Use this activity to define cost structures for contracting services at the Service Catalog. This ensures consistent, predefined pricing for work performed by contractors.
You can set a default Fixed Cost Rule per service in the Service Catalog. This rule serves as the default when no specific contractor or contractor agreement-level pricing is defined. The Fixed Cost Rule and purchase parts are automatically applied to Work Tasks, Contractor Orders, and Payment Lines, and later invoiced in the Purchase Order (PO).
In addition to setting a Fixed Cost Rule, you can define fixed prices and hourly cost rates directly in the Contracting Costs tab of the Service Catalog:
The link between the Fixed Cost Rule and the Cost Rule IDs and Cost Rule Lines in the Contracting Costs tab can be independently configured.
When Standard Tasks are included in a Service Catalog item, their Contracting Costs are inherited. The Service Catalog aggregates fixed costs from the associated Standard Tasks and displays the Total Fixed Cost per Site in the Contracting Costs tab. The aggregated view provides a clear picture of overall costs and includes:
A sub-tab in the Service Catalog item also displays the individual fixed cost lines inherited from the Standard Task Library, giving full visibility of how total costs are built up.
Fixed Cost Rules and Fixed Costs from the Service Catalog are inherited by the Contractor Agreement Line upon creation. Users can override inherited values, and the system provides visual indicators to track such changes.