Submission - Discussion Paper on Reforming Liability
Regime under the Government ICT Contracts
Under the existing liability regime of procurement
policy, it is a usual practice of the Government
ICT contracts that regardless of the nature or size
of contracts, the liability to direct and indirect
damages is unlimited.
To improve the liability regime under the Government
ICT contract, I submitted a discussion paper to
the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee requesting
the Government to review the existing procurement
policies, moving away from a default position
of "one size fits all" or uncapped liability
to a flexible approach of limiting the liability
of ICT vendors which can be tailored to the individual
circumstances of each contract and which is not
excessively bureaucratic or costly for the parties
to implement and comply with. To view the full
paper, please click here.
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