Contract Insights

Government contract management can be divided into three overarching phases: procurement and acquisition planning, the sourcing and award, and post-award contract administration.  The first two phases typically enjoy the most time, attentiveness, and financial investment.  However, the neglect of the third stage - post-award management - as a tertiary duty can leave your organization unsupported and en route toward needless compliance violations, increased risk variables, and missed opportunities.  It could be argued that the post award contract process is the most essential stage for your government organization, but it has notoriously been abandoned to insufficient visibility and a lack of allocated resources.  Read this article to learn how to face the challenges of post award contract management head on with an actionable post award contract management software solution.

Robust purchase management software can decrease administrative costs, increase accountability, enhance communication and asset management, and assist your organization in operating efficiently and effectively.  Trusted purchase order software can assist your organization in making better purchasing decisions with full asset lifecycle management.  As you continue on through procurement month, read on to learn eight hot tips for expedited and unified purchase order management in 2021 and beyond.

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This blog post was updated on March 3, 2021.

Pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations have a lot on their plate.  Unfortunately, many organizations lack an efficient process to handle a myriad of contracts, clinical trials, promotions, supplies/goods, regulations, and compliance standards.  Consequently, these organizations may leave themselves unprotected from potential increased risk, delays, compliance violations, wasted time, and squandered revenue.  Here’s how to improve life sciences and pharmaceutical contract management with accelerated contracting and compliance management.