The Court held that an accepted application for commercial credit, which merely sets out the terms on which goods would be supplied if ordered, does not constitute a single 'construction contract' or 'arrangement' under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) because it contains no undertaking to supply goods — the goods, price, and delivery remain entirely at large. Where individual purchase orders and acceptances create separate contracts, a payment claim aggregating amounts across multiple such contracts cannot support a valid adjudication determination. The Court construed 'undertakes' in the statutory definition as requiring that a party agrees, accepts an obligation, or promises to carry out construction work or supply related goods under the contract or arrangement.
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