SW-122001 - USA (Washington) - Contract Lifecycle Management Solution - Deadline December 18,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide contract lifecycle management solution.– Visibility, dashboards, and communications for every contract:– Our top priority is real–time visibility into every contract, including its current status and location,complete history and communications, and workloads across the university and within each office.– Complete routing and negotiation history: every stop the contract makes, including returnsbetween offices, the requesting department, and the external party, with internal and externalrouting, redlining, and negotiation managed within the system.– University–wide dashboard: total contract activity, volumes, cycle times, and aging across all offices and contract types– Intelligent intake:– We envision a single intake process with routing across multiple offices.– One entry point for every contract type, available to all campus users through single sign–on.– A guided, plain–language questionnaire with conditional questions that shows only what applies, determines whether a contract is needed, and identifies the contract type.– Risk–based contracting and best practice:– System must apply a consistent risk framework so low–risk contracts move quickly while high–risk contracts receive the appropriate level of review.– AI–powered clause and template intelligence:– Clause search and replace: search for specific language across our templates and executed contract portfolio and update it to standard language.– Deviation detection: compare counterparty paper and returned drafts against our templates, clause library, highlighting any departure.– Unmarked–change detection: identify changes the other party made to our document.– Special contract routing:– Many contracts need review and approval from specialized offices beyond the contracting office.(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than November 20, 2026.