- E) The delivery period of the equipment and the time required for installation / commissioning of the equipment must be mentioned.
- F) The tender of the offer would be CIF HBCHRC Vizag (exclusive of customs duty), TMC as per the International Commercial Terms, applicable at present. All essential spares, consumables, labour and any other incidental costs required for delivering the equipment up to the site of installation and for the startup of the equipment must be included in the commercial bid.
- G) It shall be the responsibility of the tenderer to arrange for customs clearance and delivery of the equipment at his own cost, risk and consequences. However, the customs duty, as applicable and paid will be reimbursed, at actual, on production of all relevant documents.
- H) Turnkey price quote (wherever applicable) must be submitted along with part II (Price bid) in the original tender.

Tender without the turnkey price quote (site preparation) shall be summarily rejected.

32. Validity: The tendered offer must remain valid at least for a period of 24 months (2 years) from the date of the opening of the tender. 33. Mode of Payment:

a) Terms of payment for offer in INR: In respect of plant, machinery and equipment 80% payment against delivery at purchase's site and preliminary inspection and balance 20% after erection, commissioning and final acceptance and submission of 3% Performance Bank guarantee for a warranty period plus three months from date of installation.

b) Terms of payment for offer in foreign currency: Unconfirmed irrevocable letter of credit for 100% payment. All bank charges within India to buyer's account and Outside India it will be on the sellers account. 90% payment will be released through Letter of Credit on receipt of all required original documents. Balance 10% payment will be released on i) successful installation and commissioning ii) acceptance and certification by the user dept. and iii) submission of 3% performance bank guarantee in INR for warranty period plus three months from date of installation.

34. Warranty Warranty : 2 years Warranty and CMC maximum 5% per annum for 8 years on Ex-works cost after warranty (quote in %only).

- a) Warranty period and terms of warranty including accessories, details of preventive / periodic maintenance, frequency and task description must be specified. Vendors are required to provide 2 years warranty and CMC maximum 5% per annum for 8 years on Ex-works cost after warranty (quote in % only ) . Tenders not confirming to this clause are liable to be rejected.

### b) Penalty Clause:

The supplier and/or its Indian agent will be required to give the guarantee towards the performance of the equipment during the warranty period and in case of Annual maintenance contract period for maintaining the equipment in good working condition for a period of at least 300 days out of a period of 365 days a year (i.e. 95% uptime) 24X7. The ten hours non- functioning of the equipment or any part thereof will be considered as one day down time. Total 3000 hours in a year will be considered as Uptime guarantee. Working time is 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on week days and 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. for Saturdays. The equipment shall be fully functional as part of the uptime and if it is partly functional it shall be considered as downtime and deduction shall be made on Pro-rata basis i.e. if the equipment is 70% functional 30% downtime shall be applicable. The decision of the TMC management or its representative in determining the % of the downtime shall be final and binding. Essential period to shut down the installation entirely or partially shall also be included in the down time while calculating the 95% guaranteed uptime i.e. all features as per specifications in purchase order should be functional for uptime. The supplier / agent shall be required to pay a penalty for every day 0.1% of the total cost of equipment per day per machine excluding