CGI SHEET AND IRON POLE

OPTION CLAUSE: The Purchaser reserves the right to increase or decrease the quantity to be ordered up to 25 percent of bid quantity at the time of placement of contract. The purchaser also reserves the right to increase the ordered quantity up to 25% of the contracted quantity during the currency of the contract at the contracted rates. The delivery period of quantity shall commence from the last date of original delivery order and in cases where option clause is exercised during the extended delivery period the additional time shall commence from the last date of extended delivery period. The additional delivery time shall be (Increased quantity ÷ Original quantity) × Original delivery period (in days), subject to minimum of 30 days. If the original delivery period is less than 30 days, the additional time equals the original delivery 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.

Nominated Inspection Agency: On behalf of the Buyer organization, any one of the following Inspection Agency would be conducting inspection of stores before acceptance: Pre-dispatch Inspection at Seller Premises (applicable only if pre-dispatch inspection clause has been selected in ATC): - Post Receipt Inspection at consignee site before acceptance of stores: TECHNICAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE

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Pre-dispatch inspection at Seller premises (Fee/Charges to be borne by the BUYER): Before dispatch, the goods will be inspected by Buyer / Consignee or their Authorized Representative or by Nominated External Inspection Agency (independently or jointly with Buyer or Consignee as decided by the Buyer) at Seller premises (or at designated place for inspection as declared / communicated by the seller) for their compliance to the contract specifications. Fee/Charges taken by the External inspection Agency and any external laboratories testing charges shall be borne by the Buyer. For in-house testing, the Sellers will provide necessary facilities free of cost. Seller shall notify the Buyer through e-mail about readiness of goods for pre-dispatch inspection and Buyer will notify the Seller about the Authorized Representative/ Nominated External Inspection Agency and the date for testing. The goods would be dispatched to consignee only after clearance in pre-dispatch inspection. Consignee's right of rejection as per GTC in respect of the goods finally received at his location shall in no way be limited or waived by reason of the goods having previously been inspected, tested and passed by Buyer/ Consignee or its Nominated External Inspection Agency prior to the goods' shipment. While bidding, the sellers should take into account 7 days for inspection from the date of email offering the goods for inspection. Any delay in inspection beyond 7 days shall be on the part of the buyer and shall be regularised without Liquidated Damages. When there is requirement of submission the advance sample, the seller shall inform the buyer promptly through emails about the date of submission of sample to the buyer nominated Inspection agency.

Testing of Sample: The testing of advance sample and bulk sample during PDI will be carried at the designated AHSP labs.When testing facilities are not available, the facilities of Govt labs/NABL/Accredited labs will be utilized. The testing charges outside the designated AHSP labs to be borne by seller's.

• 6.Sample Clause After award of contract – Successful Bidder shall have to get advance sample approved from buyer before bulk manufacturing / starting bulk supplies. Successful Bidder shall submit 1 samples for Buyer's approval, within 5 days of award of contract. Buyer shall, as per contract specifications framework, either approve the advance sample or will provide complete list of modification required in the sample within 5 days of receipt of advance sample. Seller shall be required to ensure supply as per approved sample with modifications as communicated by Buyer. If there is delay from buyer side in approval of advance sample – the delivery period shall be refixed without LD for the period of delay in sample approval. In case, the sample is found to have major deviations / not conforming to the Contract specifications, the buyer at its discretion may call for fresh samples for approval before allowing bulk supplies or may terminate the contract after notifying the deviations to the seller. Unless otherwise provided in the contract, all samples required for test shall be supplied by the contractor free of cost. Where under the contract, the contractor is required to submit an advance sample, any expenses incurred by the contractor on or in connection with the production of stores in bulk, before the sample has been approved unconditionally shall be borne by the Seller and he shall not claim any compensation in the event of such sample being found unacceptable by the Buyer / Consignee.
• 7.Sample Clause For clothing and allied items, if pre-dispatch Inspection clause has been selected in the Bid, the Inspection Agency shall forward sample from the accepted lot duly identified/ sealed by it, as Reference Sample to each consignee (one reference sample per consignee) for comparing the lot received at consignee end with such reference sample. Such reference samples will be treated as part of supplied quantity from the lot and cost shall be borne by the Buyer.