Supplier Agreements

A 'contract' for a service type defines the relationship (agreement) between the client organization and the supplier organization. Contracts in the system are data collections that include fee rates, billing information, and so on, and allow the system to perform workflows related to both parties. These data collections are specific to a client organization, with data settings defined at the client location level.

Note: The 'contract' in the system defines the agreed upon details for the service type between the client and the supplier in the system. Actual (physical) contract documents, as well as supporting tax and insurance documentation, are uploaded to the system in the supplier's Contracts & RFIs section. For more information about document control and maintenance, see Agreements and RFI Documents.

Supplier service types determine which requisitions are released to supplier organizations based on the client organization configuration and the MSP organization configuration. Requisitions only are sent to a supplier/vendor if the client organization is under contract, or the supplier is added manually the requisition by an MSP. The supplier must also be under contract to fill the requisition type (staffing or project).

You can define the order in which a supplier is notified of a submitted requisition through tier definition. For more information about tiers, see Supplier Tiers.