Delivering Savings Through Better Contract Management
As the public sector spending squeeze starts to bite, and the trend towards greater reliance on external providers (private companies, CSOs or mutuals) to deliver public services gathers pace, organisations need to place added emphasis on contract management to help drive out costs while ensuring front line services are maintained.
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After attending the workshop, delegates will have the following:
•The ability to understand, identify and apply a range of techniques and frameworks for monitoring contracts
•In-depth knowledge of the critical success factors in good contract management
•An appreciation of which aspects of a contract can or should be renegotiated
•An awareness of how to balance innovative thinking, align conflicting interests, introduce best practice (from public/ private sectors), and change the behaviours of colleagues and contractual partners to achieve better service outcomes
•An understanding of how contract management can drive performance improvements and reduce cost of delivering public services
•The skills to understand and monitor your organisation’s supplier risk profile to ensure continuity of service, and to identify and manage critical supplier relationships in order to improve chances of success
