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Implementation consultants
Local contracts covered the implementation. Payment followed milestones. One offshore invoice did not cover on-site work.
Project background
An implementation needed consultants on site for months. Fees sat on one offshore invoice. Locally, the fact of being on site matters more than the letterhead.
Contracts were written in the country of the work, for the implementation term, paid on milestones, evidenced locally.
Profile
- Weeks on site and milestones are in the contract.
- The project manager directs the work without putting consultants on the permanent org chart.
- Payment follows acceptance, not a monthly salary label.
- An offshore invoice does not cover a continuous on-site presence.
Search timeline
First gate
Contracts in 10 business days
Second gate
Paid to close-out on milestones
Local contracts went out on business day ten. Payment followed milestones. At close-out the contracts ended. They did not roll into a run-team headcount.
CVs presented
Presented
4
Landed
4
Four implementation consultants on local contracts. All four ended at close-out.
What we took from it
On-site facts, contracts, and payment matched. Inspection can be shown local contracts and milestone evidence, not one offshore invoice.
If run-support is still needed after close-out, write a new seat and consider in-country employment. Do not roll the implementation contract.
For the next brief: refuse “one invoice for the lot.” Weeks on site sit on page one.