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0050 - The Provision and Implementation of a Contract Lifecycle Management System
Notice number: 00570031-2026
KEY INFORMATION
- Submission deadline
- • Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Contracting authority
- An Post_391
- Accepted Languages
- English
- Tender type
- Services
- Contract Value
- Published date
- Aug 18, 2026
TENDER DESCRIPTION
AN POST invites suitably qualified economic operators for the provision and implementation of a comprehensive Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, to be delivered as a SaaS solution with customization capabilities. The core scope includes a robust CLM technology solution supporting contract request, drafting, negotiation, e-signature integration, repository management, obligation and renewal tracking, reporting, audit trails, and advanced features like AI-assisted review. Key implementation services cover discovery, solution design, configuration, data migration, integration with critical enterprise systems (such as ERP, Finance, Procurement, and CRM), testing, training, and ongoing support, all focused on enhancing contract visibility, control, governance, and compliance. The strategic objectives are to improve contract performance, reduce manual effort, and ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory obligations. The contract has an initial duration of five years, with optional extensions up to a maximum total of fifteen years, and requires bidders to demonstrate a minimum annual turnover of €2,000,000 for two of the last three audited financial years, alongside…
TENDER BRIEF
The contract duration is for five (5) years with an option for one or more extensions of up to an additional ten (10) years, at AN POST's discretion, making the maximum possible duration fifteen (15) years. The procurement documents also refer to "obligation, milestone and renewal management" as part of the CLM solution capabilities, indicating that there will be milestones within the contract, but specific dates or details for these milestones are not provided.Question: What is the contract timeline?
Context: Contract start date, end date, total duration, and any key milestones or phases mentioned. Return null if not stated.
The contract has an initial duration of five (5) years, with an option for AN POST to extend it by up to an additional ten (10) years. This means the total maximum duration of the contract could be fifteen (15) years. While the documents mention "obligation, milestone and renewal management" as part of the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution capabilities, specific contract start dates, end dates, or detailed key milestones and phases are not explicitly stated.
Sources
- 11_0050 - Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.docx — “not intend to mandate a specific innovation pathway at PQQ stage. The requirements contained in this notice are indicative only, are not exhaustive and are subject to change in line with the business needs and ongoing op…”
- 22_0050 - Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.pdf — “award criteria questions. Page 9 of 71 Classification: Public an post Pre-Qualification Questionnaire 2.2 Duration of Contract and Form of Contract Tender Reference: 0050 The Contract, the subject of this competition is…”
- CLM (Contract Lifecycle Management) solution
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
- Finance systems
- Procurement systems
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
- Document management systems
- Identity management platforms
- E-signature platforms/integration
- Risk systems
- Compliance systems
- Reporting systems
- Legal technology
- Workflow solutions
- Contract management solutions
- Document automation solutions
- AI-assisted review (where available)
- Structured implementation services
- Project governance
- Requirements management
- Configuration
- Customisation
- Development
- Testing
- Data migration
- Integration design and delivery
- Training
- User adoption
- Change management
- Transition to support
- Post-implementation support
- Data cleansing
- Data validation
- Information governance
- Information security approach
- Data protection approach
- Service resilience approach
- Access management approach
- Auditability
- Regulatory compliance
- Programme management
Sources
- 12_0050 - Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.pdf — “should have experience integrating CLM or comparable solutions with enterprise platforms, which may include ERP, procurement, finance, identity and access management, document management, e-signature, CRM, risk, complian…”
- 21_0050 - Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.docx — “implementing or supporting CLM or comparable enterprise workflow, legal technology, procurement technology, contract management or document automation solutions. Candidates are not required at this stage to evidence iden…”
- 38859243_Contract notice - sectoral directive, standard regime_0.pdf — “expected to include the supply of a CLM technology solution together with associated services for configuration, customisation, integration, data migration, testing, training, transition, support and ongoing optimisation…”
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DIRECTORY • 5 FILES
- 3_c4t_8859243_1.xml824 BXML
- 2_0050 - Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) - Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.pdf10.6 MBPDF
- 8859243_Contract notice - sectoral directive, standard regime_0.pdf2.0 MBPDF
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