Project/Contract Review & Negotiation
CCL's aim is to ensure that our clients interests are protected at all times and as such help many of our clients to purchase IT solutions at the best possible price and ensure that clear unambiguous terms are in place for the delivery of that solution to our clients business.
The broad activities set out below are generally undertaken to assist our clients to complete this objective.
Business and Project Review
Enabling CCL to quickly become acquainted with the client's project and objectives by reviewing:
- Project File
- Current Specification of Requirements (SOR)
- Suppliers Proposals
- Management Team's Aspirations
Specification Development
Ensuring the requirements for the solution and the delivery of the solution benefits are clear and unambiguous:
- Development of SOR
- Work shopping of SOR and planned process improvements
- Development of a "final" SOR and solution delivery plan for negotiation with potential supplier/s
Contract and Commercial Negotiations
Ensuring a structured objective win-win process, to complete the negotiation of pricing, and terms and conditions in the shortest possible timeframe:
- Preparation of key content principles document
- Preparation of supplier/s for negotiation
- Preparation of detailed Project Initiation Document (PID), which will confirm
- Project scope
- Objectives and deliverables
- Risk register
- Roles and responsibilities
- Costs and benefits
- Prepare high level project plan for inclusion in contract schedules
- Benchmark suppliers pricing
- Support through negotiation meetings (or leading if required)
- Briefing in house legal council or external legal representations
