CONTRACT MANAGEMENT

Contract Management



Contract Management

Introduction

The aspect of contractor involvement has risen to a great extent in as far as the factors of health and safety are concerned. In order to successfully manage the health and safety aspects, it is extremely necessary for contractors to manage it efficiently in the case of contracts. Contractors are not only used in the context of installation and maintenance of plants but are also required for maintenance of equipment. The employer in the case of United Kingdom bears a high degree of responsibility for the health and safety of contractors and subcontractors.

The brief acts as an augmentation tool for the management personnel responsible for executing activities pertaining to safety, health and environment. There can be a high degree of information that can be gauged from the documents listed at the end of this briefing note. The employer would be at an advantage if he has a written policy pertaining to the policies and procedures of safety, health and management. In addition, the writing note and relevant guidance would go a long way in assisting staff on the management, hiring and utilization of contractors.

The intricate elements in a contractor's job description include demolition, construction, alteration and maintenance of buildings and structures. These factors contribute a great deal towards the acute job description of a contractor. It has been observed that such a nature of work is classified under the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007.

The core aspects of contractor management in terms of health safety and environment are:

Contractor Hiring

Contractor administration on the site

Contract Assessment

Discussion and analysis

Acceptence of Contract

Conditions

The law assumes that the contract is concluded by offer and acceptance and the parties are bound by it. But not every statement of a party that aims to enhance the conclusion of the contract, is already a declaration of intent that is directed at the conclusion of a contract. To secure the right traffic must make an offer for it to be at all effective to meet certain requirements:

If the contract by offer and acceptance agreement is reached, the offer must have the necessary substantive determination or determinable have. This does not mean that each can be for the contract execution of relevance eligible single question needs to be clarified. Rather have the essentialia negotii, the essential points in the contract determined or be determinable.

Liability of the offer

The offer must show the serious and final circuit will to HIDE. Of such a mandatory offer obligation, the statements in the course of contract negotiations and the mere information about the possibility of concluding the contract are to be distinguished with specific content. Advertising brochures, menus, newspaper ads and television services is for information purposes only attributed. Who makes such a communication does not want to legally binds, but rather lets the addressee make the offer in the form of an order to be able to freely decide acceptance and rejection. We therefore speak of the extent of “solicitation of an ...