The appointed party term introduced in BS EN ISO 19650 it is meant to replace PAS 1192 term ‘Supplier’
Typically it means Tier 2 and below Contractors
Who can become an Appointed party?
- Tier 2 or below Subcontractor = task team
- a party appointed by the lead appointed party.
- the party that provides the information.[1]
- Tier 1 Main Contractor when appointed by the client, is technically an appointed party, but in the context of the ISO 19650 framework, the Tier 1 Main Contractor who is employed by the Client and who has a leading function within Project Team is referred as Lead appointed party
- the Lead appointed party will automatically become an ‘appointor’ (employer) for the sub-contractors downstream (task teams)
- Supplier
- This PAS 1192 term is now superseded by new ISO terminology Appointed party and Lead appointed party, use of the term ‘supplier’ should be avoided on ISO 119650 projects.
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UK BIM Alliance responding to the inconsistency between current guidance of CIC BIM Protocol, Second Edition 2018 and ISO 19650 Framework published updated Information protocol to support BS EN ISO 19650-2 the delivery phase of assets (Framework). The publication recognized the need for the incorporation of new terms used in contract law, namely: ‘Appointor’ and ‘Appointee’. The meaning of the terms in relation to ISO 19650 Framework is shown in Table 1
Table 1- Framework terms ‘Appointor’ and ‘Appointee’ [2]
Framework Term | ISO 19650 Term | meaning |
Appointor | Appointing Party | party carrying out the appointment for this contract/appointment |
Example: Client appointing the Lead Appointed Party or Lead Appointed Party appointing the Sub Contractor (Task Team/Appointed Party)
Framework Term | ISO 19650 Term | meaning |
Appointee | Lead Appointed party or Appointed Party | party being appointed |
Example: the Tier 1 appointed buy the Client or Task Team sub-contractor appointed by Tier 1
To establish if a specific party is an Appointee or the Appointor, it is necessary to determine where the party sits in the supply chain. For example, the Lead Appointed Party will be the:
- Appointee in the Tire 1 contract
i.e., Appointing Party and Lead Appointed Party, and
- Appointor in the sub-contract
i.e., between Lead Appointed Party and Appointed Party [1]
[1] Boutle, A., Dodd, P., Dearlowe, J., Hooper, E., Ford, J., Rossiter, D., Tennyson, R., Thompson, N., Winfield, M., Zahiroddiny, S., 2021a. Guidance Part 2 Parties, teams and processes for the delivery phase of assets, 6th ed, UK BIM Framework. UK BIM Alliance.
[2] UK BIM Framework, 2020. Information protocol to support BS EN ISO 19650-2 the delivery phase of assets.