Construction of monsoon flood damaged compound wall with retaining wall, yard metal, yard PCC, stone pitching, drain and other miscellaneous civil works at 66 kV Bhanvad Sub-Station, Taluka Mahuva, District Bhavnagar under Amreli Circle.

Name of Work: Construction of monsoon flood damaged compound wall with retaining wall, yard

metal, yard PCC, stone pitching, drain and other miscellaneous civil works at

kV Bhanvad Sub-Station, Taluka Mahuva, District Bhavnagar under Amreli Cir-

Ref: TCAL/CMC/ CIVIL/235/ 2026-27

To create environment where Business Confidence is built through Best Business Practices and is fos-

tered in an atmosphere of trust and respect between providers of goods and services and their users

for the ultimate benefit of society and the nation.

GETCO COMMITMENT PARTY’S COMMITMENT

o To maintain the highest ethical standards in busi- o Not to bring pressure/recommendations outside

ness and profession. GETCO to influence its decision.

o Ensure maximum transparency to the Satisfaction o Not to use intimidation, threat, inducement or

of stakeholders Pressure of any kind on GETCO or any of it’s em-

ployees under any circumstances.

o To ensure to fulfill the terms of agreement/ con- o To be prompt and reasonable in fulfilling the con-

tract and to consider objectively the viewpoint of tract, agreement, legal obligations.

o To ensure regular and timely release of payment o To provide goods and / or services timely as per

on due dates for work done. agreed quality and specifications at minimum

o To ensure that no improper demand is made by o To abide by the general discipline to be main-

employees or by anyone on our behalf. tained in our dealings.

o To give maximum possible assistance to all the o To be true and honest in furnishing information

Vendors/Suppliers/Service provider and others including payment to agents/sub-agents.

to enable them to complete the contract in time.

o To provide all information to suppliers/ contrac- o Not to divulge any information, business details

tors relating to contract/Job which facilitate him available during the course of business relation-

to complete the contract/job successfully in time. ship to others without the written consent of

o To ensure minimum hurdles to Vendors/ suppli- o Not to enter into carter/syndicate/understand-

ers/contractors in completion of agreement/con- ing whether formal/non formal so as to influ-

tract/work order. ence the price.

Seal & Signature Seal & Signature

(GETCO Authorized Signatory) (Party’s Authorized Person)

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION & COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS

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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BIDDERS

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(A) INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BIDDERS

(A1) SCOPE OF WORK :

Construction of monsoon flood damaged compound wall with retaining wall, yard metal, yard PCC,

stone pitching, drain and other miscellaneous civil works at 66 kV Bhanvad Sub-Station, Taluka Ma-

huva, District Bhavnagar under Amreli Circle.

1) The site of proposed work is situated at Amreli Circle jurisdiction. The works shall be carried

out as per tenders specifications & detailed work order.

2) Any activity not specifically mentioned in the tender but necessary in the opinion of engineer in

charge of work must be carried out for successful completion of the job, on getting approval of

competent authority of GETCO.

3) Before taking up construction activity; the agency has to cut the trees which obstruct the working,

of any diameter, bushes, vegetation, i.e. roots, plant, shrubs, grass etc. including stacking and

crediting to GETCO as directed with no extra cost.

4) Site visit: The bidder is advised to visit the site and examine the site condition. Where in the work

is proposed to be carried out and to get himself fully acquainted at his own responsibility for all

information that may be necessary for quoting the tender bid and entering in to contract. All cost

and liabilities arising out of the site visit shall be at bidder account.

(A2) EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT:

1) Bidders are requested to pay an earnest money deposit (1% of estimated cost) either by

Online Payment NEFT/RTGS only for the amount as specified in the tender notice. Payment of

EMD in form of Cheque or DD or any other form other than NEFT/RTGS shall not be accepted.

2) The EMD shall be paid submitted/attached along with uploading of Technical bid only. In no case

it shall be submitted with sealed cover or in other form like DD, Cheque, etc.

3) Tenders not accompanied by EMD shall be rejected.

4) If during the tender validity period, i.e. 180 days, the tenderer withdraws his tender, the EMD

shall be forfeited and the tenderer may be disqualified from tendering for further works of

5) The EMD will be returned promptly to the unsuccessful tenderer. The EMD will be returned to

the successful tenderer after he furnishes the Security Deposit for performance and duly enters

in to the contract. If he fails to furnish the SD or to execute the contract for the work offered to

him, his EMD shall be forfeited and the tenderer may be disqualified from tendering for further

works for GETCO.

(A) Guarantees issued by following Banks will be accepted as SD /EMD on permanent basis.

1. All Nationalized Banks.

(B) Guarantees issued by following Banks will be accepted as SD / EMD for the period up to

31.03.2027. The validity cut-off date in GR is with respect to date of issue of Bank Guarantee ir-

respective of date of termination of Bank Guarantee.

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No. Bank Name No. Bank Name

1) South Indian Bank

2) AU Small Finance Bank Standard Chartered Bank

3) Bandhan Bank Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

4) City Union Bank Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

5) CSB Bank YES Bank

6) DBS Bank India Limited Ahmedabad Mercantile Co-Op Bank

7) DCB Bank Nutan Nagrik Sahkari Bank Ltd.

8) Dhanlaxmi Bank Rajkot Nagrik Sahkari Bank Ltd

9) Equitas Small Finance Bank Saraswat Co-Operative Bank Ltd

10) FEDERAL Bank SBPP Co-operative Bank Ltd.

11) HDFC Bank SVC Co-Operative Bank Ltd.

12) HSBC Bank The Cosmo Co-Op Bank Ltd.

13) ICICI Bank The Gujarat State Co-Operative Bank

14) IDBI Bank The Surat District Co-Operative Bank

15) IDFC First Bank The Surat People’s Co-Op. Bank Ltd

16) IndusInd Bank The Baroda CentraI Co-operative Bank

17) Jammu and Kashmir Bank The Panchmahal District Co-Operative Bank

18) Jana Small Finance Bank The Kalupur Commercial Co-Op. Bank

19) Karnataka Bank The Rajkot Commercial Co-operative Bank

20) Karur Vysya Bank The Banaskantha Mercanttile Co-op. Bank

21) Gujarat Gramin Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank 43)

(A3)(a) COMPLETION PERIOD:

“The time limit for the completion of the above work will be 03 Months from the com-

mencement of the work, which will be given separately.”

 One month additional will be considered for the rainy season if the scheduled execution

period falls within the period from 1st July to 31st October. In case the duration of execution

is not exactly falls for a period of 1st July to 31st October, the proportionate days shall be

given based on the duration falls between period 1st July to 31st October. e.g.

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 if entire duration falls between 1st July to 31st October, 30 days allowable towards rainy

 If the execution period falls short by four months, then the proportionate days shall be

calculated based on following formula:

Delay allowable on account of rainy period = 30 x N /

Where N=Number of days falling between period 1st July and 31st October.

Note: While applying this formula no extension of time limit shall be permitted on account of

delay due to rain.

 15 days additional will be considered where hard rock strata are available.

 Delay due to power supply will be considered in TLE only if the agency applies for power

supply to DISCOM within 5 days from the date of issue of LOI. It is necessary for the bidders

to apply within first 5 days from the date of LOI for temporary power connection consid-

ering 5 days required by Distribution company to provide the power connection as per

their SOP, making thereby availability of power supply on 10th day of LOI.

 Any delay in making the application for temporary power connection beyond initial 5 days

shall be on account of bidder.

(A4) SECURITY DEPOSIT:

As per prevailing rules of the Corporation, 5% of the contract value shall be paid as ‘Security Deposit’.

As per Government of Gujarat vide circular No. JNV.10212/520A dtd. 26.06.2012 & GERC audit report,

contractor has to pay 100% SD upon placement of LOI within 10 days. Therefore, 100% of S.D. shall

be paid at Transmission Circle, Amreli within 10 days from receipt of letter of intent either

a) In form of NEFT/RTGS in favor of "Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Ltd.” of any

Nationalized Bank payable at Amreli OR

b) In form of Bank Guarantee of any Nationalized Bank as per the approved format of the

Corporation valid for minimum period of time limit plus guarantee period of one year.

The security deposit will be refunded only after the completion of 1 year guarantee period of

work completed or finalization of final bill whichever is later.

If Security Deposit is not paid within 10 days of issue of LOI, EMD paid will be forfeited and

Corporation will not deal with party for the period of two years.

(A5) OTHER INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Tenders must be submitted in the enclosed schedule of work & quantities. Those received in any

other form will not be accepted. They should be accompanied by a covering letter in which the

bidder should give all information as called for in the specifications & any other point which he

would like to be considered along with the tender.

2) The Schedule-B shall be filled up with the quoted % above or below & shall be submitted

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3) The bidders shall note that no deviations from the technical specifications or commercial condi-

tions with this bid are acceptable & it will be presumed that the bidder agrees entirely with the

specifications & general terms &conditions of the contract.

4) The Corporation reserves the right to accept any tender irrespective of whether it is lowest or

not or to reject all the tenders without assigning any reasons there of. Tenders departing from

the technical Specification or the method of bidding in a radical manner may also be rejected.

5) On acceptance of the tender the name(s) of the accredited representative(s) of the tenderer who

would be responsible for taking instructions from the Engineers of the Corporation shall be com-

municated to the Superintending Engineer, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation, Cir-

cle office, Amreli.

6) Proof of payments of taxes made by the Contractor to the appropriate departments shall

be produced to Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation failing which appropriate

amount shall be withheld on getting information/instruction from the concerned depart-

6A: Goods and Service Tax (GST)

The rates are excluding GST at the rate of 9% CGST plus 9% SGST or 18% IGST under the GST law

or as applicable to works contract service from time to time which will be paid extra on a given

taxable goods and/or services.

The amount and % of GST should clearly be indicated separately. GST means all applicable tax

under GST laws. (GST laws means IGST Act, GST(Compensation to the state for loss of reve-

nue)Act, CGST act, UTGST Act and SGST act,2017 and all related ancillary legislations)

6A-2: STATUTORY VARIATION:

Any statutory increase or decrease in taxes and duties including GST and cess as applicable or in

the event of introduction of New tax/cess or cessation of existing tax/cess subsequent to suppli-

ers offer if it takes place within the original contractual completion date will be to company’s

account subject to the claim being supported by documentary evidence. However, if any decrease

takes place after the contractual delivery date the advantage will have to be passed to the com-

6A-3: DEDUCTION OF TDS UNDER GST:

“As per provisions of GST Act, TDS under GST @ 2% (1% CGST & 1% SGST or 2% IGST as appli-

cable) or at the applicable rate from time to time, will be deducted from the bill of suppliers/con-

tractors at the time of credit or payment. TDS Certificates in the prescribed format will be issued

as per the prescribed rules under GST.”

6B Welfare Cess

 As per the Welfare Cess Act, the welfare cess @ 1% is applicable on supply and erection items for

supply, erection, testing & commissioning of substation, transmission lines, EPC/Turnkey pro-

jects and civil works.

 Contractor shall get registered under Welfare Cess Act before commencement of work. Office of

the Factory Inspector is authorized at present as a registering authority.

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 GETCO shall pay the welfare cess by way of reimbursing to contractors on production of docu-

mentary evidence of payment.

 The contracts for which supply or part supply of material are in the scope of GETCO, then con-

tractors shall deposit welfare cess on estimated cost of supplied items to GETCO on progressive

basis of utilization. As this part of welfare cess is on GETCO account, the same shall be reimbursed

to the contractor on receipt of request letter along with documentary evidence of payment. For

calculation of welfare cess on supply part, valuation as per MR shall be taken and informed to the

contractor for payment. This will be over and above the A/T value.

The modality of payment/reimbursement of welfare cess will be as under.

 On receipt of A/T, the contractor / bidder will get them registered under Welfare Cess Act and

submit the documentary evidence to the concern office.

 Before release of payment of first R.A.Bill, the contractor has to submit the documentary evi-

dence of registration. Only thereafter, the bill will be processed for payment.

 Before release of payment of subsequent R.A.Bills, the contractor has to submit the documen-

tary evidence of payment of welfare cess of previous R.A.Bill.

 Before release of payment of final bill,the contractor has to submit documentary evidence of

payment of welfare cess of previous R.A.Bill as well as of this final bill.

 If the R.A.Bill happens to be first and final bill, then before release of payment, contractor has

to submit documentary evidence of registration under Welfare Cess Act and evidence of pay-

ment of welfare cess.

 The welfare cess shall be reimbursed to the contractor on submission of copy of documentary

evidence of payment by observing due formalities.

 Income tax at source at the prevailing rate will be deducted from bills in accordance with the

provision of income tax laws and to that effect a certificate will be issued to the contractor.

7) The successful contractor will have to sign an agreement as per the Gujarat Energy Transmission

Corporation rules on stamped paper & the necessary stamp duty charges shall be borne by the

8) The bidder shall visit the site and carefully study the work to be carried. The Corporation will not

pay any extra or rate for any reason in case the contractor claims, after acceptance of contract, to

have misjudged the site condition.

9) The percentage quoted shall include cost towards of all materials, & machinery including equip-

ments, fixtures, labour, constructional equipments, fuel, scaffolding, staging, ramps, walkways,

approach and haul road, temporary works, etc. bearing permanent or temporary nature neces-

sary for the completion of the work in all respects, except for those items specifically mentioned

to be furnished by the Corporation. The contractor must also arrange for the transport of mate-

rials & include all such costs in the rates quoted by him for finished work.

10) During the execution of the work if it is found that the work is not progressing as per the Sched-

uled Progress Program, approved by the Corporation & planned by the Contractor, due to the

reasons attributable to the Contractor; suitable action shall be taken as per relevant clauses men-

tioned in General Conditions of Contract.

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11) The contract or any part thereof shall not be subject to change without the written permission of

the Superintending Engineer, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation, Circle office, Am-

reli or his authorized representatives.

12) Tender shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 180 days from the date of Technical bid

opening & during this period no bidder shall be allowed to withdraw his tender. Any such with-

drawals, during the said period will entail forfeiture of the earnest money deposited with the

tender. The GETCO will take further action as deemed fit like not to deal with bidder in GETCO

13) Further information required, if any, can be had from the office of the Superintending Engineer,

Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation, Circle office, Amreli, Gujarat Energy Transmis-

sion Corporation, Head Office, Vadodara. But it must be clearly understood that the tenders must

be received complete in every respects by the due date & time.

14) The notice inviting tender, general instructions to the contractors & all documents of this tender

shall form part of the contract.

15) The works under this contract shall be completed in all respects within stipulated period from

the date of commencement order issued by field office. However, interim mile stones to be jointly

fixed after issue of LOI.

16) Bidders must quote firm price only, till completion of work under contract, & this is to be con-

firmed by bidder while submitting his offer. No escalation towards labor and material / fuel shall

be paid in this execution of contract.

17) Contractor shall pay minimum wages to his laborers as per the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 & rules

there under as applicable from time to time in pursuant to the State Government notification. The

concerned contractor shall submit the details of the payment with due certificate of LWO/IRO of

the Corporation.

18) Once the offer submitted will not be returned back for any reason thereof in any case.

19) Each tender shall contain the name, residence & place of business of person or persons making

the tender & shall be signed by the tenderer with his usual signature with seal of the company.

20) Tender by partnerships shall furnish the full names of all partners. It shall be signed with the

partnership name by one of the members of the partnership or by an authorized representative

followed by the name &designation of the person signing.

21) An attested copy of the constitution of the firm with the name of partners shall be furnished.

Whenever, whether in submission of the tender or later in other matters, the signatures are made

by one person on behalf of Directors or a firm or a corporation, an attested copy of the resolution

of the partners or of law shall be supplied by the tenderer authorizing Witnesses & sureties shall

be persons of status & probity, &their names, occupation & address shall be stated below their

signatures. All signatures shall be dated.

22) Tenders by corporation shall be signed with the legal name of the corporation followed by the

name of the state of incorporation & by the signature & designation of the president, secretary or

other person authorized to bind it in the matter with rubber seal of the company.

23) The GETCO reserves the right to delete any item of Schedule-B for which contractor shall not have

any right to claim on this account.

24) The Bidders shall study the Conditions of site & shall resort to dewatering, where necessary, by

appropriate methods & maintain reasonably dry areas to work at and no extra claim will be en-

tertain on this account.

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25) The Contractor shall prepare all required roads to execute various items of this Contract & ar-

range all transport of materials & all such costs shall be taken care of while quoting the rates.

No extra payments shall be admissible towards such costs. On completion, this shall be cleared if

asked by GETCO at no extra cost.

26) Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation shall not entertain idle charges for any site conditions

or any circumstances.

27) The Contractor shall take all requisite & necessary care to observe that no damage is occurred to

the Existing structures, if any. For any damage to the Existing Structures of Gujarat Energy Trans-

mission Corporation the Contractor shall be held responsible.

28) The submission of any bid connected with these document and specification shall constitute on

agreement that bidder shall have no cause of action or claim against the GETCO for rejection of

his bid. The owner shall always be at liberty to reject or accept split any bid or bids at his sole

discretion and any action will not be called into question and the bidder shall have no claim in

that regards against the owner.

29) By successful submission of bid shall be considered as fully acceptance of all conditions &

specifications mentioned in this tender booklet to bidder.

30) Recoveries:

I. In case of any damage to equipment/machinery or structure/building of GETCO or any public

property due to negligence’s of contractor or any other reasons attributed to contractor the

decision of E.I.C. regarding the amount of recovery shall be final and binding.

II. If the contractor fails to execute the proportionate work as per direction of E.I.C. within the

time frame given for completion of part / whole of the work GETCO shall get the work done

through any other contractor and the cost of execution of such work along with 15% overhead

charges shall be recovered from contractor.

31) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in the specification or tenders in subsequent

exchange of correspondence, the conditions of contract shall be binding on the contractor and

any change or variations expressed or implied, however made in the said conditions shall not be

valid or operative unless expressly sanctioned by the Corporation. The contractor shall be

deemed to have fully informed himself and to have special knowledge of the provisions of the

conditions of contract herein contained.

32) Submissions of tender by a contractor implies that he has read the instructions and condition of

contract herein contained and has made himself aware of the scopes and specifications of the

work to be done.

33) These rules and directions shall form part of the contract.

34) Drawings: Drawings required for the works are available with the E.E. (Civil) of Circle Office

Amreli/Corporate Office, Vadodara. They are indicative and for tender purpose only. Bidders

shall have to execute the work as per construction drawings issued from time to time by GETCO.

35) Electricity Connection: The electric power, at site, will be made available at one mutually agreed

points, free of cost (connection only) by Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation only. Further

distribution will have to be carried out by the contractor as per requirements at their own cost.

The necessary consumption charges will be recovered as per the tariff rate of Gujarat Energy

Transmission Corporation from time to time as per Corporation’s rules.

36) The contractor has to make his own arrangement of water for construction activity at his own

cost. The contractor shall be allowed to draw water from bore well / open well by making his

own arrangement such as drilling, pump with all electrical accessories, pipe line & electricity to

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run the bore well /open well from the electric power point provided by DISCOM to them. Water

shall be free of cost to the contractor. The electrical consumption charges to run the bore well /

open well shall be borne by the contractor. In those cases where in bore well has been con-

structed at the cost of GETCO as per contract, even then no water charges shall be charged,

however electricity connection & electricity charges till the completion of work shall be to con-

tractor accounts. In no case, GETCO is bound to supply water if the ground water sources are not

available at site within premises.

37) Tenders/Bids received after scheduled time period: The tenders received after time and date

specified in the tender notice, will not be accepted. Once the offer submitted by the contractor

before due date of submission, the contractor will not be allowed to submit revised / additional

/ modified / other even before due date. However, if the issue and receipt of tender is extended

by the Corporation due to any reason, the contractor may submit the revised offer before due

date of submission, if he wish to submit.

38) The work shall be completed within the period stipulated in the contract. However it may be

noted that drawings shall be released progressively & site clearance arranged accordingly to the

progress of work at site. Therefore the contractor has to organize & coordinate the works to suit

these. In the event of any delay due to the above or due to any other reason not attributable to

the contractor, reasonable extension in the completing the work may be given at the discretion

& as decided by the Corporation but no compensation or idle charges will be paid to the contrac-

tor under any circumstances.

39) The price bid/proposals will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who

choose to attend at the date and time and venue to be notified by the GETCO, after conclusion of

the Technical Evaluation and Post Qualification process.

40) GETCO will not issue any material required for the work. All the materials – tools & tackles, la-

bour etc. will have to be arranged by the contractor.

41) ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF BID

a) The GETCO reserves the right to accept any tender irrespective of whether it is lowest or

not or to reject all the tenders without assigning any reasons there of. Tenders departing

from he stipulated technical specifications, commercial conditions or the method of bid-

ding in a radical manner are liable to be rejected.

b) The bid is liable for rejection prima facie, if it is

c) Without payment of EMD / Tender Fee. Or Payment of EMD/Tender fee in any form other

than online payment (NEFT/RTGS Mode Only)

d) Not in prescribed form.

e) Not bearing signature of the bidder & seal of the company on all the documents accom-

panying the tender.

f) Not confirming to specifications or conditional tender.

g) Received after expiry of the due date & time.

h) Received by telex or telegram or fax.

i) Submitted by bidders who are listed under declaration of ineligibility for corrupt or

fraudulent practices issued by GETCO, Govt. of Gujarat or its Public Sector under taking.

Tender not fulfilling all the above conditions and those specified in the documents attached or incom-

plete in any respect are liable to rejection.

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Qualification Requirement

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(B) Qualification Requirement

1 Registration : Bidder quoting for the bid shall have registration in appropriate class with

GETCO/Central/State Government / Railway/Semi. Govt. Organizations.

2 Experience Bidder should have experience of similar works OR RCC frame structure

works as main contractor for minimum of 50% value of estimated cost of the tender in a

single order with GETCO/ GEB / Central / State Government / Railway / Semi- Govern-

ment / Public Sector Organization within last 5 years. Attested Xerox copy of work orders

executed from GETCO/ GEB / Central / State Government / Railway / Semi- Government

/ Public Sector Organization AND satisfactory completion certificate of the same work

order from respective department should be submitted.

3. Solvency : Latest bank solvency certificate (not more than 1 year old of tender publish as

on date) from any Nationalized/Scheduled Bank of a sum of minimum 20 % of the esti-

mated cost shown in the tender. The solvency should be in the name of “To Whomsoever

it may concern” or “GUJARAT ENERGY TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED

4 Provident Fund Code: Separate provident fund code number towards firm registered

with Regional P. F. Commissioner and paid challan of last 3 months.

5 Profit & Loss Account Statement: The Bidder should submit certified Xerox audited

copy of the Balance sheet with profit and loss account and Net Worth Sheet of last three

Years along with Income Tax return.

6 Nature of Firm : Attested copy of Partnership Deed with recent Form-G obtained

from Registrar of firms for the current year, Power of Attorney, if any, for signing the

bid documents in case of partnership firm & self-affidavit for proprietorship firm. In

case the Form-G is not available for current year Affidavit cum Undertaking of the firm

declaring no change in Form-G is to be submitted. However this affidavit cum under-

taking should be executed only by partnership firm. The party shall be liable to give

fresh affidavit cum undertaking, after completion of its one year. All such documents shall

have to be NOTARISED.

7. Goods & Service Tax (GST) Registration: The Bidder shall be registered under the

GST Act and a certified copy of such registration under the GST act indicating the

GSTIN shall have to be submitted along with the bid by the bidder.

8. I.T. PAN CARD: The bidder should submit the attested zerox copy of PAN Card of their

All the documents to be submitted/Uploaded in soft copy shall be self-attested/notarized

as specified in the tender.

Signature of Contractor Superintending Engineer

GETCO, Circle Office,

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CHECK LIST OF DOCUMENTS SUBMISSION

નોંધ:- N-Procure માં ઓનલાઇન અપલોડ કરતી વખતે ફાઇલનું નામ નીચે મુજબ જ રાખવુ.ં

Mandatory to upload on-line only (pdf file)

No. Particulars

Scan Copy of Tender Fee Amount / Online payment receipt

(File Name - 1. Tender Fee)

Scan Copy of EMD Amount / Online payment receipt

(File Name - 2. EMD)

Firm Registration document as Approved Contractor in Appropriate Class- Civil Works

(File Name - 3. Firm Registration)

Scan of Duly signed Integrity Pact

(File Name - 4. Integrity Pact)

Attested Copy of Work Order Including Schedule-B only as Per Qualification Requirement (All in

(File Name - 5. Work Order Including Sch-B)

Attested Copy of Completion certificate in the Form No.3A of the same work order attached in Sr.

No.5 (Experience Certificate as main contractor) only as Per Qualification Requirement (All in

(File Name - 6. Form No.3A )

Bank Solvency Certificate

(File Name - 7. Bank Solvency Certificate)

Provident Fund Code Document and Paid Challan of last 3 Months.

(File Name - 8. PF Document with Challan)

GST Registration Number Documents

(File Name - 9. GST Registration)

Income Tax Return, Certified Profit Loss Accounts, Balance sheet and Net Worth sheert of Last

10 Three Financial Years(All in one file)

(File Name - 10. IT Return, Profit -Loss, Balance Sheet & Net Worth Sheet)

Nature of Firm:

Partnership deed, Latest Form-G, POA/Authorized Signatory Certificate for Partnership (refer SR

11 No.6 in Qualification requirement) (All in one file)

(File Name - 11. Partnership deed, Form-G & POA)

Self-Affidavit for Proprietorship

(File Name - 11. Self-Affidavit for Proprietorship)

PAN Number Document

(File Name - 12. PAN Card)

Scan of Self-attested copy of Tender document including technical specification i.e. signed on each

13 pages (preferably digitally signed)

(File Name - 13. Signed Tender document)

Filling Annexure/Appendices 1 to 7(All in one file)

(File Name - 14. Appendices 1 to 7)

Declaration Of Conflict On Interest

(File Name - 15. Declaration Of Conflict On Interest)

Declaration Of Relationship with employee

(File Name - 16. Declaration Of Relationship with employee)

Undertaking in regard to To Stop Deal/Bannned For Business Dealing/Black List

(File Name - 17. Undertaking in regard to To Stop Deal)

Copy/Pdf of E-mail done for Tender Fee & EMD Payment Detail as per Pg.no.166

(File Name - 18. Email done for Tender Fee & EMD)

EMD Refund Application on Firms’s Letter Pad as per Pg.no.

(File Name - 19. EMD Refund Application)

Valid Electrical Contractor License

(File Name - 20. Electrical Contractor License)

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AFFIDAVIT CUM UNDERTAKING

(On Rs.300/- stamp paper duly notarized)

We, Shri __________________ (names of all partners and POA holder) of M/s. __________ (name of part-

nership firm) having registered place of business at ______________ do hereby solemnly state and

affirm on Oath as under:

1) That Form G up to last entry dated __________ has been submitted to GETCO by us.

2) That since this Form G is not of current year, it is affirmed that whatever entries specified

by Registrar of Firms in this submitted Form G is true and correct and that, there is no any

modification or change in any of the partners or other details. It is further affirmed that

we are liable & bound to disclose to GETCO immediately, if there is any change and/or

modification in partnership of this firm.

3) That if GETCO finds any undisclosed modification/amendment in partners or other details

at any time, then they shall be entitled to take any legal action against us / partnership

firm. GETCO shall be empowered to stop-deal and /or black-list our firm for any contract,

at such instances.

4) That whatever stated in aforesaid paras and contents therein are true and correct and

shall be binding on all the partners of this partnership firm, which includes their heirs,

representative, assigness, executors etc.

Hence solemnly affirmed on this _________day of ______ months of 20_______at _________.

(name & sign of all partners

/ or POA Holders)

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For Proprietorship firm only

Self-Affidavit for proprietorship firm

(On Rs.300/- stamp paper duly notarized)

I the undersigned __________________________ _______ hereby solemnly declare on oath that

I am the sole proprietor of the firm ___________ ________________ . The proprietorship concern

is solely owned, managed and controlled by me.

The signature appearing in the contract agreement is signed by me and is true.

I hereby state that whatever is stated herein above is true and correct to the best of my

knowledge and belief. Hence solemnly affirmed on this _____ day of ___________ of

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GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

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(C) GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

1. Definitions:

a) The Contract means the documents forming the tender and acceptance thereof, together with the

documents referred to therein or individual work order in the case of term contract, including these

conditions, schedules and / or additional conditions attached to the form of tender or individual

work, order, rate schedule, the specifications and the drawings and all these documents as applicable

taken together shall be deemed to form the contract.

b) The “Tender Document” means the form of tender, the applicable schedules and/or additional con-

ditions and the specifications and/or drawings as issued to the contractors for the purpose prepar-

c) The expression “works” or “work” when used in the conditions of contract shall, unless there be

something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction means, the works or the work

contracted to be executed under or in virtue of the contract whether original or altered.

d) The “Contractor” means the individual or firm or company, whether incorporated or not, undertak-

ing the works and shall include his or its legal personal representative, successors and permitted

e) “Corporation” means the Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Ltd. and the “Accepting Officer”

means the officer who is authorized to sign and signs the contract on behalf of the “Corporation.”

f) The letter “EE” means Executive Engineer who in the case of measurement and lump sum contract,

direct the contractor and the letters “ACE” means “Add Chief Engineer” and “CE ” means “Chief Engi-

neer” who administers and in the case of the term contracts directs the contract.

g) The “Engineer-in-charge” means all officers of the Corporation appointed by the Chief Engineer to

supervise the works or part of the works.

h) “Approved” and “Directed” means the approval or direction of the Chief Engineer to Supdt. Engineer

or the person deputed by him for the particular purpose.

i) “B.S.” means the “British Standard” as issued by the British Standards institution. “A.S.” means the

American Standards as issued by the American Standard Institutions and “I.S.” means the “Indian

Standards” as issued by the Indian Standards Institutions. Wherever the above-mentioned abbrevi-

ations are preferred to, in the specifications and / or work orders, they mean the addition with all

amendments current at the date of issue of tender documents of work orders.

j) In the case of measurement and terms of contracts “Specifications” means those contained in Gujarat

Energy Transmission Corporation Ltd. schedule together with any amendments etc. embodied in the

tender documents, “Drawings” refer to those accompanying the tender documents and/or any work

orders referred therein.

k) The “Contract Sum” means the sum accepted or the sum calculated in accordance with the prices

accepted in the tender and/or the contract rate as payable to the contractor for the full and entire

executing and completion of works.

l) “The date of completion” is the date or dates of completion of the work or any part of the works set

out or ascertained in accordance with the individual work orders and the tender documents or any

subsequent agreed amendments thereto.

m) GST/Cess means all applicable Tax/Cess under GST Laws. GST Laws means IGST Act, GST(Compen-

sation to the State for Loss of Revenue) Act, CGST Act, UTGST Act and SGSCT Act, 2017and all related

ancilliary legislations.

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n) 'Owner' shall mean the Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Ltd, Vadodara or any of its group

companies i.e. GUVNL, GSECL, MGVCL, DGVCL, PGVCL UGVCL and shall include its legal representa-

tives, successors and assigns.

2. Security Deposit

The contractor shall, within 10 days of the issue of Letter Of Intent, pay 5 % as Security Deposit;. The

Bank Guarantee from schedule bank in lieu of cash or government securities towards Security De-

posit will be accepted providing amount of Security Deposit payable exceeds Rs. 10,000/- .All dam-

ages, costs, charges, expenses and other sums which may be or may become due or payable by the

contractor to the Corporation under the terms of the contract may be deducted from the cash in the

proceeds of sale of the Securities/Bank Guarantee to deposited (which the officer or person to whom

the same may be endorsed as aforesaid is hereby authorized to sell / to encash for that purpose) or

from the interest of any such securities of from any sums due or which may become due to the con-

tractor by the Corporation or from the whole or the balance unpaid as aforesaid of the encash secu-

rities so deposited being repaid or transferred and returned as may be to contractor after the date

on which the final bill is paid or after the expiry of the date up to which the contractor has to maintain

the work in good order whichever is later.

3. Penalty for the delay

The time limit allowed for carrying out the work as entered in the tender shall strictly observed by

the contractor and shall be reckoned on the 10th day of issuance of LOI. The work shall throughout

the stipulated period of contract proceeds with due diligence (time being deemed to be essence of

contract) and for delay, the contractor shall pay compensation @ 0.5% plus taxes as applicable per

week or part thereof on delayed portion subject to maximum 10% plus taxes as applicable of the

Total contract value of the civil works (End cost with taxes & cess as applicable). For calculating the

delayed portion, date of work completion mentioned in work completion certificate shall be consid-

In event of failure of the contractor to pay the amount of penalty as demanded, the Owner

shall be entitled to deduct the amount of penalty for delay from the amounts payable under

any other contract with the GUVNL and its subsidiary companies i.e. GETCO, GUVNL, GSECL,

MGVCL, DGVCL,PGVCL, UGVCL. It is permissible for the owner to adjust the amount of Penalty

of delay against any bank Guarantee furnished by the contractor under this contract or any

other contract with GUVNL and/or its subsidiary companies.

4. Action when whole of Security Deposit is forfeited

In any case in which under any clause or clauses of this contract the contractor shall have tendered

himself to pay compensation amounting to the whole of his security deposit (whether paid one sum

or deducted by installments) or in the case of abandonment for the work owing to serious illness or

death of the contractor or any other cause, the Executive Engineer on behalf of the Corporation, shall

have powers to adopt, (a) below and any of the following courses under (b) and (c) as he may deem

best suited to the interest of the Corporation.

a. To rescind the contract (for which rescission notice of 10 days) in writing to the contractor under

the hand of the Executive Engineer shall be conclusive evidence and in that case the security de-

posit of the contractor shall stand forfeited and absolutely at the disposal of the Corporation.

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b. To employ labour paid by the Corporation, to supply materials to carry out of the works or any

part of the works debiting the contractor with the cost of the labour and the price of the materials

(as to the correctness of which cost and price the certificate of the Executive Engineer shall be

final and conclusive against the contractor) and crediting him with value of the work done, in all

respects in the same manner and at the same rates as if it had been carried out by the contractor

under the terms of this contract and in that case the certificate of the Executive Engineer as to the

value of the work done shall be final and conclusive against the contractor.

c. To order that the work of the contractor be measured up and to take such part thereof, as shall

be unexecuted, out of his heads and to give it to another contractor to complete, in which case,

any expenses, which may be incurred in excess of the sum, which would have been paid to the

original contractor, if the whole work had been executed by him as to the amount of which excess

expenses the certificate in writing of the Engineer-in-charge shall be final, conclusive and shall

be borne and shall be paid by the original contractors and shall be deducted from any money due

to him by the Corporation under the contract or otherwise from his security deposit of the pro-

ceeds sale thereof or a sufficient part thereof.

d. In the event of the above courses being adopted by the Executive Engineer the contractor shall

have no claim to compensation for any loss sustained by him by reason of his having purchased

or procured any materials or entered into any engagements or made any advances on account of

or with a view to the execution of the work or the performance of the contract. And in case the

contract shall be rescind under the provision aforesaid, the contractor shall not be entitled to

recover or be paid any sum for any works thereof actually performed by him under this contract

unless and until the Executive Engineer shall have certified in writing the performance of such

works and the amount payable to him in respect thereof and he only be entitled to be paid the

amount so certified.

5. Notice for unsatisfactory progress

If the progress or a particular portion of the work is unsatisfactory the Executive Engineer whose

decision shall be final, shall notwithstanding that the general progress of work is satisfactory; be

entitled to take action under Clause 4(c) after giving the contractor 10 days notice in writing and the

contractor will have no claim for compensation for any loss sustained by him owing to such actions.

6. Action in the case of Default by Contractor

If any case in which any of the powers conferred upon the Executive Engineer by Clauses 4 and

hereof, shall have exercised and the same shall not have been exercised, the non exercised thereof

shall not constitute a waiver of any of the conditions hereof and such powers shall not withstanding

be exercisable in any further case of default by the contractor for which, by any clauses hereof, he is

declared liable to pay compensation amounting to the whole of his security deposit and liability of

the contractor for past and future compensation shall remain unaffected in the event of the Ex. En-

gineer taking action under sub clause (a) or (c) of Clause 4 he may, if he so desires, take possessions

of all or any tools, plants, materials, and stores in such upon the work or the site thereof belonging

to the contractor, or procured by him and intended to be used for the execution of the work of any

part thereof paying for allowing for the same in account at the contract rates, or in the case of a

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contract rates not being applicable to current market rates to be certified by the Executive Engineer

whose certificate thereof shall be final. In the alternative, the Executive Engineer may by notice in

writing to the contractor or his clerk of works, foremen or other authorized agent, require him to

remove such tools, plants, materials or stores from the premises within a time to be specified in such

requisition to decisions to the contractor failing to comply with any such requisition, the decision of

the Executive Engineer as to the expenses of any such removal and the amount of the proceed and

expense of any such sale, be final and conclusive against the contractor.

lf the Contractor shall neglect to execute the works with due diligence and expedition or shall refuse

or neglect to comply with any reasonable order given to him, in writing by the Engineer in connection

with the works or shall contravene the provisions of the Contract, the Owner may give notice in writ-

ing to the Contractor to make good the failure, neglect or contravention complained of. Should the

Contractor fail to comply with the notice within thirty (30) days from the date of serving the notice,

then and in such case the Owner shall be at liberty to employ other workmen and forthwith to exe-

cute such part of the works as the Contractor may have neglected to do or if the Owner shall think

fit, without prejudice to any other right he may have under the Contract to take the work wholly or

in part out of the Contractor’s hands and re-contract with any other person or persons to complete

the works or any part thereof and in that event the Owner shall have free use of all Contractor’s

equipment that may have been at the time on the Site in connection with the works without being

responsible to the Contractor for fair wear and tear thereof and to the exclusion of any right of the

Contractor over the same, and lf the sum thot the Contractor is entitled to be paid plus the costs

incurred by the Owner in completing the works, exceeds the Contract Price or the entire

works if entire works have been completed or the price for port of the works if part of the

works have been completed. the Contractor shall be liable for such excess.

lf such excess is greater than the sums due to the Contractor, the Contractor shall pay the bal-

ance to the Owner and if such excess is less than the sums due to the Contractor, Owner shall

pay the balance to the Contractor. For facilitating such payment. Owner shall encase the Bank

Guarantees of Contractor available with Owner/s and retain such other payments due to the

Contractor under the Contract in question or any other Contract that the Owner/s may have

with the Contractor. Such payment of excess amount shall be independent of the liquidated dam-

ages for delay which the Contractor shall hove to pay if the completion of works is delayed.

7. Extension of Time Limit

If the contractor shall desire an extension of the time limit for completion of the work on the

ground of his having been unavoidably hindered in it’s execution or on any other ground, he shall

apply in writing to the Executive Engineer and the Executive Engineer may, if in his opinion there

are reasonable grounds for granting extension, recommend such extension as he may think neces-

sary or proper. The decision of the competent authority in this regard shall be final and binding to

the contractor. Any delay attributed to Corporation shall be compensated only by way of extending

8. Completion Certificate

On completion of the work the Contractor shall be furnished with Completion Certificate by the Ex-

ecutive Engineer of such completion but no such certificate shall be given nor shall be the work con-

sidered to be complete until works are taken over and/or duly tested and put to operative as the

case may be, nor until the work shall have been measured by the Engineer-In-Charge or where the

measurement have been taken by his subordinated until they have received the approval of the Ex-

ecutive Engineer the said measurement being binding and conclusive against the contractor.

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9. Effect of the Certificate

No payment shall be made for any work estimated to cost less than Rs.1,000/- till after the whole of

said work shall have been completed and certificate of completion given. But in the case of works

estimated to cost more than Rs.1,000/- Contractor shall on submitting a monthly bill thereof, be en-

titled to receive payments. Proportionate to the part of the work then approved and passed by the

Engineer-in-charge, whose certificate of such approval and a passing of the sum requiring bad, un-

sound, imperfect or unskillful work to be removed and taken away and reconstructed or rejected nor

shall any such payment be considered as admission of the due performance of the contract or any

part thereof in any respect of the accruing of the claim nor shall conclude, determine or effect in any

way the powers of the Engineer-in-charge as to the final settlement and adjustment of the accounts

otherwise or in any other way, vary or affect the contract. The final bill shall be submitted by the

contractor within one month of the date fixed for completion of work. Otherwise the certificate of

Engineer-in-charge of the measurement and of total amount payable for the work shall be final and

Engineer-in-charge of the measurement and of total amount payable for the work shall be final and

binding on all parties.

10. Payment to Contractors

The rates for several items of works estimated to cost more than Rs.1,000/- agreed to within shall

be valid only when the item concerned is accepted, having been completed full, in accordance with

the sanctioned specification. In case, where the items of the work, are not accepted, as so completed

the Engineer-in-charge, may make payment on account of such items at such reduced rates, as he

may consider reasonable in the preparation of final or running accounts bills.

To streamline and enhance the effectiveness of the invoice submission process by the Vendors,

GUVNL has introduced Vendor Management System(VMS) for both material supply bills and

work-related bills at the Circle/Division/Sub-division level.

All the Supplier/Contractor have to use this portal (www.vms.guvnl.com) to upload the Invoice of any

of the GUVNL group company including GETCO along with relevant documents like Tax Invoice, Com-

mercial Invoice, Proper Dispatch Certificate, Lorry Receipt, Test Certificate, Advanced Stamp Receipt

etc. for supply bills and Tax Invoice, PF documents, GST Challans, Welfare cess challans, Insurance cop-

ies etc. in one file as per the AT / PO/ Work Order Terms and Conditions. Supplier/ Contractor login /

password will be provided on request by respective company, one login credential for all GUVNL group

companies for uploading of invoices

The Bill shall be submitted by the contractor each month on or before the date fixed by the Engineer-

in - charge, for all works, executed in the previous month and the Engineer-in-charge shall take or

cause to be taken the requisite measurement for the purpose or having the same verified and the

claim so far as it is admissible, shall be adjusted, if possible, within ten days from the presentation of

the bills. If the contractor does not submit the bill, within the time fixed, as aforesaid, the Engineer-

in-charge may depute a subordinate to measure up the said work in the presence of the contractor

or his duly authorized agent, whose counter signature in the measurement shall be sufficient war-

rant and the Engineer-in-charge may prepare a bill from such list which shall be binding on the con-

tractor in all respects. GETCO shall make effort for the payment of bills (RA & final bills) as early as

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possible, however no interest is payable on bill amount if there is delay in payment of GETCO for

whatever reason.

The company has decided to make payment to suppliers/contractors through RTGS/NEFT by transfer of

funds instead of cheques through regular courier service/RPAD the payment shall be released to your

bank account through RTGS.

Therefore, the suppliers/contractors are requested to furnish the following details in original letter head

with cancelled cheque.

1. Account Number

2. Type of account

4. Branch name & address

5. Contact no. of the branch

7. One cancelled cheque

12. Supply of Materials to Contractor

If the specification of the estimated work provides for use of any special description of material to

be supplied from the Corporation’s Stores or if it is required that the contractor shall use certain

stores to be provided by the Engineer-in-charge (such material and stores and the prices to be

charged thereof as here in after mentioned being so far as practicable for the convenience of con-

tractor but not so as in any way to control, the meaning or effect of the contract specified in otherwise

or from the security deposit or the proceeds of sale thereof if the deposit is held in Government Se-

curities the same or a sufficient portion thereof, shall be sold for the purpose. All materials supplied

to the contract shall remain the absolute property of Corporation and shall on no account be re-

moved from the site of the work and shall at all time be open to inspection by the used by him or for

any wastage in or damage thereto. The contractor shall be responsible for the loss, destruction or

deterioration of the materials, stores or articles supplied to him by the Corporation even if such loss,

destruction or deterioration has occurred under any circumstances whatsoever beyond his control

as if the materials, stores or articles so supplied were his property.

13. Works to be executed in accordance with specifications, drawings, orders etc.

The contractor shall execute in whole and every part of work in the most substantial and workman-

like manner and both as regarding materials and in every other respect in strict accordance with the

specification. The Contractor also shall confirm exactly, fully and faithfully to the designs, drawings

and instructions in writing relating to the work signed by the Engineer-in - charge and lodged in his

office and to which the contractor shall be entitled to have access for the purpose of Inspection at

such office, or in the site of the work, during office hours and the contractor shall, also if he so re-

quires, be entitled at his own expenses to make or cause to be made copies of the specification, and

of all such designs, drawings and instructions as aforesaid.

14. Alteration in Specifications and Designs not to invalidate Contracts.

The Executive Engineer shall have powers to make any alteration, or addition to the original specifi-

cation designs, and instructions that may appear to him to be necessary or advisable during the pro-

gress of the work and the contractor shall be bound to carry out the work in accordance with any

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instructions in this connection which may be given to him in writing, signed by the Engineer-in-

charge and such alterations shall not invalidate the contract. Any additional work which the contrac-

tor may be directed to do in the manner above specified as part of the work shall be carried out by

the contractor on the same conditions in all respect on which he agreed to do the main works, and

at the same rates as are specified in the tender for the main work. Where, however, the works is to

be executed according to the designs, drawing and specifications recommended by the contractor

and accepted by the competent authority, the alteration above referred to shall be within the scope

of such designs, drawings, and specifications appended to the tender.

15. Rates for works not entered in Estimate or Schedule of Rate of the District

If the additional and altered work includes any class of work for which no rate is specified in this

contract, then such class of work shall be carried out the rates entered in the Schedule of Rates of the

Division or at the rate mutually agreed upon between the Executive Engineer and the contractor,

whichever are lower. If the additional or altered work for which no rate is entered in the Schedule of

Rates of the Division is ordered to be carried out before the rates agreed upon then the contractor

within seven days of date of receipt by him of the order to carry out the work inform the Executive

Engineer for the rate which in his intension to charge for such class of work and if the Executive

Engineer does not agree to this rate he shall be noticed in writing be at liberty to cancel his order to

carry out such class of work and arrange to carry it out in such manner as he may consider advisable

provided always that if the rates shall have been determined as lastly here in before mentioned then

in such case he shall only be entitled to be paid in respect of the work carried out or expenditure

incurred by him prior to the date of the determination of the rate as aforesaid according to such rate

or rates as shall be fixed by the Executive Engineer. In the event of dispute, the decision of the Su-

perintending Engineer of the Circle will be final.

16. Extension of Time Limit in consequence of Addition or Alteration.

The time limit for the work shall be extended in the proportion that the increase in its cost occa-

sioned by alterations or additions bears to the cost of the original contract work and the certificate

of the Engineer-in-charge as to such proportions shall be conclusive. No compensation shall be pay-

able for Alternation in or Restriction of Work to be carried out. If at any time, after the execution of

the contract documents the Engineer-in-charge shall, for any reason whatsoever, require the whole

or any part of the work, as specified in the tender, to be stopped for any period or shall not require

he whole or part of the work to be carried out at all or to be carried out by the contractor, he shall

give notice in writing of the fact to the contractor who shall thereupon suspend or stop the work

totally or partially as the case may be in any such case, except as provided here under the contractor

shall have no claim to any payment or compensation what so ever on account of any profit or ad-

vantage which he might have derived from the execution, of the work in full but which he did not so

derive in consequence of the full amount of work not having been carried out or on account of any

loss that he may be put to on account of materials purchased or agree to be purchased or for unem-

ployment of labour recruited by him. He shall not also have any; claim for compensation by reason

of any alterations having been made in the original specification, drawings, designs and instructions

which may involve any curtailment of the work as originally contemplated.

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17. No claim to compensation on account of loss due to delay in supply of materials by Corpora-

The contractor shall not be entitled to claim any compensation from Corporation for the loss suffered

by him on account of delay by Corporation in the supply of materials entered in Schedule-A where

such delay is caused by: Difficulties relating to supply of railway wagons

I. Force Majure

III. Any other reasonable cause beyond the control of Corporation including Shortage of materials to

be supplied by the Corporations & difficulties in time by reaching at the site of any materials equip-

ment. In the case of such delay in the supply of materials, Corporation shall grant such extension of

time for the completion of the works as shall appear to the Executive Engineer to be reasonable in

accordance with circumstances of the case. The decision in the Executive Engineer as to the exten-

sion of time shall be accepted as final by the contractor.

18. Time Limit for Compensation Claims

Under no circumstances, whatsoever, shall the contractor be entitled to any compensation from Cor-

poration on any account unless the contractor has claimed in writing to the Executive Engineer

within one month of the cause thereof.

19. Action and Compensation payable in case of Bad Work

If at any time, before the security deposit is refunded to the contractor, it shall appear to the Execu-

tive Engineer or his subordinate in charge of the work that any work has been executed with un-

sound, imperfect or unskillful workmanship or with materials of inferior quality or that any materi-

als or articles provided by him for the execution of the work are unsound or of a inferior quality to

that contracted for or are otherwise not in accordance with the contract, it shall be lawful for Engi-

neer-in-charge to intimate this fact in writing to the contractor and then no withstanding the fact

that the work, materials or articles complained of, may have been inadvertently passed, certified and

paid for, the contractor shall be bound forthwith to rectify or remove and reconstruct the work so

specified in whole or any part, as the case may require or if so required shall remove the materials

or articles so specified and provided other suitable materials or articles at his own charge and cost,

and in the event of his failing to do so within a period to be specified by the Engineer-in-charge in

the written intimation aforesaid the contractor shall be liable to pay compensation at the rate of one

percent on the amount of the estimate for every day, not exceeding ten days during which the failure

so continue and in the event of any such failure as aforesaid the Engineer-in-charge may rectify or

remove and re-execute the work or remove and replace the materials or articles complained of, as

the case may be, at the risk and expense in all respects of contractor should the Engineer-in-charge

consider that any such inferior work or materials as described above may be accepted, or made use

of, it shall be within his discretion to accept the same as such reduced rates as he may fix thereof.

Provided that in the case of any work of which visible check is not possible, if the Engineer-in - charge

or his subordinate in charge of the work feels that such work has been executed with unsound, im-

perfect or unskillful workmanship or with materials of inferior quality, he shall take sample tests at

random, cost of which shall have to be borne by the contractor and if after taking such test, part of

such work is found to be defective in any respect or to have been executed with materials of inferior

quality, then the contractor shall be paid for the whole work such amount as may be fixed by the

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office of the Engineer-in-charge on the basis of the lowest quality of work found by him in such sam-

Sample Test shall mean:

(i) In relation to poles fixed as line supports, the token of one pole out of every 100 poles after taking

it out from its foundation for inspection.

(ii) In relation to any other work, such test as may be considered necessary, by the Engineer-in -

charge or his subordinate in charge of the work.

Explanation: II

Cost of the sample test shall mean cost incurred for the purpose of taking Samples & test and for

restoring tested work to its original condition.

20. Work to be opened to Inspection, Contractor or Responsible Agent to be present

All works under execution or in course of execution in pursuance of the contract shall at all times be

open to the inspection and supervision of the Executive Engineer and his subordinate and contractor

shall at all times, during the usual working hours and at all other times at which reasonable notice

of the intension of the Executive Engineer or his subordinates to visit the works shall have been given

to the contractor, during which period either he should be present to receive order and instruction,

or have a responsible agent duly accredited in writing, present for that purpose. Orders given to the

contractor’s duly authorized Agent shall be considered to have the same force and effect as if they

had been given to the contractor himself.

21. Notice to be given before work is covered up.

The contractor shall give not less than 5 days notice in writing to the Executive Engineer or his sub-

ordinates in charge of the work, before covering up or otherwise placing beyond the reach of meas-

urement of any work, in order that the same may be measured and correct dimensions thereof, taken

before the same is so covered up or placed beyond the reach of measurement and shall not covered

up or placed beyond the reach of measurement and work without the consent in writing of Executive

Engineer or his subordinate in charge of work, If any work shall be covered up or placed beyond the

reach without such notice having been given or consent obtained, the same shall be uncovered at the

contractor’s expense, and in default thereof, no payment or allowance shall be made for such work,

or for the materials, with which the same, was executed.

22. Contractor’s Liabilities

The Contractor shall supply, at his own cost, all materials (except such special materials, if any as

may be supplied form the Corporation stored in accordance with the contract) plant, tools, appli-

ances, implements, ladders, cordage, tackles, scaffolding and any temporary works which may be

required for the proper execution of the work., in the original, altered or substituted form and

whether included in the specification or other document forming part of the contract or referred to

in these conditions or not and which may be necessary for the purpose of satisfying or complying

with the requirements of the Engineer-in-charge as to any matter on which under these conditions,

he is entitled to be satisfied or which he is entitled to require together with carriage thereof to and

from the work, the contractor shall also supply without charge, the requisite number of persons for

setting out works, and counting, weighting and assisting in the measurement of, examinations at the

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time and from time to time of the work or materials, failing this, the same may be provided by the

Engineer-in-charge at the expenses of the contractor and the expenses may be deducted from any

money due to the contractor under the contract or from his security deposit or the proceeds of sale

thereof or of a sufficient portion thereof the contractor shall provide all necessary fencing and light

required to protect the public from accident and shall also be bound to bear expenses of defense of

every suit, action or other legal proceedings of law that may be brought by any person for injury

sustained. Owing to neglect of the above precautions and to pay any damage and costs which may be

awarded in any such suit, action or proceedings to any such persons or which may with the consent

of the contractor be paid in compromising any claim by any such person.

23. Contractor Liable for all Damages

Compensation for all damage done intentionally or unintentionally by contractor’s laborer, whether

in or beyond the limit of Corporation’s property, shall be estimated by the Executive Engineer, or

such other office, as he may appoint and the estimate of the Executive Engineer, subject to the deci-

sion of the Superintending Engineer, on appeal, shall be final and the contractor shall be bound to

pay the amount of the assessed compensation demand, failing which, the same will be recovered

from the contractor as damages or deducted by the Engineer in charge from any sums that may be

due to or become due from Corporation to the contractor under this contract or otherwise. The con-

tractor shall bear the expenses of defending any action or other legal proceedings that may be

brought by any person for injury sustained by him owing to neglect of precautions to prevent the

spread of fire and he shall also pay any damage and costs that may be awarded by the court if in

24. Rescission of Contract and Forfeiture of Deposit.

The contractor shall not assign or sublet, without the written approval of the Engineer-in-charge and

if the contractor assign or sublet his contract, or attempt to do so or become insolvent or commence

any proceedings to be adjudicated as insolvent or make any composition with creditors, attempt to

do so, the Engineer-in-charge may, by notice in writing rescind the contract. Also, if any bribe, gra-

tuity, gift, loan, perquisite, reward or advantage pecuniary or otherwise shall either directly or indi-

rectly be given, promised or offered by the contractor or any of his servants, or agents, or any person

to the employee of Corporation in any way relating to his office or employment or if nay such officers

or persons shall become in any way directly or indirectly interested in the contract, the Executive

Engineer may, by 10 day’s notice in writing, rescind the contract. In the event of a contract being

rescinded the Security Deposit of the contractor shall there upon stand forfeited and be absolutely

at the disposal of Corporation and the same consequences shall ensure as it the contract has been

rescinded under clause 4 thereof and in addition the contractor shall not be entitled to recover or be

paid for any work thereof actually performed under the contract.

25. Compensation

All sums payable by a contractor by way of compensation under any of these conditions shall be

considered as a reasonable compensation to be applied to the use of Corporation, without reference

to the actual loss or damage sustained and whether any damage has not been sustained.

26. Change in the constitution of firm to be notified

In the case of tender by partners of a firm, any change in the constitution of firm shall be forthwith

notified by the contractor to the Executive Engineer for his information.

27. Works under direction of Superintending Engineer.

All works to be executed under the contract shall be executed under the direction and subject to the

approval of the Superintending Engineer of the Circle, Engineer-in-charge for the time being who

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shall be entitled to direct at what point or points and in what manner they are to be commenced and

from time to time carried on.

28. Decision of Superintending Engineer to be final.

Except where otherwise specified in contract and subject to the power delegated to him by Corpora-

tion under the Corporation’s rule, then in force the decision of the Superintending Engineer of the

Circle / EIC. for the time being shall be final, conclusive and binding on all of the specification, de-

signs, drawings and instructions herein before mentioned and as to the quality of workmanship or

material used on the or as to any other question, claim, right matter or thing whatsoever in any way

arising out of or relating to the contract, designs, drawings, specifications, estimates, instructions,

orders or these conditions or otherwise concerning, the works or the execution or failure to execute

the same, whether arising during the progress of the work or after the completion or abandonment

29. Arbitration

‘ALL QUESTIONS, DISPUTES OR DIFFERENCES, WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY AT AN TIME ARISE BE-

TWEEN THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTRACT IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTRACT OR ANY MAT-

TER ARISING OUT OF OR IN RELATION THERE TO, SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE “GUJARAT PUBLIC

WORKS CONTRACTS DISPUTES ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL” AS PER THE PROVISIONS OF THE GUJA-

RAT PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS DISPUTES ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL ACT,

The reference to arbitration proceedings under this clause shall not:

a. Affect the right of the Engineer-in-charge to take possession of all or any tools, plants, materials

and stores, in or upon the work or site thereof or belonging to the contractor or procured by him

and intended to be used for the execution of the work or any part thereof.

b. Preclude the Engineer-in-charge from utilizing the materials purchased by the Contractor in any

work or from removing such materials to other place, during the period the work is stopped or

suspended in pursuance of notice given to the contractor under General Conditions.

c. Entitle the contractor to stop the progress of the work or carrying out the additional or altered

work in accordance with the provision of General Conditions for the work where there is no spec-

d. Preclude the Corporation from getting the work done by another agency.

Neither party is entitled to bring a claim to arbitration latest by the thirty days after the expiration of the

defects liability period.

The provisions of the Arbitration & conciliation Act, 1996, Gujarat Public Works Contract Disputes Arbi-

tration Tribunal Act, 1992 and rules made there under shall apply to the arbitration proceeding under

30. Stores to be obtained from Corporation

The Contractor shall obtain from the Corporation Stores, such articles as are mentioned in Schedule

‘A’ which may be required for the work or any part of the work or in making up any articles required

there fore or in connection therewith, unless he has obtained permission in writing from the Execu-

tive Engineer or obtained such stores and articles from elsewhere. The value of such stores and ar-

ticles as may be supplied to the contractor by the Engineer-in-charge will be debited to the contrac-

tor in his account at the rate shown in the Schedule “A” attached the contractor and if they are not

entered in said schedule they shall debited to him at cost price which for the purpose of this contract

shall include cost of carriage and all other expenses whatsoever which may have to be incurred in

obtaining delivery of the same at the stores aforesaid and further overhead charges 15% plus GST

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as applicable . The Contractor shall be responsible for the loss destruction or deterioration of the

materials, stores or articles supplied to him by the Corporation, even if such loss destruction or de-

terioration has occurred under any circumstances whatsoever beyond his control as if the material,

stores or articles so supplied were his property. The contractor shall be responsible for returning

the residual materials after completion of the contract and if fails to return, the balance material

supplied to him by the Corporation, the cost of the residual materials will be recovered form the

contractor at the market rate or stock issue rate whichever be higher at the time of materials account

plus 15% plus GST as applicable.

31. Lump Sum in Estimate

When the estimate on which tender is made, includes lump sums in respect of parts of the works the

contractor shall be entitled to payment in respect of the items of works involved or the part of the

work in question at the same rates as are payable under this contract or such items or if the part of

work in question is not in the opinion of the Engineer-in-charge capable to measurement the Engi-

neer-in-charge may at his discretion pay the lump sum amount entered in the estimate and the cer-

tificate in writing of the Engineer shall be final and conclusive against the contractor with regard to

any sum or sums payable to him under the provisions of the clause.

32. Lump Sum Tenders

Whenever lump sum tenders have been invited for building or other structures of the same type,

design, the contractor shall submit his bill stated in Clause No.11 and the Engineer-in-charge not

below the rank of Executive Engineer shall certify by general measurement or by other method con-

sidered suitable to him, the value of work done and the contractor shall be paid monthly a sum equal

to 90% of the total value the work so certified, since the last payment, after deducting a part or whole

of the secured advance if not already paid for the materials utilized on the works. An additional se-

cured advance for any fresh materials brought on site will also be paid if certified by the officer not

below the rank of Executive Engineer. After the work is completed final bill would be paid on the

certification of officer not below the rank of Executive Engineer, that the work is done according to

drawing and specifications attached to the tender. If any additions and alteration have been carried

out, detailed measurements in respect thereof shall be recorded and extra payment or deductions

are regulated as per item rates quoted by the contractor while submitting the tender and if there are

any items in the additions and alterations for which the contractor has not quoted a rate, the pay-

ment shall be as per Clause 15 above.

33. Action where no specifications.

In the case of any class of work for which there is no such specifications as is mentioned in clause

such work shall be carried out in accordance with the divisional specifications and in there event of

there being no divisional specifications, the work shall be carried out in all respects in accordance

with the instructions and requirements of the Engineer-in-charge / consultant of the Corporation

34. Industrial Labour Laws

1. Wages to be paid and time of payment etc. by the Contractor:-

a) The contractor shall pay minimum wages as fixed under Minimum Wages Act whichever is higher.

The wages of every contract labour employed by him under this contract shall be paid by him

before the expiry of 7th day of the last day of the month in respect of which the wages are payable

(i.e. wages of a month have to be paid by him in the first week of the next month). The payment

shall be disbursed in presence of Management Representative during the working hours in fac-

tory premises and the contractor shall get the entries certified in the register of wages by the

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Representative of the Corporation. Any default will result in cancellation of contract forthwith or

else the contractor shall be punishable to the extend of Rs.100/- fine per each day.

b) The contractor shall give his telephone number and address to the Corporation so that in case of

labour trouble etc., the contractor can be contacted. The contractor shall arrange to have his office

outside the factory premises and the contractor keep himself present through out the working

a) Persons below the age of 18 years shall not be employed for the work.

b) No female worker shall be employed in the night shift between 7.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.

c) Contractor shall maintain a valid labour license under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abo-

lition Act) for employing necessary manpower to be required by him. In the absence of such li-

cense the contractor shall be liable to be terminated without assigning any reason thereof.

d) The contractor shall at his own expense comply with all labour laws and keep the Corporation

indemnified in respect thereof. Some of the major liabilities under various labour and industrial

laws which the contractor shall comply with are as under :

I Payment of contribution of wages of employer’s contributions towards Provident Fund, Family

Pension Scheme, Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, Administrative Charges etc. at the rates made

applicable from time to time by Government of Gujarat / Government of India or other Statutory

II Payment of deposit in respect of each contract labour of the rate of RS.30/- with the office of the

Commissioner of Labour as per the Contract Labour Act (Regulation & Abolition).

III License Fee as prescribed under the contract Labour Act (Regulation and Abolition) and Rules

framed there under depending upon the number of workmen employed by the contractor.

IV Paid leave facility and wages as per the provision of the Factories Act at the rate of one day for

every 20 days of working.

V Identity cards as prescribed under the factories Act with photo affixed thereto, the same for iden-

VI Payment of retrenchment compensation, notice pay and other liabilities as per Industrial Dis-

putes Act. Any payment to the contractor’s employees arising out of any claim of disputes under

the Industrial Disputes Act – 1947 or any other laws.

VII Provision of compensation in the case of accidental injury.

VIII Payment of crèche if the female labour employed is more than 30 numbers

IX Maternity leave as per the provision of the Maternity Benefit Act.

The above are some of the major liabilities of the contractor in addition to other liabilities prescribed

under the various Labour Las in force from time to time from Statutory Authorities like State Government

/ Government of India which the contractor shall have to comply with.

2. Provident Fund and Family Pension Scheme

The contractor shall submit along with his bill (month wise) a statement regarding deductions

against employees provident fund and family pension scheme in respect of each concerned employ-

ees’ Provident Fund and Family Pension scheme at the rate of 12 % (or at the rates made applicable

by the Government from time to time) of the wages. Contractor’s contribution and his workers con-

tribution towards provident fund and family pension scheme shall be deposited by the contractor

with regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Ahmedabad.

3. Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme

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The contractor shall have to deposit ½ % of the wages in-respect of employees who is a member of

the Provident Fund as the contribution to the Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme with Regional

Fund Commissioner, Ahmedabad.

4. Administrative Charges:-

Administrative charges for maintaining Provident Fund Account shall be deposited by the contractor

with Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, Ahmedabad at the rates applicable.

5. Paid Leave Facility

Paid leave facility at the rate of one day for every 20 days worked by the contract laborer shall be

provided by the contractor to his workers. He shall maintain Leave records/ Leave Cards for indi-

vidual laborer which shall be duly verified and approved/ certified by the authorized officer of the

6. Workmen’s Compensation Fund and Employers Liability Insurance

The contractor shall cover all his employees under Workmen’s Compensation Fund and under the

Liability Insurance. The contractor shall employ adequate number of experienced staff at site for

daily supervision and for maintenance of various registers and records required under the law and

contract. No payment for supervision shall be admissible.

7. Contractor to Indemnify to the Corporation

The contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Corporation and every officer and employ-

ees of the Corporation and also Engineer-In-Charge and his staff against all actions, proceedings,

claims, demands, costs and expenses whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the matters

referred in above clauses and elsewhere and against all actions, proceedings, claims, demands, costs

and expenses which may be made against the Corporation by any workman/ employee of the con-

tractor or any sub contractor and / or from any liability may arise to any workman / employees of

the contractor or any sub contractor under any laws, rules or regulation having the force of law in-

cluding but not limited to claims against the owner under workman’s compensation Act, 1923. The

employee’s Provident Act 1952, and / or the contract

Labour (Abolition and Regulation) Act 1979. The Corporation shall not be liable for or in respect of

or in consequence of any accident or injury to any workmen or other person in the employment of

the contractor or his sub-contractors, and the contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the

Corporation against all such damage and compensation and against all claims, demands, proceedings

costs, charges and expenses whatsoever in respect thereof or in relation thereto.

8. Workmen’s Compensation And Employer’s Liability Insurance

Insurance shall be affected for all the contractor’s for all the contractor’s employees engaged in the

performance of this contract. If any of the work is sublet to the sub-contractor, the contractor shall

require that he or his sub-contactor to provide workmen’s compensation and employer’s liability

insurance for the latter’s employees unless such employees recovered under the contractor’s insur-

The Corporation reserves the right to terminate this rate contract at any time during it tendency

without giving notice of termination or any reasons thereof.

The Corporation will be entitled to deduct directly form the bills, to be paid to the Subcontractor and

Labourers any sum or sums payable by contractor and which sum/sums the Corporation is required

to pay as a principal employer on account of contractor’s default in respect of all liabilities referred

to in above clauses.

Nothing in the contract document stated shall any wise constitute any workmen/ employees of the

contractor or any sub-contractor as or to be workmen/employee of the power, or place obligation

or liability in respect of any such workmen/ employee upon the Corporation.

NOTE: -The prevailing Act at the time of execution of work over and above act specified herein shall

be binding to the contractor.

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35. No Claim for Variation in Quantities of Work.

Quantities shown in the tender are approximate and no claim shall be entertained for quanti-

ties of work actually executed, being either more or less up to any extent than those entered in the

tender or less than those entered in the tender or estimate.

36. No Claim for Compensation for Delay in staring work

No compensation shall be allowed for any delay caused into starting of work on account of acquisi-

tion of land and in the case of clearance for works or any delay in according sanction to estimates.

37. No Claim for Compensation for delay in execution of work

No compensation shall be allowed for any delay, in execution of the work on account of water stand-

ing in borrow pits or compartment. The rates are inclusive for hard or cracked soil, excavation in

mud, sub-soil water or water standing in borrow pit and no claim for an extra rate shall be enter-

tained unless otherwise expressly specified & mentioned in the tender.

38. Entering upon or commencing any portion of work

The contractor shall not enter upon or commence any portion of work except with the written au-

thority or instructions of the Executive Engineer or his subordinate in charge of the work, failing

such the contractor shall have no claim to ask for measurement or payment for work.

39. Method of Payment

Payment to contractors shall be made by A/c payee Cheque provided the amount exceeds Rs.50/-.

Amount not exceeding Rs.50/- will be paid in cash. Generally payment may take 30 to 60 days after

passing of bills depending on availability of fund.

40. Acceptance of conditions on tendering for work.

Submission to tender or acceptance of work order shall imply acceptance of these conditions of ten-

der by contractor.

41. Employment of Scarcity Labour

If government declares a state of scarcity or famine to exist in any village situated within 20kms of

the work, the piece worker / contractor shall employ upon such part of the work as are suitable for

unskilled labour; any person certified to him by the Executive Engineer or by any person to whom

Executive Engineer may have delegated this duty in writing to be in need of relief and shall be bound

to pay such person wage not below the minimum, which Government may have fixed in this behalf

from time to time. Any implementation of this clause shall be decided by the Superintending engi-

neer / Engineer-in-Charge whose decision shall be final and binding on the piece worker/contractor.

42. Employment of Technical Persons

The contractor who are registered under class ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ or such contractors who executes the

works of Rs.5 lakhs and above shall employ the technically qualified personnel possessing minimum

a Diploma of reconciled Technical institution, for executing the work of the Corporation.

Date: Superintending Engineer

(Signature of Contractor) GETCO, Circle Office

Address: Amreli.

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(D) GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

1. Contactor to inform himself fully:

The contractor shall be deemed to have carefully examined the work & site conditions, the general

conditions, the special conditions, specifications, schedules, drawings shall be deemed to have vis-

ited the site of the works & to have fully informed himself regarding the local conditions. Copy of

Appendix V attached with tender shall have to be filled up before quoting the rate, for confirmation

of site visit. If there shall have any doubts as to the meaning of any portion of these general conditions

or special conditions of the scope of work of the specifications or any other matter concerning the

contract, he shall in good time before submitting his tender, send for the particulars thereof & submit

them to the Engineer in writing in order that such doubt may be removed.

2. Data to be furnished by Contractor:

Prior to the commencement of work the contractor shall submit a bar chart showing detailed pro-

gramme for completing the work within time limit to the S. E. for approval within a week of the

date of LOI. No change in the approved plan & layout shall be carried out without specific written

approval of the Executive Engineer in charge.

3. Errors, Omissions & Discrepancies:

In all cases of errors, omissions, doubts or discrepancies in the dimensions, or discrepancies in the

drawings & items of work on specifications, reference shall be made to the Executive Engineer

whose elucidation & elaboration shall be considered as authoritative. The contractor shall be held

responsible for any error that may occur in the work thorough lack of such reference.

a) Temporary structures may be erected by the contractor for storage sheds, offices, and residential

etc. for non-commercial use on land, handed over to him at his own expense & with the permission

of the Corporation. In any circumstances for constructing temporary structures contractor’s use,

Corporation free supply of materials shall not be made. If it is found that Corporation’s free supply

material are used for the works other than approved drawings, it will be recovered at penalized

b) The contractor shall preserve all existing vegetation such as trees on or adjacent, to the works site

which, do not interfere with the construction as determined by the Corporation.

c) The contractor shall take all possible precautions in felling trees authorized for removal to avoid

any unnecessary damage to vegetation & trees not to be felled & to structures or to workmen, &

shall be responsible for any damage if it occurs in such operations.

d) All produce from cutting of trees grass etc. shall be the property of Corporation & shall be stacked

at the directed places. No claim shall be made for such tree felling / cutting &stacking of trees/pro-

duce or grass etc. by the contractor.

e) The land shall as herein before mentioned be handed over to Corporation / Owner of Land imme-

diately after the completion of the work under this contract. Also no land shall be held by the con-

tractor longer than the Corporation shall deem fit & necessary & the contractor shall, on due notice

by the Corporation, vacate & return the land which the Engineer In Charge may certify as no longer

required by the contractor for purposes of the work.

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5. Start of Work:

The contractor shall not enter upon or commence any portion of the work except with the written

permission of the authority of the Corporation, failing which the contractor shall have no claim to

ask for measurement of or payment for work & shall be responsible for any claims or damages that

may arise due to such unauthorized commencement or entry. No compensation shall be allowed for

any delay caused in starting the work on account of any delay in clearance of the work site.

6. Work to execute to the satisfaction of the Corporation’s Engineers:

The contractor shall proceed with the work with diligence & expedition & the whole of the work

herein specified as well as the mode of execution shall be under the supervision & the direction &

shall be carried on to the entire satisfaction of the Corporation’s site Engineers, who shall have full

powers to order the contractor to alter, enlarge or diminish the form, dimensions, positions, or quan-

tities of any of the work or to make use of materials & workmanship of different descriptions & qual-

ities from this herein specified. In the case of any class of work for which there are no Technical

Specifications, these shall be carried out in accordance with the latest IS Codes & in the event of being

no relevant IS Code, the works shall be carried out in accordance with the directions & instructions

of the Corporation’s Engineers at site.

7. Workmanship etc.:

The work shall be executed in thoroughly substantial manner with workmanship of best quality &

strictly in accordance with the specifications & with the drawings, or with such other drawings or

written instructions as may from time to time be furnished to the contractor, in accordance with

terms of this contract & shall be completed in every respect with workmanship implied & necessary

according to the fair interpretation & meaning of the same & should there be any discrepancy be-

tween the drawings & specifications or any difference or dispute as to the dimensions to be worked

out or the mode of doing periodical quantity of the work to be executed or with respect to any subject

arising out of this contract, the decision of the Corporation’s authorized Engineers shall be final &

binding on all parties.

8. Samples of descriptive Data:

Samples of descriptive data requiring approval shall be submitted by the Contractor to the Corpora-

tion’s Engineers in good time before the use of such material to permit its inspection & testing &

there-by the approval. The samples shall be properly marked to show the name of material, manu-

facture place or origin & the place where it is intended to be used etc. Failure of any samples to pass

specified tests requirements. It shall be sufficient cause for the refusal to consider any further sam-

ples from that source.

9. Baselines & Grades:

The Corporation near to the site of work shall furnish one permanent Bench Mark. Semi permanent

baselines & cross lines shall be established at sufficiently spaced intervals with benchmarks by the

Contractor at his own cost & risk. The contractor shall provide at his expense, all the required pillars,

equipments, materials, & labour for the establishment of the grade lines & bench marks, for that the

Contractor shall be responsible for their further maintenance during the execution of the actual work

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till the complete period of construction. The contractor shall be responsible for the proper execution

of work to such lines & levels & grades as may be specified in the drawings, established, or indicated

by the Corporation’s Engineers. All the survey work, if required, shall be checked by the Corpora-

tion’s engineers. However this shall not absolve the contractor for the correctness of survey/ tem-

porary or permanent Benchmarks.

10. Contactor not to dispose off soil etc.:

The contractor shall not sell or otherwise dispose off or remove except for the purpose of this con-

tract the sand, ballast, earth, rock or other substances or materials that may be obtained from any

execution made for the purpose of this contract or produce upon the site at the time of delivery of

the possession of the land but also such substances materials & produce shall be the property of the

Corporation & shall be disposed off in the manner & place as directed by the Corporation’s Engineers.

11. Gold, silver, Minerals, Oil Relics, etc. found on the Site:

All gold silver, oil relics, or other minerals, of any description & all precious stones, coins, treasures

relic, antiquities, & other similar things that shall be found in or upon the site shall be the property

of the Corporation. The contractor shall return the gathered things as above to the authorized rep-

resentative of the Corporation.

12. Fencing, lighting & ventilation:

The contractor shall be responsible for the proper lighting, fencing, guarding & taking of all the nec-

essary safety measures for all works comprised in the contract & or the proper provision of tempo-

rary roadways, footways, guards fences, caution notices etc. as far as the same may be rendered nec-

essary by reasons for the work for the accommodation & protection of workmen foot passenger or

other traffic & of the Corporation & occupiers of adjacent villages, property of the public & shall re-

main responsible for any accidents that may occur on account of his failure & timely precautions. All

the works & approaches shall be adequately illuminated with electric lights to the satisfaction of the

Corporation’s Engineers. The power & lighting connections, wiring equipment shall be subject to the

inspection & passing by Electrical Inspector to GOG authorized under the Indian Electricity Act. Any

additions alterations or omissions shall be got approved from the Corporation’s Engineers got certi-

fied from the Electrical Inspector. Work spots such as faces of excavation of borrow pits; filling area

etc. shall be adequately illuminated with floodlights to the satisfaction of the Corporation’s Engi-

13. Explosive procurement & storage:

Explosives, petrol, oils, fuels, &other inflammable materials shall be stored strictly in accordance

with the rules of the Explosive Department. The contractor shall at his own expense construct &

maintain proper magazines which are required for the storage of explosive & arrange for storage

facilities for oils, petrol, fuels etc. for use in connection with the work. The contractor shall at his own

cost obtain the necessary license for the storage & use of explosives, oils, petrol, diesel etc. The Cor-

poration shall not take any responsibility whatsoever in connection with the storage or use of explo-

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sives on the site, any accident occurs in the connection at site or nearby village or vicinity. All oper-

ations of the contractor in which or for which explosives are employed shall be at the risk of the

contractor & upon his own responsibility.

14. Liability for accidents to persons:

14.0.1 The contractor or subcontractor shall indemnity the Corporation against any claims which

may be made under the workman’s compensation Act, 1923, or any statutory modification or other

wise for or in respect of any damages or compensation payable in consequence of any accident or

injury caused, by fault of contractor or subcontractor &sustained by any workmen or other person

on the employment of the contractor or subcontractor. In every case in which by virtue of the provi-

sions of subsection (1) of section 12 of the workman’s Compensation Act, 1923, the Corporation is

obliged to pay compensation to a workman employed by the contactor or subcontractor in execution

of the work, the Corporation will recover from the contractor the amount of compensation so paid,

and without prejudice to the rights of the Corporation under subsection 12 of the said Act, such

amount will be paid back to the Corporation in 30 days, failing which the Corporation will be at lib-

erty to recover such amount of any part thereof by deducting it from the dues by the Corporation to

the contractor under this contract or otherwise. The Corporation shall not be bound to contract any

claim made against either of them under section 12, subsection (1) of the said Act, except on written

request from the contractor & upon his giving to the Corporation full security for all costs for which

the Corporation might become liable in consequence for entertaining such claims.

14.0.2 The contractor and/or subcontractor named in the contract shall indemnity the Corporation

against all claims based upon injury or death to any person in the employment of the contractor or

sub contactor, or to the third parties under paragraph (a) 2 or condition no.47 to the extent of any

sums recovered under the insurance policy.

14.0.3 On occurrence of the accident which result on the death of workman employed by the con-

tractor or subcontractor, which is so serious as to be likely to result in the death of any workman,

the contractor shall within 24 hours of happening of such event intimate in writing to the Engineers

of the Corporation the fact of such accidents. The contractor or subcontractor shall indemnity the

Corporation against all loss or damage sustained, by the Corporation resulting directly or indirectly

from his failure to give intimation in the manner aforesaid including penalties or fine if any, payable

by Corporation as a consequence of Corporation’s failure, to give notice under workman’s compen-

sation Act or otherwise to confirm to the provisions of the said Act in regard to such accident. Liabil-

ity for damage to woks & materials:

14.0.4 The contractor shall during, the progress of the work, properly protect the works & the exist-

ing Ash Disposal pipelines & materials placed at his disposal or acquired for him by the Corporation,

& shall remain answerable & liable for all accidents, damages. Loss etc. & shall be made good in the

most complete & substantial manner by & at the sole cost of the contractor & to the reasonable sat-

isfaction of the Corporation’s Engineers. If the contractor fails to make good such losses, damages

within the specified time given by the Corporation, the Corporation shall be at liberty to recover the

amount towards such expenses fixed by the Corporation’s Engineers & shall be recovered from the

amount due under this contract to the contractor.

14.0.5 Further the contractor shall, at all times, protect & preserve all materials, machinery, equip-

ments, Ash Disposal pipelines, allied structures such as spillway chambers, ADP, haul road and

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ramps etc., materials &so acquired by himself or Corporation for the execution of the work. All rea-

sonable requests of the Corporation’s Engineers to enclose or especially protect any of the above

shall be expeditiously complied with at no extra cost.

14.0.6 If the Engineer considers that the work, asked for in the aforesaid Para, is not sufficiently &

satisfactorily protected by the contractor, on requests made for, the Corporation shall be entitled to

arrange for such protection at his unfettered discretion & recover the cost thereof from the contrac-

14.0.7 Until the work shall be or deemed to be taken, over as aforesaid, the contractor shall also be

liable for &shall be deemed to have indemnified the Corporation in respect of all damage or injury to

any person or any property of the Corporation or of others in villages near by, occasioned by the

negligence of the contractor or his workmen, or his subcontractor, or by defective /ill methods of

14.0.8 Materials, tools, machinery brought on the site of work: All materials, tools & tackles, machin-

ery etc. of the contractor brought to & delivered upon the site for the work shall be the time of their

being so brought shall be deemed to be the property of the Corporation in it’s possession to be used

for the purpose of the work & for that purpose only & shall not on any account be removed or taken

away by the contractor or any other person without the permission of the Corporation’s Engineers

in charge, but the contractor shall be fully responsible for & loss, destruction thereof or damage

thereto. The Corporation may have a lien on such materials, tools, tackles, machinery for any sum or

sums which may at any time prior to the completion of the works be or owing to the Corporation by

the contractor, under in respect of & dispose of any such materials, tools. Tackles, machinery in such

a manner as the Corporation may think fit & to apply the proceeds in or towards the satisfaction of

such sum or sums due or owing as aforesaid but subject to such lien & power of sale & disposal such

surplus materials, tools, tackles, machinery shall belong to the contractor & may be removed & dis-

posed off by him as he may think fit.

15. Access to site & work on site:

The Engineer or his authorized representative may if he considers fit from time to time enter upon

any lands which may be in the possession of the contractor under this contract, for the purpose of

executing any work not included in this contract & may execute by other contractors at his opinion

& the contractor shall in accordance with the requirements of the Engineer, afford all reasonable

facilities for execution of the works including occupation of lands by structure or other wise for any

other contractor employed by the Corporation & his workmen or for the execution on or near site of

the works not included in the contract. The contractor shall not be entitled for any extra claims on

such executions.

16. Inspection of Works:

The Corporation’s Engineers or their authorized representatives shall have at all times power to in-

spect the works, wherever in progress, either on site, on the contractor’s premises in connection

with this contract. Further, the contractor shall not allow any person other than Corporation’s Engi-

neers or their authorized representatives to the work sites. The contractor shall, during working

hours, maintain supervisors of sufficient training & experience to supervise the work as a whole. All

orders & directions given to such supervisors or other staff shall be deemed to have been given to

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the contractor. Further the Corporation may by due notice, desire a high ranking member of the su-

pervisor staff of the contractor to be present on any specified inspection & the contractor shall com-

ply with such directions.

17. Action & compensation payable in case of Bad Work:

If at any time before the refund of Security Deposit to the Contractor it appears to Gujarat Energy

Transmission Corporation’s Executive Engineers or subordinate and / or any authorized officer of

the Corporation that the work has been executed with unsound, imperfect or unskilled workmanship

or with materials of inferior quality or any materials or articles provided by him are unsound or of

quality inferior to that contracted as specified in the Technical Specifications or other wise not in

accordance with the contract, it shall be lawful for the Gujarat Electricity Corporation to intimate

that the works , materials, articles which may have been inadvertently passed, certified & paid to the

Contractor. The Contractor shall be bound to rectify or remove & reconstruct the said work so spec-

ified at his own charge & cost & in the event of being failure to do so within specified period by the

Corporation, the Contractor shall be liable to pay compensation at the rate of 1% per day on the

amount of the estimate for the specified work. For the period up to 10 days this shall be attended by

the Contractor else the Corporation shall get these rectifications at the risk & expense in all respects

of the Contractor. Any levy of GST on such compensation payable to GETCO shall be on contractor’s

18. Cleaning up:

18.0.1 The contractor shall at all time keep the construction areas & his labour colony & storage

areas free from accumulation of waste, or rejected materials.

18.0.2 Prior to the completion of the work the contractor shall remove all rubbish from & about the

premises, & tools, tackles, machinery, left out materials consumable, rejected materials, scaffolding

etc. which are not the part of the permanent work/structure. The premises will be left fully satisfac-

torily to the Corporation’s Engineers/representatives; thereafter only the completion certificate will

19. Contractor’s inventory of equipments & machinery:

The contractor shall prepare & maintain an inventory of all machinery, equipments, temporary roll-

ing stock, and plant purchased or hired for the use of this contract’s execution.

19.1 Progress Schedule: Contractor shall furnish a Construction Schedule on receipt of LOI or Work

Order which ever is earlier, in quadruplicate, indicating the date of start, the monthly progress ex-

pected to be achieved & anticipated completion of each major items of the work under this contract

& procurement of equipments, machinery & other materials. The schedule should be such as is prac-

ticable of achievement the whole work in the time limit & of the particular items on due date speci-

fied in the contract & shall have the approval of the Corporation’s Engineers. Detailed schedules for

each working season showing the progress month by month to be achieved is to be submitted to the

Corporation. The Corporation is empowered to ask for more detailed progress schedule week by

week for any item or for all items & the contractor shall comply when asked for.

19.2:The Corporation shall have, at all times the right without in any way violating this contract, or

forming grounds for claim to alter the order of the works or any part thereof & the contractor shall

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after receiving such direction proceed in the order directed. The contractor shall revise the progress

schedule accordingly & submit to the Corporation in four copies.

19.3: The contractor shall furnish sufficient machinery, equipment, labourers & materials shall work

for such hours & shifts as may be necessary to maintain/achieve the progress of the scheduled, after

getting written permission of Engineer In Charge.

19.4 The progress schedules shall be in the form of bar charts, statements &/or reports as may be

necessary & directed by the Corporation’s representatives.

19.5.1 Unsatisfactory Progress: In the case of unsatisfactory progress by the contractor not proceed-

ing as per the Scheduled Programme approved by the Corporation, suitable actions shall be taken in

accordance with Clauses No. 3 & 4 of the booklet prescribed by the Corporation for ``Tender & Con-

tract for Works’’.

Recoveries due from the contractor, up to the end of the month previous to the one in which the bill

is prepared shall be made from bills approved for payment every month or at other periods when

the bills are prepared, for the enlisted, but not limited to, in the order of priorities & extents. (a)

Penalty, if Leviable,

Expenditure, in full, incurred by the Corporation on contractor’s behalf in labour, machinery, equip-

(c) Charges for services such as water & power supply, etc. in full,

(d) Hire charges for Corporation’s or Government machinery if any,

(e) Other recoveries not specifically mentioned but recoverable.

(f) GST as applicable on recoveries due from the contractor enlisted as above.

20. Date of completion:

The contractor shall complete the whole work & hand over to the Corporation on or before the date

specified in the work order. Provided always that if in the opinion of the Corporation the completion

of the works shall be delayed by any change of original design or by the order of the Corporation, of

any altered, modified substituted or additional works or materials omitted or by strikes, lock outs or

stoppages of labour, or revolution, riots, civil or political disturbance or by the contractor not being

given possession of the site or by the Corporation taking possession of & using the site or part thereof

or the works or part thereof or any part of the work or delayed supply of material by the Corporation

or by the not receiving any orders, drawings, instructions or directions in time or by the suspensions

if the works or by fire, flood exceptionally bad weather tempest , storm or by from unforeseen cir-

cumstances(& whether the same shall be due to any act or omission of the Corporation or it’s repre-

sentatives) the Corporation may in the unfettered discretion thinks fit either forthwith or at a later

time & from time to time not withstanding that the prescribed or extended time for completion has

expired or work have been completed, extend the date for the completion of the works to such a date

as deemed fit as practical & acceptable.

21. Subletting of contract:

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There will be generally no objection on the component parts if the work, being given over to respon-

sible subcontractors but Corporation shall under no circumstances recognize these subcontractors

& the responsibility of executing the work in the accordance with the conditions of contract will en-

tirely rest on the main contractor. However written consent of EIC shall be obtained before sublet-

ting. The main contractor will therefore always have the very responsible member, preferably a tech-

nical hand present on the works with power to sign all work orders issued on the site of work & to

take requisite actions in the interest of efficient execution of work.

22. Other contracts for the suspension stoppage or curtailments of work:

If during the tendency of the contract the Engineer shall for any reason (which shall be unques-

tioned) whatsoever require the whole or any part of the work as specified in the contract to be sus-

pended for any period or shall not require the whole or any part of the work as specified in the con-

tract to be carried out at all by the contractor, he shall give notice in writing of the fact to the con-

tractor who shall thereupon suspend or stop the work totally or partially as the case may be. In any

case except as provided hereunder, the contractor shall have no claim to any payment or compensa-

tion whatsoever on account of any profit or advantage which he might have derived from the execu-

tion of the work in full but he did not so derive in consequence of the full amount of the work not

having being carried out, or on account of any loss that he may be put on account of materials pur-

chased or agreed to be purchased or for unemployment of labour recruited by him. He shall not also

have any claim for compensation but reason of any alterations having been made in the original

specifications, drawings, designs & instructions that may involve any curtailment of the work as orig-

inally contemplated. Where however, materials have already been purchased or agreed to be pur-

chased by the contractor, before receipt of the aforesaid notice, the contractor shall be paid for such

materials at the rate determined by the Corporation, provided they would have been useful for the

work curtailed or stopped are not in excess of requirements are of approved quality & cannot be

used on other contract works or otherwise by the contractor &/or shall be compensated for the loss

if any, that he may put to, on respect of materials agreed to be purchased by him, the amount of such

compensation to be determined by the Corporation, whose decision shall be final. The Corporation

may order the contractor to suspend any work on account of bad weather; rain or storm & such other

adverse climate conditions & the contractor shall comply with the same. The contractor shall not be

entitled to any compensation for such suspensions of work.

23. Other contractors:

Apart from this work, the other works connected with this work will be simultaneously going on

either departmentally or through any other contractors. The contractors shall co-operate with oth-

ers to their fullest extent & shall allow each other every facility & coordination for the execution of

their works simultaneously & satisfactorily, during their action of machinery or execution of any

other co-ordination works, the contractor will have to co-operate as directed buy the Corporation’s

Engineers in the charge of the works. In such cases the contractor shall not be entitled for any com-

pensation on account of reduction or stoppage of labour force/machinery/equipments etc. In the

matter of dumps, haul, roads, drainage, diversion & the like, each contractor shall take into consid-

erations the needs & the requirements of the other contractors if any working in the vicinity. Further

no contractor shall take or cause to be taken any stops or action that may cause disruption, discon-

tent or disturbance to the work, labour arrangements etc. to other contractors. Any action, by any

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contractor, which the Corporation in the unquestioned discretion may consider as infringement of

the above code, would be considered as a breach of the contract conditions & the Corporation may

take such action as may deem fit against the contractor & the action taken shall be considered as final

24. Speed of work:

The contractor shall at all times maintain the speed of work to confirm to the latest operative pro-

gress schedule but the Corporation may at any time with sufficient notice in writing direct the con-

tractor to slow down or to accelerate any part or the whole work for any reason (which shall not be

questioned whatsoever) & the contractor shall comply with such orders of the Corporation. The com-

pliance of such orders shall not entitle the contractor to any claim or compensation.

25. Contract document & matters to be treated as confidential:

All documents, correspondence, decision & other matters concerning the contract shall be consid-

ered as of confident & restricted nature by the contractor & he shall not divulge or allow access there

to any unauthorized persons of any kind.

26. Access to the contractor’s book:

Whenever it is considered necessary by the Corporation to ascertain the actual cost for execution of

any particular item of work, the Corporation may do so by directing the contractor to produce the

original invoices.

27. Interest on money due to the contractor:

The contractor shall not be entitled to receive the interest on the payment due to him upon meas-

urements or otherwise or on any balance payable to the contractor. Also, contractor shall not be

allowed to relate it with the progress of work at site in any case.

28. Measurements to be provisional & subject to correction:

Every measurement for running payment on account of work done shall be subject to adjustment or

final measurements. In case there is disagreement between such intermediate & final measurements,

the latter shall prevail.

29. R. A Bills:

The contractor shall submit his R/A bill every month, which shall be processed in reasonable time

after checking and recording the MB. The contractor shall be responsible to submit R/A bills well in

time and shall depute his representative for joint checking of the measurements; so that the bills can

be processed in time. The contractor shall take due care in this regard, failing to which consequences

will be up to him.

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 As per the Welfare Cess Act, the welfare cess @ 1% is applicable on supply and erection items for

supply, erection, testing & commissioning of substation, transmission lines, EPC/Turnkey projects

and civil works.

 Contractor shall get registered under Welfare Cess Act before commencement of work. Office of

the Factory Inspector is authorized at present as a registering authority.

 GETCO shall pay the welfare cess by way of reimbursing to contractors on production of documen-

tary evidence of payment.

 The contracts for which supply or part supply of material are in the scope of GETCO, then contrac-

tors shall deposit welfare cess on estimated cost of supplied items to GETCO on progressive basis

of utilization. As this part of welfare cess is on GETCO account, the same shall be reimbursed to the

contractor on receipt of request letter along with documentary evidence of payment. For calcula-

tion of welfare cess on supply part, valuation as per MR shall be taken and informed to the contrac-

tor for payment. This will be over and above the A/T value.

The modality of payment/ reimbursement of welfare cess will be as under.

 On receipt of A/T, the contractor / bidder will get them registered under Welfare Cess Act and

submit the documentary evidence to the concern office.

 Before release of payment of first R.A.Bill, the contractor has to submit the documentary evidence

of registration. Only thereafter, the bill will be processed for payment.

 Before release of payment of subsequent R.A.Bills, the contractor has to submit the documentary

evidence of payment of welfare cess of previous R.A.Bill.

 Before release of payment of final bill,the contractor has to submit documentary evidence of pay-

ment of welfare cess of previous R.A.Bill as well as of this final bill.

 If the R.A.Bill happens to be first and final bill, then before release of payment, contractor has to

submit documentary evidence of registration under Welfare Cess Act and evidence of payment of

 The welfare cess shall be reimbursed to the contractor on submission of copy of documentary

evidence of payment by observing due formalities.

30. Breach on part of Corporation not to annul contract:

No breach or non-observance on the part of the Corporation of any the agreements contained herein,

shall annul this contract of discharge the contractor from the observance & performance thereof, or

of any part thereof, but on application by the contractor & in the unfettered discretion of the Corpo-

ration an extension of time may be given to the contractor in respect of such breach or non-ob-

servance by the Corporation.

31. Labour conditions:

31.1 The contactor shall comply with the labour laws laid as may be current & shall furnish the re-

turns & information as may be specified from time to time.

31.2 The contractor shall as far as possible obtain his requirements of labour, skilled & unskilled

from the local areas.

31.3 The contractor shall pay wages as per the latest circulars applicable at the times for the mini-

mum wages to be paid to unskilled, semiskilled & skilled labour prescribed by the Govt. of Gujarat.

31.4 The Corporation shall have the authority to remove from the work site any person, who may

be considered unfit or undesirable & no responsibility shall be accepted by the Corporation for any

delay or extra expense caused towards the completion of the work by such removal.

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31.5 If Govt. declares a state of scarcity or famine to exist in any village situated within 10 Km. of the

work site then the piece worker or contractor shall employ upon such parts of work, as are suitable

for unskilled labour any person certified by the Corporation or by any person to whom the Corpora-

tion has authorized, & shall pay the minimum wages as fixed by the Govt. of Gujarat in this behalf.

Any dispute that may arise in the implementation of the clause the decision of the Supdt. Engineer

(civil) shall be final & binding.

31.6 The contractor shall provide reasonable facilities to the labour employed by him. The usual

facilities are weather proof shelter for rest & meal, supply of whole some drinking water, facilities

for obtaining food, reasonable washing & sanitary facilities, special facilities for women workers,

suitable residential accommodation, general sanitation & health measures etc.

31.7 The implementation of any & all provisions of this clause in no way entitles the contractor to

claim in this contract.

32. Local Laws:

32.1 All local laws in force at the time entering into the contract & those enacted there after shall be

binding on the contractor & he shall abide by the same. All import duties, sales tax & other local taxes

shall be borne by the contractor & they shall be deemed to have covered by this quoted rate.

33. Performa returns:

The contractor shall maintain proforma, charts & details regarding machinery, equipments, materi-

als labour, personnel & other matters as may be specified by the Corporation time to time.

34. Maintenance:

The contractor shall maintain the works under contract for a period of one year from actual date of

completion and during this period all maintenance expenditure incurred shall be borne by the con-

The contractor shall procure, or arrange for the Subcontractor to procure insurance coverage in

amounts approved by the Corporation & sufficient to protect against the following risks arising out

of the work. Accidents & professional & non-professional sickness of all labourers & personnel en-

gaged in the work as required by Law pursuant to Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 or Revised

version thereof. Injury or death to third parties including without limitation injury or death caused

by any of the construction aids or vehicles or rented machinery, equipments used by the contractor

or subcontractor whether at the site or elsewhere. Damage to contractors tools machinery construc-

tion equipments form works, scaffolding materials etc. due to floods, earthquake or any such cause.

Damage to the existing permanent structures of the Corporation & nearby villages, equipments of

the Corporation or of the co-contractors working in the area for other works.

All the above conditions referred for the insurance cover, shall be in effect from the date of com-

mencement of the work until the Corporation has accepted the work. In the policies covering the

insurances referred to above, the Corporation, contractor & the subcontractor shall be as co-ensured

where possible.

The cost of insurance shall be borne by the contractor.

Final payment to the contractor shall not be made until the contractor shall deliver to the Corpora-

tion receipts in full in lieu thereof, & in either case, an affidavit that so far he has knowledge or infor-

mation the releases & materials for which in lien could be filed. If any lien remains unsatisfied after

all the payments are made, the contractor shall refund to the Corporation all money that the latter

may be compelled to pay in discharging such a lien, including all costs & a reasonable attorney.

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37. RIGHTS OF THE OWNER

Whenever any claim or claims for payment of a sum of money arises out of or under the contract

against the contractor, the Owner shall be entitled to withhold and also have lien to retain such sum

or sums in whole or in part from the security, if any, deposited by the contractor and for the purpose

aforesaid, the Owner shall be entitled to encash and withhold the amount of Performance Bank Guar-

antee or other security, if any, furnished as the case may be. The Owner shall also heave o lien over

the same pending finalization or adjudication of any such claim. ln the event of the security is insuf-

ficient to cover the claimed amount or amounts, the Owner shall be entitled to withhold and have

lien to retain to the extent of the such claimed amount or amounts referred to above, from any sum

or sums found payable or which at any time-thereafter may become payable to the Contractor under

the same contract or any other contract with the Owner or GUVNL or its subsidiary companies pend-

ing finalization or adjudication of any such claim.

Lien in respect of Claims in other Contracts:

a) Any sum of money due and payable, to the Contractor (including the security deposit) under the

contract may be withheld or retained by way of lien by the Owner against any of its claim in respect

of payment of a sum of money arising out of or under any other contract made by the contractor with

the owner or GUVNL or any of its subsidiary companies.

b) lt is an agreed that the sum of money so withheld or retained under this clause by the Owner will

be kept withheld or retained as such by the owner till its claim arising out of the same contract or

any other contract is either mutually settled or determined by the arbitrator or competent court, as

the case may be, and the Contractor shall have no claim for interest or damages whatsoever on this

account or on any other ground in respect of any sum of money withheld or retained under this

clause and as moy be duly notified to the contractor."

38. Relationship with employee:

Every bidder, at the time of submission of bid. Give a declaration as under

“If any bidder company/firm, the interest (i.e. Shareholding in Company and share in partnership

firm )of any empyee of the tendering company or his/her relative as defined in Section 2(77) of the

Company’s act 2013 is 10% or more, the tendering Company will not deal with such Company/Firm

Tendered therefore,must specifically disclose this fact in his technical bid. Non-disclosure of such

facts would immediately disqualify the tenderer for further dealing with the tendering company.

39. Conflict of Interest among Bidders/ Agents

A bidder shall not have conflict of interest with other bidders for particular quoted item. Such conflict

of interest can lead to anti-competitive practices to the detriment of Procuring Entity’s interests. The

bidder found to have a conflict of interest shall be disqualified. A bidder may be considered to have

a conflict of interest with one or more parties in this bidding process for particular quoted item, if:

1) they have proprietor/ partner(s)/ Director(s) in common; or

2) they receive or have received any direct or indirect subsidy/ financial stake from any of them; or

3) they have the same legal representative/ agent for purposes of this bid; or

4) they have relationship with each other, directly or through common third parties, that puts them

in a position to have access to information about or influence on the bid of another bidder; or

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5) bidder participates in more than one bid in this bidding process. Participation by a bidder in more

than one Bid will result in the disqualification of all bids in which the parties are involved. How-

ever, this does not limit the inclusion of the components/ sub-assembly/ assemblies from one

bidding manufacturer in more than one bid.

6) in cases of agents quoting in offshore procurements, on behalf of their principal manufacturers,

one agent cannot represent two manufacturers or quote on their behalf in a particular tender

enquiry. One manufacturer can also authorise only one agent/ dealer. There can be only one bid

from the following:

1) The principal manufacturer directly or through one Indian agent on his behalf; and

2) Indian/ foreign agent on behalf of only one principal.

7) a Bidder or any of its affiliates participated as a consultant in the preparation of the design or

technical specifications of the contract that is the subject of the Bid;

8) in case of a holding company having more than one independently manufacturing units, or more

than one unit having common business ownership/ management, only one unit should quote.

Similar restrictions would apply to closely related sister companies. Bidders must proactively de-

clare such sister/ common business/ management units in same/ similar line of business.

9) Bidder shall not act in contravention/ violation to the provisions of competition act, as amended

from time to time.

Every bidder should, at the time of submission of bid, give a declaration, that bidder shall not have

conflict of interest with other bidders, as above.

40. Use of Call before you dig(CBUD) App

All the excavators/excavating agencies engaged by “GETCO(Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation

Limited) must self-register “ Call Before you Dig (CBUD) app as excavator.

All digging agencies/Contractors must be mandated to do any type of digging/excavation only after

prior intimation through CBUD Mobile app.

41. Safety Clause

The Contractor shall follow and comply with all GETCO Safety Rules, relevant provisions of applica-

ble laws pertaining to the safety of workmen, employees, plant and equipment as may be prescribed

from time to time without any demur, protest or contest or reservations. In case of any discrepancy

between statutory requirement and GETCO Safety Rules referred above, the latter shall be binding

on the Contractor unless the statutory provisions are more stringent

In case if any safety related fatal Elect. / Mech. accident occurred to any employee of agency or out-

sider due to negligence or non-compliance of GETCO safety norms then in addition to the compen-

sation and liability as per statutory requirement, contractor / agency shall be penalized as under

Sr. No Amount of Contract in Rs. Penalty amount per person

1 Up to Rs. 1 Lac Rs.5000/-

2 Above1 Lac to Rs.10 Lacs Rs.25000/-

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3 10 to Rs. 100 Lacs Rs.100,000/-

1. Reporting: -

1. The contractor shall inform concerned Ex. Engineer Const./TR in writing within 24 hours of

fatal/Non-fatal accident occurred to human being.

2. The GETCO investigating officer findings in to accident shall be final and binding to the contrac-

2. Safety Requirement:

i) Kick off Meeting exclusively for safety shall be done in each contract in presence of contractor’s

site in charge and supervisor. Safety document shall be handed over and vital safety norms and

key points of safety related to project shall be explained and recorded for commitment by erec-

tion contractor. Such records are mandatory for clearing first erection bill.

ii) During site visit by GETCO official of Executive Engineer and above rank, the following checks

during execution of work shall be covered.

I. Safety equipment available and utilize.

(c)Safety shoes

(d)Live line Voltage detector

(a)Safety procedure adopted.

 Permit to work

 Earthing at the place of work.

 Adequate supervision

II. T & P physical Check. (Healthiness and Quality)

(b) Wire rope and sling.

(c) Earthing rod

III. If above-mentioned safety requirements found violated in any of the above three conditions

shall attract penalty of Rs.1000/- as applicable per occasion. (Max.Rs.3000/- for violation of

three conditions)

IV. During subsequent visit, if violation is found, then double penalty as applicable shall be de-

ducted from the bill of the Contractor/Agency

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WORK & SAFETY REGULATIONS

1. The contractor shall ensure proper safety of all the workmen, materials, equipment & plant & be-

longing to him or to GETCO or to others, working at the site. The contractor shall also be respon-

sible for provision of all safety notices and safety equipment required both by the relevant legis-

lations and Engineer, as he may deem necessary.

2. Contractor has to provide ISI marked ELCB / MCB having sufficient capacity of standard make at

point of supply.

3. All equipment used in construction and erection by contractor shall meet Indian/International

Standards and where such standards do not exist, the contractor shall ensure these to be absolutely

safe. All equipment shall be strictly operated and maintained by the contractor in accordance with

manufacturer’s operation manual and safety instructions and as per guidelines/ rules of GETCO

4. Periodical examinations and all tests for all lifting/ hoisting equipment & tackles shall be carried

– out in accordance with the relevant provisions of Factories Act 1948, Indian Electricity Act

andassociated Laws/Rules in force from time to time. A register of such examinations and tests

shall be properly maintained by the contractor and will be promptly produces as and when desired

by Engineer or by the person authorized.

5. The contractor shall provide suitable safety equipment of prescribed standard to all employees

andworkmen according to the need.

6. The contractor shall provide safe working conditions to all workmen and employees at the site

including safe means of access, railings, stairs, ladders, scaffoldings etc. the scaffoldings shall be

erected under the control and supervision of an experienced and competent person. The contractor

only shall use good and standard quality of material.

7. The contractor shall not interfere or disturb electric fuses, wiring and other electrical equipment

belonging to the owner / other contractors under any circumstances, whatsoever, unless ex-

presslypermitted in writing to handle such fuses, wiring or electrical equipment.

8. Before the contractor connects any electrical appliances to any plug or socket belonging to the other

contractor or owner, he shall:

a. Satisfy the Engineer that the appliance is in good working condition;

b. Inform the Engineer of the max. current rating & voltage of the appliances;

c. Obtain permission of the Engineer detailing the sockets to which the appliances may be con-

9. The Engineer will not grant permission to connect until he is satisfied that;

a. The appliance is in good condition and is fitted with suitable plug

b. The appliance is fitted with a suitable cable having two earth conductors, ones of which shall be

an earthed metal sheath surrounding the cores.

10. No electric cable in use by the contractor/ Owner will be disturbed without prior permission. No

weight of any description will be imposed on any cable and no ladder or similar equipment will

restagainst or attached to it.

11. No repair work shall be carried out on any live equipment. The equipment must be declared safe

by the Engineer and a permit to work shall be issued by the Engineer before any repair work is

carried out by the contractor. While working on electric lines/ equipment, whether live or dead,

suitable type and sufficiently quantity of tools will have to he provided by the contractor to elec-

tricians/ workmen/ officers.

12. In case any accident occurs during the construction/ erection or other associated activities un-

dertaken by the contractor thereby causing any minor or major fatal injury to his employees due

to any reason, whatsoever, it shall be the responsibility of the contractor provide medical facility

/ treatment & to promptly inform the same to the Engineer in prescribed form and to also to all

the authorities envisaged under the applicable laws.

13. The Engineer shall have the right at his sole discretion to stop the work, if in his opinion the work

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isbeing carried out in such a way that it may cause accidents and endanger the safety of the per-

sonsand/or property and/or equipment. In such cases, the contractor shall be informed in writ-

ing about the nature of hazards and possible injury/ accident and he shall comply to remove

shortcomings promptly. The contractor after stopping the specific work can, if felt necessary, ap-

peal against the order of stoppage of work to the Engineer within 3 days of such stoppage of work

and decision of the Engineer in this respect shall be conclusive and binding on the contractor.

14. The contractor shall not be entitled for any damages/ compensation for stoppage of work due to

safety reasons and the period of such stoppage of work will not be taken as an extension of time

for completion of work and will not be the ground for waiver of levy of liquidated damages.

15. It is mandatory for the contractor to observe during the execution of the works, requirements of

safety rules which would generally include but not limited to following;

a. Each employee shall be provided with initial indoctrination regarding safety by the con-

tractor, so as to enable him to conduct his work in a safe manner.

b. No employee shall be given a new assignment of work unfamiliar to him without proper

introduction as to the hazards incident thereto, both himself & his fellow employees.

c. Employee must not leave naked fires unattended, smoking shall not be permitted around

fire prone areas and adequate firefighting equipment shall be provided at crucial loca-

d. There shall be a suitable arrangement at every work site for rendering prompt and suffi-

cientfirst aid to the injured.

e. Requirements of ventilation in underwater working to licensed and experienced divers,

useof gumboots for working in slushy or in inundated conditions are essential require-

ments to be fulfilled.

16. The contractor shall follow and comply with all GETCO safety Rules, relevant provisions of ap-

plicable laws pertaining to the safety of workmen, employees, plant and equipment as may be

prescribed from time to time without any demur, protest or contest or reservations. In case of

any discrepancy between statutory requirement and GETCO safety rules referred above the lat-

ter shallbe binding on the contractor unless the statutory provisions are more stringent.

A. Fatal injury or accident Causing death Rs. 1,00,000/- per per- These are applicableCausing

son as applicable death

B. Major injuries or accident causing 25% Rs. 20,000/- per person injury to any per-

or more permanent disablement To as applicable son,

workmen or employees

Permanent disablement shall have same meaning as indicated in workmen’s compensation Act. The

compensation mentioned above shall be in addition to the compensation payable to the workmen/

employees under the relevant provisions of the laws as applicable from time to time. In case the owner

is made to pay such compensation then the contractor is liable to reimburse the owner such amount

in addition to the compensation indicated above.

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OUR ENDEVOUR - Safety a habit

To create environment where Business Confidence is built through Best Business Practices

andis fostered in an atmosphere of trust and respect between providers of goods and services

and their users for the ultimate benefit of society as the nation, safety guidelines are agreed

upon bythe agency as under.

Safety is our prime concern and zero accident is our goal. In order to prevent the accident,

whileexecution of works in indoor and outdoor systems of GETCO, the following guideline

and preventive measures are identified.

Indoor safety precaution Outdoor safety precaution

The method of work required T&P and Man The method of work required T&P and Man power

power should be discussed between GETCO su- should be discussed between GETCO supervisor,

pervisor, contractor’s supervisorand gang lead- contractor’s supervisor and gang leaders.

Prior to execution of work a joint survey Mustbe Prior to execution of work a joint survey

conducted by GETCO supervisor and contrac- Must be conducted by GETCO supervisor,contrac-

tor’s supervisor for risk assessment. tor’s supervisor and DISCOM lineman in order to

• Clearly identify the work location, to distin- identify the following:

guish between the equipment that is dead a. HT/LT line or tap line crossing under

and other equipment/part that may be live. Each span of line of the work.

• Disconnect equipment from supply. b. Isolation point of each line crossing.

• Protect against other live parts. c. Each line crossing & isolation point under each

• Take special precautions when close tobare span must be discussed and noted in mainte-

conductors/ Bus bar. nance register with sketch.

Following safety guidelines are mandatory For Contractor’s supervisor and GETCO Supervisor

all contractors operating in GETCOpremises must ensure all isolations physically with adequate

for Electrical, non-electrical & civilworks. earthing technically prior to give clearance to gang

1. The contractors must provide advance plan- leader for takingup job.

ning of work to concerned in-charge of sub-

station in writing. While execution of stringing work, the identifiedline

2. Before starting any work whether switchyard, crossing must be isolated /de-energized and writ-

“permit to allow to work” mustbe taken from ten clearance should be obtained from concerned

control room in-charge. DISCOM supervisor.

3. Utilizing Electrical / non-electrical equip-

ments, safety rules must be implemented. The isolation of Tap line must be physically seen

4. If the work is to be carried out on Sunday or and verified by Contractor and GETCO supervisor.

public holiday, the necessary permission

must be taken in advance, requesting in At D.O. fuse junction contractor’s person should be

writing. posted to ensure that no person restore D.O. supply

5. Unwanted person including children of la- while work is under execution

bours will not be allowed at working site/ in

the switchyard and in the prohibited area. Contractor’s supervisor must ensure that concern

Any electrical work or electrical connections officer take LCP for EHV line and power line cross-

to equipment for any other work must be car- ing.

ried out by certified electrician/wiremen with

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adequate size of wire through MCB as per I.E.

- Live penal area / bus bar must be iso-

lated and sealed / bifurcated with red

colour tape for visible warning.

- Display Board must hang on LCPpanel.

6. Transformer must be switched off whenever

and wherever contractor and lineworkers are

not satisfied with isolation,earthing or any

equipment performance of GETCO, it will be

pointed out and work shall begin only after

resolution. Contractor shallnot take up job in

absence of GETCOauthorized person. All

wire temporary connection & material

whenever erectionactivity has

any connection and disconnection

work of bus bar, string bus.

All workers / labour of contractor & supervisors All workers / labour of contractor & supervisors

must use personal protective equipment (PPE) must use personal protective equipment (PPE) dur-

during the work like gloves, safety belt, Safety ing the work like gloves, safety belt, Safety shoes,

shoes, Helmet, earthing rods, etc, duly approved Helmet, earthing rods, Live line detector etc, duly

by GETCO. approved by GETCO.

The local earthing must be done at theplace The local earthing must be done at the placeof

of work before execution of any work. work before execution of any work.

11kV breakerinpanel must be switched off and Circuit breaker opening is not an isolation andiso-

racked out only after ensuring no voltage in lator on either side must be opened. No work dur-

breaker and without door opening. ing rains and cloudy weather condition.\

Transmission line activities.

1) Used of Voltage detector to en-

2) Earthing at three point, local, left &

right side of bus bar / string bus.

3) Match line colour code with colour of

Local earthing of electrical equipment’s like filter

M/c, welding machine, testing kits etc. is must.

Crane shall only be used for material handlingand

erection. Working platform shall only be used for

work in switchyard.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

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STANDARD FIELD QUALITY PLAN (REVISED-R1 )

FOR CIVIL WORKS OF GETCO PROJECTS

Sampling Approv-

Sr. Component/Operation & Ref. Document Testing Specific

Plan With ing Au-

No. Description of Test for Acceptance Agency Guideline

(FROM APPROVED LIST

(i) Fineness As per mix IS: 456,IS: 269 Govt. The tests B-3

(ii) Compressive Strength Design re- IS: 8112,IS: 12269 Approved Lab for

(iii) Initial & final setting time quirement IS: 1489 cement

B COARSE AGGREGATES

(I) Determination of Particle As per mix IS: 383,IS: 2386 Govt. In case of B-3

size Design re- IS: 456 Approved Lab change of

(ii) (Sieve Analysis) quirement source of

(iii) Flakiness Index coarse&

(iv) Crushing Value Fine ag-

(v) Specific Gravity gregates,

(vi) Bulk Density mix De-

(vii) Absorption Value sign

(viii Moisture Content should be

) Soundness of Aggregate revised.

(ix) Presence of deleterious

C COARSE AGGREGATES

(FOR ROAD AND YARD)

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(i) Particle Size Distribution As per rele- IS ; 2386, IS : 383 Govt. To be ap- B-3

vant IS Approved Lab proved by

(ii) Elongation Index GETCO

(iii) Flakiness Index

(iv) Deleterious Material

(v) Specific Gravity

(vi) Water Absorption

(vii) Impact Value

(viii Los Angeles Abrasion

Aggregate Crushing Value

10% Fines value

Alkali Aggregate Reactivity

D FINE AGGREGATE

(I) Gradation /Determination Govt. In case of B-3

ofParticle size As per mix IS: 383,IS: 2386,IS: Approved Lab change of

(ii) Specific Gravity and den- Design re- 456 source of

sity. quirement coarse&

(iii) Moisture content gregates,

(iv) Absorption Value sign

(v) Bulking revised.

(vi) Silt Content Test

(vii) Presence of deleterious

E BURNT CLAY BRICKS

(i) Dimensional tolerance As per rele- GETCO Specs. Govt. To be ap- B-3

vant IS IS: 3495) Approved Lab proved by

(ii) Compressive Strength (Part I to Iv) GETCO

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(iii) Water Absorption

(iv) Efflorescence

F FLY ASH LIME BRICKS

(i) Dimension As per rele- GETCO Specs. Govt. To be ap- B-3

vant IS IS: 3495 and Approved Lab proved by

(ii) Water absorption IS : 12894 GETCO

(iii) Drying Shrinkage

(iv) Compressive Strength

(v) Efflorescence

G SOLID CC BLOCKS

(i) Dimension As per rele- GETCO Specs. Govt. To be ap- B-3

vant IS IS: 2185 Part 1 Approved Lab proved by

(ii) Block Density GETCO

(iii) Compressive strength

(iv) Water absorption

(v) Dry Shrinkage

(i) Water absorption As per rele- GETCO Specs. Govt. To be ap- B-3

vant IS IS: 2386 Part 3 Approved Lab proved by

(ii) Compressive Strength GETCO

I PRECAST CC PAVER

(i) Shape and Dimension As per rele- GETCO Specs. Govt. To be ap- B-3

vant IS IS: 15658 Approved Lab proved by

(ii) Compressive Strength GETCO

(iii) Flexural Strength

(iv) Abrasion Resistance

(v) Split Tensile Strength

(vi) Water absorption

J SOIL TO BE USED FOR

(i) Grain Size Analysis As per rele- IS :2720 Govt. To be ap- B-3

vant IS Approved Lab proved by

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Atterberg’s limit GETCO

Classification of Soil

Free Swell Index

Swelling Pressure

SO3 (Sulphate ) Content

(i) Cleanliness (Visual Check) Random IS: 456,IS: 3025 Contractor / Each C

and GETCO source to

Specification. The be

Water used for Approved

mixing concrete by

shall be fresh, GETCO

and free from oil,

acids and alkalis,

Chemical and physical organic materials,

(II) properties of water for One sample or other deleteri- Govt.

checking its suitability for per ous Approved Lab

construction proposes. Source materials

L REINFORCEMENT

STEEL(FROM APPROVED

IS: 432,IS: 1139, Contractor Approved B-3

(i) Identification & size Random IS: 1786 &GETCO should produce by

Specification manufacturer’s GETCO.

(ii) Chemical Analysis Test One sample test Certificate.

(iii) Tensile Test Heat from approved

(iv) Yield stress\proof stress

(v) Percentage Elongation per Govt.

Bend/Re-bend Test Each size Approved Lab

(vi) One sample

Reverse Bend Test for per

HYSDWire Each size

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M STRUCTURAL STEEL

(i) Chemical Composition One sample IS :2062, IS :228, Govt. Approved B-3

per IS : 1608, IS : 1599, Approved Lab by

(ii) Tensile Strength Heat IS : 1757, IS : GETCO.

(iii) Yield Strength per

(iv) Percentage Elongation One sample

(v) Bend Test Each size

(vi) Impact Test per

(vii) Y Groove Crackability Test One sample

Dimensions Each size

(viii One sample

N FOUNDATION BOLTS

(i) Identification & size Random IS : 209, IS : 2016, Govt. Approved B-1

IS :2062, IS : 2633, Approved Lab by

(ii) Chemical Analysis Test One sample IS :12427,& GETCO.

per Each GETCO Specifica-

(iii) Tensile Test One sample tion

(iv) Yield stress/Proof Stress One sample

(v) Percentage Elongation One sample

Bend / Rebend One sample

Weight/Thickness/Uni- One sample

formity of Galvanizing per Each

O PVC WATER STOPS

(i) Tensile strength One sample IS : 15058, IS Contractor Approved B-3

per Each :8543 (Part4 / should by

(ii) Elongation One sample Sec 1), IS Produce manu- GETCO.

per Each : 13360 (Part 5 / facturer’stest

(iii) Hardness Sec 1), IS ; 9766 Certificate.

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One sample & GETCO i.e

(iv) Water absorption,percent- per Each Specification from approved

age by mass One sample Manufacturer.

(v) Cold bend temperature at

which sample does not One sample

(vi) Accelerated extraction

test: One sample

(a) Tensile strength per Each

Stability in effect of alkalis

test : One sample

(a) weight increase at per Each

7 days, % by mass

(b) weight decrease by

mass at 7 days, %

(c) Change in hardness

(d) Weight increase at

(e) Weight decrease at

(f) Dimension change

Bought out item ( shown Check all the GETCO Specifica- Joint inspection Approval A

P as annexure – II ) items tion By GETCO. by

Check the bought out items And Contractor GETCO.

are as per Technical speci-

fication / IS codes before

use. Approval of all bought

GANTRY/EQUIPMENT

FOUNDATION/CABLE

A BEFORE EXCAVATION

IS: 4091,IS: 3764 Contractor Approved C

(i) Checking of pegs location 100% on &GETCO approved by

as each Drawing/ GETCO.

(ii) Per line and alignment Location specification

Checking of pit making as 100% on

perDrawing & RL each

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(i) Dimensional conformity Each location IS: 4091,IS: 3764 Contractor Approval B-3

&GETCO approved by

(ii) Verticality/slopes & Each location Drawing/ GETCO.

Square ness of each pit Specification. Contractor (1) Foun-

(iii) Verification of classifica- Each location placed on

tion of foundation wher- Joint inspection filled up

ever applicable. By GETCO. soil

And Contractor (2) Mini-

(i) Check for material to be 100% IS : 6313 & GETCO Joint inspection Approval B-3

used Specification By GETCO. by

And Contractor GETCO.

(ii) Check for proportion Random

(iii) Depth and c/c distance of Random

(iv) Check for pouring of re- Random

quired quantity of liquid in

For all loca- IS:456,GETCO Joint inspection Approval C

D tions Approved founda- By GETCO. by

tion And Contractor GETCO.

E SHUTTERING (Form

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Check for materials, break- C

Check for plumb, align-

ment Parallelism,square-

ness and equidistance

from stubDimensional

check. IS: 456,GETCO Joint inspection Approved

Check for level & height Specification/ By GETCO. by

Check for rigidity of 100% Approved draw- And Contractor GETCO.

frame/tightness ings.

Cleaning and oiling

Diagonal bracing if re-

quired as per draw-

ings/site conditions.

Checking of joints to avoid

undue loss of cement

F PLACEMENT OF REIN-

FORCEMENT STEEL.

(i) Check the steel bars for B-3

rust,cracks,surface

flaws,laminate etc. (Visual

(ii) Check as per the bar bend-

ingSchedule before place- IS: 456,GETCO Joint inspection Approved

ment ofConcrete. Specification/ By GETCO. by

Check cutting tolerance for 100% approved draw- And Contractor GETCO.

bars as per check ings.

(iii) Check whether all bent

bars and lap lengths are as

per approved bar bending

(iv) Check whether all joints &

crossing of bars are tied

properly with right gauge

& annealed wire as per

(v) Check for proper cover dis-

tance spacing of bars,spac-

ers, & chairs after the rein-

forcement cage has been

put inside the formwork.

Check whether lapping of

(vi) bars are tied properly with

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right gauge and annealed

wire as per specification.

G PILE FOUNDATION (Addi-

(i) Check of centre line of pile Each pile IS:2911 &GETCO Joint inspection Checklist B-3

group group Approved pile by GETCO to be pre-

Foundation Draw- and Contractor pared

(ii) Check pile location Each pile ings/ And

Specification. signed

(iii) Temporary casing tube & jointly

permanent line also check Each pile

Thickness of liner material

(if applicable)

(iv) Bentonite slurry (if appli-

cable) Each pile GETCO

(v) Pile depth, level, size and foundation

alignment Each pile Drawings/

(vi) Chipping of pile head

(vii) Pile load testing

(viii Anchor bolts if applicable ca-

Level, centre to centre dis-

(ix) tanceOf bolts.

Visual check for galvaniz- each

(x) ing Location

H SETTING OF TEMPLATE

(i) Identification Each founda- GETCO Joint inspection Approval C

tion Approved by GETCO. by GETCO

(ii) Check for orientation of specifications and Contractor

template to match with Each founda-

(iii) Check for line and level of

(iv) Check for center line of tion

foundation and template

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Check for diagonal dimen- Each founda-

Check for diameter and

distance of holes Each founda-

PLACEMENT OF FOUN-

(i) Identification (Diameter Each founda- GETCO Joint inspection Approval C

and length) tion Approved by GETCO by

specifications and Contractor GETCO

(ii) Check the foundation

bolts for rust, cracks, sur- Each founda-

face flaws, laminate etc. tion

(iii) Check for height of bolts

above concrete level as per

drawing Each founda-

(iv) Check for bolt to bolt dis-

tance as per drawing

(v) Check for verticality of Each founda-

(vi) Check for Fixity of bolts

PLACEMENT OF WATER

(i) Check the water stops for

blisters, pinholes, cracks, Random GETCO Joint inspection Approval B-3

and embedded foreign Approved by GETCO by

matters (Visual Check ) specifications and Contractor GETCO

(ii) Check for width and thick-

(iii) Line and level

(iv) Fixity during concreting

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APPROVAL OF MIX DE- For each IS: 456 &GETCO Contractor Approval B-3

a SIGN. grade of Approved by GETCO

Concrete. specifications

Batching, mixing & placing Random IS: 456 &GETCO Contractor Approval B-3

b of concrete and compact- Approved draw- by GETCO

And specifications

Placing concrete, and com- Random

c CONCRETE TESTING

Slump test Random IS:456,IS:516,IS:1 Contractor Results to B-3

And GETCO recorded

Check for quantities for ce- Random Specifications and signed

ment, fine aggregate, Jointly

coarse aggregate and wa-

ter while batching

CONCRETE CUBE TEST-

Compressive Strength Sample (Con- Is:1199,IS:456, Govt. Approved To be wit- B-3

sisting of IS:516 lab nessed for

minimum 6 important

cubes-3 cubes structure

for 7days and (slab)&

3 cubes for 28 Approved

days test) by GETCO

Check for thickness of 100% GETCO Govt. Approved To be wit- C

Layer & watering Specifications. lab nessed &

Visual check for correc- Approved

tion/ramming by GETCO

Compaction test (Percent-

age ofMax dry density

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Mortar mix/proportion Random IS:2250, Joint inspection Approval C

GETCO Specifica- by GETCO by GETCO

Plumb & Alignment Random tion and Contractor

Plastering thickness and Random GETCO Joint inspection Approved C

evenness Specification by GETCO by GETCO

Mortar mix proportion Random GETCO

(i) Thickness of flooring ma- Random

terial (Kotah stone/Vitri- GETCO Joint inspection Approved B-3

fied tiles/glazed tiles) Specification by GETCO by GETCO

(ii) Mortar mix proportion Random

(iii) Line and level 100%

(iv) Joints 100%

P WATERPROOFING

(i) Check for material to be 100% GETCO Joint inspection Approval B-3

used Specification,. By GETCO. by GETCO

100% And Contractor

(ii) Cleaning of terrace

(iii) Proportion of mortar

CURING FOR CONCRETE, 100% on all IS 5613 &GETCO Contractor. Approval C

Q MASONRY,PLASTERING locations Specification,. by GETCO

R DOORS/WINDOWS

(i) Check for size of different Random IS : 733, IS: 1285, Joint inspection Approval B-2

members IS : 1868, & By GETCO. by

GETCO and Contractor GETCO

(ii) Check for weight of differ- Random Specification and test report

ent members from Manufac-

(iii) Check for anodizing Random

(iv) Check for joints of various Random

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(v) Check for thickness of Random

(vi) Fixing (line, level, plumb)

(vii) Gap between frame and

S FALSE CEILING

(i) Type of false ceiling Random GETCO Joint inspection Approval B-2

Specification By GETCO. by GETCO

(ii) Thickness of false ceiling And Contractor

(iii) Check for size and weight Random

of different members of

false ceiling skeleton

(iv) Fixing with wall Random

(v) Line and level Random

(vi) Check for hangers Random

(vii) Cutouts for lighting fix- Random

T GI PIPE FOR WATER SUP-

(i) Check for weight as per Random IS : 1239 & GETCO Joint inspection Approval B-3

diameter of pipe Specification By GETCO. by GETCO

(ii) Depth of excavation for Random

(iii) Laying of pipe line as per Random

(iv) Fixing of pipe with 100%

clamps on walls

(v) Watertight ness of joints 100%

U SITE SURFACING

(i) Check for layers of 200mm 100% GETCO Contractor and Approval B-3

Specification Govt. approved by

Check for watering Laboratory GETCO

Check for rolling

Check for density (% Com-

(iv) paction) 100%

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(i) Visual check for material

One sample IS383 & 2386 Contractor Approval B-3

(ii) Stacking of material GETCO by

100% Specs. GETCO

(iii) Preparing the land for road GETCO

Spreading of metal in re- Random Specification

quired thickness

DUST/METAL SPREAD-

(i) Visual check of material One sample IS383 & 2386 Contractor Approval B-3

(ii) Stacking of material 100% Specs. GETCO

(iii) Preparing the land upto re- Random

(iv) Spreading of material of Random

required thickness

(v) Compaction Random

X FALSE FLOORING

(i) Type of false flooring Random GETCO Joint inspection Approval B-2

Specification By GETCO. by GETCO

(ii) Thickness of false flooring And Contractor

(iii) Check for size and weight Random

of different members of

false flooring skeleton

(iv) Fixing with floor Random

(v) Line and level Random

(vi) Check for studs Random

(vii) Cutouts for panel to be Random

supported on MS channel

Y PERIPHERAL/ROAD SIDE

(i) Alignment as per lay out 100% on each As per contractor Approval C

Location by GETCO

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(ii) Invert level as per outlet 100% on each As per approved contractor Approval C

points Location drawings by GETCO

(iii) Concrete and masonry As per contractor Approval C

as per FQP approved draw- by GETCO

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:GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION:

1. Details of categories of check codes A,B & C including accepting and deviation dispositioning authori-

ties are indicated at annexure-I

2. GETCO specification shall mean GETCO technical specification, approved drawings data sheets

andLaw provisions applicable for the specific contract.

3. Acceptance criteria and permissible limits shall be as perrelevant Indian Standards and/ or prevalent

code of practice / GETCO specifications.

4. It is clarified that the tests indicated at column 2 of this FQP i.e. Against column “component operation

& Description of test “, are only generally required to be conducted. However GETCO reserves the

rightto carry-out any additional tests at any stage if the situation so warrants.

5. SE (TR) of circle shall approve testing laboratory before accepting the test results from the lab.

6. SE (TR) of circle shall approve the sources for cement, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate & water before

actual utilization.

7. All the testing & measuring equipments used by the contractor for testing are required to be cali-

brated. A Copy of valid calibration report shall be retained by GETCO based on the joint inspection.

8. Classification of foundations shall be approved by GETCO based on the joint inspection report & Soil

investigation reports.