General Conditions of Contract

The Council will always contract under its own Conditions.

With regard to construction related projects, Terms and Conditions of Contract are those contained within the standard forms for the industry, information on ordering and hard copies of which can be obtained as follows:

For work of a Building nature including JCT Contracts:

http://www.ribabookshops.com/ or www.ricsbooks.com/contracts.

For work of a Civil Engineering nature including ICE and NEC Contracts:

http://www.thomastelford.com/books/

Any amendments to be included by TDC to such standard forms are specified within contract documentation on a project specific basis.

Terms and Conditions to be found on the back of a purchase order are also available on this website.

The following General Conditions are intended as an example of conditions of contract for services, rather than contracts for goods and/or works. These general conditions of contract do not constitute a contract in themselves. They will form part of a legally binding agreement, along with various other documents. Each Contract will cover the services, price, timetable etc.

The Council's ITT (Invitation to Tender) will cover tendering processes (including Form of Tender and Collusion Certificate), the requirement for the successful tenderer to execute a suitable form of agreement and any Thanet District Council requirement for a performance bond. The date of the formal legal agreement will be the Effective Date for the purposes of the conditions.

Thanet District Council General Conditions of Contract (PDF, 202kb). To use this file you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have it on your computer, please use our advice page.

The contents of this document are: