The new Government procurement guidelines for construction projects over $9 million come into force on 1 October 2019. The aim is to set new guidelines to improve behaviour of government agencies, and the progress the aims of the Construction Sector Accord.
Musings of a busy mind
Tendering,
Government Procurement,
Adjudication,
Disputes Resolution Boards,
Construction,
Dispute Resolution,
Arbitration,
Project Mediation,
The latest Build Magazine, published by BRANZ on 1 February 2019, has a nice article by AMINZ Executive Director, Deborah Hart, on construction disputes.
Public Private Partnerships,
Tendering,
Engineer,
Government Procurement,
Adjudication,
Disputes Resolution Boards,
Construction,
Dispute Resolution,
NEC3 Contracts,
Project Mediation,
Not for the first time this year, I have on my desk a government contract which suggests that, despite their recent assurances to the contrary, the Government has not learned its lesson as a good contracting party. The contract in question contains a completely unrealistic and unjustified transfer of risk; not because it's a good idea, but because they can.
The time is now right, it seems to me, for greater use of the independent neutral - (1) peer reviewing; (2) probity auditing; and (3) disputes boards. Sometimes an independent, experienced voice is required to curb half baked and ill considered tendencies.