在“黄皮书”里,尽管在授标之前,承包商的投标建议得到充分研究,也被业主认可,但和业主的要求相比,它仍处在优先顺序的后面。如果投标建议的某些内容与业主的要求不同,但是业主决定接受这一点。在此情况下,它应作为“业主要求”的一个修改,放在合同文件里。
同样地,如果“业主要求”存在某些错误,或者工程师批准了承包商某些与“业主要求”不同的某些建议,这就构成了一项变更。这一点在1.9、13.1及13.2条例将被讨论。
1.6
合同协议书
/Contract Agreement
The Parties shall enter into a contract agreement within 28 days after the contractor receives the letter of acceptance, unless they agree otherwise. The contractor agreement shall be based upon the form annexed to the particular conditions. The cost of stamp duties and similar charges(if any) imposed by law in connection with entry into the contract agreement shall be borne by the employer.