UNE-EN 17371-2:2022

This document provides guidance on the design, content and structure of service contracts. It is aimed at buyers and service providers entering a contractual relationship who do not necessarily have legal training. The guidance set out in this document does not constitute legal advice.

This document is applicable to:

a) service buyers and service providers regardless of type, size or the nature of the services;

b) service providers who may be inside or outside the service buyers' organization; and

c) any interested parties who are directly or indirectly involved in or affected by a procurement process.

This document is not applicable to business-to-consumer (B2C) service contracts or for works contracts.

NOTE 1 Works contracts are contracts that have as their object the execution, or both the design and execution, of a work are not covered. Contracts having as their object only the design of a work are covered.

NOTE 2 Work means the outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole which is sufficient in itself to fulfil an economic or technical function.