BS EN 13269:2016

This standard BS EN 13269:2016 Maintenance. Guideline on preparation of maintenance contracts is classified in these ICS categories:

• 03.080.10 Industrial services

This European Standard provides guidance on the preparation of contracts in private sector for maintenance services.

It can be applied to:

• cross-border as well as national company/maintenance contractor relationships,

• the whole range of maintenance services including planning, management and control in addition to maintenance operations,

• every type of item with the exception of computer software unless the software has to be maintained as an integral part of, and together with, technical equipment.

It does not

• provide standard forms for maintenance contracts,

• determine rights and obligations between company and maintenance contractor,

• provide rules for agreements with public administrations.

NOTE It is common to have service-level-agreements with different models, including consulting, engineering, improvements and optimization with incentives. It is out of the scope of this standard to consider characteristics of these agreements.