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  • Client Journey Guide for supplies and services contracts

    Topics:
    • Procurement, 
    • Public sector customers

    Date published: 10 July 2019

    Last updated: 13 May 2025

    Construction & Procurement Delivery (CPD) has provided a helpful guidance document for clients who require a supplies or services contract. 

    The guidance document explains your role, and CPD's role, from commissioning a contract, through the procurement stage and award of contract, and then in contract delivery.

    Topics covered in this guidance include:

    • preparing the business case
    • preparing the specification document
    • pre-market engagement
    • agreeing the procurement strategy
    • preparing to manage the future contract
    • the selection and evaluation stages
    • the award of contract, and contract handover
    • managing the supplier's delivery
    • tackling poor performance
    • making changes to contracts
    • contract expiry

    Documents

    • Client Journey Guide – supplies and services contractsAdobe PDF (542.29 KB)
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