ContractSpotter
DRAFT – for Nimbus to review before launch. Not yet legal advice-checked. Items in [brackets] are placeholders.

Subscription terms

Version [date] · Draft 2026-10-14

1. Who we are

ContractSpotter is run by Nimbus, trading as ContractSpotter ([ADDRESS]), until Contract Spotter Ltd is formed and takes over these terms. Contact: hello@contractspotter.co.uk.

2. The service

ContractSpotter finds published UK public-sector contract notices that match your trade and area, and emails you a daily digest. We don't guarantee that every relevant notice will be found, or that any notice is complete or accurate.

3. Price, renewal and payment

Plans cost [PRICE incl. VAT if registered] per [month/year], paid by card through Stripe. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing period, at the price then shown, until you cancel. We'll remind you before an annual renewal and give at least 30 days' notice of any price change.

4. Cancelling

You can cancel at any time yourself. Go to Manage subscription, enter your email address, and use the secure link we send you to open the billing portal (run by our payment provider, Stripe). There you can cancel, update your card and download invoices. You can also email hello@contractspotter.co.uk and we'll cancel for you.

When you cancel, your subscription won't renew. You keep access, and keep getting digests, until the end of the period you've already paid for. After that, digests stop automatically. If a payment fails and isn't resolved, your access ends at the end of the paid period. We don't refund part-periods, except under section 5 or where the law requires.

5. Your 14-day cooling-off right (consumers)

If you're buying as a consumer, the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 give you 14 days from the date of purchase to cancel without giving a reason. If you ask us to start the service during those 14 days and then cancel, we may deduct an amount for the service already provided. To cancel, email us with a clear statement, or use the model cancellation form. Most of our customers are businesses buying for their trade. These statutory rights apply only to consumers, but we offer the same 14-day cancellation to sole traders as a goodwill gesture [confirm this policy].

6. Contract data and Open Government Licence

Notices come from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. They contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The buying organisations are responsible for their notices. Always read the original notice and procurement documents before you bid.

7. "Worth bidding?" signals are not advice

Labels such as "Worth a look", "Possible" and "Long shot" come from simple automatic rules: value against your usual job size, time to the deadline, and the type of contract. They aren't professional, legal or financial advice. Whether to bid is your decision.

8. Licence and acceptable use

8.1 Single named user. Each subscription gives one named person (the person at the subscribed email address) a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to read the digest and use it in their own business's bidding decisions. One subscription covers one email address. Team plans may be offered later.

8.2 What you must not do. You must not, and must not let anyone else:

The underlying public notices stay available to everyone under the Open Government Licence. These restrictions protect our selection, ranking, rating and formatting, and the confidentiality of your subscription, not the original government data.

8.3 Watermarking and monitoring. Every digest is uniquely watermarked to its subscriber. Its links and reference number identify who it was sent to. We monitor use of those links, including the number of networks and devices they're opened from, to detect sharing and misuse (see our privacy notice).

8.4 What we can do. If we reasonably believe you've broken this section, we can suspend your account straight away while we investigate. If you have broken it, we can end your subscription immediately by notice. If we end it for your breach, we won't refund the current paid period, because you'll have had the benefit of the service up to that point. This doesn't affect any statutory rights you have as a consumer.

8.5 Our remedies. We can also claim damages for the loss your breach causes us. This includes, as a fair measure of our loss, the subscription fees we would have received from each person or business given access in breach of section 8. Because damages may not be enough, we may apply to court for an injunction or other order to stop the breach.

9. What ContractSpotter is, and is not

9.1 An information service. ContractSpotter finds and republishes public-sector contract notices from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, under the Open Government Licence, as published by the buying organisations. We are not a procurement adviser, bid writer, broker or agent. We aren't a party to, and have no say in, any procurement or contract between you and a buyer.

9.2 No guarantee about the data. Notices are provided "as is". The buyers and the government services that publish notices are responsible for them. We don't promise that any notice is accurate, complete or up to date, that we'll find every relevant notice, or that the service will be uninterrupted. Notices can be changed, extended or withdrawn after we send them.

9.3 Ratings are not advice. "Worth a look", "Possible" and "Long shot" are automated indicators, produced by simple rules (value, time to deadline, job size and contract type). They aren't advice of any kind and don't consider your circumstances.

9.4 Check the official notice. Before acting, you must read the official notice and procurement documents, and check eligibility, requirements and deadlines with the buyer. We don't guarantee that you'll be eligible, that a deadline we show is correct, or that you'll win any work.

10. Our liability

10.1 What we never exclude. Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that can't legally be limited or excluded.

10.2 If you're a business (including a sole trader acting for their trade):

We think this cap is reasonable because it matches what you have paid for the service, which is a low-cost information service built on free public data that you must check against the official notice before relying on it.

10.3 If you're a consumer: you have legal rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, including that our service will be provided with reasonable care and skill, and nothing in these terms affects them. We're responsible for loss you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breaking these terms or failing to use reasonable care and skill, but not for unforeseeable loss. We provide the service only for your trade or business use. We aren't responsible to consumers for business losses such as lost profit, lost bids or business interruption. Sections 9 and 10.2 don't apply to you where they would limit your statutory rights.

11. Changes and law

We'll give reasonable notice of material changes. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales [confirm jurisdiction]. Consumers in Scotland or Northern Ireland may also bring claims in their local courts.

Model cancellation form

To [NAME, ADDRESS], hello@contractspotter.co.uk: I hereby give notice that I cancel my contract for the supply of the ContractSpotter service. Ordered on: ___ · Name: ___ · Address: ___ · Date: ___