Guidance

Contractual process: placing contracts or releasing assets

Government organisations who are placing contracts or releasing assets must ensure that appropriate protective security controls are in place to protect assets.

From:
Cabinet Office, National security and intelligence, and Government Security Profession
Published
1 July 2014
Last updated
24 May 2018 — See all updates

Documents

Contractual process, May 2018

PDF, 1.07 MB, 49 pages

Details

The guidance covers:

  • Initial discussions and checks
  • Security requirements
  • Security oversight and assurance of list X contractors
  • In-contract monitoring
  • Subcontracting
Published 1 July 2014
Last updated 24 May 2018 + show all updates

  1. The 'Contractual process' document has been updated to comply with the new GDPR law being enforced on 25 May.

  2. First published.

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