SRPS EN 17371-2:2022

Provision of services - Part 2: Services contracts - Guidance for the design, content and structure of contracts

Scope

This document provides guidance on the design, content and structure of service contracts. It is aimed at service buyers and service providers entering a contractual relationship who do not necessarily have legal training. The guidance set out in this document does not constitute legal advice.
This document is applicable to:
a) service buyers and service providers regardless of type, size or the nature of the services;
b) service providers who may be inside or outside the service buyers' organization; and
c) any interested parties who are directly or indirectly involved in or affected by a procurement process.
This document is not applicable to service contracts where the service buyer is a consumer, nor for works contracts.
NOTE 1 "Works contracts" are contracts that have as their object the execution, or both the design and execution, of a work are not covered. Contracts having as their object only the design of a work are covered.
NOTE 2 "Work" means the outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole which is sufficient in itself to fulfil an economic or technical function.
NOTE 3 "Consumer" means an individual member of the general public purchasing or using services for private purposes.