(1) Where the all the funding required for the execution of a project
cannot be mobilised during a single financial year, the services shall be spread over
several financial years or executed in several phases, and the Contracting Authority
shall schedule the expenditure related to each financial year or each phase.
(2) The contracts referred to in (1) above shall be subject to a single invitation to
tender and shall specify the term for which they are concluded.
(3) Multi-year contracts that include a binding yearly phase and conditional yearly
phases should specify the scope, amount, and terms for execution of the services
falling under each phase.
(4) The services of each phase should form a coherent whole that takes into account
services provided under previous phases, if any
(5) Contracts that include a binding phase and one or more conditional phases may
include a clause for termination with prior notice to either party.
(6) The execution of each conditional phase shall be subject to instructions to the
contractor, issued by the Contracting Authority and notified to the contracting partner
under the terms set out in the contract.
IV.3. Reserved Contracts
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