NEC4: Establishing a Procurement and Contract Strategy
This document is a brief guide to the NEC and strategic choices between contracts and Options within each contract.
Chapter 1 Brief guide to NEC
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Background
- 1.3 Objectives
Chapter 2 NEC4 contracts
- 2.1 Choosing a NEC contract
- 2.2 Subcontracts
Chapter 3 Procurement strategy
- 3.1 Overview
- 3.2 Traditional approaches
- 3.3 Design and build
- 3.4 Prime contracting
- 3.5 Management contracts
- 3.6 Public-private partnership (PPP)
- 3.7 Alliancing
- 3.7 Summary
Chapter 4 Key procurement considerations
- 4.1 Multiparty collaboration
- 4.2 Incentivisation
- 4.3 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- 4.4 Risk management
- 4.5 Supply chain management
- 4.6 Operating, maintenance and compliance periods
- 4.7 Framework contracts
- 4.8 Early contractor involvement (ECI)
- 4.9 Information modelling
- 4.10 Novation
- 4.11 Sustainability
Chapter 5 Roles and duties
- 5.1 The Project Manager
- 5.2 The Supervisor
- 5.3 Designers
- 5.4 The Client
- 5.5 The Contractor
- 5.6 The Adjudicator
- 5.7 Project organisation
- 5.8 Selecting a Project Manager
Chapter 6 Contract strategy
- 6.1 Overview
- 6.2 Choosing a main Option
- 6.3 Choosing an Option for resolving and avoiding disputes and secondary Options
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