Contract Management Guide - CIPS

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ContractManagementGuideContractManagemen tGuide2Intr oductionandscope3De fin ition3Importance of co ntra ct manag eme nt3Acti vities4Up stre amor pre -award activities4Downs tr eamor postaward activities26Ack nowledgements36Bibliograp hy36Introdu ct ion and sco peThisgu ideis in ten de d to cover all th oseactivities associatedwi th contra ctma nagementfromth e establishment ofthebu sinesscasean d th e confirmationof need , th roughcontr actadministrati onandre lationshipmanag ement to therev ie w of Contract pe rfo eactivities themselves are dividedin to twodis tin ct butinterdep en de nt phases,ups tr eaman d do wn str eamof theawardof gu id e is generic in tha t its pr in ciplesare int en de d to be applicable to allcontrac ts froma simple or de r, th rou ghfra meworkcontractsto co mplexconstru cti onor servicecontr

Activities The foundations for effective and successful post-award contract management rely upon careful, comprehensive and thorough implementation of the upstream or pre-

  Management, Contract, Contract management