H2O CONSULTANCY CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Our services

H2O CONSULTANCY CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

supports its clients in:

  • Developing the Contract Management function within their organisation.
  • Drafting contracts during the offer phases.
  • Contractual management during execution phases.
  • Preparing claim files for early and fair dispute resolution.
  • Assisting legal advisors and expert witnesses in arbitration or litigation procedures.
+    SUPPORT

Developing the Contract Management function within a company requires more than just implementing processes.

H2OICONSULTANCY enables the transition from theory to practice by developing and deploying tools and operating methods tailored to the company’s culture, challenges, and maturity level.

For each of our clients, we build a dedicated, pragmatic, and achievable development plan to standardise best practices. Some of our clients choose to include a custom training module to sustain their teams’ competency levels over time.

 

With H2OICONSULTANCY‘s support, our clients have: 

  • Optimised their ability to organise and respond to tenders.
  • Deployed the necessary tools for responsive contractual monitoring on large-scale projects.
  • Developed an operational method for handling contractual discrepancies, adaptable based on available resources.
+    OFFERS

Project contracts are complex to establish due to the multiplicity and sophistication of the mechanisms they contain. With their extensive project experience, H2OICONSULTANCY teams help companies identify inconsistencies and omissions that could lead to future disputes, delays, and additional costs.

The complexity of project contracts is often compounded by specific requirements related to the contract award process. These requirements pose risks for companies with little experience in the matter. H2OICONSULTANCY helps secure complex award processes – such as public procurement tenders – by conducting a comprehensive review of requirements and developing a custom clause guide to assist our clients at every step until the process is completed.

The award phase is essential to ensure the proper understanding of requirements by those responsible for executing the future project. H2OICONSULTANCY secures the success of this phase through precise and explanatory visual aids, specifically developed to be easily understood by individuals who may not have the necessary contract experience.

+    EXECUTION

Contractual management during execution phases plays a crucial role in the success of projects. Monitoring correspondence, potential discrepancies, modification requests, or additional work are tasks where Contract Management expertise makes a difference. It is often challenging for the project team to perform all these tasks in real-time.

H2OICONSULTANCY advises the existing teams and can integrate experienced Contract Managers to support the existing organisation and meet project management expectations.

The Contract Managers available for client assignments benefit from real-time support from our experts to assist them in executing the most complex tasks or those requiring specific expertise.

+    CLAIMS

Even meticulously planned, a project cannot be immune to all risks. When a risk materialises, the impacted party seeks compensation by issuing a claim. Preparing a claim file requires specific and multiple skills that must be duly mastered. An incomplete or poor-quality claim weakens the legitimacy of the request, complicating dispute resolution and potentially leading to litigation.

To achieve an early amicable resolution of disputes, H2OICONSULTANCY brings its expertise in preparing claims – from reconstructing facts to quantifying damages.

Our analyses are presented in clear and precise reports – explaining the cause-and-effect link for each step – that can be reviewed and understood without difficulty by individuals not directly involved in the project.

Our primary goal is always to provide a convincing explanation, demonstrating the facts and their consequences, to achieve an amicable settlement to the satisfaction of the parties.

+    DISPUTES

In case of arbitration or court proceedings, the ability to collect, sort, and analyse information in a timely manner is crucial.

H2OICONSULTANCY supports legal advisors and expert witnesses by providing the information and analyses they need to defend their clients.

Our experience and expertise allow us to conduct information collection and sorting campaigns, deploy and manage a document search solution (eDiscovery), and produce case-specific training materials within tight deadlines.

Our automated document processing solutions, enable us to extract and compile project documentation information in record time, confirming or refuting the positions held by the parties.

Due to our experience, our clients confidently delegate the overall coordination between legal advisors, project teams, and expert witnesses to ensure no action is left pending.

BACK OFFICE ORGANISATION

We process files remotely from our headquarters.

 Our clients transmit their data securely to us.

All of our skills are pooled together.

Communication and collaboration are optimised.

 

To ensure smooth remote exchanges, H2OICONSULTANCY is equipped with all the necessary technological tools for video conferences and secure document transfers.

Our back office organisation allows us to handle even the most complex cases with complete confidentiality, thanks to a team with a range of complementary talents.

By limiting our travel to the bare minimum, we optimise the carbon footprint of our activities, ensuring greater respect for the environment.

 

FRONT OFFICE SERVICES

Depending on the specific needs of our clients, we also support them on their various sites through the intervention of our experts. Our seconded consultants are supported by the headquarters teams and benefit from the central organisation and resources of H2OICONSULTANCY.

 

LINGUISTIC ENVIRONMENT

All our consultants are fully bilingual in French/English and many other languages.

Our achievements

Renewable Energies

Offshore wind energy

Offers

Assistance in negotiating a design-build-installation contract for an offshore wind farm project on the Atlantic coast.

extractive energy

LNG Project

Performance and claims

Providing consultants to assist the client’s contract management teams. Preparation of claim statements aimed at obtaining an extension of contractual deadlines and compensation for acceleration measures implemented by the contractor and its subcontractors.

infrastructures

Data center

Support

Assistance in awarding and executing works contracts for the construction of multiple data centres across Europe.

low-carbon nuclear energy

Nuclear Power Plant

Performance, Claims and Disputes

Providing contract management services for multiple stakeholders in the nuclear industry on nuclear power plant construction projects in France, Europe, and Asia.

Construction - Infrastructure

Port complex

Claims

Review of claims issued following a disruption in the execution of multiple construction contracts. The delay and disruption analysis conducted by H2OICONSULTANCY enabled an amicable resolution in just a few weeks.

extractive energy

Subsea project

Claims

Preparation of a detailed analysis to determine the responsibilities of each party in the cumulative delay since the start of the project.

Construction - Infrastructure

Industrial complex

Offers

Assistance in organising a public procurement Tender according to specific provisions imposed by the contracting authority.

Energy

eDiscovery support

Dispute

Implementation and management of an eDiscovery solution on the client’s site: organising the data collection campaign, administering the platform, training users, and preparing document production.

H2O CONSULTANCY TRAINING

L

H2O CONSULTANCY

Throughout its activity, H2O CONSULTANCY has resolved the most complex issues related to Contract Management.
These challenges have been catalogued according to the cases.
Specific training sessions on various topics have been designed and are offered to our clients.

L

BESPOKE TRAINING

We develop customised training for our clients.
We design the content based on the specific organisation of the Company and its approach to contract management. Each training session is created by H2O CONSULTANCY according to our clients’ corporate identity guidelines.
This integration is made possible by our in-depth knowledge of how our clients manage their contracts, as well as their internal organisation in this area. Depending on their preference, our clients either deliver the training we create themselves, or we travel to their various sites to conduct the sessions, with or without the presence of the training managers.

Whether H2OICONSULTANCY training programmes or bespoke courses, we have experimented over the long term with all sorts of modules:

  • Focused on the Purchasing function,
  • Focused on the Sales function,
  • Adapted to different experience levels,
  • Tailored to the  desired duration.

Our training sessions include case studies and are complemented by questionnaires for assessing the participants’ progress.

When our training sessions for our main clients are delivered, they are evaluated either internally or by independent organisations. The evaluation measures the impact of the training on the company, its perception by the participants, and assigns an overall score. This is based on criteria such as alignment with expectations, preparation and organisation, content, and pedagogy concerning both structure and delivery.

The overall score obtained by H2OICONSULTANCY is always between 97% and 100%.

We also offer coaching packages in the form of periodic group meetings or personalised follow-up for a Contract Manager.

For many of our long-established training programmes, these continue to be in use by our clients.

Through training sessions, coaching, and other services, H2OICONSULTANCY maintains close relationships with its many contacts and clients.

This long-term collaboration allows us to provide ongoing support to the trained individuals.