diff --git a/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/BUILD.bazel b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/BUILD.bazel
index 5c756c832eb1..46b6f283ece0 100644
--- a/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/BUILD.bazel
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ go_test(
     embed = [":contract"],
     deps = [
         "//lib/errors",
+        "//lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest:mock",
         "//lib/pointers",
         "@com_github_hexops_autogold_v2//:autogold",
         "@com_github_sourcegraph_log//logtest",
         "@com_github_stretchr_testify//assert",
-        "@com_github_stretchr_testify//require",
         "@io_opentelemetry_go_otel_sdk//trace",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contract_test.go b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contract_test.go
index 191b5d34a532..d6b74c54c8b9 100644
--- a/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contract_test.go
+++ b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contract_test.go
@@ -4,30 +4,24 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"github.com/sourcegraph/log/logtest"
-
-	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract"
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/errors"
+	mock "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/mock"
 )
 
-type mockServiceMetadata struct{}
-
-func (m mockServiceMetadata) Name() string    { return "mock-name" }
-func (m mockServiceMetadata) Version() string { return "mock-version" }
-
 func TestNewContract(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("sanity check", func(t *testing.T) {
-		e, err := contract.ParseEnv([]string{"MSP=true"})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		c := contract.New(logtest.Scoped(t), mockServiceMetadata{}, e)
+		c, err := mock.NewContract(t, mock.ServiceMetadata{}, "MSP=true")
+		if errors.Is(err, mock.MockError{}) {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
 		assert.NotZero(t, c)
 		assert.True(t, c.MSP)
 
+		// If our error is not a Mockerror, then it could be an environment validation error
 		// Expected to error, as there are missing required env vars.
-		err = e.Validate()
-		assert.Error(t, err)
+		envErr := err
+		assert.Error(t, envErr)
 	})
 
 	// TODO: Add more validation tests
diff --git a/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest/BUILD.bazel b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a65bbc7aa1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "mock",
+    srcs = ["contract_mock.go"],
+    importpath = "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/mock",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract",
+        "@com_github_sourcegraph_log//logtest",
+    ],
+)
+
+go_library(
+    name = "contractest",
+    srcs = ["contract_mock.go"],
+    importpath = "github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "//lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract",
+        "@com_github_sourcegraph_log//logtest",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest/contract_mock.go b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest/contract_mock.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4855e72d72bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract/contractest/contract_mock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package contracttest
+
+import (
+	"cmp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/log/logtest"
+
+	"github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/lib/managedservicesplatform/runtime/contract"
+)
+
+type MockServiceMetadata struct {
+	MockName    string
+	MockVersion string
+}
+
+// MockError is the error that is returned when there is an error parsing the given environment
+type MockError struct {
+	error
+}
+
+func (s MockServiceMetadata) Name() string    { return cmp.Or(s.MockName, "mock-name") }
+func (s MockServiceMetadata) Version() string { return cmp.Or(s.MockVersion, "mock-version") }
+
+// NewMockContract returns a new contract instance from the given env. If there is an error parsing the given environment
+// a MockError is returned that contains the error.
+//
+// Otherwise a new contract instance is returned as well as the environment validation result from `env.Validate()`
+func NewContract(t *testing.T, mockServiceMeta contract.ServiceMetadataProvider, env ...string) (*contract.Contract, error) {
+	t.Helper()
+	e, err := contract.ParseEnv(env)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, MockError{err}
+	}
+
+	c := contract.New(logtest.Scoped(t), mockServiceMeta, e)
+	return &c, e.Validate()
+}