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Contract Template Overview
Instructions to create a New Contract Template
Add User Defined Components to Project Contract Templates
Create system alerts for contract steps

Contract templates can be set up at the group level for use within your group's external projects and applications. These templates can be modified at a project level to include project-only specific information. Changes to the contract at the project level will have no effect on the group template.  

For example - your group may have set contract templates for particular delivery agents or business partners. There may be contracts with Government bodies, contracts with community organisations and contracts with landholders. These three types can be added as customisable templates for your group within Enquire. The templates include things such as signature blocks, layout, logos, terms and conditions, contract section order and cover page layout. When applications or projects are entered into Enquire and a contract required to be exported, the project can indicate which template it will use for layout i.e Landholder for the projects with landholders.

Contract Page overview

When you begin to create a template you will see the following page. We have detailed instructions below on how to populate each part of the template.



Create a New Project Template

1. Log into Enquire. Select My Group from the drop down menu next to the Home button.

2. Select the Project Contract Tab and your current contract templates will be listed. To add a new Contract select Add Contract Type

Note: The next page is quite large and might take a moment to load.

3. Enter a Name or label for the contract template.

4. Cover page.

The Cover Page can consist of a title, an image and a detail block.Only one image can be uploaded, if you have multiple images (for example multiple logos) collate them onto one jPeg and then upload them. The image can also be placed either above or below the Detail Block.

The Detail Block can be written manually and with dynamic Project Details that do not have to be entered manually for your contract. For example, by selecting Project Title, the Project Title will appear in that location on your Cover Page.

If you would like more expand any of the Detail Blocks to view them full screen select the Edit full screen button ( ) on the right hand side of the detail block.
You can also hover over the to show any Helpful Hints.

5. Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions consists of the following elements:

a) Header Block - type your header into the Header Block and click on the relevant text field on the tool bar to insert it into the Header Block.  These text fields assist with text which are likely to change from one contract to the next, such as Agent Name and dates. 

b) Body - Type your text into the Body.  If you are cutting and pasting from MS Word we recommend you download the factsheet on using html in your template (PDF download) to assist in formatting. 

c) Signature Block

d) Page Header and Footer

The Header and Footer works in similar ways to the other Detail Blocks. You can set in Page Numbers, Project ID's and more. Remember this is a template and can be altered at the Project Level.

6. Sections

The sections area is where you construct what other parts, such as schedules (you have already created Cover page, Terms and Conditions) you would like to display within the body of your contract and in what order.

You can add as many sections as you like to your contract. To do this scroll; to the bottom of the page and click the Add Section button.

Enter in a Title for the section, the page orientation for the section and details for page header and footer if required.  Click Ok to save the section.

View the section under Current Contract Sections & Items. Once you have created a section, you then must indicate what Contract Items you would like to be included within the section. Drag and drop from the left hand side into the new section folder.  See the table below titled Available Contract Items explained to find out more about what information is contained in each Item.

By scrolling to the right hand side of the Current Contract Sections and Items you can also use the Up and Down buttons to move your Items and Sections. You can edit or delete the sections at any time by double clicking on the relevant Section, and changing the content.

Available Contract Items explained
Tab
Item
Content shown on Contract if selected
Overview Tab
Project Summary
Table Displaying:
  • Project Id
  • Project Name
  • Group Name
  • Delivery Area
  • Financial Job Code
  • Project Type
  • Project Manager
  • Project Description, Objectives/Outcomes and Benefits
  • Project Start and Completion Date
  • Project Status
  • Partners
  • Whether or no it is Australian Government Funded, QLD Government Funded or CfoC Funded
  • Whether it is available on Public Search
  Location Map
The map image from Enquire showing location
  Project Notes
Table displaying the list of comments left in project notes section of Enquire, as well as the date they were posted and who by.
Team/Partners Tab 
Project Managers
Table displaying the Project manager/s details:
  • Name
  • Telephone
  • E-mail
  • Group Name
  • Ext. Report
  Partners/Collaboration Agreements
 
Location Tab
Additional Information
Table displaying User Defined Fields with regards to project property
Alignment Tab
Project Alignment
Table displaying Aspirational Target, Resource Condition Target, Management Action Plan, Management Action and Relationship
Financials Tab
Previous Projects & Funding

  Project Funding Source/s
Table displaying the list of funding sources, how much was funded during each period and the total amounts 
  Payment Schedule from Tasks
Table displays the title, amount and due date 
  Project Cost
Table displays:
  • A list of each targeted activity (i.e. Fencing Posts)
  • Item (i.e. 150@ $9)
  • The inkind funds
  • Landholder cash
  • Group funds
  • Total cost
  Budget Breakdown
Table displays each cost line and it's Budgeted and Actuals for each period, as well as the total budgeted and actuals
Outputs Tab
Orphaned Outputs
Table displays:
  • The ouput code
  • Output title
  • Both units of measure
  • Total planned
  • Actual to date
  • Actual and outstanding
  • Individual output comments.
  Current Outputs
Tables displaying each current output (one per table). Displaying is:
  • Current time period
  • Project name
  • Output code
  • Output title
  • Unit of measure 1 & 2
  • Total planned 1 & 2
  • Actual to date 1& 2
  • Actual for next period 1 & 2
  • Outstanding 1 & 2
  • Output comments if available
  Completed and Closed Milestones
 
Tasks Tab
Gantt Chart
The Gantt chart built in Enquire 

 
  Project Task Actions
A table displaying:
  • Title of the project task action
  • Designated colour
  • Type of task
  • Timing
  • % complete
  • When last updated
  • Description and comments on it
  • People involved
Contracts Tab
Contract Parties
Table listing:
  • Parties involved (the group and delivery agent)
  • Their ABN numbers
  • Key contact within organisation
  • Key Phone Number and e-mail address
  Feedback to the Implementer
 
  Contract Type
Table displaying the confirmation of:
  • Received & signed from implementer/filed
  • Sent to implementer
  • Contract generated
  • Contract type saved
  System Generated Contract History
Table displaying the version number, date/time generated, who it was generated by and the contract file name (ending with .rtf)
  Special Contract Conditions
Numerical listing of the stated special conditions within the contract 
  Insurance
Table displaying if insurance is in place, if there is then it also displays the type and what it is insured for
Support Materials
Risk Management
 
  Resource/ Experience/ Qualifications
 
  Communication Activities
 
  M & E Plan
 
  Project Future Maintenance
 
  Advice Sought
 
Alerts Tab
Scheduled Project Alerts
Table displaying a list of the different message subjects, the date they were set for and the recipients of that alert
Attachments Tab
Attachment List
Table displaying:
  • The attachment name
  • Description
  • Type (template/factsheet/etc)
  • Audience (private/public)
  • The file name of it
  • File size
Legacy Contract
Project Identifiers
Table displaying the Project ID, Name, Description and Objectives / Outcomes
  Contractor
Table displaying:
  • The groups name
  • ABN
  • If GST registered
  • Phone number
  • Email
  • Address line 1 & 2
  • Suburb, State and Postcode
  Delivery Agent
Table displaying:
  • Delivery agent organisation name
  • ABN
  • If GST registered
  • Phone number 
  • Email 
  • Address line 1 & 2
  • Suburb, State, and Postcode 
  • Bank account details (BSB, Account # and account name)
  Project Manager(s) Details
The project manager(s) name above table that displays:
  • The organisation they belong to
  • Daytime phone number
  • Email
  • Address
  • Suburb, State and Postcode
  Start Date
Start date (Format = 01/12/2010)
  Completion date
Completion date (Format = 31/10/2011)
  Funds (Payment Milestones)
Funds (GST Excluded) and $ amount
  Funds (Project Costs)
Funds (GST Excluded) and $ amount
  Insurance
 
  Special Contract Conditions
Table listing the different special contract conditions stated in agreement
  Outputs
A table displaying:
  • Milestone description
  • Milestone period
  • Output code
  • Output type
  • Standard output
  • Unit of measure 1 and Budgeted amount
  • Unit of measure 2 and Budgeted amount

Please note that  whether the contract is being built for a Project or Project Application, the same content will be pulled from Enquire.

7. Select Save once you are happy with your contract template.  This template will now be available for all (external) projects within your group to use when extracting contracts from Enquire.

8. Templates can be edited from the Project Contracts tab. Click on the arrow beside the Contract template name to Edit or Delete the template.

Click here for instructions on how to select, edit, and download the contract at a Project Level.

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Add User Defined Components to Project Contract Templates

User Defined Components (UDCS) can be added to Contract t templates in the Sections area to add another level of customisation to your contracts. How Users Defined Components can be used for customisation will depend on your organisations requirements, you could include additional conditions to be signed off by relevant personal and contact information for suppliers and contractors. See our page on User Defined Components for more information about creating and managing them,

1. Select or create a Project Contract Template.

2. Navigate to the Sections area.Navigate to the Sections area. Locate the required User Defined Component on the left (under the Available Items area) and drag it into the folder on the right (under the Current Sections & Items area).

To remove a UDC from the template, select the down arrow next to its name and select Delete from the menu.

3. Select Save when you have completed creating or editing the Project Contract template.

4. When the document is exported, the User Defined Component will be included. In this example, we have in-depth information about a project site.

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Create system alerts for contract steps

1. Log into Enquire. Select My Group from the drop down menu next to the Home button

2. Select the Project Contract Tab.

3. Select the Alert icon for the relevant Contract step e.g Contract Type Saved.

2. Enter a message for the alert.

3. Enter the message to be sent. Use the drop down selections to insert automatic message data fields.

4. Select the roles to receive the alert.

5. You can create an alert and keep it inactive, or select Active to activate the alert.

6. Select Save.

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