JCT Minor Works Sub-Contract with Sub-Contractor's Design 2016 (MWSub/D)

The JCT Contracts 2016 edition reflects new payment legislation and makes other changes which include:

• Incorporating and updating provisions from the JCT Public Sector Supplement relating to Fair Payment, transparency and BIM into JCT Contracts
• CDM Regulations 2015
• Reflect the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
• Changes in respect of payment , designed to reflect Fair Payment principles and to simplify and consolidate the payment provisions
• Provisions for the grant of Performance Bonds and Parent Company guarantees. An extension of (Works) Insurance Option C
• Minor updates and clarification of the intellectual property provisions. Incorporate (where appropriate) the provisions of the JCT 2012 Named Specialist Update Minor Works Sub-Contract with sub-contractor's design MWSub/D 2016

Appropriate:

• For use where the main contract is the Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design
• Where the Sub-Contractor is to design all or part of the sub-contract works (Sub-Contractor's Designed Portion)
• For a small sub-contract package of work or one that is of straightforward content with low risk involved

Not suitable:

• Where the sub-contract works are of a complex technical nature
• Where sub-contractor's design is not involved - consider the Short Form of Sub-Contract (ShortSub). See also the opening paragraph of the Guidance Notes