Feed Documents/Drawing? or Technical Specifications?

Hi,David



is it clear now or you still need more clarifications.



REGARDS

John seems to have summed it up quite well

It also can depend on how the "feed documents" are presented to the contractor in the request for quotation.



If it is a full-blown EPC, with a performance specification, then the contractor is responsible for everything (except design criteria) for bringing the works to successful completion, fit-for-purpose. BoQs and specification descriptions mean nothing in terms of giving grounds for claim.



If it is a prescriptive specification, where the client tells you to incorporate certain items as requirement, there may be some scope for claim. However, if the contract expressly says that you must provide everything normally provided, whether stated in the contract or not, then you cannot claim.



From my past 12yrs experience of EPC, I would say that, as a general rule, once you are into these kind of contracting arrangements, you have to provide everything unless there are clear provisions entitling you to claim written into the t&c.

*You are responsible for Engineering based on the feed documents/drawings and clients Technical Specifications.

*Clients inputs are not a complete design.

*SO, the client has to provide you wit just a rough idea of what is required and based on your professionality as specialest in this feild, you have to do the works including the detail design.



In the light of the above ,you have to include all the expectd cost , as specialest in this feild, during your pricing for the total required scope of works as a lump sum contract.

It seems that it is your own problem.

My dear,

You have to put in your mind the following issues:-

1-All the contract documents are compelementary.

2- Contract documents means

contract agreement

Tender condition of contract

letter of acceptance

condition of contract(general & particular)

contract drawings

contract specification(general & particular)

contract BOQ

official correspondences



If you have received any instruction or any addetional datas (drawings) to do any works specified in any part of the above said documments ,then you can not use it to built

a claim.



If that instruction or addi.drawings wwere not specified in any part of the above mentioned contract document,then you have to notify the client and reserve your right for claiming any EOT and additional costs.



Furthermore you have to make complete study and analysis using TIA to get the actual time impact and do cost analysis to get the cost immplecations - if any.

Moses,



No easy answer to that, but the starting position would be no you can’t.



But from there you would have to ascertain what you took responsibility for when you took on the client information. Was it held out to be a complete design, just a rough idea of what was required, etc, etc.....





Then define (legally speaking) what your scope of works is and what the contract says you can or can’t claim for. eg



Please Mr Contractor design, procure and install a complete HVAC system for us. We have this preliminary design that show’s you the sort of thing we were thinking about but it’s up to you how you do it. Then no you can’t.



or:



Please Mr Contractor design, procure and install a complete HVAC system for us. We have this design that we want you to use and develop abit further but it’s substantially all there. Then maybe you can if the contract allows it.