BID DOCUMENT - Chennai Telephones - BSNL

(ii) SECURITY DEPOSIT (PERFORMANCE SECURITY)
a. The successful tenderer shall have to pay a Security Deposit equal to 10% of the total
amount of work allotted to him as the Security Deposit within 14 days of issue of letter of
intent. The EMD deposited by the successful bidders shall stand converted as a part of
Security deposit. The balance amount of Security Deposit after adjusting EMD can be
paid in the form of Bank Guarantee (which shall be valid till the completion of warranty
period and six months) from a scheduled bank as per the specimen in Section IX within
10 days upon intimation. The balance amount of Security deposit after adjusting EMD
can also be submitted in the form of crossed demand draft drawn in favour of BSNL-
CHENNAI TELEPHONES issued by a schedule bank and payable at Chennai. NSIC
registered bidders also to pay the above mentioned Performance Bank Guarantee.
b. The proceeds of the performance security shall be payable to BSNL as compensation for any loss
resulting from the contractor’s failure to complete its obligations under the contract.
c. The performance security deposit shall be refunded after expiry of warranty period as noted above
provided there are no recoveries to be made arising out of poor quality of work, incomplete work
and/or violation of any terms and conditions of the contract as stipulated in the bid document.
d. No interest will be paid to the contractor on the security deposit.
6. ISSUE OF WORK ORDERS AND TIME LIMIT:
Separate work orders will be issued for maintenance, rehabilitation of external plant,
Tracing of Cable Fault, and Cable laying works. The work order shall be issued so as to
include all terms of works of Cable laying, Rehabilitation and Cable Maintenance including
attending Cable Faults of External Plant and associated works on “turn key” basis under the
instructions from Area Addl.GMs/DGMs. The quantities are subjected to change / variation
without any notice subject to availability of required materials and funds. The work will be for
exchange to pillar and to DPs upto subscribers end rehabilitation to ensure that the network
becomes rehabilitated and the network gets upgraded completely against the work order. This
makes it possible for ensuring end-to-end testing of cable pairs. The contractor shall organize the
work in such a way so as to deliver meaningful output of requisite quality within shortest possible
time. If there is a trench common to number of cable works, which are to be given in different
work orders, the common trench may be given in one work order and in other work orders only
for laying of cables in that common trench and other works shall be mentioned. The work shall
be taken up in such a way that pillarwise/buidingwise rehabilitation takes place in a shortest
possible time.
The work orders shall be issued by the Assistant General Manager/Divisional Engineer incharge
of external plant maintenance of the Area concerned, after examining the technical and
planning details of the works to be executed.
In the case of attending to cable fault work and maintenance, the following shall apply:
1. a) The contractor should respond to the calls immediately for attending to cable fault work
& maintenance and commence the work within 24 hours. The nature of work covered by
this tender includes excavating and reinstating pits on various kinds of Soils and surfaces
covering all types of cables. No tools will be supplied by the BSNL for excavation of pits
and reinstatement.
b) Necessary arrangement for watchman and security should be arranged by the tenderer
whenever required. Necessary arrangement for watch and ward should be provided in case
faults are carried over.
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Signature of Bidder with seal