ANNUAL CHT CONTRACT FOR HIRING OF LIGHT VEHICLES

Buyer Added text based ATC clauses 1 OPTION CLAUSE: The Purchaser reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity to be ordered u p to 25 percent of bid quantity at the time of placement of contract. The purchaser also reserves the right t o increase the ordered quantity up to 50% of the contracted quantity during the currency of the contract a t the contracted rates. The delivery period of quantity shall commence from the last date of original deliver order and in case where option clause is exercised during the extended delivery period the addition al time shall commence from the last date of extended delivery period. The additional delivery time shall b e (Increased quantity devided by Original quantity) x Original delivery period (in days), subject to minimu m of 30 days. If the original delivery period is less than 30 days, the additional time equals the original deli very period. The Purchaser may extend this calculated delivery duration up to the original delivery period while exercising the option clause. Bidders must comply with these terms.

• 2.Availability of Office of Service Provider. An office of service provider must be located in Jodhpur. Docum ents evidence to be submitted.
• 3.Period/ Extension of Rate Contract A rate contract should normally be concluded for a period up to two y ears. RRC and Long-Term Product Support Contract may be concluded for a period up to five years. All contracts for less than two years (five years for Long-Term Product Support) may be extended by the C FA so that the total period of RC including extension, does not exceed tow/ five years (as applicable). The 13 / 15 period of the rate contract, including any extension contemplated upto two/ five years, as applicabl e, shall be stated upfront in the RFP. it should be ensured that new rate contracts are made operative righ t after the expiry of the existing rate contracts without any gap for all rate contracted items. If a case for new rat e contract has been initiated, but it is not possible to conclude new rate contracts due to some special rea sons, timely steps are to be taken to extend the existing rate contracts with same terms, conditions, etc, f or a maximum period of upto three months at a time, after obtaining consent of the rate contract holders. Rate contracts of the firms, which do not agree to such extension, are to be left out of considerations for ex tension. Such an extension of an RC beyond a period of two / five years (as applicable) would need the prio r approval of the Secretary of the Department concerned at MoD in consultation with MoD (Fin). Also, while extending the existing rate contracts, it shall be ensured that the price trend is not downward (DPM Para 8 .3) .

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