Standard Bidding Documents

STANDARD BIDDING DOCUMENTS
PROCUREMENT OF WORKS
FIDIC
This electronic document prepared by The World Bank is intended to fulfill the objectives of
para. 2.12 of Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, January 1995:
“Borrowers shall use the appropriate Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) issued by the
Bank with minimum changes, acceptable to the Bank, as necessary to address country and
project specific issues. Any such changes shall be introduced only through bid or contract
data sheets, or through special conditions of contract, and not by introducing changes in the
standard wording of the Bank’s SBDs.”
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT IN FIDIC
Over the years, a number of “model” General Conditions of Contract have evolved. The one
used in these Standard Bidding Documents was prepared by the International Federation of
Consulting Engineers (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils, or FIDIC), and is
commonly known as the FIDIC Conditions of Contract. (The current version is the fourth
edition, 1987, reprinted in 1992 with further amendments.)
The FIDIC Conditions of Contract have been prepared for an admeasurement (unit price or
unit rate) type of contract, and cannot be used without major modifications for other types of
contract, such as lump sum, turnkey, or target cost contracts.
The standard text of the General Conditions of Contract chosen must be retained intact to
facilitate its reading and interpretation by bidders and its review by IBRD. Any amendments
and additions to the General Conditions, specific to the contract in hand, should be introduced
in the Conditions of Particular Application, or in the Appendix to Bid. A number of such
Particular Conditions, applicable to the above FIDIC Conditions of Contract, are included in
Section V and, in the interest of the Employer, are recommended for use instead of the
Particular Conditions published by FIDIC. Some of the clauses are mandatory for works
partly financed by the world Bank and are so indicated.
The use of standard conditions of contract for all civil Works will ensure comprehensiveness
of coverage, better balance of rights or obligations between Employer and Contractor, general
acceptability of its provisions, and savings in time and cost for bid preparation and review,
leading to more economic prices.
The Conditions of Particular Application take precedence over the General Conditions of
Contract—see Sub-Clause 5.2, Priority of Contract Documents, in the FIDIC General
Conditions of Contract.
The FIDIC Conditions of Contract are copyrighted and may not be copied, faxed, or
reproduced.
The bidding document may include a purchased copy, the cost of which can be retrieved as
part of the selling price of the bidding document. Alternatively, the FIDIC Conditions of
Contract can be referred to in the bidding documents, and the bidders advised to obtain copies
directly from FIDIC.
SECTION V PART 2: CONDITIONS OF PARTICULAR APPLICATION
The following clauses are intended for use by the Employer in preparing the Conditions of
Particular Application (Part 2). Use them instead of the Particular Conditions published by
FIDIC. They are not a complete standard set of Part 2 provisions; country- or Project-specific
provisions for Part 2 must also be prepared in each case. However, standard, country-specific
Conditions of Particular Application should be developed.
The provisions of Part 2 complement the General Conditions of Contract (Part 1), specifying
contractual requirements linked to the special circumstances of the country, the Employer, the
Engineer, the sector, the overall project, and the contract Works. In preparing Part 2, check
that you have done the following:
(a) Incorporated essential information to complete the provisions of Part 1 (without which
Part 1 would be incomplete), e.g., in Sub-Clauses 1.1, paras. (a)(i) and (iv); 5.1; 14.1; 14.3;
68.2; and 70.1.
(b) Added information referred to in the respective provisions of Part 1 as an option, e.g., in
Sub-Clauses 2.1, para. (b); 5.1; 21.1, para. (b); and 72.2.
(c) Amended and/or supplemented the provisions of Part 1 as required or recommended by

the Bank or as necessitated by the circumstances of the specific Works.
Whoever drafts Part 2 should be thoroughly familiar with the provisions of Part 1 and with
any specific requirements of the contract. Legal advice is recommended when amending
provisions or drafting new ones. Note that the Part 2 provisions take precedence over those in
Part 1.
The origin of the clauses of Part II is shown by the following notations in the margin, to the
left of the text:
(WB) denotes clauses drafted by the Bank; and
(F) denotes clauses drawn verbatim from the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Works,
fourth edition, 1987, reprinted in 1992 with further amendments, Parts1 and 2.
(*) An asterisk below the above notations indicates that explanations for any differences in
text from the FIDIC Conditions are given in the Notes and Additional Clauses to Section IV
at the end of this book.
Several clauses must be incorporated in Part 2 for contracts financed from Bank loans.
They are marked (M) (for “Mandatory”) next to the indication of origin. Other clauses,
without being mandatory, are normally incorporated in Part 2. They are marked (R) (for
“Recommended”). Use of the remaining clauses is “Optional” (O) and are accordingly
marked; where appropriate, those clauses may be incorporated in Part 2 or adapted to suit the
specific circumstances of each contract. In sum,
(M) Mandatory
(R) Recommended
(O) Optional
Special consideration must be given to Part 2 where dredging and certain types of
reclamation work are involved. For this reason, the fourth edition of the FIDIC Conditions of
Contract, reprinted in 1992, contains a number of applicable clauses which, for convenience,
have not been reprinted here. If required, they can be drawn directly from Part 2 of the FIDIC
document, specifically Sub-Clauses 11.1, 12.2, 18.1, 19.1, 28.2, 40.1, 40.3, 45.1, 49.5, 50.2,
and 51.1.
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STANDARD BIDDING DOCUMENTS

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT IN FIDIC

SECTION V PART 2: CONDITIONS OF PARTICULAR APPLICATION

(c) Amended and/or supplemented the provisions of Part 1 as required or recommended by

(WB) denotes clauses drafted by the Bank; and

CONDITIONS OF PARTICULAR APPLICATION

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