Please can you provide some guidance with respect to the most appropriate form of contract(s) comprising the NEC3 suite which are to be utilised for the procurement of works/services which are purely of a temporary nature? Examples of such temporary works/services include:
- design, supply, erection, inspection, maintenance, dismantling and removal of temporary scaffold/support structures.
- supply and erection of temporary site hoarding/fencing
- provision of instrumentation & monitoring services.
In addition, if there is a requirement for bulk ‘muck-away’ services to be procured (by both rail & road), please can you advise if either the NEC3 Term Service Contract or Term Service Short Contract are applicable for the purposes of engaging a provider of such services, given that it is a ‘service’ and not ‘works’. The choice between the ‘long’ and ‘short’ form will be dependent upon the scale and level of risk and/or complexity, and therefore whether the sophisticated management techniques contained within the ‘long’ form are required to manage, control, mitigate and/or perhaps even eradicate the associate level of risk.