EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY - Indian Railways

Administration (principal employer) one of the parties to he contract shall be at liberty to deduct
the amount as may be a scertained in the manner as provided for in the Act and Rule or otherwise
at his discretion.
40. Completion of work in time :
Time is the essence of the contract. The time for completion of the work as stipulated in the tender
form and in para 20 of the Instruction to Tenderers and condition of tender shall be deemed to be
the essence of the contract and the work shall be complete in all respects within the said
completion time i.e. within Six__ months to be reckoned form the date of issue of letter of
acceptance excluding the period when the work is suspended due to rains and the site conditions
do not permit the work to be done due to such rains, such period to be decided by the Engineer.
41. Insurance:
The tenderer shall be responsible for all damages and injury caused by their work or workmen to
persons, animal or things or to the work of other trades and he shall effect any insurance
necessary and hold the Railways free form all responsibilities in this respect. The insurance must
be jointly in the name of the tenderer and the Eastern Railway and the policy lodged with the
Engineer. The tender is liable to bear expenses arising out of/from any such injury to persons or
property as aforesaid and also of any award of any award of compensate or damage resulting from
any such claim.
42. Binding wire required for tying and binding reinforcement reinforced cement concrete work shall
not be supplied by the Railway and shall be arranged by the Contractor at his own cost.
43. Drawings :
The work as per this contract shall be carried out as per CE’s Drg. No.
C-414-2002 .
44. The tenderer shall be responsible for close scouting of the drawings mentioned in the para 1 above
for any discrepancy, errors or omissions in the said drawing or of other particulars indicated
therein and shall approach the Railway immediately for rectification of such discrepancies, errors
and omissions.
45. Inspections :
The Engineer or his authorised representative shall have free access to the work of contractor at
all reasonable times and shall be at liberty to inspect the process of work at any such time and to
reject in whole or part, any work or material that does not confirm to the specifications and may
order the same to be removed, replaced or altered at the expense of the contractor. The contractor
shall make available free of cost all facilities, tools, gauges, equipments for satisfactorily carrying
out such inspection.
46. Water required for the work and also for drinking purposes, shall be arranged by the contractor
from his own sources and at his own cost. Water used for cement concrete/reinforced cement
concrete and all sorts of concrete work, shall conform to the standard specifications of E. Railway
and the Indian Railway Concrete Bridge Code. Railway may at its discretion take samples of
water used by the contractor for the work and have it tested at an approved laboratory at
Contractor’s cost and nothing extra shall be payable on this account.
47. Railway land as existing and as sparable, will be made available to the contractor free of charge
for building their store Godown, camp office etc. The contractors shall make their ground or
developing the land as required.
48. The tenderers are required to inspect the site and carry out careful examination carefully nothing
all the existing structures and the various protection arrangements required. The Bridge No.
_________ which is the subject of this work, is under temporary restriction at present with
various rail struts and they cannot be taken away altogether for permitting the work as per this