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REPORT: The 2025 State of Contracting
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Contract Intelligence for Higher Education

Streamline Operations and Strengthen Institutional Impact

Boost efficiency, cut operating costs, and empower smarter decision-making with the AI-driven Icertis platform—built to meet the unique needs of colleges and universities.

The Reality

Decentralized, siloed contract management processes can hold Higher Education back

Colleges and universities face reduced operating budgets and increased pressure to modernize outdated technology while operating across multiple divisions and departments and managing a high volume of contracts. Decentralized, siloed procurement operations create lengthy–often duplicate–contracting management processes that result in limited efficiency, low transparency, and unnecessary compliance risk.

The Solution

Unify Contracts and Unlock Efficiency with Intelligent, Centralized Control

Contract intelligence enables colleges and universities to improve contracting outcomes and deliver more value to students. With a centralized, single source of truth for all contracts, Icertis contract management for Higher Education empowers institutions with contract consistency, visibility, and control across divisions and departments. The Icertis platform includes real-time collaboration, automated compliance checks, and proactive contract performance monitoring.

The Benefits of Contract Intelligence

Gain visibility, increase efficiency, and take your budget dollars further

  • Standardize Contracting Across Campus

    Create consistency with a single, accessible platform that supports contract creation, negotiation, and approval across all divisions and departments.

  • Drive Cost Savings Through Automation

    Reduce costs by using standardized templates and AI-powered clause assembly, paired with predictive analytics to optimize contract performance.

  • Accelerate Contract Efficiency

    Streamline and standardize manual, paper-based processes with intelligent contract setup, guided negotiations, and automated workflows.

  • Build Stronger Supplier Partnerships

    Enhance contract performance and collaboration through real-time engagement with both internal teams and external stakeholders.

  • Make Smarter Spend Decisions

    Leverage real-time, AI-driven insights to guide strategic sourcing, identify cost-saving opportunities, and optimize contract consolidation.

  • Enhance Compliance and Reduce Risk

    Strengthen compliance with automated obligation tracking and powerful search tools that identify clauses impacted by policy or regulatory changes.

  • Speed Up Procurement Processes

    Reduce procurement time and complexity by using pre-approved language, automated workflows, and exception management controls.

  • Gain Full Contract Visibility

    Break down silos and eliminate redundant efforts with a centralized platform that provides a single source of truth for vendor, pricing, and obligation data.

Security

Industry-leading security and compliance

Built on Microsoft Azure secure cloud infrastructure and providing built-in GDPR and obligation management, Icertis Contract Intelligent for Higher Education is the go-to contract management software for secure, compliant, contract lifecycle management for educational institutions.

Discover the Icertis advantage for Higher Education

Industry-leading, secure contract lifecycle management for Higher Education

Realize immediate value with out-of-the-box contract management capabilities purpose-built for educational institutions, combined with the flexibility to swiftly adapt to your unique institutional needs.

  • Intelligent contract setup

    Apply AI-powered insights to negotiate best possible terms and outcomes and reduce time authoring and reviewing contracts.

  • Reporting and dashboards

    Better inform strategic purchasing decisions, reduce fragmented spend, and see operational KPIs in real time with predictive analytics and insights.

  • Contract operations

    Streamline and standardize manual, paper-based contracting and processes with intelligent contract setup, guided negotiation, and automated workflow.

  • Governance, risk & compliance

    Proactively identify, assess, and manage all contract risks and monitor vendor performance to ensure contractual obligations and critical milestones are met.

The Icertis Platform

Achieve Business Agility with Contract Intelligence

Transforming contracts into structured, connected, and on-demand data is just the beginning. Discover the power of intelligent contract creation, automation, and insights to realize the full intent and maximize the value of every contract, clause, and obligation across the enterprise.

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