Official letter No. 403/BXD-KTXD dated February 14th, 2022 of the Ministry of Construction regarding materials used for completing a construction project

The Ministry of Construction notes that in case documents enclosed with a signed construction contract are not consistent in terms of types of building materials, the contractual parties need to base on the order of priority application of documents enclosed with the construction contract according to the regulations at clause 3 Article 142 of Law on Construction No. 50/2014/QH13 .

According to clause 3 Article 142 of the Law on Construction No. 50/2014/QH13 , in case the contractual parties have no agreement on order of priority application of documents enclosed with a construction contract, the order prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article shall be applied as follows:

a/ Written notice of contract winning or contractor appointment;

b/ Specific terms of the contract or terms of reference, for construction consultancy contracts;

c/ General terms of the contract;

d/ Bidding dossier or dossier of requirements of the principal;

dd/ Design drawings and technical instructions;

e/ Bid dossier or dossier of proposals of the contractor;

g/ Written records of contract negotiation, documents modifying and supplementing the contract;

h/ Annexes;

i/ Other related documents.