Competency Module: Contract Management and Performance

In order to successfully earn a digital badge, learners must:

• Ensure all of the required duties and tasks, along with applicable legal clauses, are included in the final contract by consulting with end users and legal staff as required.
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of contract administration team members.
• Ensure that all parties involved in a contract are meeting identified deliverables, payment milestones, and terms as specified in the contract.
• Promote enhanced supplier relationship management through consistent, intentional, and effective communication.
• Describe how to create or customize terms and conditions in a contract to meet the needs of the entity.

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Entry-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as assistants, coordinators, buyers, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who are responsible for either the procurement function or staff who provide procurement functions under delegated authority.   

• Professionals who are employed by governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly-owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly-funded or created organizations) that either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

• Suppliers or representatives of suppliers seeking to understand the public procurement function from a holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.