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Insights into contract management
Articles on contract management, AI and facilities. Written for the people who manage contracts and suppliers.
28 aug 2026Managing contract changes: how to keep your invoice correctIn early January, a stack of indexation proposals lands on your desk. A cleaning provider reports 6.2 per cent, a caterer 4.8…27 aug 2026Invoicing additional work in a contract: where the discussion really startsIt is the 5th of the month. On your desk lies an invoice with the line 'additional work week 34, €3,200'. No…27 aug 2026Procurement and contract management platform: which layer does what?"We already have AFAS, so why add something else?" As a contract manager or buyer, you will get that question from the…25 aug 2026Cleaning cost reconciliation: from budgeted hours to an invoice that adds upCleaning cost reconciliation is the process of explaining, after the fact, why reality differs from your budget, and turning that into an…24 aug 2026SIAM in practice: managing multiple suppliersYour organisation decided to move from delivery to oversight. In practice that means managing eight suppliers where you once had two. Every…21 aug 2026Software to manage outsourced services (where your ERP stops)Your ERP knows exactly that you have a cleaning contract worth 380,000 euros per year, which supplier delivers it, and that it…20 aug 2026Framework agreement duration in tendering: from 4 to 5 yearsThe duration of a framework agreement in a tender is currently four years at most, unless you can properly justify a longer…19 aug 2026Procurement thresholds 2026: more contracts to monitorFrom 1 January 2026, the European procurement thresholds for 2026-2027 have been lowered. As a result, contracts become subject to European tendering…17 aug 2026Contracts registered? Why you still need softwareContract management software begins where your registration ends. Your contracts sit neatly in a folder, the start and end dates are correct,…14 aug 2026Monitoring KPIs for Outsourced Services: Steering or NoiseMonitoring KPIs for outsourced services means measuring what leads to a correction, a penalty or an improvement agreement. Not every number in…13 aug 2026Contract management software cost: an honest calculationYou request a quote for contract management software and get back: "price on request". Or a per-user, per-month rate that looks reasonable,…12 aug 2026Contract registration versus contract management: where control beginsYour contracts are neatly registered. Terms, suppliers, amounts: it is all in your ERP or spend system. Yet your cleaning supplier calls…11 aug 2026Wage cost increases and service contract indexation: is your invoice correct?A wage cost increase in a service contract runs through the indexation clause. A supplier may pass on higher wage costs, but…10 aug 2026Framework agreement duration in tenders: from 4 to 5 yearsThe maximum duration of a framework agreement in a tender may increase from four to five years. On 10 July 2026, the…5 aug 2026Contract management software costs: work out what you really payYour CFO asks the only question that matters: what does it cost and what does it deliver? You open three supplier websites…4 aug 2026Planning a facility tender starts with your contract dataPlanning a facility tender does not start on TenderNed, it starts with your own contract data. You only know which contract should…3 aug 2026Which KPIs really matter for outsourced contractsYour supplier's monthly report is full of green ticks. Response time met, resolution time within target, satisfaction comfortably above par. Yet a…31 jul 2026Tracking contract notice periods: never miss an end date againTracking a contract notice period does not start at the end date, but months before it. If your cleaning contract ends on…30 jul 2026Choosing contract management software for outsourced servicesYou have just missed another renewal. The cleaning provider raised its rates with an indexation you could not verify, because the supporting…29 jul 2026Professionalising Facility Contract Management in Four StepsYou know it can be done better. Cleaning, catering, security and maintenance are all outsourced, spread across dozens of contracts. They sit…28 jul 2026Contract Management for Healthcare Organisations: The Layer Next to Your ERPContract management for healthcare organisations is about steering the content of your outsourced contracts. Your ERP records the invoice, the term and…27 jul 2026Public procurement threshold of 75,000 euro: more contract managementThe public procurement threshold in Belgium is rising to an estimated value of 75,000 euro. On 30 April 2026, the Belgian Council…24 jul 2026An SLA in your contract is not SLA monitoring. This hits your invoiceYou negotiated hard. The cleaning supplier maintains a quality score of at least 7.5. Complaints are handled within 24 hours and the…23 jul 2026Contract management in Excel: where it breaks down from ten contracts onwardsFive contracts in one tab. Start date, end date, supplier, amount. Every Monday morning you scroll through to check what needs attention.…22 jul 2026SLA monitoring software: from monthly reports to real-time controlYou are in the quarterly review with your largest cleaning supplier. On the table sits a report the supplier drew up themselves.…11 jun 2026AI contract management: from PDF to structured dataYou have dozens of contracts on file. Cleaning contracts as scanned PDFs, maintenance contracts in Word, SLA appendices living somewhere in a…
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