Which process would you MOST expect to be involved in the management of underpinning contracts?

Change Management governs the lifecycle of changes to services and infrastructure, not the negotiation or oversight of external supplier contracts.

Service Catalogue Management maintains the service catalogue as an accurate source of information about live and available services, not supplier contract management.

An underpinning contract (UC) is a legally binding agreement between an IT service provider and a third-party supplier. Supplier Management is the ITIL process dedicated to obtaining value from suppliers, negotiating and agreeing contracts, and ensuring suppliers meet their contractual targets - making it the process most involved in managing underpinning contracts.

Release and Deployment Management handles planning, scheduling, and controlling releases into production environments, not the management of underpinning contracts.