SECTION 44

(1) The Contract Manager shall be a public law natural person accredited by the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner for general administrative, financial and technical assistance during the definition, preparation, delivery and acceptance of the services which are the subject of the contract. (2) He shall be responsible for the overall management of service delivery. He shall approve all the technical and financial provisions and represent the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner in the relevant dispute settlement bodies. In that capacity, he shall particularly be responsible for: (a) ensuring the proper fulfilment of legal, administrative, social and contractual obligations; (b) drafting contract execution progress and completion reports; (c) calculating payments on account and monitoring their settlement. To that end, he shall receive the related supporting documents from the payment bodies; (d) convening the acceptance committee or the technical approval committee; (e) monitoring the Project Manager, where necessary, and approving his periodic reports; (f) forwarding contract execution reports and documents to the Project Owner, the Ministry of Public Contracts and to the public contracts regulatory body; (g) arbitrating conflicts between the Contracting Party and the Engineer or, where applicable, between the Contracting Party and the Project Manager; (h) chairing periodic contract management meetings. (3) He shall report to the Project Owner or the Delegated Project Owner. (4) Regional and divisional delegates of government services shall perform the duties of Contract Manager of contracts for which they are Delegated Project Owners. (5) However, regional and divisional delegates of government services may delegate one of their staff to perform the duties, in view of their workload, and to enable the effective monitoring of contract execution. 21