REQUEST FOR QUOTATION - GAIL (India)

General Conditions of Contract60 Alterations in specifications,design and extra works:60.1 The WORK covered under this CONTRACT having to beexecuted by the CONTRACTOR on a lumpsum firmprice/item rate quoted by him, the EMPLOYER will notaccept any proposals for changes in VALUE OFCONTRACT or extension in time on account of any suchchanges which may arise to the CONTRACTOR's scope ofWORK as a result of detailed Engineering and thereafterduring the execution of WORK. The only exception to thiswill be a case where the EMPLOYER requests in writing tothe CONTRACTOR to upgrade the SPECIFICATIONS orthe size of any major pieces of equipments, plant ormachinery beyond what is normally required to meet thescope of WORK as defined in the CONTRACTDOCUMENT.In such cases, a change order will be initialled by theCONTRACTOR at the appropriate time for theEMPLOYER's prior approval giving the full back-up data fortheir review and for final settlement of any impact on pricewithin 30 (thirty) days thereafter.60.2 The ENGINEER-IN-CHARGE shall have to make anyalterations in, omission from, additions to or substitutions for,the Schedule of Rates, the original specifications, drawings,designs and instructions that may appear to him to benecessary or advisable during the progress of the WORKand the CONTRACTOR shall be bound to carry out thesuch altered/ extra/ new items of WORK in accordance withany instructions which may be given to him in writing signedby the ENGINEER-IN- CHARGE, and such alterations,omissions, additions or substitutions shall not invalidate theCONTRACT and any altered, additional or substituted workwhich the CONTRACTOR may be directed to do in themanner above specified as part of the WORK shall becarried out by the CONTRACTOR on the same conditions inall respects on which he agreed to do the main WORK. Thetime of completion of WORK may be extended for the part ofthe particular job at the discretion of theENGINEER-IN- CHARGE, for only such alterations,additions or substitutions of the WORK, as he may consideras just and reasonable. The rates for such additional,altered or substituted WORK under this clause shall beworked out in accordance with the following provisions:-I. For Item Rate Contracta) If the rates for the additional, altered or substitutedWORK are specified in the CONTRACT for theWORK, the CONTRACTOR is bound to carry on theadditional, altered or substituted WORK at the samerates as are specified in the CONTRACT.b) If the rates for the additional, altered or substitutedWORK are not specifically provided in theCONTRACT for the WORK, the rates will be derivedfrom the rates for similar class of WORK as arespecified in the CONTRACT for the WORK. Theopinion of the ENGINEER-IN- CHARGE, as towhether or not the rates can be reasonably so derived34