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Contract Compliance Audit
A contract compliance audit checks whether billed prices, fees, renewal terms, volume tiers, discounts, and credits match the governing agreement in effect at the time of billing.
- Tie each variance to the contract clause, rate sheet, invoice line, payment record, and effective date.
- Separate clear overcharges from issues that need business, procurement, or legal review.
- Use the evidence package to decide whether outreach is appropriate and who should approve it.
Contract fields to extract
- Effective dates, renewal dates, termination rights, notice periods, pricing exhibits, discount schedules, and volume tiers.
- Approved fees, excluded fees, pass-through rules, service levels, credits, rebates, and audit rights.
- Entity, location, business unit, account, and vendor identifiers that connect the agreement to the invoice population.
Compliance findings that need judgment
- Ambiguous contract language where outreach should ask for support rather than accuse the vendor of overbilling.
- Savings opportunities where market or prior-period pricing suggests a negotiation but not a claim.
- Disputes that require procurement or legal approval before recovery outreach.