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# Field Service Contractor Management

# Field Service Contractor Management {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read  
Manage contractor work and service level agreements (SLA). With the ServiceNow Contractor Management application, connect, engage, and collaborate
with third-party contractor companies and their staff to outsource the work order
tasks.

The Field Service Contractor Management application enables Field Service managers to outsource work by onboarding contractor companies and their staff, such as external managers and external agents. Work order tasks are assigned to the contractor group's manager from the
contractor company. A group qualifies the assignment criterion based on the selected assignment group values, such as the external group, and its coverage area, skills, and product models.

The managers of these contractor companies use the [Contractor Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KAQRww4lHJliru2utNmQ~w "Use Field Service Contractor Portal to manage work order tasks.") to review the assigned work order task details and
can choose to reject work on the tasks. If they accept the task, they can then reassign the tasks
to their contractor team members.

If the preferred assignment group is internal but no one in the internal group qualifies for
the assignment group criterion, then the system searches for a suitable external group to assign
the task to and vice versa.
**Related concepts**   

* [Configuring Contractor Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/gwy9jh8dTmvW98otkzecGg "You can configure Contractor Management to set up interactions with contractor companies and their managers and agents.")
* [Contractor Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KAQRww4lHJliru2utNmQ~w "Use Field Service Contractor Portal to manage work order tasks.")
* [Contractor dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/XCyapfPJF~nRf8Ma04ZgxA "Use this dashboard to review the status of work order tasks, agents, agent feedback, and appointments of contractor companies.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Activate Field Service Contractor Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/X08ronaYcslr5j5~Iq~XIw "Activate the Field Service Contractor Management plugin (com.snc.fsm_contractor_management) to use the Contractor Management application. This plugin includes demo data and activates related plugins if they are not already active.")