CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

This Contract is made between the UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY
AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, a composite entity of the United Nations established
by the United Nations General Assembly by its resolution 64/289 of 2 July 2010, with its
Headquarters at 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, USA (hereinafter referred to as “UN
Women”) and [official name of company in full], duly incorporated or organized under the laws of
[country], with its registered offices at [address] (hereinafter referred to as “the Contractor”), both
hereinafter separately and jointly referred to as the “Party” or the “Parties”.

Whereas UN Women wishes to engage the services of the Contractor in order to construct [briefly
describe the nature of construction, e.g. renovation of office] for [insert purpose] in [insert
location] (hereinafter referred to as the “Works”), under the terms and conditions set forth below;

Whereas the Contractor is ready and willing to accept this engagement of services in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth below;

Now, therefore, the Parties agree as follows:

1.Contract Documents

1.1 This Contract is subject to the UN Women General Conditions of Contract – Contracts for
the Provision of Civil Works (“General Conditions”), attached hereto as Annex I. The
provisions of such Annex shall control the interpretation of this Contract and in no way shall
be deemed to have been derogated by the contents of this document and any other Annexes,
unless otherwise expressly stated under Article 4 of this document, entitled "Special
Conditions".

1.2 The Contractor and UN Women also agree to be bound by the provisions contained in the
following documents, which shall take precedence over one another in case of conflict in the
following order:

a) this document;
b) UN Women General Conditions of Contract – Contracts for the Provision of Civil Works,
Annex I;
c) Technical Specifications and Drawings [ref. ......dated........], Annex II;
d) the Contractor's Financial Proposal [IF THE CONTRACT IS ON THE BASIS OF UNIT
PRICE, INSERT: including the Priced Bill of Quantities] [ref......, dated ........], Annex
III;
e) [Insert any other annexes as relevant]

1.3 All the above shall form the Contract between the Contractor and UN Women, superseding
the contents of any other negotiations and/or agreements, whether oral or in writing,
pertaining to the subject of this Contract.
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1.4 This Contract shall take effect upon the signature by both Parties and shall remain in effect
for a period of [insert duration of expected works + 12 months for the defects liability period],
unless earlier terminated in accordance with the terms of this Contract.

2. Obligations of the Contractor

2.1 The Contractor shall commence work within [insert number of days] days from the date on
which the Contractor shall have been given access to the Site and received the notice to
commence from the Engineer, and shall perform and substantially complete the Works by
[insert date], in accordance with the Contract. The Contractor shall provide all materials,
supplies, labour and other services necessary to that end.

2.2 The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer the Programme of Work referred to in Section
13 of the General Conditions by [insert date].

2.3 The Contractor represents and warrants the accuracy of any information or data provided to
UN Women for the purpose of entering into this Contract, as well as the quality of the Works
foreseen under this Contract in accordance with the highest industrial and professional
standards.

OPTION 1 (FIXED PRICE)

3. Price and Payment

3.1 In full consideration of the complete and satisfactory performance of the Works under this
Contract, UN Women shall pay the Contractor a fixed contract price of [INSERT
CURRENCY & AMOUNT IN FIGURES AND WORDS].

3.2 The price of this Contract is not subject to any adjustment or revision because of price or
currency fluctuations or the actual costs incurred by the Contractor in the performance of the
Contract.

3.3 Invoices shall be submitted by the Contractor to the Engineer upon achievement of the
corresponding milestones and for the following amounts:

MILESTONE AMOUNT DATE

Upon signature of
Contract ............ ../../....

......... ............ ../../....

Upon substantial
completion of Works ........... ../../....

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 Upon final
completion of Works ........... ../../....

3.4 UN Women shall effect payment of the invoices after receipt of the Certificate of Payment
issued by the Engineer, approving the amount contained in the invoice. The Engineer may
make corrections to that amount, in which case UN Women may effect payment for the
amount so corrected. The Engineer may also withhold invoices if the work is not performed
at any time in accordance with the terms of the Contract or if the necessary insurance policies
or performance security are not valid and/or in order. The Engineer shall process the invoices
submitted by the Contractor within 15 days of their receipt.

3.5 Payments effected by UN Women to the Contractor shall be deemed neither to relieve the
Contractor of its obligations under this Contract nor as acceptance by UN Women of the
Contractor's performance of the Works.

3.6 Payment of the final invoice shall be effected by UN Women after issuance of the Certificate
of Final Completion by the Engineer.

OPTION 2 (COST REIMBURSEMENT)

3. Price and payment

3.1 The total estimated price of the Contract is contained in the Bill of Quantities and amounts
to [INSERT CURRENCY & AMOUNT IN FIGURES AND WORDS].

3.2 The final price of the Contract will be determined on the basis of the actual quantities of work
and materials utilized in the complete and satisfactory performance of the Works as certified
by the Engineer and the unit prices contained in the Contractor's financial proposal. Such
unit prices are fixed and are not subject to any variation whatsoever. If the Contractor
foresees that the final price of the Contract may exceed the total estimated price contained in
3.1 above, he shall so inform the Engineer without delay, in order for UN Women to decide,
at its discretion, to increase the estimated price of the Contract as a result of a larger quantity
of work/material or to reduce the quantity of work to be performed or materials to be used.
UN Women shall not be responsible for payment of any amount in excess of that stipulated
in 3.1 above unless this latter amount has been increased by means of a written amendment
of this Contract in accordance with its paragraph 8 below.

3.3 The Contractor shall submit an invoice for [INSERT AMOUNT AND CURRENCY OF
THE ADVANCE PAYMENT IN FIGURES & WORDS] upon signature of this Contract by
both parties, invoices for the work performed and materials utilized every [INSERT PERIOD
OF TIME OR MILESTONES] and a final invoice within 30 days from the issuance of the
Certificate of Substantial Completion by the Engineer.

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3.4 UN Women shall effect payment of the invoices after receipt of the Certificate of Payment
issued by the Engineer, approving the amount contained in the invoice. The Engineer may
make corrections to that amount, in which case UN Women may effect payment for the
amount so corrected. The Engineer may also withhold invoices if the work is not performed
at any time in accordance with the terms of the Contract or if the necessary insurance policies
or performance security are not valid and/or in order. The Engineer shall process the invoices
submitted by the Contractor within 15 days of their receipt.

3.5 Payments effected by UN Women to the Contractor shall be deemed neither to relieve the
Contractor of its obligations under this Contract nor as acceptance by UN Women of the
Contractor's performance of the Works.

3.6 Payment of the final invoice shall be effected by UN Women after issuance of the Certificate
of Final Completion by the Engineer.

4. Special conditions

4.1 The advance payment to be made upon signature of the Contract by both Parties is contingent
upon receipt and acceptance by UN Women of a bank guarantee for the full amount of the
advance payment issued by a Bank and in a form acceptable to UN Women.

4.2 The amounts of the payments referred to under section 3.3 above shall be subject to a
deduction of [INSERT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE THAT THE
ADVANCE REPRESENTS] % of the amount accepted for payment until the cumulative
amount of the deductions so effected shall equal the amount of the advance payment. Should
the cumulative amount of the deductions so made be lower than the amount of the advance
payment after the date of substantial completion of the Works, UN Women may deduct the
amount equal to the difference between the advance payment and the cumulative deductions
from the payments due after substantial completion or may recover such amount from the
bank guarantee referred to in 4.1 above.

4.3 The Performance [SELECT BOND/GUARANTEE] referred to in Section 10 of the General

Conditions shall be submitted by the Contractor for an amount of [INSERT PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL ESTIMATED OR FIXED PRICE OF THE CONTRACT IN THE CASE
OF A GUARANTEE AND 30% IN THE CASE OF A BOND].

4.4 The liability insurance referred to in Section 23 of the General Conditions shall be taken out
by the Contractor for an amount of [CONSULT THE ENGINEER FOR APPROPRIATE
AMOUNT].

4.5 According to Section 45 of the General Conditions, the liquidated damages for delay shall
be [INSERT PERCENTAGE] of the price of the Contract per day of delay, up to a maximum
of 10% of the final price of the Contract.

5. Submission of invoices

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5.1 One original and one copy of every invoice shall be submitted by mail by the Contractor for
each payment under the Contract to the Engineer's address specified in clause 8.2.

5.2 Invoices submitted by fax shall not be accepted by UN Women.

6. Time and manner of payment

6.1 Invoices shall be paid within thirty (30) days of the date of their receipt and acceptance by
UN Women.

6.2 All payments shall be made by UN Women to the following bank account of the Contractor:

[NAME OF THE BANK]

[ACCOUNT NUMBER]
[ADDRESS OF THE BANK]

7. Modifications

7.1 Any modification to this Contract shall require an amendment in writing between both
Parties duly signed by the authorized representatives of the Contractor and UN Women.

8. Notifications

8.1 For the purpose of notifications under the Contract, the addresses of UN Women and the
Contractor are as follows:

For UN Women:
_________________
[Insert Name, Address and Telex,
Fax and Cable Numbers]

For the Contractor:

_________________
[Insert Name, Address and Telex,
Fax and Cable Numbers]

[CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO OPTIONS FOR 8.2]

8.2 For the purposes of communications with the Engineer, the address of the Engineer shall be
as follows:

_________________
[Insert Name, Address and Telex,
Fax and Cable Numbers of the Engineer]

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 OR

8.2 UN Women shall communicate as soon as possible to the Contractor after the signature of
the Contract, the address of the Engineer for the purposes of communication with the
Engineer under the Contract.

Article 9
Miscellaneous

9.1 Without limiting the provisions of Article 7.1 hereof, no terms or provisions of this Contract
shall be deemed waived and no breach excused, unless such waiver or excuse shall be in
writing and signed by the Party giving the waiver or excuse. No consent to, or excuse or
waiver of, a breach of this Contract shall constitute a consent to, or excuse or waiver of, any
other subsequent breach.

9.2 If any provision of this Contract shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired.

9.3 This Contract may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original and all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have, through their authorized representatives, executed
this Contract on the date herein below.

FOR [NAME OF CONTRACTOR] FOR UN WOMEN

By: ___________________ By: ___________________

Name: ___________________ Name: ___________________

Title: ___________________ Title: ___________________

Date: ___________________ Date: ___________________

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 ANNEX I

UN Women General Conditions of Contract – Contracts for the Provision of Civil Works

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 ANNEX II

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS

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