Invitation to Tender letters (ITTW1 to ITTW3) – form fields inserted.

Form of Tender and Schedule (Works) FTS1 to FTS5 – The default for Tender Price in the Form of Tender has set to ‘excluding all VAT’. Schedule Part 1 H ‘is not’ which had been omitted as an option has also been added to the drop-down menu in FTS2 to FTS5.

GN 2.3 – Procurement Process for Works Contractors – Page 30 – Text correction for ‘Use this Form of Tender …’ for PW-CF 5 to PW-CF8.

GN 1.4 – Procurement and Contract Strategy for Public Works Contracts – Page 26 – correction to text in ‘Definition of Small Projects’.

Page 59 – Section relating to ‘If the budget is exceeded – action post-award’ – the omission of ‘not’ from the last line of the paragraph has been corrected.

Minor amendment has been made to the signature box: APPENDIX A: QC1; QC2; QC3 and QC4.

A Supplement to the Agreed Rules of Measurement version 4 (ARM 4) has been issued by the Society of Chartered Surveyors and is effective from 4 April 2011. This Supplement modifies those rules of measurement so as to align them with the new public works contracts. The Introductory Note to this Supplement is attached and is also available at Appendix D3 of Guidance Note 1.5 ‘Public Works Contracts’.

Introductory Note to the Agreed Rules of Measurement version 4 (ARM 4) and Supplement 1.

A new Information Note in relation to Authorised Bonding Business is now included under Pillar 1. It covers both Banks and Insurance Businesses (Non-Life).

1. Banks: Banks that are authorised to do banking business in Ireland are listed on the Financial Regulator’s database under the banner “Register of Credit Institutions”.

2. Surety Businesses/Insurance Undertakings (i.e. Non-Life Surety Undertakings): A registered list of Insurance Undertakings are listed on the Financial Regulator’s database under the banner “Register of Life and Non Life Insurance Undertakings”.

Pricing Schedule and Service Requirement have been included in the list of documents that the contract will consist of. Client Instructions can be located under the plus [+] sign at MF2.2.

Minor amendments have been made to the Employer Instructions associated with MF1.4.

Amendments have been made to the following Sections in GN1.5 (see change note in archives for further details):

• Section 2.1 Suitability Assessment of Contractors – Substitution
• Section 2.1.1 Procurement of Specialists – Procurement Options
• Section 2.1.2 Procurement of Specialists – Contractor Input Only: 1. Specialists named by the Contractor.
• Section 2.4.1 Insurance Requirements – Paragraph ‘Exclusions’ repeated, one paragraph deleted
• Section 2.6.2 Completing the Schedule – Schedule Part 1 of PW-CF1 to PW-CF5
• Section 2.7.5 Tender Evaluation Example – Sample calculations
• Appendix D
• Appendices D3 – G

A standard Model Form MF 2.3 Collateral Warranty for Sub-Consultants is now available on the website and can be found under Model Forms under Standard Conditions of Engagement.

A standard Model Form MF 2.2 Letter of Acceptance for Consultants is now available on the website and can be found under Model Forms under Standard Conditions of Engagement.

To be consistent with the other forms of contract separate Schedules are now available for PW-CF 6; PW-CF 7; and PW-CF 8. Note: The Schedules continue to be available as part of the ‘Tender and Schedule’ documents.