The document discusses contract finance facilities, which provide credit to contractors to execute awarded contracts. Key points include: - Contract finance facilities are secured by an underlying contract between a contractor and contractee. The facility amount is based on the contract value and bill of quantities, and is intended to be self-liquidating from contract proceeds. - The contractor must provide 30% equity contribution. Repayment comes from domiciling contract proceeds to the bank. - Risks include the contractee not paying, the contractor not performing, and funds being diverted. Risks are mitigated by assessing the contractee and contractor's creditworthiness and payment history, contract collateral, and ensuring disbursements are

2. Outline
Definition of Contract Finance Facility
Parties to a Contract Finance Facility
Types of Contract Finance Facility
Features of Contract Finance Facility
Credit Issues/Concerns
Benefits
Risk and Mitigation.

3. DEFINITION OF CONTRACT FINANCE FACILITY
 This is a type of credit facility offered to
contractors with a valid contract to enable
them execute contract as awarded by a
contractee or an Employer.

4. FEATURES OF CONTRACT FINANCE FACILITY
 There must be an underlying contract where all
terms and obligations of both the contractee and
contractor will be stated.
 The following information will be provided in the
contract, The value of the contact, Duration and
scope of the contract, Payment Mode & Period,
Percentage of Advance Payment granted (If any),
Possibility of Reassigning of the contract.
The facility is self liquidating as contract proceeds
from jobs executed by the contractor are
expected to pay off the loan.
The cost of execution must be stated with a Bill of
Quantity, this is necessary to determine the
adequacy of the financing amount being sought

5. FEATURES OF CONTRACT FINANCE FACILITY
 The customer must be willing to provide equity
contribution of 30% of the cost of execution of the
contract. This will enable the customer to have a
stake in the contract.
 The equity contribution can either be in form of cash
or evidence of work done which must be valued by
a professional.
 The contract finance tenor and repayment mode
for the facility must align within the duration and
payment mode stated in the contract document to
avoid a mismatch.
 Repayment source for the facility will be from
Irrevocable domiciliation of contract proceeds to
UBA.

6. CREDIT ISSUES/CONCERNS
A Bank as a matter of necessity does its due diligence in
determining if a contractor is risk-worthy and has the capacity
to perform under a given contract/obligation. We must also
examine the employers ability to pay after the contractor has
performed.
 5 Cs of Credit is considered in determining the affordability of
the risk.
 Character: Refers to the applicant’s & Employer’s reputation of
business uprightness and integrity.
 Capacity: refers to the professional and technical capability of
the customer to perform the contract in line with the
specification of the employer. History of the company, types
and size of past projects, The company’s financial strength, and
the backgrounds of key employees.
 Capital: The principal's capital evidences its financial solvency
and credit-worthiness to fulfill any obligation .
 Collateral: To further solidify Character, Capacity and Capital, a
Bank may occasionally require collateral equal to the penal
sum from the Principal. This helps reduce the risks to the Bank.
 Conditions- Conditions refer to the overall economic climate
and external environment surrounding the bank and the
business firm

7. COLLATERAL
 Contract Finance Facility must be adequately
collaterized in line with the Bank’s Collateral policy, that
is, provision of Legal Mortgage with FSV covering
between 130% - 200% of the facility amount OR any or
tangible acceptable security.
 The percentage coverage is dependent on the property
location and composition (land & building or debenture
on fixed and floating assets).
 Irrevocable domiciliation of contract proceeds is a
support collateral, however it can be used as main
collateral for Supply contracts awarded by any of the
Bank’s approved counterparties. In this instance, the
supplier of the goods will be issued Bank Guarantee,
which will crystallize upon confirmed delivery of the
goods by the contract employer.

8. OTHER CREDIT CONCERNS
 Evidence of contracts executed in the past must
be provided by the customer to ascertain its
capacity towards executing such contract.
 Documentary evidence of lodgment of proceeds
of past contracts in a bank
 The Cost & Benefit analysis must be determined to
ensure that the contract is actually profitable to
the customer after deducting all bank charges.
 Are those contracts APG Bounds (If yes evidence
of work achieved on the Advance Payment
received must be provided to justify the Contract
Finance Facility)

9. BENEFITS
 It allows customer’s with valid contracts
access funds for smooth execution of
their contract.
 The bank tends to make interest
income and other fees from availing
contract finance facility. The yield for
contract finance can be enhanced if
the contract is short tenured and the
contract is a revolving contract.

10. RISKS AND MITIGANTS
Counterparty Risk:
 This is the risk that the Employer/Contractee who issued
the contract may not honor their payment obligation to
the customer has as when due.
 Mitigation
 Assessing the Employer based on track record of
payment history.
 Examine if the company is listed under approved
counterparties with the bank.
 Evaluating whether the employer is a reputable
company with good payment cycle & Good credit
rating?
 Evaluate if the customer has executed contracts for the
employer in the past and when such contract proceeds
are received.

11. RISKS AND MITIGANTS
 Performance Risk: - This is the possibility that the
customer may not be able to execute the
contract in line with the specification of the
employer.
 Mitigation –
 Evaluate the customer’s years of experience on
the job.
 The magnitude of contracts executed in the past
and their status whether completed or In Progress,
This must be supported by certificate of discharge
or completion.

12. Risks and Mitigants (Cont.)
 Diversion Risk:
 This is the risk that the customer may divert
proceeds of the Contract. This risk is mitigated by
the fact that employers are expected to domicile
payments into the customer’s account with a
particular UBA Branch.
 This is the risk that the customer may divert
disbursed funds for other purpose different from
the contract finance.
 This risk is mitigated by ensuring that disbursement
shall be in favour of suppliers of construction
materials in conformity with submitted bill of
quantities.

13. Risks and Mitigants (Cont.)
Force majeure risk
This risk reflects the occurrence of unexpected and
uncontrollable natural and/or man-made
conditions,
such as earthquakes, typhoons, flooding or war,
which
may negatively affect the construction or
operations of
a project.
Mitigation
Provision for extension of term.

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