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Agreement Processes & Inquiries

  • Agreement or Amendment Assistance
  • Letter of Authorization
  • Executed Contract or Amendment

PAC Assistance

  • Changing Staff
  • Contract Document Approval Without PAC Access
  • Contract Lifecycle
  • Status Updates
  • Temporary Change of Approver

Interdepartmental Requests

  • ID Requests for RFP Support

General Contracts Requests

  • Request a Certificate of Liability Insurance
  • Request a Copy of WestEd’s Signed W-9

About Us

We negotiate and process WestEd’s funding agreements, sub-agreements, and oversee related certifications and various contractual requirements for the agency. If our service catalogue does not address your need, please reach out directly to [email protected].

Key Services

  • Draft, negotiate, and process funding agreements and their amendments
  • Develop subcontracts and their amendments
  • Provide certifications & assurances
  • Provide documents related to contract and proposal efforts
  • Submit various state and federal reports for the agency
  • Serve as Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) for contract and proposal documents
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Gwendolyn Hicks
Gwendolyn Hicks, Contracts & Grants

Hours of operation:

Monday – Friday
9AM to 5PM PT
(excluding WestEd holidays)

415.615.3136

General Contracts Requests

Select a service to start a request:

  • Certificate of Liability Insurance

    Request a copy of WestEd’s Certificate of Liability for a specific funder. WestEd’s insurance broker will issue the certificate, which can take 2-5 business days to process. For Certificates of Liability specific to hotels and offsite meetings, please submit a request to Procurement.

  • General Contracts & Grants Requests

    If our service catalogue does not address your need, please reach out directly to [email protected].

  • WestEd Signed W-9

    Request a copy of WestEd’s signed W-9.

PAC Assistance

Select a service to start a request:

  • Changing Staff on PAC Contract Record

    Request to change staff (PI, Co-PI, Production Lead, or Alternate Contact) on PAC Contract or Subcontract Record.  Note: For changes to a Proposal Record, please reach out to Institutional Development. For changes to staff access to Adaptive, please reach out to IT.

  • Contract Document Approval Without PAC Access

    Submit this form to provide approval in writing for a contract document if you are unable to access PAC.

    NOTE: If you are having re-occurring issues with PAC access, please reach out to Information Technology.

  • Contract Lifecycle

    Submit this form to ask for information about the general agreement review/approval process, expected time lines, and when to expect a cost code. Prior to form submission, read about the contract lifecycle.

  • Status Update on Funding/Sub-Funding Agreements

    Track the status of a funding agreement, sub-funding agreement, or amendment in PAC using the Contract Document Tracking Info section.

    NOTE: The Contracts Department’s standard review timeline is two weeks from the date of receipt.

    Submit this form to request an update on your funding or sub-funding agreement.

  • Temporary Change of Approver on PAC Contract Record

    Submit this form to request a temporary change in who will need to approve contract documents when you are out of office.

    Read more about contract documents’ PAC approval processes, including who is responsible for approving contract documents, how these approvals are completed, how approvals might change depending on the contract document type, and who can sign the contract document.

Agreement Processes & Inquiries

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  • Funder-Generated Agreement Amendments

    Submit an amendment to a funder-generated funding agreement for the Contracts Department’s review and signature.

  • Funder-Generated Agreements

    Submit a funder-generated funding agreement for the Contracts Department’s review and signature. Ensure you have a Proposal Record in PAC prior to submitting this form.

  • Letter of Authorization

    Submit this form to request a Letter of Authorization (LOA) while a formal WestEd-generated sub-funding agreement or sub-funding agreement amendment is in progress.

  • Questions About an Executed Contract or Amendment

    Submit this form to ask specific questions (such as the terms and conditions and/or requirements) about an existing/current contract or amendment.

  • WestEd-Generated Funding Agreements & Amendments

    The request to have the Contracts Department draft a funding agreement using our template must be made on the Proposal Record in PAC. Please follow the instructions in requesting a WestEd-generated funding agreement.

    Submit this form to request an amendment to an existing or current WestEd-generated funding agreement.

  • WestEd-Generated Sub-Funding Agreements & Amendments

    The request to have the Contracts Department draft a sub-funding agreement must be made on the Contract Record in PAC. Please follow the instructions in requesting a WestEd-generated sub-funding agreement.

    Submit this form to request an amendment to an existing or current WestEd-generated sub-funding agreement.

Interdepartmental Requests

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  • ID Requests for RFP Support (For ID use only)

    Institutional Development can submit this form to request Contracts Department’s review of Request for Proposal (RFP) or vendor/bid portal terms and conditions. (For ID use only)

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