For promises to be enforceable as a contract, each party to a contract must provide ‘consideration’, unless the agreement is a deed. In procurement, the buyer usually agrees to pay a sum of money – the price – in return for the supplier promising to perform the contract. The mutual exchange of benefits between the parties is one test to establish the existence of a legally binding contract. See also Contract, Bilateral.
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