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Contracting and Supplier Performance Management Procedures

PRM03

Defines contract preparation, contract approvals, contract variations, supplier performance monitoring, delivery acceptance and contract file requirements. Includes supplier due diligence and onboarding, segregation-of-duties controls, procurement planning and threshold guidance, conflict-of-interest declarations, and a complaint and dispute resolution mechanism.

What changes

Improved contract control, stronger supplier accountability, better management of delivery and performance risks, and a clearer route for resolving supplier disputes.

What you get

  1. Contracting and supplier performance management procedure
  2. Supplier due diligence and onboarding form with approved supplier list
  3. Contract approval and variation form with thresholds
  4. Supplier performance and delivery acceptance scorecard
  5. Supplier complaint and dispute resolution log

What has to come first

Who is involved

From the National Society's side. This is what the engagement asks of your people.

Your own staff work alongside the adviser throughout, so this is a commitment of their time as well as the Centre's. Ask in the request and you are given the day estimate per role before anything is signed.

RoleWhat they do
HNS Finance DirectorOwns contracting controls
HNS procurement officerRuns onboarding, contracts and monitoring
HNS programme and budget holdersDefine needs, accept delivery
HNS Secretary General and approversApprove contracts, per thresholds
SuppliersOnboarded, contracted, monitored
GFDC delivery teamDrafts and advises

How it is measured

IndicatorTargetEvidence
Contracting and supplier performance procedure approved and issued Approved within 8 weeks of kick-off Approval record; issued procedure
Active suppliers onboarded through due diligence to the approved list 100% of active suppliers Approved supplier list; onboarding forms
Contracts with approval, COI declaration and a complete file 100% of new contracts Contract files; approval and COI forms
Supplier disputes logged and resolved within target time 45 days Complaint and dispute resolution log

Standards

  • COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework
  • Recognised procurement and contract-management practice

Describe the problem, not the service

You do not need to know which of the 124 to ask for.