NEC Term Service Contract


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NEC Term Service Contract


Published by a ³ÉÈËÓ°Òô Construction expert

Practice notes
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What is the NEC Term Service Contract?

The NEC Term Service Contract, or TSC, is part of the NEC3 and NEC4 suites of contracts (see Practice Note: NEC contracts—introduction). The NEC Term Service Contract is designed to engage a contractor for a set period of time, to manage and provide a service—this might include construction works, but can be used for the provision of other services. The NEC Guidance Notes give examples of its use including maintenance of highways in a particular area, providing security personnel for a site, maintaining a nuclear power station, and providing ambulance services to a group of hospitals—in other words, both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ facilities management services (see Practice Note: What is Facilities Management Contracting?). Like the other NEC forms, it can be used in the public and private sectors and could be used for services of any value.

The NEC Term Service Contract is not intended to act like the NEC3/NEC4 Framework Contract under which there is no guarantee of work. Rather, the Contractor will carry out work continuously as stated in

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What does NEC mean?

New Engineering contract (NEC) is an industry standard form devised by the NEC group which produces a standard form of contract known as the NEC 3 for the most recent editions.

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