Procurement - Document
MSA
(Master Services Agreement)
The main contract setting the terms for an ongoing relationship with a supplier
What's it for?
Sets common legal terms once so repeated work with the same supplier does not need a new full contract each time.
For example…
One main supplier agreement covers several later pieces of work
Once a supplier and customer have an MSA in place, they can start a new project with a shorter statement of work instead of renegotiating the main legal terms
Think of it like…
House rules agreement with a regular tradesperson: the big terms stay fixed; each visit gets a smaller ticket for that job