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Broken Relationship – Contract Termination Evidence Preparation

Where you are terminating early because the supplier has not delivered what you expected, it is critical your evidence stands up to independent scrutiny.​

What we deliver

  • Independently assured evidence. A proven approach to assess the evidence of your supplier’s failings, and the degree to which you can rely on that evidence to exit early from the relationship and contract.

How you will benefit

  • Reduces stakeholder uncertainty. Provides internal stakeholders with better clarity and certainty of where your evidence supports an early termination at minimum risk and cost and where challenges are likely to exist.​

  • Commercial reality. The evidence review will also identify where there is a clear ‘causal link’ between the supplier’s poor service delivery and the financial damages incurred by your organisation. You can then determine whether an early termination is commercially appropriate.​

Key elements of assuring your contract termination evidence preparation

The specific areas of supplier poor delivery

Review the evidence where you perceive the supplier has not delivered to your expectations. We schedule these appropriately for clarity in supplier communication.​

Supplier “Expert Responsibilities”

We use our understanding of the supplier’s “Expert Responsibilities” to provide clarity of ambiguous expectations to minimise supplier arguments.​

Your responsibilities to the supplier

We assure whether your own team has provided appropriate support to the supplier so it could deliver to your expectations. ​

Contract terms review

We review the contract terms and schedules to determine which terms will help you terminate early and on what basis. We also look for conflicting terms that will create challenges.​

Quantify your costs and losses

Supplier liability for poor delivery and the losses caused need very different approaches. We assure that any losses calculated can be tied back directly to supplier poor service delivery.​

Liaising with internal/external legal teams

Because we also act as court appointed Expert Witnesses, we can bridge the gap in understanding between the technical teams and legal teams to assure evidence.​

Your own behavior in escalating problems

We review how you have communicated service problems to your supplier and the degree to which they align with the written contract terms and schedules.​

Senior management participation

We assess the degree to which your own and supplier’s senior management teams have tried to resolve matters between them and any impact on the evidence.

Evidence Preparation is only one element of the BPG ‘Optimise’ method

Evidenced by over 500 complex relationships, it can be implemented quickly to improve service innovation and drive down BAU costs

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Drive maximum value

Contract Termination Evidence Preparation, helps support the 10 characteristics that drive maximum value in complex supplier relationships.

A brilliant project outcome

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