REQUEST FOR QUOTATION - GAIL (India)

General Conditions of Contractissue interpretation/clarification to Tenderer in writing. Suchclarifications and or interpretations shall form part of theSpecifications and Documents and shall accompany the tenderwhich shall be submitted by tenderer within time and date asspecified in invitations to tender.18.2 Verbal clarification and information given by GAIL or itsemployee(s) or its representatives shall not in any way be bindingon GAIL.19 Local Conditions: 19.1 It will be imperative on each tenderer to inform himself of all localconditions and factors which may have any effect on the executionof WORK covered under the Tender Document. In their owninterest, the tenderer are requested to familiarise themselves withthe Indian Income Tax Act 1961, Indian Companies Act 1956,Indian Customs Act 1962 and other related Acts and Laws andRegulations of India with their latest amendments, as applicableGAIL shall not entertain any requests for clarifications from thetenderer regarding such local conditions.19.2 It must be understood and agreed that such factors have properlybeen investigated and considered while submitting the tender. Noclaim for financial or any other adjustments to VALUE OFCONTRACT, on lack of clarity of such factors shall be entertained.20 Abnormal Rates: 20.1 The tenderer is expected to quote rate for each item after carefulanalysis of cost involved for the performance of the completeditem considering all specifications and Conditions of Contract.This will avoid loss of profit or gain in case of curtailment orchange of specification for any item. In case it is noticed that therates quoted by the tenderer for any item are unusually high orunusually low, it will be sufficient cause for the rejection of thetender unless the EMPLOYER is convinced about thereasonableness after scrutiny of the analysis for such rate(s) to befurnished by the tenderer (on demand).SECTION-IVGENERAL OBLIGATIONS21 Priority of ContractDocuments21.1 Except if and the extent otherwise provided by the Contract, theprovisions of the General Conditions of Contract and SpecialConditions shall prevail over those of any other documentsforming part of the CONTRACT. Several documents forming theCONTRACT are to be taken as mutually explanatory of oneanother, but in case of ambiguities or discrepancies the sameshall be explained and adjusted by the ENGINEER-IN-CHARGEwho shall thereupon issue to the Contractor instructions thereonand in such event, unless otherwise provided in the Contract, thepriority of the documents forming the Contract shall be as follows :1) The Contract Agreement ;2) The Letter of Acceptance;3) The (Instructions to Bidders)ITB;4) Special Conditions of Contract (SCC);5) General Conditions of Contract (GCC)6) Any other document forming part of the Contract.14