This manual is aimed at those who need to know how to procure an NEC contract. It covers in practical detail, the various processes and steps which need to be gone through. It covers: what is involved in procuring an NEC contract; how to put together an invitation to tender and responding to a tender; procurement scenarios; choosing contract main options; allocating risks under various contract types; secondary options; completing the contract data; guidelines on producing works information; general rules in drafting works information; and clauses to be incorporated into works information.