DFID Portal Terms and Conditions of use

The DFID portal is governed by the terms and conditions set out below. Please take time to read them. By using or registering on the portal you will have accepted these terms and conditions. The use of this portal is entirely at your own risk.

Jurisdiction

Use of the portal and all associated processes are governed by the laws of England.

Alterations

DFID reserves the right to make changes to the content and requirements for registration provided in the portal without notice and without liability.

Site Content

DFID has no responsibility for the accuracy, veracity and completeness of information, transmitted, or transferred, by you to the portal, nor for any errors in the manner of its input.

Contract documentation on this site may not be amended, altered or modified in any way nor may it be reproduced without the consent of DFID.

The site will record all persons or legal entities downloading tender information. Any person accessing or using the portal is deemed to consent to such recording.

Users of the portal agree they will not upload any material, including questions, which are malicious, frivolous or otherwise inappropriate. Any breach of this nature could result in de-registration.

It is a condition of registration on the Portal that registered users are to supply DFID with accurate information at all times. It shall be the responsibility of registered users to keep their information up to date. DFID reserves the right to withdraw registration if, in our view, the information is found to be inaccurate. It shall be the responsibility of registered users to safeguard their registration details.

Communicating with users

DFID will from time to time send e-mails to registered users including occasional surveys and questionnaires. By registering you agree to the receipt of e-mails.

Category Expertise

If you purport to offer expertise in a particular category of work, this shall not be taken to mean that DFID accepts that you do, in fact, have that expertise,  and will not trigger or guarantee any invitations to tender for future work with DFID.

Security

While all reasonable security precautions have been taken by DFID, including the provision of a secure and robust operating environment, the nature of communication by the Internet is such that DFID cannot absolutely guarantee the privacy or confidentiality of communications transmitted via the Internet from interference by third parties.

Liability

DFID shall not be liable for any delays, interruptions, errors or failures in the provision of the portal services. DFID shall not be liable, either in contract or in
tort, for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages or any other losses, costs or expenses of any kind claimed to have arisen as a result of using the DFID portal or as a result of the non-availability ,non-functioning or malfunctioning of the portal services or otherwise in connection therewith.

Disclaimer

DFID will endeavour to ensure that the information and data on the Portal is accurate and that the Portal itself operates properly at all times, but because it is an electronic medium and interaction with it involves remote servers and the public internet, we must make the following disclaimers:

  • DFID do not accept responsibility expressed or implied for the accuracy, suitability, usefulness, and completeness or otherwise of the information and data contained in the portal;
  • do not warrant that the information and data contained in the portal is free from infection by computer viruses or that it does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person any where in the world;
  • do not authorize the infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material in the portal;
  • do not accept responsibility for any errors in transmission or downloading documentation from or to the portal
  • do not accept responsibility for non-adherence by tenderers to the stipulated closing dates and times expressed in tender documents;
  • DFID reserves the right to amend this disclaimer as and when required without notice by updating this posting

Copyright

The information displayed in the Portal is public. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged.

Publication of data

By registering on the Portal you are giving your consent to DFID to publish information, other than that exempt from disclosure in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and the Data Protection Act. DFID shall determine whether Commercially Sensitive Information and/or any other information provided by you to the Portal is exempt from disclosure. Information such as bank details and commercial proposals will not normally be published.
Please also read DFID's policy on publishing tenders and contracts under the Government’s Transparency Agenda.

Last updated: 30 Mar 2011