1. The EC Public Procurement Regulations apply to MOD contracts unless the nature of the work qualifies for an exemption. Reference must be made to the detailed policy and guidance on the mandatory procedures to be followed - available on the Acquisition Operating Framework.
2. In addition HM Treasury mandates the use of standardised terms and conditions for PFI contracts. Therefore all PFI projects/programmes shall comply with HM Treasury's Standardisation of PFI contracts (SoPC) version 4 and the MOD Standard Project Agreement version 1 (MOD PAv1) unless specific and explicit authority to derogate from it has been obtained from HM Treasury1 (via MOD PFU) and MOD PFU2.
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1 For SoPC4 derogations.