EAST CENTRAL RAILWAY - Indian Railways

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SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT (PART-III)
1) General conditions of contract and standard specification, 2001 (Corrected up to date), special
conditions of contract Part-I and Part-II, instructions to the tenderer(s), stipulations made in the
preamble to the various schedules and in the foot note of Schedules and various items of works shall
govern the works to be done under this contract. Tenderer shall carefully study the General
Conditions of contract, Standard specifications, as well as Special conditions accompanying the
tender form.
2) Where there is any conflict between the GCC and Special conditions/specifications, the latter will
prevail.
3) All measurement, methods of measurement, meaning and intent of specifications and interpretation of
Special Conditions of contract given and made by the Railway or by the Engineer on behalf of the
Railway shall be final and binding and shall be considered as “Excepted Matters” in terms of
conditions No.63 of General Conditions of Contract.
4) AGREEMENT : All expenses in drawing up the agreement and the cost of stamp duty if any shall
be borne by the East Central Railway Administration.
5) PASSES : No passes of any kind for self and labours for any purpose in connection with this
Tender/contract will be issued to the contractor.
6) CHANGE IN ADDRESS : Any change in the address of the Contractor shall be forthwith intimated
in writing to the Railway. The Railway will not be responsible for any loss or inconvenience suffered
by the Contractor on account of his failure to comply with this.
7) CANCELLATION OF DOCUMENTS : The cancellation of any document such as Power of
Attorney. Partnership Deed shall forthwith be communicated by the Contractor to the Railway in
writing failing which the Railway shall have no responsibility or liability for any action on the
strength of the said document.
8) DISSOLUTION OF CONTRACTOR’s FIRM : If the contractor’s firm is dissolved due to death
or retirement of any partner or for any reason before duly completing the work or any part of it
undertaken by the Principal Agreement, the partners shall remain jointly severally and personally
liable to complete the whole work to the satisfaction of the Railway and to pay compensation for loss,
sustained if any, by the Railway due to such dissolution. The amount of such compensation shall be
decided by the Engineer and his decision in the matter shall be final and binding on the
Tender(s)/Contractor(s).
9) DEPLOYMENT OF PLANT & MACHINERY : The deployment of Plant and Machinery
including the moving machines shall be such as not to infringe or cause, damage to Railway track or
any other Government or Private properties. Operation of such equipment involving infringement
prescribed in the Schedule of dimension of the Railway shall not be undertaken without the prior
approval of the Engineer-in-charge. For any loss or damage resulting from violation of this clause, the
contractor shall be fully responsible.
10) RENEWAL OF DEPOSITS BY CONTRACTOR : In the case of Tenderer/Contractor
depositing Security deposit in the shape of fixed deposit receipt, it shall be the responsibility of the
Tenderer/Contractor to advise the FA & CAO/Sr. DAO for renewal and revalidation of the currency
period of the fixed deposit as required. Such advice by the contractor shall be made well in advance
so as to reach FA & CAO/Sr. DAO/E. C. Railway not later than one month before the expiry of the
currency period. If the Tenderer/Contractor, fails to do so, the loss of interest on the fixed deposits, if
any shall be solely on the Tenderer/Contractor’s account and the Railway shall not in any way be
responsible for the loss of interest suffered by the Tenderer/Contractor.
SIGNATURE OF TENDERER(S)/CONTRACTOR(S)