Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

8.8 Management of costs for other consultants under the
project for extension of bank’s head office building
Alongside the main contractor to the extension of the
Bank’s Head Office building project are Quantity Surveyor -
WEBB Uronu & Partners, Project Planning Consultants -
Design and Services (Limited), and Tan Consult Limited.
These consultants were committed to provide their
respective services in accordance with the conditions of
engagement as contained in the Tanganyika Territory. The
Architects and Quantity Surveyors Ordinance – By Laws 1950
(as revised in 1972) for the above named Consultants.
However the attachment to the agreement as guidance of
fees and remuneration to the Consultant Clause No. 60
states that;
(i) If the contract and/ or order exceed £2,000 the
percentage is 6 percent.
(ii) If the contract and/ or order does not exceed £2,000
the percentage is 10 percent in the case of works
costing £250, graduated to 6 percent in the case of
works costing £2,000 as the special character of such
works may render appropriate.
(iii) These percentages apply to the great bulk of the
architect’s work but the charge may be reduced to 5
percent in the case of extensive work of a simple
character which involves continuous repetition of
units, but in no case shall this apply to works the
total of which does not exceed £2,000.
(iv) When several distinct buildings being repetition of
one design are erected at the same time and in the
same locality from one contract the fee shall be 6
percent on the cost of the first building and 3
percent on the cost of each repetition.
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