Employer’s and Contractor’s Claims

Employer’s and Contractor’s Claims are covered in the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils 2017 Contracts by the Clause 20. A claim is a process where the Contractor considers that certain matters are changed or fall outside the original basis of the contract. It is a request for payment by the Contractor in respect of some occurrence which he considers was not envisaged in the contract and for which agreement has not been reached. Claims made by the Contractor fall into three general types: contractual claims, extra-contractual claims, and ex-gratia claims. A contractual claim must be made under a specific clause of the contract in order to establish that it is in accordance with and under the provisions of some condition or requirement of the Contract. The cost of preparing a claim is not a legitimate head of claim and must be covered by the Contractor’s Overheads.