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Terms and conditions of Digital Marketplace frameworks

How agreements between the government, buyers and suppliers work.

Framework terms and conditions

Government frameworks are agreements between the government and suppliers. 皇冠体育app parties agree the terms following a formal procurement process as described in the Find a Tender. A framework agreement lasts for a set period of time.

What terms and conditions are for

Terms and conditions are the legal terms that define how a service or product will work. 皇冠体育appy鈥檙e there to protect all parties involved in the contract.

Terms and conditions can highlight the minimum requirements that a supplier has to meet, for example, having additional security clearance levels in place for any staff working on a project.

皇冠体育app terms and conditions of a framework agreement and a contract (or 鈥榗all-off鈥�) have different uses. 皇冠体育app framework agreement terms and conditions control the relationship between the supplier and the framework authority, in this case the Crown Commercial Service (CCS). 皇冠体育appse terms can鈥檛 be changed.

皇冠体育app contract terms and conditions control the relationship between the buyer and the supplier.

Adding additional terms and conditions

Contract terms can sometimes be changed to meet the needs of the buyer if the supplier agrees.

Differences in terms and conditions

If the contract terms and conditions and the framework terms and conditions don鈥檛 match, the framework terms will be used. On G-Cloud, please refer to the order of precedence within the framework.

Updates to this page

Published 19 February 2024
Last updated 11 March 2024 show all updates
  1. Updated first published date at request of CAM

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