Course Code	CM-I
Description:	This course is for users of the DE&S Contract Management Tool. Topics covered include: RCA Workbench, Approvals Workflow and Contract Management - Finding RCA's; Raising, Submitting and Approving Requirements for Contract Action (RCA); Allocating to a new ITT Schedule ; Pre-qualification Questionnaires, Adverts, Requests for a Quote, PFG Advice, Invitations to Tender, Offers of Contract, Rules Based Drafting; Requests for Amendment (RFA), Proposed Changes and ITT Amendments, Tender Responses, Commercial Evaluation-Bids and Compliance, Revise or Confirm; Splitting Tenders, Finding /Copying Bids, Contract Award and Declines, Bringing a Contract into Being, DEFFORM 57; Contract Amendment process, DEFFORM 57A; Contract Compliance Matrix, Forward Pricing Programme; DEFFORM 132 and Contract Reports.
Aim:	To introduce the Contract Management Tool to Commercial users that underpins Commercial Function Competence 4-Contract Process.
Duration:	5 days non-residential.
Pre-Requisites:	Completion of the Commercial Awareness & Practitioner Programme On-line Training (CAPPOL) modules and workshops.
Designed For:	DE&S Commercial Officers.
Objectives:	By the end of the course delegates will be able to understand and use: • RCA Workbench; • Approvals Workflow; • Contract Management Tool.
Related Learning:	• Commercial Awareness & Practitioner Programme On‑Line Training (CAPPOL); • Commercial Practitioner Workshop 1 (CPW1); • Commercial Practitioner Workshop 2 (CPW2); • Contract Management Refresher Training (CM-R)