Short note: General condition of contract

The General Conditions of Contract (GCC) are the standard terms that regulate the rights, duties and risks of the parties for a given type of contract (works, goods or services). They are prepared in advance, so they are the same for many contracts, and are included in the standard bidding documents of the Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO).

Typical contents: definitions, contract documents and priority, duties of employer, contractor and engineer, securities and insurance, time and delay, payments and retention, variations, quality and defects liability, force majeure, termination, and dispute resolution.

Relation to other documents: project-specific changes are made in the Particular (Special) Conditions, which override the GCC. The benefit is uniformity, fairness, saving of time in drafting, and familiarity for bidders.