Contracting Lifecycle system

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  "date": "2026-07-23T11:56:48+01:00",
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    "name": "BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)"
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    "description": "The British Council is looking to develop and maintain a Contract Lifecycle Management solution for an initially small team but the requirement has the capacity to grow as other teams come on board. \nAs a minimum, mandatory requirement, we are looking to implement an off the shelf, Software as a Service solution which will have configurable elements, but which would not require any bespoke development.  \nFull functional and non functional requirements are outlined in Supplier Response document.",
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