CONTINUITY CONTRACTS

SERIAL CONTRACTS

1 WHERE A SERIES OF CONTRACTS ARE LET TO A SINGLE CONTRACTOR

2 NUMBER OF CONTRACTS IS ROUGHLY KNOWN
3 USUALLY OF SIMILAR ORDER OF SIZE
4 TENDER COMPETITIVELY WITH A MASTER BILL OF QUANTITIES
5 BLDG RESOURCES/PROF SERVICES CAN RESULT IN LOWER COSTS AND
BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY
6 IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIENT/CR/DESIGN TEAM

CONTINUATION CONTRACTS

1 AD HOC ARRANGEMENT TO TAKE ADVANATGE OF PARTICULAR SITUATION

2 WHERE ONE CT IS RUNNING AND FURTHER WORK BECOMES AVAILABLE
3 SAME DOCS COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW WORK
4 ALLOWANCES WILL BE MADE FOR INCREASES TO LABOUR AND MATS
BECAUSE OF TIME
5 CLIENT ACCRUE BENEFITS FROM INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND FURTHER
SAVINGS STEMMING FROM DOING SIMILAR WORK

TERM CONTRACTS

1 CR DOES CERTAIN WORK FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME

2 AGREES TO DO ALL WORK WITHIN SET PERIOD
3 TENDER DCOS USUALLY = SCHEDULE OF RATES
4 ORDERS FOR WORK ARE ISSUED FROM TIME TO TIME, CR PAID
ACCORDINGLY
5 IDEAL FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK

NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS

1 SHOULD ONLY BE DONE WHERE OBVIOUS ADVANTAGE TO CLIENT

2 WHER BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH CR
3 GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS
4 USED PREVIOUSLY
5 VERY SPECIALIST WORK, ONLY ONE CR CAN CARRY OUT THE WORKS
6 RAPID START IE WHERE ORIGINAL CR = GONE INTO LIQUIDATION

METHOD ONE
COMPETITVE RATES OBTAINED FOR SIMILAR WORK, BUT COULD = PROBS
ADJUSTING RATES FOR NEW WORK

METHOD TWO
AGREED ASSESMENT OF ESTIMATED COST, TO WHICH AGREED % ADDED

ADVANTAGES

1 MUST SET PARAMETERS PRIOR TO NEGOTIATION

2 SELECT CR FOR WORKMANSHIP / EXPERTESE
3 BROUGHT ON AT AN EARLY STAGE