This page explains the terms of use for the Procurement Pathway website. You must agree to these terms to use the Procurement Pathway. These terms do not cover other websites to which the Procurement Pathway signposts to. Webpages referenced by an external link may have their own terms and conditions, and if so, will have their own terms of use.
Contents
- Who we are
- Using the Procurement Pathway
- Linking to the Procurement Pathway
- Linking from the Procurement Pathway
- Using Procurement Pathway content
- Disclaimer
- Requests to remove Procurement Pathway content
- Information about you and your visits to the Procurement Pathway
- Virus protection
- Governing law
- General
- Changes to these terms and conditions
Who we are
The Procurement Pathway website is managed by the Cabinet Office on behalf of the Crown. The term ‘we’ will refer to the Cabinet Office throughout this page.
Using the Procurement Pathway
You agree to use the Procurement Pathway website for lawful purposes, only.
This tool is not a substitute for technical, legal, financial and other professional advice. This tool should not be used in isolation and must be read alongside appropriate procurement legislation and policy.
We are not liable for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising from the use of the Procurement Pathway and its associated documents. Users should always seek their own independent legal advice where appropriate.
The information and content contained on this tool is subject to change and / or removal at any time, without notice.
Linking to the Procurement Pathway
We welcome other websites to link to the Procurement Pathway website.
You must contact us for permission if you want to either:
- charge your website’s users to click on a link to any page on the Procurement Pathway website
- say your website is associated with or endorsed by the Procurement Pathway website.
Linking from the Procurement Pathway
The Procurement Pathway signposts to other websites which are managed by other government departments and agencies, service providers or other organisations. We do not have any control over the content on these websites.
We are not responsible for:
- the contents of any webpages referenced by an external link
- the protection of any information you give to webpages referenced by an external link
- any loss or damage that may come from your use of webpages referenced by an external link, which includes other websites they link to.
You agree to release us from any claims or disputes that may come from using any webpages referenced by an external link.
You should read all terms and conditions, privacy policies and end user licences that relate to any external website before you use them.
Using Procurement Pathway content
Most content on the Procurement Pathway website is subject to Crown copyright protection and is published under the Open Government Licence (OGL), which also sets out which content is exempt.
If any content is not subject to Crown copyright protection or published under the OGL, we will usually credit the author or copyright holder.
You can reproduce content published on the Procurement Pathway website under the OGL as long as you follow the licence’s conditions.
Contact us if you want to reproduce a piece of content but are not sure if it is covered by Crown copyright or the OGL.
We make most of the content on the Procurement Pathway website available through feeds for other websites and applications to use. The websites and applications that use our feeds are not our products, and they might use versions of our content that have been edited and stored for later use (‘cached’).
We do not give any guarantees, conditions or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of any content used by these products. We are not liable for any loss or damage that may come from your use of these products.
The most up to date version of our content will always be on the Procurement Pathway website.
Disclaimer
While we make every effort to keep the Procurement Pathway website up to date, we do not provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties that the information will be:
- current
- secure
- accurate
- complete
- free from bugs or viruses.
We do not publish advice on the Procurement Pathway website. You must get your own independent professional or specialist advice, where appropriate, before doing anything on the basis of the content.
We are not liable for any loss or damage that may come from using the Procurement Pathway website. This includes:
- any direct, indirect or consequential losses
- any loss or damage caused by civil wrongs (‘tort’, including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise
- the use of the Procurement Pathway website and any websites that are linked to or from it
- the inability to use the Procurement Pathway website and any websites that are linked to or from it.
This applies if the loss or damage was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you advised us that it might happen.
This includes (but is not limited to) the loss of your:
- income or revenue
- salary, benefits or other payments
- business
- profits or contracts
- opportunity
- anticipated savings
- data
- goodwill or reputation
- tangible property
- intangible property, including loss, corruption or damage to data or any computer system
- wasted management or office time.
We may still be liable for:
- death or personal injury arising from our negligence
- fraudulent misrepresentation
- any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Requests to remove Procurement Pathway content
You can ask for content to be removed from the Procurement Pathway website. We will remove content:
- in order to comply with data protection legislation covering the rights and freedoms of individuals
- if it breaches copyright laws, contains sensitive personal data or material that may be considered obscene or defamatory.
Contact us to ask for content to be removed. You will need to send us the web address (URL) of the content and explain why you think it should be removed. We will then reply to let you know whether we will remove it.
We remove content at our discretion. You can still request information under the Freedom of Information Act and the Data Protection Act.
Information about you and your visits to the Procurement Pathway
We collect information about you in accordance with our privacy notice and our cookie statement. By using the Procurement Pathway website, you agree to us collecting this information and confirm that any data you provide is accurate.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test the Procurement Pathway website for viruses. You must make sure that the way you use the Procurement Pathway website does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which can damage your computer system.
We are not responsible for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that might happen when you use the Procurement Pathway website.
Viruses, hacking and other offences
When using the Procurement Pathway website, you must not introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
You must not try to gain unauthorised access to the Procurement Pathway website, the server on which it is stored or any server, computer or database connected to it.
You must not attack the Procurement Pathway website in any way. This includes denial-of-service attacks.
We will report any attacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to the Procurement Pathway website to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.
Governing law
These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Any dispute you have which relates to these terms and conditions, or your use of the Procurement Pathway website (whether it be contractual or non-contractual), will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
General
There may be legal notices elsewhere on the Procurement Pathway website that relate to how you use the site.
We are not liable if we fail to comply with these terms and conditions because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
We might decide not to exercise or enforce any right available to us under these terms and conditions. We can always decide to exercise or enforce that right at a later date.
Doing this once will not mean we automatically waive the right on any other occasion.
If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will still apply.
Changes to these terms and conditions
You should check these terms and conditions regularly. We can update them at any time without notice.
You will agree to any changes if you continue to use the Procurement Pathway website after the terms and conditions have been updated.