JCT Sub-Contractor Collateral Warranty for Employer 2024 (SCWa/E)

The The Sub-Contractor Collateral Warranty for the Employer (SCWa/E 2024) can be used with the following JCT 2024 main contracts:

• Standard Building Contract 2024 (SBC/Q, SBC/XQ, SBC/AQ)
• Intermediate Building Contract 2024 (IC) and Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design 2024 (ICD)
• Design and Build Contract 2024 (DB)
• Prime Cost Building Contract 2024 (PCC)

Features of Collateral Warranties:

• Collateral warranties are used as a supporting document to a primary contract where an agreement needs to be put in place with a third party outside of the primary contract. Sometimes an architect, contractor, or sub-contractor will need to warrant to a funder, tenant or purchaser that it has fulfilled its duties under a building contract.
• Collateral warranties often contain obligations that affect the consultant or contractor, such as using materials of an appropriate quality, and carrying out work in a professional, workmanlike manner. It can also provide the third-party contractual rights enabling it to claim for losses which would not otherwise be recoverable.
• JCT does not issue a Consultant Collateral Warranty. You may wish to consider adapting one of the JCT Collateral Warranties or using other suitable forms.