Build the skills to govern complex contracts after award: control changes, manage performance and payment, handle variations and early disputes, and close out contracts with lessons captured.
Most contract value is won or lost after signature. This advanced course focuses on the post-award phase, where experienced contract managers must interpret obligations, administer changes, monitor performance, certify payments and keep relationships productive under commercial pressure. It looks at contract governance structures, the roles of the contract owner and contract administrator, and the records and communication disciplines that protect an organization's position when circumstances change. Participants learn to spot early warning signs of failure and to intervene before problems become disputes.
The course is highly practical. Participants analyze extracts from real-style contracts, prepare change orders and notices, build a contract management plan and work through escalation scenarios in small groups. Discussion draws on experience from service, supply and construction contracts so that participants can apply the methods across different contract types. Delivered as a classroom or live online program in Doha, it can also run as an in-house program for organizations, using their own contract templates, governance arrangements and current contract issues as case material.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Design a contract management plan defining governance, roles, reporting and key obligations
Interpret complex contract provisions and translate them into practical administration tasks
Administer variations and change orders while controlling scope, cost and time
Monitor contractor performance against KPIs and apply remedies proportionately
Manage payment, retention, securities and financial controls under the contract
Resolve emerging disagreements through structured escalation before they become formal disputes
Close out contracts effectively and capture lessons for future agreements
The course is designed for practitioners who already administer contracts and now carry responsibility for larger or more complex agreements.
Contract managers and senior contract administrators
Project and commercial managers
Quantity surveyors and cost engineers
Procurement professionals moving into post-award roles
Legal and compliance staff supporting contract governance
Contract owner, contract manager and administrator responsibilities
Building a contract management plan and obligations register
Kick-off meetings and setting communication protocols
Document control, correspondence and record keeping
Contractual change mechanisms and authority to instruct
Valuing variations and agreeing time impacts
Preventing scope creep and informal instructions
Change registers and approval workflows
KPIs, service credits and performance review meetings
Interim payments, certification and retention
Performance bonds, guarantees and advance payment securities
Liquidated damages and other contractual remedies
Recognizing early warning signs of contract failure
Tiered escalation and negotiated settlement
Mediation, expert determination and dispute boards
Suspension and termination: rights and risks
Completion, acceptance and final account procedures
Release of securities and outstanding obligations
Post-contract reviews and lessons learned
Feeding lessons back into templates and sourcing
Many organizations in Qatar manage long-term service, maintenance and construction contracts that run for years and involve several contractors and subcontractors. In energy, utilities, healthcare and government services, the quality of post-award administration strongly influences cost, reliability and public value. As Qatar continues to develop national capability under Qatar National Vision 2030, employers need contract managers who can govern agreements confidently rather than relying on external advisers for routine decisions. This course supports that development.
Join a scheduled class at our training center in Doha or attend live online. For organizations, the course can run as an in-house program at your premises or online, tailored to your sector, case studies and timetable.
It is an advanced course on managing contracts after they have been awarded. It covers governance, change control, performance and payment management, securities and remedies, early dispute resolution and close-out, using practical exercises based on realistic contract extracts.
It suits contract managers, senior contract administrators, project and commercial managers, quantity surveyors and procurement staff moving into post-award roles who already have working experience of contracts and want to manage complex agreements more effectively.
No. The methods apply to service, supply and construction contracts. Examples are drawn from several contract types, and participants are encouraged to bring their own contract challenges so that discussion reflects the agreements they actually manage.
Yes. Leaders Training Center can deliver it at your premises or online, tailored to your organization's sector, examples and schedule, including your own contract templates and governance processes. Contact Leaders Training Center to plan the program.
Tell us a little about yourself and an advisor will contact you about batch timings, fees and eligibility. No obligation.
Sat–Thu: 09:00–22:00Fri: 08:00–22:00
Learn to prepare, assess and respond to contract claims, including notices, extension of time, delay and disruption, and quantum, and to resolve claims through negotiation or formal procedures.
Learn to choose the right procurement route, run a fair and well-documented tender, evaluate bids transparently and set up collaborative partnering arrangements that support successful contracts.
Follow a contract from start to finish: plan and tender it, administer it during execution, and evaluate its results, so you can manage each phase with a clear, repeatable method.
Understand how commercial contracts are formed and structured, read key clauses with confidence, recognize risky terms and know when to involve legal advisers before you sign.
