Adjudicator Nomination Services

Through the EPA National Adjudicators' List (EPA-NAL), the EPA offers an impartial and strictly procedural adjudicator nomination service to the Namibian engineering construction industry. The service is oriented towards fulfilment of the FIDIC 1999 Conditions of Contract for Construction regarding dispute adjudication between the parties to an engineering contract. Similar conditions also apply in various other forms of contract.

As a non-profit organisation of engineering professionals, the EPA offers the NAL service on a not-for-gain basis to the benefit of the engineering industry, at fees that are determined after consultation with the NAL Committee, constituted of industry representatives, to cover the cost of the services provided. A specific aim is the development of dispute adjudication and adjudicators in Namibia, which due to the costs involved is currently still largely dependent on such sponsorship as the EPA can obtain for this purpose.

A document detailing the offer of the EPA for the implementation and management of the NAL may be downloaded here.

Request for Nominations

To request the impartial nomination of an adjudicator, please download the nomination request form in MS Word format or Adobe PDF format (requires Acrobat Reader version 7 or higher). Both forms may be completed by typing the required information directly into the form. The PDF document can be filled in using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader and then be directly emailed to the EPA-NAL Registrar. Alternatively, please ask the EPA-NAL Registrar for assistance.

Subscription to the EPA-NAL

Employers, as envisaged in the FIDIC 1999 Conditions, and other parties, who anticipate requiring the nomination of adjudicators to serve on several Dispute Adjudication Boards in the course of a year, are encouraged to subscribe to the EPA-NAL as a Major or a Minor Employer. These two categories entitle the Employer to nomination services at reduced fees, depending on the anticipated annual number of nominations required. Your subscription will also help to reduce the sponsorship dependency of the development of adjudicators and adjudication in Namibia.

To apply for a subscription, simply download and fill in a copy of the Memorandum of Agreement between the EPA and Employers, and submit this to the EPA-NAL Registrar.

Application for Registration as an Adjudicator on the EPA-NAL

Suitably qualified and experienced individuals interested in becoming registered on the NAL as an adjudicator, and NAL-registered adjudicators who qualify for advancement to a higher registration category, may apply to the EPA. A copy of the application form and rules for scoring applications for the purposes of listing on the EPA-NAL may be downloaded here.

Prospective adjudicators are welcome to contact the EPA-NAL Registrar for further information.

Registered Adjudicators

The EPA maintains a current list of EPA-NAL adjudicators for rendering the adjudicator nomination services referred to above, in which case the EPA contacts adjudicators on the list, ascertains their eligibility and availability for the Employer's / Applicant's project, and obtains the adjudicators' most recent CV for submission to the Employer / Applicant.

Registered Adjudicators are required to earn periodic continued learning credits for maintaining the currency of their registration. A guide to the relevant requirements may be downloaded here.

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