Suppliers | Procurement Strategies | Preparatory Agreements Preparatory Agreements Contenido de la páginaPurpose Legal instrument designed to satisfy recurring needs for goods and services contracted with suppliers with exclusive commercial or proprietary rights.Petróleos Mexicanos* manages these Preparatory Agreements to secure better purchasing conditions. These preparatory agreements are executed through specific contracts (each contract involves a commitment of budgetary resources).* The Procurement Deputy Direction manages and handles the Preparatory Agreements.Characteristics The supplier with whom the agreement is formalized has commercial exclusivity, ownership or exclusive licensing of patents or copyrights. Subject to the legal opinion of the Petróleos Mexicanos Legal Department.Previously agreed prices, times and delivery conditions (through the creation of the dynamic Catalog, which can be modified).It does not commit a budget, since it only contains the supplier's unilateral assurance.Discounts are agreed at list price or based on order volume, or both.It streamlines and simplifies the specific contracting process, because the area managing the project, or the area in charge of the process, or the area concerned, will not need to:Resort to new pricing research.Conduct a pricing analysis to complete its market research or study.Obtain the supplier's technical/financial proposal.Obtain documentation supporting the commercial exclusivity or exclusive rights of the supplier, as well as the corresponding opinion of the Legal Department. Current Contracts (Spanish)
