Purchasing and Supply Chain
Contracts
Contract Management After Signature
Realise the value that was negotiated, and handle variation, dispute and exit without losing it.
- Duration
- 3 days
- Contact hours
- 18
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- On enquiry
Overview
Value is negotiated at signature and lost during delivery. This programme covers the operational discipline of contract management: mobilisation, performance regimes that are actually enforced, variation handled before it becomes a dispute, and exit planned from the start.
Who should attend
Contract managers, supplier relationship managers, and operational leads accountable for supplier performance.
What you will be able to do
- Mobilise a contract so obligations are understood on both sides.
- Operate a performance regime that is enforced rather than reported.
- Handle variation and change before it escalates.
- Plan exit and transition from the outset.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 3 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
Mobilisation
- Obligations register
- Governance and meeting structure
- Baseline and early warning
- Relationship and escalation routes
Day 2
Performance and variation
- Measures that drive behaviour
- Enforcing a remedy
- Variation before dispute
- Records that support a claim
Day 3
Dispute and exit
- Escalation and resolution
- Termination grounds
- Exit and transition
- Lessons into the next contract
What you leave with
- A mobilisation checklist and obligations register.
- A performance regime with defined consequences.
- A variation process with authority thresholds.
- An exit plan template.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 25 November 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R12,000 |
| 30 November 2026 to 2 December 2026 | Windhoek, Namibia | Classroom | R12,000 |
| 7 to 9 December 2026 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R12,000 |
| 14 to 16 December 2026 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Classroom | US$1,200 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.