The Green Paper on Public Sector Procure-ment Reform in South Africa (1997) made the observation that 'there is little uniformity in contract documentation and delivery systems in South Africa. In works contracts, the tendency is to follow the recommendations laid down by professional associations and learned societies and to utilise standard industry documents and systems and to adapt them to suite the need, style and culture of the organisation calling for bids.' Focus Group 6 (Procurement) of the Inter-ministerial Task Team on Construction Industry Development (2000) recommended that 'the public sector should procure engineering and construction works in terms of a limited range of standard and approved procurement documents, and which, as far as possible, comply with the provisions of Best Practice Guide #2: Features of a modern form of engineering and construction contract. The use of "in house" documents and/or the incorporation of substantial variations to the standard forms of contract must be avoided.'
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