Entities and individuals providing services and exercising functions on behalf of an agency under contract or as volunteers

This guideline provides guidance to agencies who engage contracted entities, individual contractors and volunteers to provide services on behalf of an agency or to exercise the functions of an agency.

Throughout this guideline, contractors, subcontractors and volunteers, and employees, partners and officers of contracted entities that provide services on behalf of an agency or exercise functions of an agency are referred to as public officials providing contracted-out services.