14th August 2008, 02:34 PM
Dear Mr Unit,
All I can say after reading that outpouring of bile is that you clearly haven't understood either the purpose of the document, or the principles on which it is based, or any of the detailed content.
I am particularly amused by your characterisation of the named panel members as 'a bunch of civil servants' 'without any commercial credentials whatever'. Just to be clear, the people we are talking about are all named in the 'acknowledgements', and they include the following:
- the head of procurement for Transco;
- a leading solicitor in the field of company and contract law;
- an expert on construction contracts who has published books on the field;
- the managing director of one of the largest commercial archaeological contracting units in the country;
- an archaeologist who occupies a senior position in a multi-disciplinary consultancy;
- a successful self-employed archaeologist and heritage consultant.
The supervisory group included another senior archaeological consultant, and the head of a successful geophysical survey contracting firm.
Of course, none of those have commercial credentials to match yours.
1man1desk
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All I can say after reading that outpouring of bile is that you clearly haven't understood either the purpose of the document, or the principles on which it is based, or any of the detailed content.
I am particularly amused by your characterisation of the named panel members as 'a bunch of civil servants' 'without any commercial credentials whatever'. Just to be clear, the people we are talking about are all named in the 'acknowledgements', and they include the following:
- the head of procurement for Transco;
- a leading solicitor in the field of company and contract law;
- an expert on construction contracts who has published books on the field;
- the managing director of one of the largest commercial archaeological contracting units in the country;
- an archaeologist who occupies a senior position in a multi-disciplinary consultancy;
- a successful self-employed archaeologist and heritage consultant.
The supervisory group included another senior archaeological consultant, and the head of a successful geophysical survey contracting firm.
Of course, none of those have commercial credentials to match yours.
Quote:quote:There does not seem to be an example presented of a standard contract between the Employer and the thing called a Consultant.Such a thing is not presented in the Contract because it is not relevant - it would be a separate contract. However, it might take any of several forms, and I think I have explained about them in previous posts on this thread.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished