1. Contract & Standard Forms

2. Contract Agreement
The FIDIC Conditions of Contract do not impose a Contract Agreement, a “Letter of Acceptance” is considered enough
The PRAG however, as well as legislations in most of the EU Member/ Candidate Countries, require a Contract Agreement signed by all parties
In the case of the EU financed projects, the Contract Agreement will be signed by the Contracting Authority, Beneficiary (if different), endorsed by the EC Delegation and finally, signed by the Contractor
The Contract shall become valid only after the signature of the last party (generally the Contractor)

3. Content of Contract Agreement (Annex D4)
Parties: Contracting Authority (Beneficiary) and Contractor - note that EC Delegation is not a party in the Contract, it only endorses the contract as a proof of the financing commitment. Contract may be endorsed by other parties that co-finance it
The subject of the Contract (works to be executed)
The documents forming part of the Contract, in the same order as in FIDIC Clause 1.5 – note connection with Particular Conditions of Contract
The “Accepted Price of Contract”
Signatures of the Parties

4. Contract & Standard Forms
Bank Guarantees
Financial Identification Form
Questionaires
General Information about the Tenderer
Organisation Chart
Power of Attorney
Financial Statement
Technical Qualifications
Overview of Tenderer’s Personnel
Personnel to be Employed on the Contract
Professional Experience of Key Personnel
Curriculum Vitae
Plant & Machineries
Workplan and Programme
Experience as Contractor
Data on Joint Ventures
Litigation History
Quality Assurance System(s)
Accommodation for the Supervising Engineer

5. Standard Forms
Information contained in the Standard Forms will be used for the evaluation of the Tenderers capacities and will become binding as parts of the Contract
For this reason, the Tender Dossier will clearly specify the exact information required
When drafting the Evaluation Grids it will be considered the actual required information
This should be an iterative exercise for ensuring the right information is requested, respectively sound evaluation criteria are provided, matching the requested information

6. PRAG - Standardised Formats
For ensuring a consistent approach, PRAG provides a full set of forms, for all the documents used in the project implementation, from Global Contract Forecast up to Contract Assessment Form
These standardised forms are to be used in all EU financed projects, in all countries
It allows a universal “language”, structure, approach, implementation and monitoring of the EU funds management