Purpose

The County Council needs to consider the most
appropriate form of construction contract for the engagement of a
contractor for the delivery of projects in the East Lancashire
Levelling Up Fund Programme. These projects have budgets generally
in the region of £1.5M to £5M with construction periods
in the order of 12 months. The projects are currently at detail
design stage and it is intended that a fully detailed client design
will be developed. The majority of schemes of this nature are
delivered nationally through a form of contract contained with the
New Engineering Contract (NEC4) suite of documents. NEC4 is a
modern contract, with options that offer varying degrees of risk to
both the client and contractor.

Content

Andy
Mullaney, Director of Environment and Planning approved the
NEC4 Option A, Priced Contract with Activity
Schedule as the form of construction contract for the engagement of
a contractor for the delivery of projects in the East Lancashire
Levelling Up Fund Programme.