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The Appian Contract Writing solution combines the best qualities and features of Appian Award Management with contract writing capabilities and workflows, to provide a single application that allows you to streamline your procurement writing process. Its flexible and configurable architecture makes it easy to configure the solution, and tailor it to meet the needs of your organization’s unique contract writing needs.
With CW, your contracting professionals can create contract documents, capture key line item details, enter custom contract text, and manage the contract file. It provides a comprehensive view of the solicitations and awards created by your organization, which improves visibility and allows you to keep your procurements on track. The best news is it can be ready to deploy within weeks.
This page provides a quick overview of all the benefits of Appian Contract Writing and what it has to offer. Want to know more about using the Contract Writing solution? Check out the topics in Using Contract Writing starting with the Quick Start User Guide.
A wizard guides you and your end users through the data entry process for your contracts, which helps ensure data accuracy in your contract documents.
Create checklists, workflows, and reviews that will automatically assign checklist tasks to groups and assignees based on data entered. Add, edit, rearrange, and reassign your checklist items or review items as needed when you create your solicitation or award.
Combine disparate data from legacy processes, different sources, and checklists into a single application to enable collaboration within your organization. Break down barriers in your procurement process and clarify the status of your procurements through solicitation and award summaries, checklists visibility, and progress indicator.
Create, upload, manage, and collaborate on your contract documents and templates directly in the application. Create and edit formatted contract text, so it can be easily incorporated into your legal document.
Use efficient and intelligent capabilities to quickly find the data you need. This includes both Product Service Codes (PSC) and NAICS codes as well any referenceable data unique to your agency.
The application consists of two main work spaces that are made up of two different sites: the Contract Writing Site and the Contract Writing Settings Site.
The Contracting Writing site allows users to:
See Contract Writing Quick Start Guide for an overview of the most common views and actions you will use to manage your procurement workflows.
The Contract Writing Settings site allows business users to manage solicitation and award checklists and review processes, including managing item categories, items, and checklists.
From the front end of the application, the Contract Writing Settings site allows business users to:
Ready to get started? Check out the navigation to see all of the content covered in the Contract Writing documentation.
Contract Writing Overview