Common use of Contracts With Service Providers Clause in Contracts

Contracts With Service Providers. The lead commissioner shall be required to agree a contract with each third party provider regarding the outcomes they are to deliver. Contracts with third party providers should: • Take account of the requirements of the relevant current plans of the respective partners and the actions agreed in response to external review; • Include a requirement that the service provider develop a detailed service plan, which covers how the provider intends to achieve the said outcomes and the risk associated with not achieving them. • Require the provider to regularly measure progress against achieving the outcomes and to report this to the Host Partner at a frequency to be agreed • Require the provider to provide an improvement plan in the case of significant under or over performance. • Include a process whereby outcomes may be added/removed as a result of changing needs.

Contracts With Service Providers. The lead commissioner shall be required to agree a contract with each third party provider regarding the outcomes they are to deliver. Contracts with third party providers should: •  Take account of the requirements of the relevant current plans of the respective partners and the actions agreed in response to external review; •  Include a requirement that the service provider develop a detailed service plan, which covers how the provider intends to achieve the said outcomes and the risk associated with not achieving them. •  Require the provider to regularly measure progress against achieving the outcomes and to report this to the Host Partner at a frequency to be agreed •  Require the provider to provide an improvement plan in the case of significant under or over performance. •  Include a process whereby outcomes may be added/removed as a result of changing needs.