Guidance

Contract management professional standards

Guidance to help any civil servant who works with third-party suppliers or contracts, even if this is only a small part of your role.

From:
Civil Service, Cabinet Office and Government Commercial Function
Published
22 February 2018
Last updated
23 July 2019 — See all updates

Documents

Contract management professional standards

PDF, 6.57 MB, 39 pages

Details

This guidance is to help you when working with contracts and third party providers in government.

It outlines the technical and relationships skills to demonstrate with your suppliers. These skills are at three capability levels called Foundation, Practitioner and Expert, which are not based on your Civil Service grade.

All training and accreditation is based on these Standards, so they give you a headstart.

Please read them alongside Civil Service Competency Framework, Civil Service Leadership Statement and The Civil Service Code. For more detailed guidance, please see the cross government Contract Management Best Practice Guide.

Updates to this page

Published 22 February 2018
Last updated 23 July 2019 + show all updates

  1. Replaced Contract Management Professional Standards Version 1.0 with Contract Management Professional Standards Version 2.0

  2. Update to summary

  3. First published.

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