Placing contracts and contract lines on hold

Contracts and contract lines can be placed on hold when the contract has a status of In Process. For example, there is a dispute over a line item's cost. You do not want to proceed with the contract until the issue is resolved. When a contract is on hold, its contract lines are also placed on hold automatically.

The current state of the contract remains the same and processing continues, with some limitations:

• You cannot release or activate the contract until the hold is removed.
• Contract lines cannot be taken off hold until their contract is taken off hold.
• Contract lines cannot be taken off hold if some line items are inactive vendor items.
• For an interfaced contract, its related vendor contract and vendor contract lines are also placed on hold.
• You cannot default any costs from contracts when the contract is on hold.

When you are ready to take a contract off hold, you use the Remove Contract Hold action.