The company won a multi-million-dollar 'contract' to build a new courthouse. = The company was awarded a multi-million-dollar 'contract' to build a new courthouse.
The company 'contracted out' its manufacturing jobs. [=the company paid another company to do its manufacturing jobs instead of doing them itself]
If he breaks the 'contract' [=if he does not abide by the agreement], he will get sued.
(..) Shouldn't be long now though. The train will depart when I tell it too. And you will leave my employment, when I allow you too. I fulfilled my contract. I found Reorden. He's in Scotland Yard's mortuary. So that's me finished. Your job was to munipulate, Holmes' feelings for you. (..)2009 Sherlock Holmes