Website Qualification Terms and Conditions

The website and qualification process are intended only to:

• receive preliminary enquiries;
• understand your organisation and proposed requirements;
• assess whether your requirements may fall within our capabilities and permitted activities;
• identify potential conflicts, compliance concerns, procurement requirements, sanctions issues, or other restrictions; and
• determine whether the parties wish to discuss a possible formal engagement.

Submitting an enquiry does not guarantee that we will accept you as a client, provide services, issue a proposal, or enter into a contract.

Submitting information, attending an introductory discussion, receiving preliminary comments, or communicating with us does not create:

• a client, adviser, consultant, fiduciary, agency, partnership, joint venture, employment, or other professional relationship;
• any duty to advise, act, investigate, monitor, update, or protect your interests; or
• any obligation on either party to continue discussions.

A binding engagement will arise only when the relevant parties enter into a separate written agreement, engagement letter, statement of work, accepted proposal, purchase order accepted by us, or other written contract expressly confirming the engagement.

Any information, comments, observations, discussions, estimates, examples, or preliminary views provided during the qualification process are general and preliminary only.

They must not be treated as:

• legal, tax, regulatory, financial, investment, accounting, procurement, technical, security, or other regulated advice;
• a final recommendation;
• confirmation that any proposed course of action is suitable, lawful, complete, or effective; or
• a substitute for advice based on a complete review of your circumstances.

You must not act or refrain from acting in reliance on qualification-stage communications.

You confirm that all information you submit is, to the best of your knowledge:

• accurate, complete, current, and not misleading;
• lawfully obtained and lawfully disclosed;
• provided with all necessary authority, permissions, and approvals;
• free from malicious code and unlawful content; and
• suitable for evaluating a possible engagement.

You must promptly correct any information that becomes inaccurate or incomplete.

Where you submit information on behalf of an organisation, you confirm that:

• you are authorised to act for that organisation;
• you are authorised to provide the submitted information;
• you are authorised to accept these Terms on its behalf; and
• your participation does not breach any internal policy, procurement rule, law, regulation, or contractual obligation.

Government and public-sector representatives must also ensure that participation is permitted under applicable procurement, ethics, confidentiality, records-management, anti-corruption, and approval requirements.

You should provide only the minimum information reasonably necessary for qualification.

Unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing, do not submit:

• classified information;
• state secrets;
• privileged legal communications;
• highly sensitive personal information;
• export-controlled or restricted technical information;
• confidential government information;
• passwords, access credentials, or security keys; or
• information that you are not legally authorised to disclose.

We will use reasonable care when handling information you submit.

Unless a separate written confidentiality agreement applies:

• qualification-stage information is not subject to a professional privilege or fiduciary duty;
• we may share information with personnel, contractors, technology providers, compliance providers, and advisers who support the qualification process;
• we may retain qualification records for compliance, audit, security, risk-management, record-keeping, and business-development purposes; and
• neither party is required to disclose confidential information.

We may conduct checks relating to:

• conflicts of interest;
• ownership and control;
• ultimate beneficial ownership;
• government ownership or political exposure;
• sanctions and restricted-party status;
• anti-money-laundering and anti-bribery concerns;
• source of funds or payment arrangements;
• procurement requirements;
• export controls;
• reputation and integrity; and
• the proposed countries, counterparties, sectors, or end users involved.

We may reject, suspend, or discontinue the qualification process where information is not provided or where we identify a legal, regulatory, ethical, commercial, security, or reputational concern.

You confirm that neither you nor, to your knowledge, your controlling persons or intended beneficiaries are subject to sanctions or restrictions that would make the proposed engagement unlawful.

You must not use the website or qualification process in connection with:

• unlawful activity;
• bribery, corruption, fraud, money laundering, or terrorist financing;
• sanctions or export-control evasion;
• prohibited transactions; or
• activity that could expose us or our personnel to legal or regulatory breach.

Where the Applicant is a government entity, public authority, state-owned enterprise, intergovernmental organisation, or other public-sector body:

• any engagement remains subject to applicable procurement and contracting requirements;
• no qualification-stage communication constitutes an award, binding bid, commitment, tender acceptance, or authority to incur expenditure;
• informal communications do not authorise work;
• all required approvals, delegations, purchase orders, appropriations, and internal authorisations must be completed before services begin; and
• any mandatory audit, disclosure, records, immunity, public-law, or procurement provisions must be addressed in the formal engagement agreement.

Unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing:

• the qualification process is provided without charge;
• we are not required to prepare a proposal, scope, timetable, methodology, or fee estimate;
• any preliminary pricing, timing, or resource indication is non-binding;
• taxes, expenses, third-party costs, travel, and regulatory charges may be additional; and
• no work will begin until a formal agreement and all required approvals are in place.

Each party retains ownership of its pre-existing materials, information, methods, know-how, documents, branding, systems, and intellectual property.

Unless separately agreed in writing:

• no intellectual property rights are transferred during qualification;
• our proposals, methods, frameworks, presentations, pricing structures, and other materials may be used only for internal evaluation;
• you may not copy, distribute, commercialise, replicate, or use our materials for competitive tendering or delivery by another provider; and
• no licence is granted except a limited, revocable, non-transferable right to review materials for qualification purposes.

You acknowledge that qualification-stage communications may be incomplete, based on unverified assumptions, or provided before all relevant facts are known.

You remain responsible for:

• your own commercial and operational decisions;
• independently verifying information;
• obtaining appropriate legal, tax, regulatory, financial, technical, or other specialist advice; and
• ensuring that any proposed activity complies with applicable law.

We may collect and use basic business contact and enquiry information, including:

• names;
• job titles;
• organisation names;
• business email addresses;
• telephone numbers;
• country or location information;
• website usage and technical information; and
• brief descriptions of proposed projects or service requirements.

We may use this information to:

• assess the enquiry;
• communicate with you;
• perform conflict, sanctions, compliance, eligibility, and security checks;
• maintain records;
• prevent fraud and misuse;
• improve our qualification process; and
• establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

You must ensure that you have authority and a lawful basis to provide personal information relating to other individuals.

A separate Privacy Notice may be introduced or updated as our website, systems, providers, and business operations develop. Where a Privacy Notice is published, it will apply alongside these Terms.

You agree that we may communicate with you electronically using the contact details you provide.

Electronic communications may be delayed, intercepted, corrupted, or accessed without authorisation. You are responsible for applying appropriate security controls and independently verifying payment instructions, bank details, and other sensitive directions.

We do not guarantee that the website, forms, booking systems, portals, or qualification process will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, complete, or error-free. We may modify, suspend, restrict, or withdraw any part of the website or qualification process without notice.

You must not:

• provide false, deceptive, unlawful, or infringing information;
• impersonate another person or organisation;
• attempt to bypass security or screening controls;
• introduce malware or harmful code;
• scrape, reverse engineer, copy, or misuse our systems or materials;
• use the process for improper benchmarking, competitive intelligence, or solicitation; or
• use the website or qualification process in violation of applicable law.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be liable for loss arising from or connected with: our decision to accept, reject, suspend, or discontinue qualification; reliance on preliminary communications; delays in responding; website unavailability; loss, corruption, interception, or unauthorised access to submitted information; failure to identify a legal, regulatory, commercial, operational, or compliance issue during qualification; or your failure to obtain independent advice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude liability for indirect, consequential, incidental, special, exemplary, or punitive loss, including loss of profits, opportunity, revenue, goodwill, data, or anticipated savings. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify us against third-party claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable costs arising from: information or materials you unlawfully provide; your breach of these Terms; your infringement of third-party rights; or your unlawful or unauthorised use of the website or qualification process. This clause applies to government and public-sector Applicants only to the extent legally permissible and expressly accepted.

You acknowledge that McGill Consulting Group EST. may later reorganise, restructure, convert, or continue its business through another entity established or licensed in the United Arab Emirates. Subject to applicable law and any required client consent, McGill Consulting Group EST. may assign, transfer, or novate any proposal, engagement, agreement, right, benefit, interest, obligation, or liability to:

• an affiliated entity;
• a successor entity;
• a newly established UAE entity;
• an entity created through restructuring, conversion, merger, or business transfer; or
• an entity acquiring all or a material part of the relevant business.

Where transfer of obligations requires your consent, the transfer will take effect only after:

• you provide the required consent;
• the relevant parties sign a novation, assignment, replacement engagement agreement, or equivalent document; or
• any other legally required formality is completed.

You agree not to unreasonably withhold or delay consent where the proposed transfer does not materially reduce the services, protections, or remedies available to you.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing:

• accrued rights and liabilities remain with the party legally responsible for them;
• the transfer does not automatically change the agreed scope, fees, confidentiality obligations, service standards, or intellectual-property provisions; and
• the receiving entity will assume transferred obligations only from the effective transfer date.

Any transfer involving a government or public-sector client remains subject to applicable procurement rules, anti-assignment restrictions, internal approvals, and mandatory legal requirements.

You may not assign, transfer, or novate your rights or obligations without our prior written consent.

We may reject, suspend, or discontinue any qualification process at any time, with or without cause and without liability, subject to applicable law.

We are not required to disclose confidential screening criteria, internal risk assessments, privileged material, security information, or detailed reasons for our decision.

These Terms are governed by the applicable federal laws of the United Arab Emirates and, where relevant, the laws applicable in the Emirate of Dubai.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing or required by mandatory law, the courts of Dubai shall have jurisdiction over disputes arising from or connected with these Terms.

A later engagement agreement may specify a different court, arbitration forum, free-zone jurisdiction, governing law, or dispute-resolution procedure.

Where an Applicant is a government or public-sector entity, nothing in these Terms is intended to create or waive sovereign immunity, governmental immunity, statutory protection, public-law defence, or mandatory procurement right unless expressly agreed in a duly authorised written contract.

These Terms, together with any qualification-specific notice displayed before submission and any published Privacy Notice, form the entire agreement concerning participation in the qualification process.

They do not govern the delivery of paid advisory or consulting services, which requires a separate written engagement agreement.

Acceptance of these Terms must be captured through an explicit, affirmative action. The qualification form must not be submitted unless both required checkboxes are selected by the Applicant.

• the version and effective date of the Terms accepted;
• the date and time of acceptance;
• the related submission reference;
• the identity and contact details supplied by the Applicant; and
• relevant technical acceptance data, including IP address where legally and technically appropriate.

Electronic records of acceptance may be retained for legal, compliance, security, audit, and record-keeping purposes.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The version displayed on the website when you submit an enquiry will ordinarily apply to that submission. No update will retrospectively create a client engagement or obligation to provide services.

If any provision is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or removed, while the remaining provisions continue in effect.

Enquiries concerning these Terms may be submitted through the contact details or enquiry form published on the McGill Consulting Group EST. website.