“Specification” shall mean the Technical Specifications and the Conditions of Contract together with Bid Proposal Sheet forming a part of the bid documents and contract and such other schedules and drawings as may be mutually agreed upon. “Notice of Award of Contract” / Letter of Award” shall mean the official intimation from the Owner notifying the successful bidder that its proposal has been accepted and that the bidder is required to sign the contract Agreement. “Date of Contract” mean the date on which both the parties have signed the Contract Agreement or any other date mentioned in the Contract/Letter of Award, as the effective date of Contract, whichever is earlier. A “week” shall mean a continuous period of seven (7) days. “Indian Rupees” or “Rs.” mean the mean the currency of the Government of India. The “Government” shall mean the “Government of India” or an authorized representative/agency/department of the “Government of India”. The words imparting singular shall also include the plural and vice-versa where the context so requires. “Final Report” or “Report” will mean the final report or document prepared by the successful Bidder as per Owner’s Specification. “Starting Date” shall mean the date from which the periods specified for various activities are measured and asset forth in the completion schedules. The starting date for each schedule, unless otherwise agreed, shall be as indicated in the respective schedule. “Month” shall mean calendar month. “Day or “Days” unless herein otherwise expressly defined shall mean calendar day or day of 24 hours each. Working days in a month shall be as defined by Consultant in its offer. The or heading shall not alter or affect the intent or scope of the clause or articles of the Documents The Date of Completion of Contract-Unless otherwise terminated under the provisions of any other relevant clause of the document, Contract shall be deemed to have been completed after issuance of the certification from that there is no demand outstanding against the Consultant and all liabilities under the contract have been satisfactorily fulfilled by the Consultant. The “Final Acceptance of Work” provided by the Consultant under the Scope will be given by Owner as hereinafter defined, six (6) Months after successful
performance of work under the contract is terminated and the date upon which such termination become effective. The studies/services that are completed and ready for final reporting within thirty (30) days after the consultant’s receipt of notice of termination shall be accepted by the Owner at contract terms and prices. For the remaining services, the Owner may elect, To have any portion completed and delivered at the contract terms and prices and/or. To cancel the remainder and pay to the Consultant an agreed amount for partially completed services. TERMINATION FOR INSOLVENCY The may at any time terminate the Contract by giving written notice to the Consultant, without compensation to the Consultant, if the Consultant becomes bankrupt or otherwise insolvent, provided that such termination will not prejudice or affect any right of action or remedy which has accrued or will accrue thereafter to the Owner. Upon termination of the contract at any time for whatever reason by the Owner compensation shall be payable to the Consultant for all services performed satisfactorily until the date of termination. In addition the Consultant will be paid for such of those items of work, which have been partially completed as per conditions stipulated under relevant clause. The Consultant shall provide available documentary evidences to this effect, acceptable to the Owner. Following issuance by the Owner of a notice of termination and prior to the effective date of such termination, the Consultant shall: Terminate performance of work in progress under the contract on the date and to the extent specified in the notice of termination. Incur no further costs for services except as necessary to complete performance of any portion of the work under the contract not terminated by the said notice. Terminate all outstanding orders, service contracts and sub-contracts to the extent that they relate to the performance of work terminated by the notice; Transfer and deliver to the Owner in the manner, at the times and to the extent, if any, as directed by the Owner, all completed or partially completed reports, designs, data, maps, plans, photographs, specifications, and commutations, etc. which, if the contract had been continued, would have been required to be furnished to the Owner. The termination of the contract shall not relieve the Consultant of its duties
The alignment of the transmission line shall be most economical from the point of view of construction and maintenance. Routing of transmission line through protected/reserved forest area should be avoided. In case it is not possible to avoid the forests or areas having large trees completely, then keeping in view of the overall economy, the route should be aligned in such a way that cutting of trees is minimum. The route should have minimum crossings of Major river, Railway lines, National/State highways, overhead EHV power line and communication lines. The number of angle points shall be kept to a minimum. The distance between the terminal points specified shall be kept shortest possible, consistent with the terrain that is encountered. Marshy and low lying areas, river beds and earth slip zones shall be avoided to minimize risk to the foundations. It would be preferable to utilize level ground for the alignment. Crossing of power lines shall be minimum. Alignment will be kept at a suitable distance from power lines to avoid induction problem on the lower voltage lines. Crossing of communication line shall be minimized and it shall be preferably at right angle. Proximity and parallelism with telecom lines shall be eliminated to avoid danger of induction to them. Areas subjected to flooding such as Nalah shall be avoided Restricted areas such as civil and military airfield shall be avoided. Care shall also be taken to avoid aircraft landing approaches. All alignment should be easily accessible both in dry and rainy seasons to enable maintenance throughout the year. Certain areas such as quarry sites, tea, tobacco and saffron fields and rich plantations, gardens & nurseries which will present the Owner problems in acquisition of right of way and way leave clearance during construction and maintenance should be avoided. Angle points should be selected such that shifting of the point within 100 m radius is possible at the time of construction of the line. The line routing should avoid large habitations, densely populated areas, Forest, Animal/Bird sanctuary, reserve coal belt areas, oil pipe line/underground inflammable pipe lines etc. to the extent possible. The areas requiring special foundations and those prone to flooding should be avoided. For examination of the alternatives & identification of the most appropriate route, besides making use of information/data/details available/extracted through Survey of India Topographical maps and computer-aided processing of NRSA’s satellite imagery, the Consultant shall also carryout reconnaissance/preliminary