provides the step-by-step process for entering a new contract into the system, which ensures clean data for reporting and registers the contract with an Active...

  • Create a Contract from an Awarded Supplier Response

    Users with access to Go to Market and Contract Management can automatically create new contracts from awarded supplier responses to reduce double handling and human error. ...

  • Contract Statuses in Contract Management

    This article summarises the available statuses for a Contract record, detailing what each status represents in the contract lifecycle and how it affects system functionalit...

  • Manage a Contract

    Once a contract is set up, users with the necessary permissions can view and manage key contract details, budget information, and second-party records. Use this article to ...

  • Extend a Contract

    This article explains how to record and exercise extensions for Standalone and Subcontract records. Use this process to manage contract duration and any associated value in...

  • Add a Variation to a Contract

    This article explains how to record variations to Standalone, Subcontract, and Head Agreement contracts to update their price, duration, or terms and conditions.Prerequisit...

  • Add Compliances to a Vendor

    You can add a compliance (such as a certificate of currency) to a Vendor record in Advanced Contract Management (ACM) and link it to one or more contracts. Use this process...

  • Linking Vendor Compliances to a Contract

    This article provides the step-by-step instructions for linking an existing vendor compliance record to an active contract. This should be done to manage and track the comp...

  • Contract Details Events Table

    The events table, located in the Details tab under the Events section of a contract, lists all the key events, their types, and associated dates that are linked to the spec...

  • Manage a Schedule of Rates

    A Schedule of Rates allows you to capture deliverables and milestones for your payment schedule within a specific contract. Use this to track claim amounts, completion perc...

  • Payment Certificate Overview

    A Payment Certificate is used to formally record and track payments against a Contract that has a Schedule of Rates. It provides a detailed breakdown of amounts claimed, am...

  • Replace an Existing Vendor on an Contract (Novation)

    Novation lets you replace an existing vendor on an contract with a different one. This task is typically used when the party responsible for fulfilling a contract changes.P...

  • Manage Contract Registers

    This article explains where you can find and configure the various sets of contract registers. Contract registers are organised into functional areas like Legal, Tracking, ...

  • Manage and View Contract Documents

    Use the Attachments area on a contract record to upload, organise, and view documents relevant to your contract. The viewing mode for these documents adjusts based on the c...

  • Enable and Manage Vendor Contract Access

    The advanced version of the Contracts Management module allows Vendors to access an online portal to view contracts and, if permitted, perform activities such as raising va...

  • Viewing and Managing Contracts as a Vendor

    This article outlines the actions Vendors can perform in the Contracts Management module via their dedicated portal, helping Buyers (Organisations) understand the vendor ex...

  • KPI Uplift in Contract Management

    The KPI functionality in Contract Management has been updated to provide better utility and improved usability, including new dashboards and an updated default vendor scori...

  • View Role Allocation History for a Contract

    The Allocation History feature stores a record of all role re-allocations for a specific contract. Viewing this history allows you to track exactly who was assigned to a co...