Government Electronic Tenders Service Terms and Conditions of Use

All of the material and information on this website, including text, graphics, images, sound, video, data or any combination of such material, as well as all material in the tender or other documents, is referred to these terms and conditions as information.

1 No Liability
1.1 You use this website, and the information on it, at your own risk.
1.2 The Crown is not responsible or liable whatsoever whether in contract, tort (including negligence), equity or otherwise for:
1.2.1 The accuracy or completeness of the information
1.2.2 The suitability of the information for your needs or purpose
1.2.3 Any error, inadequacy, deficiency, flaw or omission in any of the information
1.2.4 Any action taken in reliance on, or in connection with, any of the information
1.2.5 Any reliance placed on the Crown in reliance on, or in connection, with any of the information.
1.3 Information on this website does not constitute professional advice. If you rely on the information on this website you are responsible for ensuring its accuracy, currency and completeness. We advise you to take specific advice from a qualified professional before taking any action in reliance on, or connection with, the information.
1.4 The Ministry does not warrant that the functions provided on this website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represent the full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the information.
2 No Legal Relations
2.1 Unless expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions or in the terms contained in any tender or other document available on this website, no legal or other obligation will arise:
2.1.1 Between the Crown and any persons in relation to a tender or other document available on this website
2.1.2 From a tender or other document available on this website relating to the conduct or outcome of the tender or other process referred to in or relating to the document
2.2 Neither the Crown nor the relevant agency or department will be liable for any direct or indirect damage, loss or cost (including legal costs) to any respondent or other person in relation to the tender or other document or any process described in the tender or other document and, in particular, in relation to the preparation of a proposal.
3 Use of this website and Registration on this website
  You expressly warrant that:
3.1 You will keep confidential all confidential information and all information identified as being commercially sensitive that you access from this website and will not pass any such information to third parties without the express permission of the owner of the information.
3.2 You will not permit third parties to use your registration and you will keep secure from third parties any password issued to you in connection with this website.
4 Copyright
4.1 Information featured on this website is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.
4.2 Subject to clause 4.3, you may reproduce Crown copyright protected information free of charge in any format or media without specific permission, as long as you ensure that:
4.2.1 The information is reproduced accurately and in its entirety
4.2.2 The information is not used in a misleading way
4.2.3 The information’s source and copyright status is acknowledged.
4.3 If you wish to republish tender documents other than on the GETS website and similar documents and references to them, or issue these to others, then further conditions apply. These conditions are that you must ensure that:
4.3.1 Nobody is charged for receiving or being provided access to the information
4.3.2 The contract title reference and closing date are correctly included
4.3.3 The relevant Crown purchaser’s contact details are NOT included
4.3.4 Instructions are given to suppliers directing them to the GETS website to register to contact purchasers and get the complete documentation
4.3.5 The url link to the GETS website is correct for as long as your republication is available
4.3.6 The republished information is immediately corrected if that information is updated.
4.4 The permission to reproduce Crown copyright protected information does not extend to any information on this website that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such information must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
5 Posting to this website
  If you post tender documents and similar documents, as well as references to these documents, on to this website, you:
5.1 acknowledge and accept that you bear sole responsibility for the content of all information that you post
5.2 warrant and represent that:
5.2.1 you are entitled to do so
5.2.2 it is not inappropriate information, which includes information that, under the laws of any jurisdiction where the information can be accessed:
5.2.2.1 is or may be unlawful, threatening, abusive, harmful, malicious, obscene, pornographic, profane, libellous, defamatory, or
5.2.2.2 infringes any Intellectual Property Rights, constitutes or encourages a criminal offence, or
5.2.2.3 contains a virus, worm, Trojan horse or other harmful code.
5.2.3 you either have sole ownership of all intellectual property rights in such information in each jurisdiction from which this website may be accessed and/or have obtained full and effective license(s) from all relevant third parties allowing you or a third party acting on your behalf to use the information and to permit its dissemination world-wide
5.2.4 you have the right to make it available to the Crown for all the purposes specified above
5.2.5 you have virus-checked all data posted to this website
5.3 agree to waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to, and publication on, this website and the other purposes specified above.
6 Privacy
6.1 The Ministry’s systems to which this website connects and related equipment may be subject to monitoring. Personal information regarding users may be collected for statistical purposes in determining the use of this website.
6.2 If you are a registered user and you view any page or document available on GETS while logged in, your actions will be recorded and your contact details may be made available to the person who uploaded or is responsible for the relevant document.
6.3 Any other information the Ministry may collect about you will not be disclosed to any other person in a form that will identify you unless:
6.3.1 You have consented to such disclosure, or
6.3.2 Such disclosure is required or permitted by the Privacy Act 1993 or otherwise required or permitted by law.
7 Breach
  Without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the Ministry, the Ministry may limit your activities on this website, warn other users of this website of your actions, issue a warning to you, suspend or terminate your registration, or refuse to provide the Ministry’s services to you if you breach these terms and conditions or where the Ministry considers it appropriate.
8 Indemnity
  You agree fully to release, indemnify, keep indemnified and hold harmless the Crown, its officers, employees or agents from and against any and all costs, claims, losses, damages or liability and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal fees) sustained or incurred by the Crown or any of its officers, employees or agents directly or indirectly and in any jurisdiction as a result of any breach by you of any of these terms or conditions or any of your warranties contained in these terms and conditions.
9 No Waiver
  If the Crown does not exercise or enforce any right available to the Crown under these terms and conditions, it does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
10 Partial Invalidity
  If any provision of these terms and conditions becomes or is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, and in any respect, that provision shall be severed from the remaining terms and conditions, which shall continue in full force and effect.