by Ekrem Duman | Aug 1, 2026 | Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Supplier Contracts, Claims & Legal Evidence, Vendor Management
⚡ TL;DRACCEPTANCE is an affirmative approval that goods, services or documents meet a defined requirement. Procurement should keep acceptance separate from silence, physical receipt, payment, technical commissioning and warranty start, then define the evidence, clock,...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 25, 2026 | Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Sourcing, Supplier Contracts, Claims & Legal Evidence, Trade Finance & Supplier Terms, Vendor Management
⚡ TL;DRBILATERAL means mutual or reciprocal in the SSDER glossary. A bilateral procurement agreement should make both parties’ deliverables, information, payment, service, notice, change, remedy and exit duties visible. It is not enough to state that the...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 25, 2026 | Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Supplier Contracts, Claims & Legal Evidence, Vendor Management
⚡ TL;DRACQUIESCENCE describes acceptance inferred from silence, conduct or failure to protest under a particular agreement or legal context. Procurement should not assume silence always creates acceptance; it should define review windows, reservation language,...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 23, 2026 | Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Supplier Contracts, Claims & Legal Evidence, Vendor Management
⚡ TL;DRA freight CLAIM is a formal request for compensation or another remedy after loss, damage, shortage, delay or service failure. Procurement should distinguish a claim from a complaint or delivery exception, preserve evidence, meet notice deadlines, allocate...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 23, 2026 | Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Supplier Contracts, Claims & Legal Evidence, Vendor Management
⚡ TL;DRA CERTIFICATE is evidence issued by a defined body that a person, product, process or management system met stated criteria at a stated time. Procurement should verify the issuer, accreditation, scope, validity, exclusions, site and product applicability before...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 17, 2026 | Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Supplier Contracts, Claims & Legal Evidence, Vendor Management
⚡ TL;DRCOMMON LAW develops through judicial decisions and precedent rather than only enacted statutes. Procurement teams should not treat a common-law clause as a universal rule: define governing law, contract hierarchy, notice, variation, records, remedies and...
