• What’s New
• Notices
• People Issues
  • Training and Development
    • Competences
    • Foundation Training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
    • Line Managers Guide to Commercial Awareness Practitioners Programme (CAPP)
    • Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS)
    • Commercial Skills and Development Panel
    • Defence Acquisition Management Education Programme(DAMEP)
    • Additional Information
  • Professionalism
    • Certificate of Competence in Purchasing and Supply (CCPS)
    • Frequently Asked Questions
• Guidance by Topic
  • Standard Topic Guidance Format
  • A – Z List of Topics
  • MOD Commercial Management
    • Commercial Delegations and Mentoring
    • Freedom of Information
    • Protection of Information
  • Develop Acquisition Strategy
    • Choosing a Competitive or Non-Competitive Approach
    • EC Public Procurement Regulations
    • Conflicts of Interest
    • Openness In Business
    • Due Diligence
    • Influencing Supply Networks
    • More Effective Contracting
    • Earned Value Management (EVM)
    • Obsolescence Management : Commercial Aspects
    • Sustainable Procurement
    • Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE)
    • Alliancing
    • Partnering
    • Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
    • Public Private Partnerships (PPP) - Overview
  • Contracting Methods
    • Advertising
    • European Defence Agency Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement (EDA)
    • Supplier Selection
    • Enabling Contracts
    • Low Value Requirements
    • Nominal Cost Contracts
    • Prime Contracting
    • Options
    • Request for Contract Action
    • Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs)
    • Sales Contracting
    • Equipment Hire
    • Supplier Relations, Development and Management
    • Works
  • Overseas Procurement and International Acquisition
    • Overseas Procurement and International Acquisition
    • Overseas Procurement
    • Industrial Participation
    • Procurement from the USA
    • Exchange Variation
  • Tendering and Contract Award
    • Tender – Preparation
    • Tender – Boards
    • Tender – Assessment
    • Tender – Award and Debrief
    • Commercial Risk
    • Indemnity Against Risks
    • Insurance Against Risks
    • Limiting / Excluding Liability for Risks
    • Liquidated Damages
    • Force Majeure
    • Warranty
    • Contractors on Deployed Operations (CONDO)
    • Sponsored Reserves
    • Delivery and Acceptance
    • Government Furnished Assets
    • Quality Assurance In Contracts
    • IPR - Overview and Policy
    • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – Commercial Exploitation Levy (CEL)
    • IPR - Conditions
    • IPR - Software Acquisition Licensing
    • Safety, Environmental and Social Issues
    • Reverse Auction
    • Payment – Interim Payment and Contract Payment Admin
  • Pricing
    • Non-Competitive – Overview
    • Team Approach
    • No Acceptable Price No Contract (NAPNOC)
    • Government Profit Formula
    • Target Cost Incentive Fee (TCIF)
    • Variation of Price (VOP)
    • Ascertained Costs – DEFCON 653
    • Price Fixing – DEFCON 643
    • Equality of Information
    • Cost Assurance and Analysis Service (CAAS) Estimates
    • Contractor Rates: the CAAS Recovery Rates Programme
    • Cost Accounting
    • Industry Accounting
    • Proprietary Products
    • Subcontracts
    • Post Costing
  • Contract Administration
    • Contract Administration
    • Contract Amendments
    • Company Financial Status
    • Company Legal Status
    • Claims
    • Dispute Resolution
    • Interest Payable To and By MOD
    • Termination of Contract
• General Awareness Guides
  • Commercial Awareness Guide
  • e-Business Overview
  • Guide to Intellectual Property
• Map to other Guidance
• DEFCONs
  • Conditions Guide
  • DEFCON Series
  • Archived DEFCONs
  • DEFCON 2000
  • Archived DEFCON 2000
• DEFFORMs
  • DEFFORM Series
• MOD / Industry
  • Commercial Policy Steering Group Website
  • Guidelines for Industry

Feedback

The Director General Defence Commercial, Commercial Systems (DGDC CS) is responsible for the production and distribution of the Commercial Toolkit. We welcome any comments or observations on its design, structure, ease of use, reliability or value.

Please forward any feedback to:

• DGDC CS-2E-2A
• Mil: 9679 30209
• Civ : +44 (0) 306 793 0209
• Email: DGDCCS-2E-2A@mod.uk

and copy to:

• DGDC CS-2E-ASST-HD
• Mil: 9679 34320
• Civ: +44 (0) 306 793 4320
• Email: DGDCCS-2E-ASST-HD@mod.uk

Change History

1 March 2010

Change to update responsibility for production and distribution from CPET to DGDC CS.

1 August 2009

Minor edits to email addresses.

1 November 2007

Minor edits to support Departmental name changes.

1 May 2007

Minor edits to support Departmental name changes.