Sub-licence OS data to a contractor to enable the contractor to provide works on your behalf.
Standard Form Contractor Licence
Standard Form Contractor Licence
This Standard Form Contractor Licence (SFCL) is where you can license contractors to support your business activities with our licensed data.
- This licence entitles you to
- Businesses
Key features
Provide Data to contractors
The Standard Form Contractor Licence (SFCL) is a draft template for use where you license OS data under the Framework Contract (Direct Customer).
Licence agreement
- Use cases
- Use where you license OS data under the Framework Contract (Direct Customer).
- Customer suitability
- Businesses
- Length of licence
- Equal to term of customer's licence, dependent on time needed to complete contractor work
- Licence fee
Free
Terms and conditions
Legal advice
This draft doesn’t constitute legal advice and you should talk to your own legal advisers regarding the licence, including content, format, signing, witnessing and storage.
PSGA members
If you're a member of the Public Sector Geospatial Agreement (PSGA) see our public sector contractors licensing page.
Do we need to keep records about our use of contractors?
Although OS will not normally need to see any contractor licence you issue, there are occasions when they are requested.
How long can a contractor licence last for an are they transferable?
The lifespan of a contractor licence is entirely down to you and is dependent upon the scope of the works and or service being provided.
Can an individual be used as a contractor?
Use an End User licence for this purpose.
What are the liability clauses about?
They set out the responsibilities and obligations of both you and your contractors in your relationship with OS. If required, you should get your own legal advice on understanding what these clauses mean to you.
Are the liabilities for breaches of Intellectual Property Rights capped?
No. Should it become necessary (and in connection with the use data that OS manages the IPR in) OS is entitled to recover from you all amounts lawfully due in respect of breaches of IPR made by you and your contractors.
How are the liability clauses set out in the contractor licence?
In the contractor licence that we provide, the liability position has been back-to-backed. It is important that, if required, you should get your own legal advice on understanding what these clauses mean to you.
What happens in the event of a breach?
Unfortunately, it is not possible to answer this with definitive guidelines, because any case needs consideration on an individual basis.
We are terminating a contractor licence; what can the contractor retain?
From the point the contract is terminated, the contractor can only keep an archive copy of the OS (or OS derived) data.
Documents and support
Trademark acknowledgements
- Product names and trademarksAn extensive list of product names and trademarked brands registered to Ordnance Survey
- Crown CopyrightOur data and our brand are protected by a variety of intellectual property (IP) rights (including copyright, database rights and trade marks), and our primary income comes from licensing these IP rights to Government, public sector organisations, commercial businesses and consumers.
Support with licensing OS Data
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Get this licence
- Key features
- Provide Data to contractors
- This licence entitles you to
Sub-licence OS data to a contractor to enable the contractor to provide works on your behalf.
- Length of licence
- Equal to term of customer's licence, dependent on time needed to complete contractor work
How to apply
Standard form Contractor Licence template
We’ve drafted a template for you to complete and share with your contractor