MoD agrees to more flexible terms
2 April 2012
The Ministry of Defence has signed a ground-breaking agreement with service contractors that feared their profits could have been wiped out by new employment legislation.
The deal, signed last month by the MoD and service-contractor lobby group the Business Services Association (BSA), allows suppliers to vary price clauses, change payment terms and alter service specifications mid-contract. It is the first time that the BSA has such signed such an agreement with a government department.
Norman Rose, the BSA’s director-general,...