model contracts for local authorities

The Office of Government Commerce has developed model contracts for local authorities. One for goods and one for services - and they're now out for consultation. According to the OGC site:

They are specifically for use by local authorities and designed for low to medium risk general procurement projects, where the values range from £140,000 to £1 million – values exceeding the EU thresholds. Both were written in consultation with representatives from key stakeholders, including the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, IDeA, 4Ps, and NW Regional Centre of Excellence.

My procurement expertise is...well, not great. I see that this guidance is for "general procurement", but when contracting for goods and services with partners, I imagine it's just all the more complicated. Is anyone aware of any guidance for partners contracting? In your experience is it better for one party (the one with the deepest pockets?) to run the contract?

The consultation period for these draft model terms closes at the end of May.