SmartSupply tm ICT supply Legal services

Richard Pryor & Associates offers a full range of services and documentation to assist suppliers of ICT related products and services.

A significant number of ICT suppliers suffer cashflow problems or financial collapse as a result of slower than anticipated sales cycles.  SmartSupply ^tm provides solutions that significantly shorten the time-line from proposal to contract formation, reduce the resource and other costs of closing deals and accelerate the commencement of customer payments.

general services provided for ICT vendors include:

• Business model reviews.
• Proposal templates incorporating terms and conditions.
• A full range of contract templates to cover the supply of products, services and licensing.
• Intellectual property (“IP”) reviews and audits.
• Strategies for acquisition, protection and commercialisation of IP.
• IP assignments.
• Contractor development agreements.
• Trade mark and domain name advice.
• Internet related documentation.

bid support services for ICT vendors include:

• Bid negotiation team structuring.
• Teaming agreements.
• Proposal risk analysis, risk allocation and risk mitigation strategies.
• Preparation of responses to Requests for Proposals and Tender documents.
• Advice and recommendations on preferred approach to contract issues.
• Planning and executing negotiation strategies.
• Leading or supporting negotiations including acting as negotiation session chair-person.
• Tracking and reporting on open/closed issues.
• Preparing sub-contractor agreements and ensuring back-to-back support from sub-contractors.
• Drafting revisions of agreement(s) to reflect matters agreed during negotiations.
• Reviewing scope definitions to identify and minimise ambiguities.
• Providing legal “sign-off” on finalised agreements.
• Assisting the project manager with respect to contract issues during project execution.
• Negotiating and documenting variations.
• Assisting in the resolution of any project issues.
• Advising with respect to warranty period issues and providing ongoing assistance with respect to issues that may arise after the warranty period (eg. disengagement on contract expiry)

ICT supply work has included:

• Advising a diverse range of large to small suppliers with respect to their business models and standard proposal and contract documentation.
• Assisting ICT vendors to respond to RFPs and tenders for many types of products and services.
• Negotiation and documentation services for the licensing, implementation and support of a wide range of software products across a broad range of industry and government sectors.
• Advising, negotiating and drafting documentation relating to the South Australian government whole of government outsourcing arrangements.
• Providing advice and documentation with respect to various internet and SMS related businesses including logistics support systems, national radio station network websites, social networking websites, spatial information SMS services and websites related to health and workers compensation.
• Advising, negotiating and drafting documentation relating to the establishment of a hosted system for processing motor vehicle registrations and payments.

For further advice on ICT supply, contact Richard Pryor – richard@pryor.com.au