Where the assignment entrusted to the project manager includes assisting the project owner with the award of public works contracts, the public works contract must include an undertaking by the contractor to comply with the estimated cost of the works, as determined at the latest before the launch of the procedure for awarding public works contracts.
Compliance with this undertaking is checked after the economic operators responsible for the works have been consulted.
If the tolerance threshold is exceeded as a result of circumstances that the project manager could not have foreseen, the project owner may ask the project manager to adapt his studies, without additional remuneration.