The Public Works Contract for Early Collaboration is a new contract which is being added to the suite of Public Works Contracts. This contract is intended for use on large projects (e.g. over €100 million), or technically complex projects on which Contractor input is required at an early stage. It can only be used if prior approval has been received from the Government’s Construction Contracts Committee and such approval will be on a contract by contract basis.

Changes have been made to reflect new arrangements for Specialists in Schedule in Public Works Contracts PW-CF1 to 5.

A correction has been made to the Compensation Event column for items 18-21 in Part 1K of the Schedule.

PW-CF6:Employer liability and insurance provisions revised to reflect what is available in the market following discussions with Insurance Brokers; and Additional provision in REA (4 February 2011) included.

FTS6:Minor changes have been made to the Schedule in relation to insurance.

The Public Works Contract for Early Collaboration is a new contract which is being added to the suite of Public Works Contracts. This contract is intended for use on large projects (e.g. over €100 million), or technically complex projects on which Contractor input is required at an early stage. It can only be used if the Government’s Construction Contracts Committee has given approval to do so which will be on a contract by contract basis.

PW-CF1 – PW-CF5: A number of minor amendments have been made which include the following:

• Greater clarity is given to the position regarding background information so as to confirm original intention;
• The definition of ‘lands made available’ has changed;
• A requirement for records included;
• Changes to Programme Contingency;
• Disputing an ER’s decision has a finite period;
• Tighter provisions included in regard to time to submit final statement in order to comply with original intention;
• Employer liability and insurance provisions revised to reflect what is available in the market following discussions with Insurance Brokers;
• Additional provision in REA (4 February 2011) included.

FTS1 –FTS5:

Apart from a change to text relating to disputes in the Form of Tender; minor changes have been made to the Schedule which include insurance, weather measurement and named specialists in the Schedule.

Minor amendments have been made to the Instructions to Tender to allow the award criteria to be either on: (i) a MEAT basis; or (ii) lowest price only.

‘Section 4 – Employers Representative’ has been amended.

Footnote 1 has been removed.

The default for Tender Price in the Form of Tender has been set to ‘excluding all VAT’.