b-1 tender form - Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation

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CLAUSE 8 : Payments on intermediate certificates to be regarded as
advances : No payment shall he made for any work, estimated to cost less than
rupees one thousand till after the whole of the work shall have been completed and a
certificate of completion given. But in the case of works estimated to cost more than
rupees one thousand, the contractor shall, on submitting a monthly bill therefore, be
entitled to receive payment proportionate to the part of the work then approved and
passed by the Engr-in-charge, whose certificate of such approval and passing of the
sum so payable shall be final & conclusive against the contractor. All such
intermediate payments shall be regarded as payments by way of advance against the
final payments only and not as payments for work actually done and completed,
and shall not preclude the Engineer-in-charge from requiring any bad, unsound,
imperfect for unskillful work to be removed or taken away and reconstructed or
reerected, nor shall any such payment be considered as an admission of the date
performance of the contract or any part thereof in any respect or the accruing of any
claim, nor shall it conclude, determine, or affect in any other way the powers of the
Engr-in-charge as to the final settlement and adjustment of accounts or otherwise, or
in any other way vary or affect the contract. The final bill shall be submitted by the
contractor within on month of the date fixed for the completion of the work,
otherwise, the Engineer-in-charge’s certificate of the measurements and of the total
amount payable for the work shall be final and binding on all parties.
CLAUSE 9: Payment at reduced rates on account of items of work not
accepted as completed to be at the discretion of Engineer-in-charge :
The rates for several items of works estimated to cost more than Rs. 1000/- agreed to
within, shall be valid only when the item concerned is accepted as having been
completed fully in accordance with the sanctioned specifications. In cases where the
items of work are not accepted as so completed the Engineer-in-charge may make
payment on account of such items at such reduced rates as he may consider
reasonable in the preparation of final or on account bills.
CLAUSE 10 : Bills to be submitted monthly : A bill shall be submitted by
the contractor each month on or before the date fixed by the Engr-in-charge for all
work executed in the previous month, & the Engr-in-charge shall take or cause to be
taken the requisite measurement for the purpose of having the same verified & the
claim, so far as it is admissible, shall be adjusted, if possible within ten days from the
presentation of the bill. If the contractor does not submit the bill within the time
fixed as aforesaid, the Engr-in-charge may depute a subordinate to measure up the
said work in the presence of the contractor or his duly authorised agent whose
countersignature to the measurement list shall be sufficient warrant, and the
Engineer-in-charge may prepare a bill from such list which shall be binding on the
contractor in all respects.
CLAUSE 11: Bills to be on printed forms : The contractor shall submit all
bills on the printed forms to be had on application at the Office of the Engineer-incharge.
The charges to be made in the bills shall always be entered at the rates
specified in the tender or in the case of any extra work ordered in pursuance of these
Executive Engineer(E&M).