BID DOCUMENT - Chennai Telephones - BSNL

8.3 Site Order Book: The site order book is one of the primary records to be maintained by the
JTO supervising the work during the course of execution of works. The noting made by
officers as well as contractors, will form as basis for operation of many contractual clauses.
The contractor shall remove all the defects pointed out by BSNL in the Site order book
(Section XVI Annexure B). The site order book is to be maintained in the prescribed format.
The contractor or their authorized representatives shall also be at liberty to note their
difficulties etc. in these books. The site order books shall invariably be consulted at the time
of making final payments to the contractor.
8.4 Testing and Acceptance Testing
For attending to cable fault tracing work and cable maintenance work, the Acceptance Testing
shall not be applicable. However, the Acceptance Testing shall be applicable for Cable
Laying & Rehabilitation work. The Acceptance Testing procedure is as under:
The work shall be deemed to have been completed only after the same has been accepted by
the A.T. Officer for conducting test checks without any extra payment. The contractor shall
restore the pits after test measurements to its original shape. The contractor shall be
responsible to provide test/measurement tools and testers for conducting various tests.
Scope of Acceptance Testing: The purpose of Acceptance testing is to verify integrity of
measurement and quality of work done. The A.T. officer shall not be responsible for
recording of measurements for the purpose of billing and contractual obligations. However, if
the measurements taken by A.T. officer are found to be lesser than the measurements
recorded by the officer responsible for recording the measurements, the measurement taken
by A.T. Officer shall prevail without prejudice to any punitive action against the contractor as
per provisions of the contract and the officer recording the measurements. The contractor
shall be obligated to remove defects/deficiencies pointed out by the A.T. officer without any
additional cost to BSNL-CHENNAI TELEPHONES.
Offering the work for Acceptance Testing: The Sub Divisional Engineer responsible for
construction, after having satisfied himself of completion of work ready for A.T., shall offer
the work to A.T. Officer for conducting Acceptance Testing within 15 days of completion.
The work shall be offered for A.T. as soon as work of cable laying and rehabilitation are
completed in all respects. The work against any work order can be offered for A.T. in a
number of such stages. The contractor shall provide labour, if demanded by the A/T officer
for digging of test pits and other necessary infrastructure for carrying out the A/T work. No
extra payment will be made for the digging of test pit.
9. WARRANTY:
9.1 The contractor, wherever he supplies the materials, shall warrant that the material supplied for
the work shall be new and free from all defects and faults in material, workmanship and
manufacture and shall be of the highest grade and consistent with the established and
generally accepted standards for materials of the type ordered and shall perform in full
conformity with the specifications and drawings. The contractor shall be responsible for any
defects that may develop under the conditions provided by the contract and under proper use,
arising from faulty materials, design or workmanship such as corrosion of the equipment,
inadequate quantity of materials etc. and shall remedy such defects at his own cost when
called upon to do so by BSNL who shall state in writing in what respect the stores are faulty.
This warranty shall survive inspection or payment for, and acceptance of goods, but shall
expire except in respect of complaints notified prior to such date, twelve months after the
successful completion of Acceptance Testing (wherever applicable).
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