Think of the goal as being an outstanding Works Information.....

Whether you are writing the Scope (for PSC), Service Information (for TSC), Works Information (for ECC), Good Information (for SC) and so on, a key deliverable must be an outstanding document that is produced, ready to go to tender. Is it clear, unambiguous, contains minimal subjective requirements, covers all the constraints and so on? Just how proud are you of this document at the point you go to tender? Don't rely on the tender stage to put the poor document right, don't assume the poor contract management team will have nothing better to do post-contract than to put right what should have been right in the first place either.

Use the how to write the (WI/SI/Scope) NEC3 guides as a basis, but they can only ever be a starting point that captures some good practice. Just how good is your tender document? Do you get supplier feedback and is there a post-contract review? What do we learn from the process?

The goal has to be an outstanding starting point - we either get this right and have an easier contract management experience allowing us to actually manage, or we get it right in the end through multiple changes post-contract and ensure the contract management process is 'interesting' (for that read chaotic)!

Rob