Verification Operations Clause Samples
Verification Operations. Each supply shall be measured on delivery by the representative of the Head of Department and shall be accompanied by a delivery note showing the quantity being supplied under each item of the Schedule and the Head of Department’s representative shall receipt such note provided the quantities on the delivery note tally with the quantities supplied. Should the quantities shown on the delivery note as being supplied not conform to the quantities actually supplied, the contractor shall become liable to a fine equivalent to double the value, at the contract rate, of the quantity short-delivered. The Head of Department or his / her representative shall have the power to reject any goods and/or materials supplied by the contractor should they be not in accordance with the Specifications or with the sample produced by the contractor and approved by Government and the contractor shall remove the rejected goods at his /her expense within the shortest possible time. The contractor shall be bound to replace any rejected goods and/or materials with goods and/or materials of the approved quality within the time prescribed by the Head of the Department concerned.
Verification Operations. 30.1. The supplies shall not be accepted until the prescribed verifications and tests have been carried out at the expense of the contractor. The verifications and tests may be conducted before shipment, at the point of delivery and/or at the final destination of the goods.
30.2. DCI shall, during the progress of the delivery of the supplies and before the supplies are taken over, have the power to order or decide:
a) the removal from the place of acceptance, within such time or times as may be specified in the order, of any supplies which, in the opinion of DCI, are not in accordance with the contract;
b) their replacement with proper and suitable supplies;
c) the removal and proper re-installation, notwithstanding any previous test thereof or of any installation which in respect of materials, workmanship or design for which the contractor is responsible, is not, in the opinion of DCI, in accordance with the contract;
d) that any work done or goods supplied or materials used by the contractor is or are not in accordance with the contract, or that the supplies or any portion thereof do not fulfil the requirements of the contract.
30.3. The contractor shall, with all speed and at its own expense, make good the defects so specified. If the contractor does not comply with such order, DCI shall be entitled to employ other persons to carry out the orders and all expenses consequent thereon or incidental thereto shall be deducted by DCI from any monies due or which may become due to the contractor or from the performance bound.
30.4. Supplies which are not of the required quality shall be rejected. A special ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ be applied to the rejected supplies. This shall not be such as to alter them or affect their commercial value. Rejected supplies shall be removed by the contractor from the place of acceptance, if DCI so requires, within a period which DCI shall specify, failing which they shall be removed as of right at the expense and risk of the contractor. Any works incorporating rejected materials shall be rejected.
30.5. The provisions of Article 30 shall not affect the right of DCI to claim under Article 21, nor shall it in any way release the contractor from any warranty or other obligations under the contract.