GAIL (India) Limited MECON LIMITED

v) SCHEDULE OF RATES TO COVER TAXES ANDDUTIES:No exemption or reduction of Customs Duties, ExciseDuties, Sales Tax, Sales Tax on works Contract quay orany port dues, transport charges, stamp duties or Centralor State Government or local Body or Municipal Taxes orduties, taxes or charges (from or of any other body),whatsoever, will be granted or obtained, all of whichexpenses shall be deemed to be included in and coveredby the Schedule or Rates. The CONTRACTOR shall alsoobtain and pay for all permits or other privileges necessaryto complete the WORK.vi)SCHEDULE OF RATES TO COVER RISKS OF DELAY:The Schedule of Rates shall be deemed to include andcover the risk of all possibilities of delay and interferencewith the CONTRACTOR's conduct of WORK which occurfrom any causes including orders of the EMPLOYER in theexercise of his power and on account of extension of timegranted due to various reasons and for all other possible orprobable causes of delay.vii)SCHEDULE OF RATES CANNOT BE ALTERED:For WORK under unit rate basis, no alteration will beallowed in the Schedule of Rates by reason of works or anypart of them being modified, altered, extended, diminishedor committed. The Schedule of Rates are fully inclusive ofrates which have been fixed by the CONTRACTOR andagreed to by the EMPLOYER and cannot be altered.For lumpsum CONTRACTS, the payment will be madeaccording to the WORK actually carried out, for whichpurpose an item wise, or work wise Schedule of Rates shallbe furnished, suitable for evaluating the value of WORKdone and preparing running account bill.Payment for any additional work which is not covered in theSchedule of Rates, shall only be released on issuance ofchange order.88 Procedure for measurementand billing of work inprogress:88.1 BILLING PROCEDURE:Following procedures shall be adopted for billing of works executedby the CONTRACTOR.88.1.1 All measurements shall be recorded in sextuplicate on standardmeasurement sheets supplied by EMPLOYER and submitted toEMPLOYER/CONSULTANT for scrutiny and passing.88.1.2 EMPLOYER/CONSULTANT shall scrutinise and check themeasurements recorded on the sheets and shall certify correctnessof the same on the measurement sheets.88.1.3 ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE shall pass the bills after carrying out thecomprehensive checks in accordance with the terms and conditionsof the CONTRACTS, within 7 days of submission of the bills,