{"id":3111,"date":"2011-10-03T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2011\/10\/03\/services-contracting-how-to-avoid-the-many-pitfalls\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T08:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T12:07:01","slug":"services-contracting-how-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/services-contracting-how-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Services Contracting:  How To Avoid The Many Pitfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It happens all too often. A buyer who has done reasonably well in procuring goods gets assigned to a services contracting\/procurement role.<\/p>\n<p>And then the trouble starts with that buyer\u2019s first services contracting project.<\/p>\n<p>The supplier doesn\u2019t complete its work on time. The deliverables don\u2019t match what the internal customer was expecting. There is a dispute over the contract language.<\/p>\n<p>If only there was a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to avoid learning the pitfalls of services contracting the hard way.<\/p>\n<p>Well, there finally is!<\/p>\n<p>Next Level Purchasing just released our new online Express Course series, \u201cSecrets of Painless Services Contracting.\u201d These two courses \u2013 called \u201cSecrets of Painless Services Contracting, Part I\u201d and \u201cSecrets of Painless Services Contracting, Part II\u201d \u2013 cover pretty much everything a procurement professional needs to know to successfully procure services: scope of work writing\/review, demystifying supplier performance time tricks, managing liability and legal issues, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/services-contracting-how-to-avoid\/\">Secrets of Painless Services Contracting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/individuals\/membership\/\">Become a member<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Recommended Reading<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Contract Review Checklist<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Contract Termination Letter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Eliminating the Pain Out of Contract Management<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Is Contract Management a Critical Process?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><b>NLPA Learning<\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>:<\/b>\u00a0Looking for authoritative procurement templates, tools, webinars, and more? 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