A contract
Follow a contract's signing, counter-sign it, change its details, and complete, replace, terminate or withdraw it.
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A contract's page shows its details, its signatories and everything that has happened to it. The
Actions panel lists what you can do with it now.
Labels that name Milestone use your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.
What you see
Details:Title,Contract Number,Contract Category,Contract Manager,Contract amount,Start date,End date,Bank accountandTags. SelectEditbeside a detail to change it. TheContract amountshows the contract's currency code, such asNZD 48,500.00.Signatories: each party's signatories and whether they arePending,SignedorDeclined. TheDetailstab also lists the contract'sVariations, with any applied indexation among them by date, and itsKey dates, such as aRenewal notice dateandReview dates. At its foot, theAutomationspanel lists the last ten times an automation fired for the contract and what each action did;Show allopens the full log filtered to it. See Automations.Milestones: the milestones linked to the contract. On an indexed contract the table gainsBase,UpliftandIndexed.Obligations: what the contract commits each party to, with its owner, due date and status. SelectAdd obligationto add one.Versions: every document version, such as the one frozen at send, the signed snapshot, and any uploaded or replaced document. SelectDownloadon one.History: everything that has happened to the contract.Exportsaves it as aCSVorExcelfile, using the filters the tab shows; you needCan generate reports. See Export one record's history.Requests: requests the applicant has made on this contract. See Contract requests.Conversation, beside the contract's title: messages with the applicant about this contract.
Sign and complete
Counter-sign Contractadds your signature. Your profile signature is used. The signatories before you must sign first. Once the last administrator signs, the contract is executed.Download Contractdownloads the current document.Completemarks the contractCompleted.Replace Contractuploads a PDF that becomes the current document. Earlier versions are kept.
Apply indexation
A contract with indexation terms shows Indexation due when a contract year is ready to apply.
Select Apply indexation to preview the year's new amounts and apply them. See
Indexation of contract payments.
Change the bank account
Open the bank account options to change it. With review enabled, a change needs a second person to
approve it: it shows Change pending review until then. See Field reviews.
Ask for a repayment
Select Request repayment to ask the grantee to return money, with the amount, a reason and a due
date. The Repayments panel lists each request with its remittance reference and status, and offers
Record receipt and Waive. See
Ask a grantee to repay.
Terminate or withdraw a contract
- Select
Terminate ContractorWithdraw Contract. - Give the
Reason. Only administrators see it, and it is never printed in the letter. - Write the letter: choose a
Letter template(its text is copied in; edits never change the template) and theLetter Signatory. - On
Review or send, chooseSend the letter now(it goes to the contract's signatories who are not administrators) orSend for review, where another administrator checks the letter and may edit it first. You canFinish later.
While this is under way the contract shows as terminating or withdrawing to administrators; its
signatories keep seeing the status it had. Withdrawing also stops any further signing. Until the
letter is sent, Revert termination returns the contract to its signed status, and
Revert withdrawal returns it to being drafted with every signature cleared.
See also
This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.
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