GAIL (India) Limited

41.1 GENERAL:A. GENERAL INFORMATIONThe work under this tender shall be executed strictly in accordance with constructional and materialrequirements defined under these specifications. The Contractor shall carefully acquaint himself withthese specifications to determine his contractual obligations for the work. The conditions of thesespecifications will be binding on the Contractor and no deviation shall be permissible unless specificallyapproved by the Consultant / Engineer-in-charge in writing. In absence of any detailed specificationsthese specification, latest Indian Standard specifications and code of practice shall become applicable.Wherever the codes and specifications are silent then the same shall be governed by sound engineeringpractices and the decision of the Engineer-in-charge / Consultant in matters of interpretation etc., shall befinal and binding on the Contractor.1.2 DRAWINGS / DIMENSIONS:Figured dimensions on drawings shall supersede measurements by scale and drawings to a large scale takeprecedence over those to a smaller scale. Special dimensions or directions in the specifications shall bechecked on site. The dimensions where stated do not allow for wastage, laps joints etc., the levels.Measurements and other information concerning the existing site on the drawings are believed to becorrect, but the Contractor shall verify them for himself and also examine the nature of the ground as noclaim or allowance whatsoever shall be entertained hereinafter on account of any errors or omissions inthe levels or the description of the ground turning out to be different from what was expected or shown onthe drawings.1.3 CORRELATION OF DRAWING:Before commencement of work, the Contractor shall correlate all relevant structural, Construction andservices drawings and satisfy himself that the information available is complete and unambiguous. TheContractor shall be responsible for any error / difficulty in execution / damage incurred owing to anydiscrepancy in the drawings which has been overlooked by him and has not been brought to the notice ofthe Engineer-in-charge / Consultant before execution.1.4 B.I.S CODES OF PRACTICE:Wherever any reference is made in the specifications to any bureau of Indian Standard (IS) code ofpractice, it shall be understood to indicate the latest version of the code of practice in usage at the time ofconstruction.1.5 ALL SIMILAR RATES TO HAVE SAME QUOTED RATEIt shall be noted by the bidder that a similar item repeated at various sub heads of the tender, he shouldquote same rates. For any reasons different rates are quoted the lowest rate shall be considered forderiving the substituted / extra item rate if required.1.6. ASSESSMENT OF QUANTITIES IN LUMPSUM PARTThe quantities of the lump sum section of the tender (given in Vol-III part-A) are indicative only for thereference of the bidders. However, the bidders are advised to make their own assessment of the quantitiesbased on the drawings and scope of work to arrive for the exact quantities. GAIL shall not be responsiblefor any omissions / errors made by the bidder in assessment of the actual quantities required for theexecution of the lumpsum section of the job. Extra claims on account of the error made by the bidder inassessment of the true quantities of the items of work shall not be entertained whatsoever.1.7. VARIATION IN LUMPSUM PARTFor any variation in the quantities of any item in Lumpsum section due to site conditions orotherwise upto and including + 1% (taken all together) the quoted rate shall remain firm. Beyond, thislimit if there is any variation during the execution of works the same may be worked out for payment /recovery as per the extra / substituted item clause of Special Conditions of Contract.