Four services. One rule: each must earn the next.
Every engagement is flat-fee, scoped in writing, and gated by the tier before it. If the numbers don’t justify continuing, we say so — in writing — and the engagement ends there.
Contract Analysis
The formula-driven read on your current agreement: commission rates benchmarked per category, digital displacement measured, MAG enforcement tested against actuals. The analysis produces the number every later decision depends on.
What the analysis covers →Operations Pathways
A five-year model comparing your realistic options — renewed outsourcing, hybrid, and independent operation — built on your enrollment profile and store mix, not a national average.
How the pathways compare →Renegotiation Advisory
Benchmark-backed support through renewal or RFP: target terms, category carve-outs, MAG resets, analysis-rights language, and a weighted bid evaluation your procurement office can defend.
What renegotiation support includes →Engagement Tiers & Fees
Discover → Evaluate → Decide → Manage. Flat fees, published gating criteria, and the written ROI test each tier must pass before the next is allowed to begin.
Full tier structure →No contingency fees. No fabricated proof. No engagements below viability — if your bookstore revenue can’t justify our fee, we tell you in the first conversation, not the last invoice. Grant funds always flow to the institution, never to NxtChapter.
Every engagement starts at Tier 0.
A complimentary, 60-minute Discovery call — no obligation — to see whether Contract Analysis is even worth commissioning for your institution.