PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Appendices to Thesis Keith Gale 2013Err I think, again it goes slightly back to conditions of contract. So if you’ve got aframework which is built around using NEC3 forms of contract, then that is abouthaving good communication, a good ethos of partnering. If you’ve got goodpartnering and you’re really entering the spirit of the contract then you should haveeffective communication. I think if you were to give a traditional stand alone contracton its own but it was still NEC3, you should still have good lines of communication,um but I don’t think it would be as effective as if you were given that contract undera framework agreement because you’ve got these long standing relationships havebeen built up and you’ve got this umm again, kind of overall view of the organisationin which you’re working.So are you saying that… lets see if I can sort of repeat really, are you saying that theformal contract is important but you think something can be added by theframeworks on top of the formal contract?Yeah, yeah I think you get that external relationship with the framework that, youknow.. you’re all sitting in a room together, you’ve got that time between you. Imean, when you start a framework, actually the process of having been through thetendering process to get on to the framework and moving close to the framework,actually gives you the relationship to start delivering from day one of the framework.So you could argue, you know you were doing a traditional contract vs. a firstcontract or any other framework, the framework can be more effective becauseyou’ve already had time together as supplier and client and you’ve had time togetherthrough the tendering process which is slightly more complex for a framework than itwould be for a traditional project.Do you think that can also be a disbenefit too? I mean, do you think you can get toofriendly too?Ummm, I mean I think sometimes you can run into that trap. I think that if there’s adifficult conversation to be had between members of teams then it can be moreawkward because you don’t want to sour that relationship going forward. I think um,with a framework we also need to be wary as an organisation of how our staff are393