In plain English
It is an early working version of something the contract says must be provided. The item is still in development or review, not the finished form.
In context
Here, "draft deliverable" identifies the tracked contract output as an early, not yet final version of what must be provided under the contract.
- Situation
- Tracking obligations, deliverables, milestones, notices, and deadlines
- What it communicates
- labels a preliminary version of a tracked contract output.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not indicate whether that preliminary version has been approved, accepted, or replaced by a final version.
Examples
“Under the contract, the contractor submitted a draft deliverable rather than the final report.”
“After the revision meeting, we logged the updated schedule as a draft deliverable under the contract.”