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Purchase order conditions of contract: Department for Transport

The Department for Transport’s standard contract conditions for placing a purchase order for goods and services.

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DfT purchase order conditions of contract

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Details

Details the department’s current standard conditions of contract used when placing a purchase order (typically for goods and services valued at less than £12,000).

Published 26 November 2012
Last updated 29 November 2023 + show all updates
  1. Terms and conditions updated to align with legislation and to ensure they are appropriate for lower value purchases.

  2. Standardised conditions threshold reduced to £12,000.

  3. Terms amended to take into account exit from the EU with data protection legislation now referring to UK general data protection rules.

  4. Purchase order conditions of contract updated to include GDPR.

  5. First published.