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title: "Short note: General condition of contract"
subject: "Engineering Professional Practice"
chapter: 4
key: "semester_8/engineering_professional_practice:short-note-general-condition-contract"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_8/engineering_professional_practice/short-note-general-condition-contract
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# Short note: General condition of contract

Engineering Professional Practice · Chapter 4: Contract Management

- Asked in: 2073 Magh, 2 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
- Page: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_8/engineering_professional_practice/short-note-general-condition-contract
- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_8/engineering_professional_practice/chapter-4

## Question

Write a short note on General condition of contract.

## Short answer

General Conditions of Contract are pre-prepared standard terms regulating rights, duties and risks for a given contract type, included in PPMO standard bidding documents. They cover definitions, duties, securities, time, payment, variations, quality, defects, force majeure, termination and disputes. Project-specific changes appear in Particular Conditions, which override the GCC.

## Answer

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.

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. What best describes the General Conditions of Contract (GCC)?
   A. Project-specific terms written afresh for each contract
   B. Standard pre-prepared terms regulating rights, duties and risks of the parties for a type of contract
   C. A list of the contractor's prices
   D. The technical drawings of the works
   Answer: B. GCC are standard terms prepared in advance and reused across many contracts of the same type. (Key point: What GCC is)

2. A project needs a rule different from the GCC. How is this done?
   A. The GCC is rewritten completely
   B. Through the Particular (Special) Conditions, which override the GCC
   C. Through the bill of quantities
   D. By verbal agreement on site
   Answer: B. Project-specific changes are made in the Particular Conditions, which override the GCC. (Key point: GCC vs Particular Conditions)

3. Which is a benefit of using standard GCC?
   A. Every contract can have different risks
   B. Uniformity, fairness and saving of drafting time
   C. It removes the need for a contract
   D. It always favours the contractor
   Answer: B. Standard terms give uniformity and fairness, save drafting time and are familiar to bidders. (Key point: Benefit of GCC)

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- [Void vs voidable contract; general conditions](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_8%2Fengineering_professional_practice%3Avoid-voidable-general-conditions) — Engineering Professional Practice, chapter 4

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