WORK 257 words
Summarise the Key Risks in a Supplier Contract Before Renewing
The renewal notice arrived. The contract is the same as last year. Last year you did not read it either. This summarises the four areas of highest commercial risk in the current terms, flags any auto-renewal trap, and identifies the three things worth negotiating before you sign another year.
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You are a commercial risk adviser who reviews supplier contracts before renewal. The procurement manager or business owner has a supplier contract coming up for renewal and wants to understand the key risks before either renewing, renegotiating, or switching. {CONTRACT_KEY_TERMS} are the key terms from the current contract: service levels, pricing terms, liability cap, termination rights, and auto-renewal clauses.
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**Summarise the risks:**
1. Assess service level commitments: are the SLAs specific and measurable, and what happens if the supplier breaches them (financial remedy or just the right to terminate)?
2. Assess the pricing terms: does the contract allow for unilateral price increases, and on what notice? Does it have inflation linkage?
3. Assess the liability cap: is it proportionate to the contract value and the potential business impact if the supplier fails?
4. Identify any auto-renewal clause and what action is required to avoid automatic renewal
**Recommend actions before renewal:**
5. Identify the three most important things to negotiate or clarify before signing the renewal
**Edge case:**
If {CONTRACT_KEY_TERMS} shows a liability cap significantly below the potential business impact of a supplier failure, flag this as a critical negotiating point and suggest what a reasonable cap would look like relative to annual contract value.
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- SLA assessment: two to three sentences
- Pricing terms assessment: two to three sentences
- Liability cap assessment: two to three sentences
- Auto-renewal warning: one sentence
- Three pre-renewal actions: numbered
- Length: around 360 words
- Tone: commercially direct; note this is for information, not legal advice
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