Overview

  Manage your own obligations - Government must meet its own obligations for contracts to succeed

We often see government not fulfilling its own contractual obligations. Supplier performance can depend on government taking actions such as making critical decisions, designing a process, projecting forecasts or providing assets such as IT systems. Not delivering on these government's obligations can lead to extra costs through projects being delayed or a limit to government's ability to hold suppliers to account. Along with meeting its contractual obligations, government needs to ensure it fully capitalises on the benefits a contract and a commercial relationship can bring.