CWC23015 - Contract Management System

City Wolverhampton Council needs a centralised system that enhances visibility and transparency of the councils contracts, data, documentation, and outputs, in accordance with approved Governance and pre-determined access rights. The system will need to support and enhance the councils Contract Lifecycle Management Strategy, process, and procedures to drive an efficient, effective, and proactive approach to CLM , particularly in pre and post procurement activities, centred around but not limited to duration, cost, risk, performance, variation, dispute, contract expiry, exemption requirements and close out management. In addition, the system will be able to project potential future requirements, as well as facilitate the ability to publish the councils contract register, in line with legislation and as required, informing FOI requests. Configured for ease of identification of the different contract types and their associated tiering and subsequent management requirements including the capture of SMART Key performance indicators and operational management is a prerequisite. Furthermore, the system will need to integrate with all the councils interrelated systems including those that manage e tendering and financial related data documentation to enable the smooth transition of related and, where possible, real time information. The system needs to not only accommodate the councils current requirement but also have the scope to support continuous process improvement.