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Renew a contract | Zycus Use Cases
Use case · Contracts & NDAs

Renew a contract,
never miss a date.

M Powered by Zycus Merlin Intake

Get notified before contracts expire. Merlin Agentic AI Platform summarises the contract, benchmarks pricing, suggests renewal terms, and routes for approval - turning contract procurement renewals into a single conversation.

How it works

From renewal alert to renewed contract, before it expires.

Open Zycus Merlin Intake inside MS Teams, Slack, or the web. Type what you need. Agentic AI handles the rest.

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Step one

Stop missing renewal dates - get pinged in time.

Agentic AI tracks every contract in your repository and pings you 90, 60, and 30 days before expiry. Or just type "Show me renewals coming up" - Merlin Intake will surface them all in one place.

  • Auto-alerts at 90 / 60 / 30 days before expiry
  • Or ask Merlin Intake anytime - see all upcoming renewals
  • Pinged in MS Teams, Slack, or email - wherever you work
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How can Merlin Intake help you today?
Show me contracts coming up for renewal
Upcoming renewals
Acme Corp · Cloud MSA
$1.2M / year · expires in 28 days
Urgent
Globex · SaaS subscription
$340K / year · expires in 56 days
Soon
Stark Industries · Hardware
$880K / year · expires in 89 days
On track
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Step two

Get the full picture - summarised in seconds.

Pick the contract you want to renew. Agentic AI summarises everything you need to make a decision - current terms, usage, supplier performance, and total spend - before you commit to renewing.

  • Current terms and clauses surfaced at a glance
  • Usage and consumption data pulled from connected systems
  • Supplier performance score and incident history shown
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Pull up the Acme MSA renewal 15:02
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Here's a snapshot of CTR-2026-0184 · Acme Corp MSA:
Contract MSA · Cloud Services
Current term 3 years · expires 31-12-2026
Annual value $1.5M / year
Usage 87% of capacity · healthy
Supplier score 4.6 / 5 · 2 incidents in 36 months
Strong performance and high usage - good candidate for renewal.
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Step three

Get smart renewal terms - benchmarked for you.

Agentic AI suggests renewal terms based on your usage, market benchmarks, and supplier performance. Spot inflated rates. Right-size capacity. Negotiate from a position of data, not gut feel.

  • Pricing benchmarked against market and prior years
  • Capacity right-sized based on actual usage
  • Negotiation levers surfaced - multi-year discounts, volume tiers
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What should we renew at? 15:04
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Here's what I'd suggest based on usage and market benchmarks:
Suggested renewal terms · 2027–2029
Annual fee
$1.5M → $1.42M · 5% below proposed renewal rate
● Save $80K
~
Capacity
250 seats → 220 seats · right-sized to usage
● Optimised
+
Term lever
3-year commit unlocks 8% multi-year discount
● Opportunity
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Step four

Get the supplier on board - and approval signed off.

Agentic AI sends your renewal proposal to the supplier for negotiation, captures their counter, and routes the final terms to the right approvers. No back-and-forth via email.

  • Renewal proposal sent to supplier in one click
  • Counter-offers tracked in-platform
  • Final terms routed to approvers in MS Teams or Slack
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Send these terms to Acme 15:06
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Proposal sent to Acme Corp...
Counter received in 2 days. Acme accepted 220 seats and 3-year term, countered at $1.45M. Routing to Marcus Reed (Procurement) for final sign-off. Approver can act in MS Teams or Slack.
✓ Routed · 1 approver · ETA same day
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Step five

Get it renewed - before it expires.

Once approved, Agentic AI sends the renewed contract for e-signature, archives the new version alongside the original, and resets all renewal alerts and downstream POs - no gap, no missed dates.

  • One-click e-signature on the renewed contract
  • New version linked to the parent in your iContract repository
  • Renewal alerts and downstream POs auto-updated
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#FieldValue
1Contract IDCTR-2026-0184-R1
2ParentCTR-2026-0184 · MSA Acme Corp
3Status● Renewed · Active
4New term01-01-2027 to 31-12-2029
5Next renewal alert02-10-2029 (90 days before expiry)

📄 Renewal Summary

  • Renewed at: $1.45M / year (was $1.5M)
  • Capacity: 220 seats (was 250)
  • Term: 3 years · 8% multi-year discount applied
  • Total saved: $165,000 over the term
  • Renewed: 36 days before expiry
Open in iContract
What you get

Renewals that save money, not slip dates.

When the original is found instantly, the terms are benchmarked, and the supplier is engaged automatically - renewals stop being last-minute fire drills.

5–10%
Average savings per renewal through benchmarked terms.
Zero
Missed renewal dates - every contract pinged in time.
More renewals negotiated instead of auto-renewed at list price.

See Zycus Merlin Intake in action.

30 minutes. Tailored to your S2P stack. Watch how Merlin Agentic AI Platform handles contract renewals, amendments, supplier onboarding, and more.