Monday, December 27, 2021

The Resourceful Reporter, Part 11: Contractor Appraisals

Contractor appraisals assess the performance of a hired contractor or vendor to help a business decide whether to continue a relationship with the product or service provider.

  • Overview – Products or services vendor provides to business, duration of service, relevant contractor data (e.g., number of employees, physical locations, annual sales, market reach).
  • Scope – Framing of appraisal in terms of contractor-business relationship (e.g., geographical or practical areas, offered services, delivery). 
  • Standards – Criteria for measuring contractor (e.g., quality, communication, delivery). 
  • Performance – Contractor's achievement level in each category.
  • Evaluation – Qualitative (e.g., satisfactory) or quantitative (e.g., 4 of 5) assessment for each category and summary assessment.
  • Recommendation – Decision of whether to continue, terminate, or modify business relationship with contractor.

Other reports in this series are:

  1. Meeting Reports
  2. Incident Reports
  3. Investigation Reports
  4. Inspection Reports
  5. Procedural Reports
  6. Scopes of Work
  7. Test Reports
  8. Course Reviews
  9. Conference Reviews