General Conditions of Tender

General Conditions of TenderClauseRemarks/Guidelines(2) For the purposes of this Clause, “erraticpricing” means the situation where an itemor certain items in a Bill ofQuantities/Schedule of Rates are priced orstructured in such a way as to suggestsignificant and unjustified:-(a) inconsistency, irregularity ornon-uniformity as compared with item oritems of the same or similar nature in thesame Bill of Quantities/Schedule of Ratesor another Bill of Quantities/Schedule ofRates submitted by the same tenderer in thesame tendering exercise; or(b) deviation from prevailing market prices inrespect of the same or similar item or items.The expression “priced erratically” shall beconstrued accordingly.(3) In determining prevailing market price, theEmployer may take into account theEngineer designate’s estimates, the averageprice of the same item in other tenderssubmitted for the same tendering exercise,and/or the price of the same or similaritems in other tendering exercises aftermaking adjustment for changes in price inaccordance with inflation or deflation.GCT 15 Tender addendaShould the Employer require any amendments,clarifications, or adjustments to be made to the tenderdocuments for the purpose of tendering, the*Engineer/Architect/Maintenance surveyordesignate will issue to every tenderer numberedaddenda giving full details of such amendments etc.and the tender documents shall be taken as havingbeen amended, clarified or adjusted accordingly upon* Delete as appropriate.General Conditions of Tender (19.10.2004) Page 12 of 27