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Working effectively with our partners, whether they're small start-ups or leading multinationals, is central to our business vision.
If you'd like to integrate or add our data to your products and/or services then you'll need to become an OS Partner. Under our Licensed Partner Programme, we'll provide you with access to our products, account management support and many other benefits. See our Partner page for further information.
To use our data under the partner programme you will need to be licensed.
We have several Partner Licences all of which sit under an umbrella agreement known as the Framework Contract (Partners) (FCP).
The FCP is an overarching agreement that sets out the commerical relationship between you and us. The FCP is an open-ended licence. It stays in place for as long as you are licensed under at least one Defined Use Contract.
Here's an example of the FCP that you'll be asked to sign:
Our Defined Use Contracts work in conjunction with the FCP. They last for between one and five years. You can renew or extend these contracts as required.
Defined Use Contracts include details of:
We currently offer the following contracts:
Further details about each of our contracts is available here:
To become a licensed partner, we ask you to talk through your requirements with a member of our sales team. It doesn't take long and it does help us all to understand more about how we can meet your expectations, which products or services you'd like to use, and what we can deliver to you via our partner programme. It's also the most effective way for you to find out more about our contracts.
Before becoming a partner you will need to apply for a Credit Account.
Once you have been accepted as a partner, you will be able to sign-up to the FCP and Defined Use Contracts and order OS Data through our Online Ordering System "OS Orders". We will provide you with log-in details to access this.
Here's an overview of the process for signing-up as a licensed partner.
Partner licensing process diagram
If you'd like to discuss becoming a licensed partner, please email our Partnership enquiries team or phone us on 03456 05 05 05.
Aside from tapping in to our expertise via dedicated account management support (subject to criteria), you'll also have access to our Partner support website.
There you can see examples of our contracts, pricing examples and royalty calculators as well as other supporting tools and information. It's a password-protected area - we'll give you log-in details when you sign up.
You will be expected to acknowledge our data in your products and services. You may also use certain OS Logos with your products/services.
For details on how to use our logos, together with our branding guidelines, copyright acknowledgements and map legends please see our Style guide.
For details of the products licensed under our partner contracts. please see our Contract/Product matrix.
As a partner, you're allowed to sub-license data to contractors (as long as they're providing work on your behalf), under the terms of our Standard Form Contractor Licence. Both parties should sign this contract.
If you have your own licence that you ask contractors to sign, then if you prefer, you can include our contractor terms in your own licence.
We don't mind which method you use to sign up contractors – online, email, wet ink, etc – as long as they agree to our terms and conditions.
