NHSBSA Purchasing: Terms & Conditions (T&Cs)

Introduction
Welcome to the NHSBSA’s Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) page.

Listed below are the standard sets of T&Cs which the NHSBSA applies when procuring and ordering goods and/or services:

• Purchase of goods
• Purchase of services
• Purchase of IT related products and services
• Supply of a system (IT)
• Provision of support services
• Procurement of tasks and deliverables

In addition to the above, the following standard documents are also available:

• Confidentiality agreement
• Sale of goods (including an acknowledgment of order)
• Sale of scrap goods (including an acknowledgment of order)

These sets of T&Cs have been appropriately revised and updated to reflect the NHSBSA’s business requirements.

The T&Cs are suitable for use for procurements which are not covered by an OGC or PASA framework agreement. The NHSBSA will specify which set(s) of T&Cs will apply to a procurement and/or contract award in the documentation it issues to interested parties.

PLEASE NOTE that TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)) regulations may apply to some procurements and this will affect the T&Cs used.

The following T&Cs contain a standard and an alternative TUPE clause and the relevant TUPE clause should be selected for the procurement:

• Purchase of services (please refer to p22 of the T&Cs)
• Purchase of IT related products and services (p30)
• Supply of a system (IT) (p39)
• Provision of support services (p29)
• Procurement of tasks and deliverables (p39)

Interested parties can access and download the T&Cs listed above in PDF format.

If you have any difficulty in downloading a set of T&Cs, or have a query on which TUPE clause to include, please contact the Corporate Purchasing Team (e-mail bsapurchasing@nhsbsa.nhs.uk or telephone 0191 - 244 6490).