Review a supplier's position on a government ICT contract template
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Compare the agency's issued contract, order form and modules against the current government template, and build a table of every departure, every clause the supplier has been asked to accept that it cannot meet, and the supplier's proposed responses from its own playbook, quoting the clause each time.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide which departures the supplier should raise given the procurement rules and the agency's stated tolerance for change, settle the liability, IP, data and security positions, and approve the response before it is submitted with the tender or offer.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Compare the agency's issued contract, order form and modules against the current government template, and build a table of every departure, every clause the supplier has been asked to accept that it cannot meet, and the supplier's proposed responses from its own playbook, quoting the clause each time. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the instructions, the jurisdiction and the complete relevant material before starting.
- Confirm the template version the agency issued and compare against that version, not a later or earlier one.
- Check each departure quoted in the table against the issued document.
- Confirm the schedule matches the format and deadline the tender documents require.
- Check the output against the source documents named in it before it is relied on.
Sources
- DTA: Digital sourcing cloud contract templates · 2026-10-18
- buy.nsw: MICTA/ICTA · 2026-10-18
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.