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SECTION - V
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
The following Special Conditions of Contract (SCC) shall supplement the General Conditions of Contract
(GCC). Wherever there is a conflict, the provisions herein shall prevail over those in the GCC. The
corresponding clause number of the GCC is indicated in parentheses.
Name of Package: Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) System
IFB/Enquiry No. : 215 date 5/7/19
Bid Document No. : PSPCL/CW-CC-9971(A)-109
Special GCC Clause Special Conditions
Conditions Ref., if any
(SCC) No.
1. Definitions (GCC The Owner is :
Clause 1) Name of Owner : Chief Engineer/ GGSDSTP (PSPCL ), Rupnagar
Address of Owner :Chief Engineer/GGSSTP, Post Office-Ghanauli, District
–Rupnagar, State of Punjab, India

The Project Manager is :

Name of Project Manager: Superintending Engineer/ Mechanical
Maintenance Circle-II
Address of Project : GGSSTP, Post Office-Ghanauli, District –Rupnagar,
State of Punjab, India

2. Interpretation Joint Venture or Consortium of two or more firms are not permitted.
(GCC Clause 3)
GCC 3.10

3. Time for Time for Completion:

Commencement Completion of facilities for Unit-1 and common facilities shall be attained
and Completion within 10.5 months from the date of Notification of Award. The activities
(GCC Clause 8) specific to subsequent Units shall be phased at an interval of 30 days,
GCC 8.2 except for engineering activities which shall be completed along with
Unit#1
4. Completion Time a) Liquidated Damages for delay in successful Completion of Facilities
Guarantee (GCC shall be as under:
Clause 26) If the contractor fails to achieve the successful Completion of Facilities
GCC 26.2 within the agreed work schedule, the Contractor shall pay to the Owner as
liquidated damages and not as penalty, a sum calculated at the following
rates:
One Thousand Seven Hundred
A sum of USD 1700 (US Dollar only )
One Thousand Seven Hundred For each day of delay in
only ) to be paid in equivalent INR successful Completion of
Facilities for each Unit under the
Contract as per the
scope of work of the
Contractor.
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b) The liquidated damages for delay in supply of spares beyond the dates
stipulated under the Contract shall be as follows:
One half of the one percent (1/2%) of Ex-works (India) price of undelivered
spares, per week or part thereof of delay subject to maximum of five
percent (5%) of the total Ex-works of all spares included in the scope of
work of the contractor under the contract.

(a) The total amount of liquidated damages for delay under the contract
will be subject to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the total Contract
Price [total of First /Second Contract & Third Contact (as
applicable)]

5. GCC 41.3 DELETED

6 New GCC Add a New GCC Clause 44 as under :

Clause 47 Integrity Pact
If the Owner has terminated the contract pursuant to Section-3 of
the Integrity Pact (IP), the Owner shall encash the Contract
Performance Bank Guarantee, in accordance with Section 4 of
Integrity Pact.

7 New GCC Consultant:

Clause 48 PSPCL has hired NTPC limited, Noida for providing consultancy services
for the installation of DSI system at GGSSTP, Rupnagar. NTPC Ltd may
have access to the bidding documents for the purpose of evaluation and
execution of the project.

8. Deleted
9 GCC Clause 44 Replace the existing GCC clause 44 with the following:
Contractor Performance Feed Back and Evaluation System
The Owner has in place an established „Contractor Performance and
Feedback System‟ against which the Contractor‟s performance during the
execution of Contract shall be evaluated on a continuous basis at regular
intervals on the following seven parameters:
• Engineering & Quality Assurance Capability
• Finance
• Supply
• Construction/ Installation
• Field Quality
• Safety
• Claims & Disputes
The score-based feedback formats based on which Contractor‟s
performance shall be evaluated is enclosed at Annexure-A. In case the
performance of the Contractor is found unsatisfactory, the Contractor shall
be considered ineligible for participating in future tenders for three years.
On completion of the above ineligibility period, the Contractor would be
required to submit a request to PSPCL for participating in future tenders
specifying the measures taken to improve their performance. The
Contractor may also request for early revocation of suspension after
completion of at least two (2) year of the suspension period. On receipt of
such request, the performance of the Contractor shall be
assessed/evaluated by PSPCL and if the performance is found to be
satisfactory, the Contractor shall be considered eligible for participation in
future tenders.
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10 GCC clause Replace the third para under GCC sub clause 22.6.3 with the
22.6.3 following:
The Contractor shall also indemnify to keep the Owner harmless from any
act of omission or negligence on the part of the Contractor in following the
statutory requirements with regard to removal/disposal of scrap. The
Indemnity-cum-Undertaking Agreement shall be furnished by
Contractor as per proforma enclosed in Section-VII (Forms and
Procedure). Further, in case the laws require the Owner to take prior
permission of the relevant Authorities before handing over the scrap to the
Contractor, the same shall be obtained by the Contractor on behalf of the
Owner".
11 GCC clause 31.4 Replace the second para under GCC sub clause 31.4 with the
following:
The Contractor shall also indemnify to keep the Owner harmless from any
act of omission or negligence on the part of the Contractor in following the
statutory requirements with regard to removal/disposal of surplus material.
The Indemnity-cum-Undertaking Agreement shall be furnished by
contractor as per proforma enclosed in Section-VII (Part 3 of 3 -Forms and
Procedures). Further, in case the laws require the Owner to take prior
permission of the relevant Authorities before handing over the surplus
material to the Contractor, the same shall be obtained by the Contractor on
behalf of the Owner."
12 GCC clause 31.6 Replace the GCC sub clause 31.6 with the following:
31.6 In case of two/three Contracts entered into between the Owner and
the Contractor as per GCC Sub-Clause 3.6 or where the Owner hands
over his equipment to the Contractor for executing the Contract, then the
Contractor shall at the time of taking delivery of the Equipment through Bill
of Lading or other despatch documents furnish Trust Receipt for Plant,
Equipment and Materials and also execute an Indemnity-cum-Undertaking
Agreement in favour of the Owner in the form acceptable to Owner for
keeping the equipment in safe custody and to utilise the same exclusively
for the purpose of the said Contract.
Proforma for the Trust Receipt and Indemnity-cum-Undertaking Agreement
is enclosed under Section-VII (Forms and Procedures). The Owner shall
also issue a separate Authorisation Letter to the Contractor to enable him
to take physical delivery of plant, equipment and materials from the Owner
as per proforma enclosed under Section-VII (Forms and Procedures)
13 (GCC Clause 27) Add the following at the end of Clause No.27.8.1 of GCC:
GCC 27.8.1 In case, there is any dispute between Owner and Contractor regarding
latent defects, any of the parties listed hereunder or any other third party
as mutually agreed upon by the Owner and the Contractor shall be
engaged by the Owner for settling the dispute :
(a) M/s KEMA, Netherland
(b) M/s TUV, Germany
(c) M/s EPRI, USA
The third party, so engaged by the Owner, shall be paid free plus
reasonable expenditures incurred in the execution of its duties as
mentioned above. These costs shall be initially paid by the Owner.
In case of latent defect being proved, such costs shall be recoverable from
the Contractor and the Contractor shall bear and reimburse such costs to
the Owner.
If the dispute regarding latent defects cannot be settled as above, then the
dispute shall be settled as per provision of GCC Clause 6 (Settlement of
Disputes).
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14 Guarantee Test& The Guarantee test of the Facilities shall be successfully completed within
Operation 12 months from the date of completion
Acceptance
(GCC Clause 25)

15 Test and GCC Clause No. 23.5 to be read as :

Inspection The Project Manager may require the Contractor to carry out any test
(GCC Clause 23) and/or inspection not required by the Contract, where the purpose of these
tests / inspection is to verify compliance with the Technical Specifications
and are feasible without creating a risk of damage to the Works, provided
that the Contractor's reasonable costs and expenses incurred in the
carrying out of such test and/or inspection shall be added to the Contract
Price. Further, if such test and/or inspection impede the progress of work
on the Facilities and/or the Contractor's performance of its other
obligations under the Contract, due allowance will be made in respect of
the Time for Completion and the other obligations so affected
16 GCC 34.9 Add the following at the end of the para 34.8(GCC), Section-IV.
Insurance
lf the Plant & Equipment being supplied by the Owner free of cost for
installation of the equipment, cabling, earthing and lightning protection etc.
by the Contractor, covered by this specification shall be kept insured by
the Contractor against loss, damage, theft, pilferage, fire etc. from the
point of unloading at Site upto the time of taking over by the Owner
including handling, in plant transportation, storage, installation, testing and
commissioning, etc.
and the Contractor shall be fully responsible for making good of any loss or
damage at his own cost within a reasonable time as mutually agreed upon
by the Owner and the Contractor. Any loss / damage shall be brought to
the Owner's notice immediately. The premium paid by the Contractor to
the Insurance Company for such insurance shall be reimbursed by the
Owner to the Contractor at actual against documentary proof to be
furnished by the Contractor. The Contractor shall obtain competitive
quotation for such insurance and shall take prior approval from the Owner
before taking the insurance. The insurable value of the equipment being
procured by the Owner will be intimated to the Contractor for the purpose
of insurance. It will be the responsibility of the Contractor to lodge, pursue
and settle all claims with the Insurance Company in case of any damage,
loss, theft, pilferage, fire, etc. and the Owner shall be kept informed about
it. The losses, if any, will have to be borne by the Contractor, if the claims
are not lodged and pursued property or in the time or if the same are not
settled by the Insurance Company.
17 New Clause Add a new GCC Sub-Clause 14.7 as per the following:
Royalty
1 If the Contractor intends to engage itself in quarrying or mining of
soil/earth, sand, stone/aggregates, metals, minerals or minor minerals
required for the Civil works, as the case may be, it shall obtain
necessary permits under the applicable law for such mining or
quarrying from the State/Central Government authorities and pay the
fee or charges applicable thereto.
2 The Civil works component of the Contract Price shall be inclusive of any
Royalties or Seigniorage Fee or Cess or other charges payable on the
quarried or mined metal, minerals, or minor minerals, as the case may
be, at the rate(s) prevailing as on seven (7) days prior to the date of
Price bid opening.
2.1 It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor to ensure that the
Royalties or Seigniorage Fee or Cess or other charges on the
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quarried or mined metal, minerals or minor minerals are paid to the

statutory authorities.
2.2 The component of Royalties or Seigniorage Fee or Cess or other
charges, if applicable in a running account bill, shall only be
released by the Owner to the Contractor on submission of the
following documents in original:
A) In case the Contractor is the primary license holder of the
quarry /mines:
i) Vehicle wise challan / transit permit and proof of payment of
royalty, and
ii) Any other document required as per the relevant
Acts/Rules of the concerned state.
B) In case the Contractor is the purchaser of soil/earth, sand,
stone/aggregates, metals, minerals or minor minerals:
i) Purchase voucher and vehicle wise challan / transit permit
and proof of payment of royalty, and
ii) Any other document required as per the relevant Acts/
Rules of the concerned state.
2.3 In case the Contractor fails to provide the required proof of
royalty payment with the RA bill then an amount based on the
prevailing rates of the royalty shall be deducted from the
respective RA bill, which shall be refunded to the Contractor on
submission of proof of royalty payment. However, if the Contractor
fails to provide the proof of royalty payment within a period of 60
days from the date of RA bill, PSPCL shall issue a notice to the
Contractor giving 30 days‟ time for submission of the proof of
royalty payment. In case of non-submission of the proof of
payment of royalty by the Contractor, the amount so deducted
shall be deposited by PSPCL to the concerned authority. Engineer
in charge shall be responsible to ensure the compliance of the
Royalty payment.
2.4 The Contractor shall pay and indemnify the Owner against any
default in payment of Royalties or Seigniorage Fee or Cess or
other charges by the Contractor or the agency from which the
Contractor purchases soil/earth, sand, stone/aggregates, metals,
minerals or minor minerals.
2.5 In the event of there being a statutory increase in the rates of
royalty charges/fresh levy of royalty on materials, the same shall
be reimbursed to the Contractor upon submission of original
challan by him of having made the payments at revised rates. In
the event of there being a decrease in such rates, the same shall
be recovered from the Contractor. The base date for calculating
the increase or decrease shall be the rate as on seven (7) days
prior to the date of Techno-Commercial Bid opening. The total
reimbursement (positive or negative) as specified above, to be
paid or recovered, shall however be calculated on the quantity of
materials actually considered while making the royalty payments
to the concerned authorities, or the theoretical consumption of
these materials (calculated on the basis of the volume of concrete
or fill accepted for payment), whichever is less, and on the basis of
documentary evidence of Govt. Notification. However, the
Contractor will settle claims, if any, on account of over charge by
the State Authorities.
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19 GCC Clause 36.1 Replace GCC Clause 36.1 (Changes in Laws and Regulations)
with the following:
36.1 If, after the date seven (7) days prior to the deadline set for Price Bid
submission, in the country where the Site is located, any law,
regulation, ordinance, order or by-law having the force of law is
enacted, promulgated, abrogated or changed (which shall be deemed
to include any change in interpretation or application by the
competent authorities) that subsequently affects the costs and
expenses of the Contractor and/or the Time for Completion, the
Contract Price shall be correspondingly increased or decreased,
and/or the Time for Completion shall be reasonably adjusted to the
extent that the Contractor has thereby been affected in the
performance of any of its obligations under the Contract. However,
these adjustments would be restricted to direct transactions between
the Owner and Contractor and Bought out items (to be dispatched
directly from the sub-vendor's works to PSPCL Site). These
adjustments shall not be applicable on procurement of raw materials,
intermediary components, and intermediary services etc. by the
Contractor.
20 GCC Clause 13.2 Replace Sub-Clause 13.2 (Advance Payment Security) of Section-
GCC with the following:
13.2.1 The Contractor shall, within twenty-eight (28) days of the
Notification of Award of Contract, provide a security in an amount
equal to the advance payment for supply of Plant & Equipment
and 110% of the advance amount for Installation Services and
Civil & Allied Works calculated in accordance with Appendix 1
(Terms and Procedures of Payment) to the Contract Agreement,
and in the currency or currencies of the Contract, with an initial
validity of up to ninety (90) days beyond the schedule date of
Completion of the last facility covered under the package in
accordance with GCC Clause 24. However, in case of delay in
completion of the facilities under the package, the validity of this
security shall be extended by the period of such delay. The advance
payment security shall also cover the amount of GST as applicable
on the advance payment to be paid to the contractor.
13.2.2 The security shall be in the form of an unconditional bank
guarantee as per the proforma provided in Section VII (Forms and
Procedures) - This performance security will be released after 30 days
from successful performance of PG Test and after making necessary
deductions on account of LD or any other
deductions/settlements/deficiencies in performance etc.

21 Add the following new clause at GCC Clause 47:

(a) The entry and exit of all contract labour to the plant premises will be
through Gate pass to be issued at the time of entry in GGSSTP.
(b) It will be the responsibility of the Contractor to ensure timely exit of all
labours from the plant premises after completion of job of that day.
(c) The contractor has to abide with all the statutory compliance applicable
to its workers and employees .
22 New GCC Fair wages clauses
Clause 49
49.1.0 Fair Wages:
49.1.1 The contractor shall pay not less than fair wage to labour,
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engaged by him on the work. Fair wage means whether for time
or piece work notified from time to time for the work and where
such wages have not been so notified the wages prescribed by
the Punjab Govt. PWD/ PSPCL for district in which the work is
done.
49.1.2 The contractor shall not withstanding the provisions of any
agreement to the contrary cause to be paid fair wage of laborer
indirectly engaged by him on the work in claiming any labour
engaged by his contractor in connection with the said work as if
the labourers had been directly employed by him.
49.1.3 In respect of all directly or indirectly employed on the works for the
performance of the Contractor‟s part of the agreement the
Contractor shall comply with or cause to be complied with Punjab
Govt./Contractor‟s labour regulations made by the Govt. from time
to time in regard to payment of wages , wage period, deductions
from wage and other terms of employment of inspection and
submission of periodical returns and all other matters of like
nature.
49.1.4 The Sr. Xen. concerned shall have the right to deduct from the
money due to the contractor any sum required or estimated to be
required for making good the losses suffered by a worker or
workers by the reasons of non- fulfillment of conditions of the
contract from the benefits of the works. Non payment of wages or
deductions made from him or their wages, which are not justified
by the terms of the contractors or for observance of the
regulations referred to in clause 4.1.3 above.
49.1.5 Vis-à-vis The Punjab Govt./PSPCL the contractor shall be
primarily liable for all payments to be made under and for the
observance of the regulations aforesaid without prejudice to his
right to claim indemnity for his sub-contractor.
49.1.6 No labour below the age of 18 years shall be employed on the
work.
49.1.7 It will be responsibility of the contractor to ensure that trees in the
camp site and in the vicinity their fruit etc. are not damaged by his
labour, or agent. Cost of such damage, if any, shall be assessed
at the discretion of the Sr. Executive Engineer and deducted from
the bill of the contractor.
49.2.0 Camps & Conveniences:
49.2.1 Suitable temporary hutting, accommodation as in the opinion of
Sr. Executive Engineer may be necessary, outside premises of the
PSPCL‟s land. The contractor shall not put up any unauthorized
huts, canteens or tea-shops on PSPCL‟s property without the
knowledge and prior approval of the Sr. Executive Engineer in
writing.
49.2.2 Trenches, lanterns, bathing enclosures and platform separately for
men and women and their regular cleanness to the satisfaction of
the Medical Officer incharge of the area.
49.2.3 Clean drinking water to be provided by the contractor.
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49.2.4 In the event of is failure to provide any or all the above amenities
the same shall be provided by the Govt. and the cost recovered
from the contractor. Any dispute regarding the above points shall
be settled by the Sr. Executive Engineer whose decision shall be
binding.
49.3.0 Monthly Return Regarding Wages:
The contractor shall be required to submit to Labour Welfare
Officer/ Sr. Executive Engineer, on the tenth of every month a
return on the prescribed form for the payment of wages under the
fair wage clause. This failure of the Contractor to do so shall be
considered as breach of the contract and will be dealt with as
such.

49.4.0 Contractor’s Labour Regulations

49.4.1 Definitions:
These regulations may be called “Punjab Public Works
Department Contractor‟s labour regulation” . In these regulations
unless otherwise expressly indicated the following works and
expressions shall have the meaning hereby assigned to them
respectively, that is to say:
a) Labour means workers as employed by PSPCL / Owner /
Purchaser /Public Work Department or by the contractors
directly or indirectly through a sub-contractor or other person
or any agent on his behalf.
b) ”Fair Wages” means wages whether for time or piece of works
notified at the time of inviting tender for the work and where
such wages have not been notified, the wages prescribed by
the Punjab Public Works Department /PSPCL or Deputy
Commissioner Ropar.
c) Contractor shall include every person whether a Sub-
Contractor or headman or agent, employing labour on the work
taken on contract.
d) “Wage” shall be the same meaning as defined in the payment
of wages Act, 1936 and includes time and piece work rate
wages.
49.4.2 Display Of Notices Regarding Wages Etc.
The contractor shall before he commences his work on contract
display and correctly maintain and continue to display and
correctly maintain in a clean and legible conditions in
conspicuous places on the work notice in English and the local
Indian Languages spoken by the majority of the workers, giving
the particulars of wages and other alike matter as required under
regulations.

49.5.0 Payment Of Wages:

a)Wages due to each worker shall be paid either by cheque or by
crediting into his/her bank account.
b)The contractor shall fix the wage periods in respect of which
the wages shall be payable.
c)No wage period shall exceed one month.
d)Wages of every workmen employed on the contract shall be
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paid before expiry of the day after the last day of the wage
period in respect of which the wages are payable.
e)When the employment of any worker is terminated by or on
behalf of the contractor, the wages earned by him shall be paid
before the expiry of the day succeeding the one on which his
employment is terminated.
f) All payments of wages shall be made on a working day.
g) Wage register and wage card etc.
The contractor shall maintain a wage register of workers, in such
form as may be convenient, but the same shall include the
following particulars.
i) Rate of daily or monthly wages.
ii) Nature of work on which employed.
iii) Total amount payable for the work during each wage
period.
iv) Total numbers of days worked during each wage period.
v) All deductions made from the wages with an indication in
each case on the ground for which the deduction is made.
vi) Wages actually paid for each wage period.
vii) The contractor shall also maintain a wage card for each
worker employed on the work.
viii) The authority competent to accept the contract may grant
an exemption from the maintenance of wage register and wage
cards, to a contractor who in his opinion may not directly or
indirectly employ more than one hundred persons on the work.

49.6.0 Fines And Deduction Which May Be Made From Wage:

The wages of a worker shall be paid to him without any deduction
of any kind except the following.
a) Fines.
b) Deduction for absence from duty i.e. from the place or
places whereby the terms of his employment he is required to
work. The amount of the deductions shall be in proportion to the
period for which he was absent.
c) Deduction for damages to or loss of goods expressly
entrusted to the employed persons for custody or for loss of
money for which he is required to account where such damage or
loss is directly attributable to his neglect or default.
d) Any other deduction which the PWD/PSPCL may from
time to time allow.
e) No fines shall be imposed on a worker and no deduction
for damage or loss shall be made from his wages until the worker
has been given an opportunity of showing causes against such
fines or deductions.
f) The total number of fines which may be imposed in one
wage period on a worker, will not exceed three Percent of the
wages payable to him in respect of that wage period.
g) No fines imposed on any worker shall be recovered from
him by installments, or after expiry of 60 days from the date of
which it was imposed.

49.7.0 Register Of Fines Etc.

a) The contractor shall maintain a register of fines and of all
deductions for damages or loss. Such register shall mention the
reason for which fine was imposed or deduction for damage or loss
was made.
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b) The contractor shall maintain a list in English, Hindi and in the

local Indian language clearly defining acts and conditions for which
penalty or fine can be imposed. He shall display such list and
maintain it in a clean and legible condition in conspicuous places
on the work.

49.8.0 Preservation Of Registers

The wage register, the wage card and the register of fines
deduction required to be maintained under these regulations shall
be preserved for 12 months after the date of last entry made in
them.

49.9.0 Power Of Labour Welfare Office To Make Investigation Of

Enquiry
Authority of the Punjab Government in their behalf shall have
powers to make enquiries with a view of ascertaining and
enforcing due and proper observance of the ;wage clauses and the
provision for regulations. He shall investigate into any complaint
regarding any fault made by the contractor or by the sub contractor
in regard to such provision.

49.10.0 Report Of Labour Welfare Officer

The labour Welfare Officer or any other person authorized

aforesaid shall submit a report of the result of investigation or
enquiry to the Sr. Executive Engineer concerned indicating the
extent if any, to which the ;fault has been committed and the
amount of the recoveries in respect of the cost of commission and
omission of the laborer, with a ;note that necessary deduction from
the contractor‟s bill be made and the wages and other deductions
paid to the labourers concerned.

49.11.0 Appeal Against The Remission Of Labour Welfare Officer

Any person aggrieved by the decision and
recommendation of the labour Welfare Officer or their person so
authorized may appeal against ;such decision to the Labour
Commissioner but subject to such appeal the decision of the
officer shall be final and binding upon the contractor.

49.12.0 Inspection Of Registers And Cards

The contractor shall allow inspecting of the registers and cards to
any of his workers or to his agent at a convenient time and place
after due notice is received, or to the labour Welfare Officer or
any other Officer authorized by the Punjab Government on its
behalf.

49.13.0 Submission Of Returns

The contractor shall submit periodical returns as may be specified
from time to time.

49.14.0 Amendments
The Punjab Government may from time to time, add to or amend
these regulations and on any question so as to effect
applications/interpretations of these regulations. The decision of the
Labour Commissioner to the Punjab Government or any other
person authorized by the Punjab Govt. in that behalf shall be final.
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49.15.0 Intoxicants
Contractor shall not permit or suffer the introduction or the use of
intoxicants upon the works embraced in this contract or upon any
of the ground occupied or controlled by him.

New GCC 50.0 LABOUR LAW REGULATIONS

Clause 50 (i) The contractor will abide by all rules & regulations framed under
various labour laws & Acts. He will keep PSPCL free from any
liability arising out of any omissions on his part in compliance of
these acts. In addition to this, contractor will also provide facilities to
labour engaged by him as stipulated in scope of work.
Various labour laws and Acts prevalent, which are to be complied
with by the contractors are given below:-
a) Factory act. 1948.
b) Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
c) Industrial Dispute Act, 1947.
d) Payment of Wages Act.
e) EPF Act, 1952 & Misc. Provisions.
f) Contract labour Regulation & Abolition Act, 1970.
g) Workman compensation Act.
h) Employees state insurance act 1948
i) Payment of Bonus Act -2015
If any other act or law comes in force during the pendency of the
contract, those shall also be binding on the contractor.
(i) The contractor/firm shall take ESI insurance Number for all the
workmen. The workers will be issued Gate Pass only if they are
being provided with the ESI insurance number.
(ii) Comprehensive Medical Examination of all the workmen is
mandatory as per guidelines of Hon‟ble Supreme Court of India
delivered in CWP No. 79 of 2005 decided on 31.01.2014 and
contractor is liable to follow recommendations of expert committee
by NIOH on occupational health and safety of workers of the
Thermal Power Plant. No worker shall be employed for the first
time without a certificate of fitness granted by Factory Medical
Officer. Contractor/firm will ensure pre-employment and periodical
comprehensive medical examination of all the workers as per
Factories ACT, 1948 and Punjab Factory Rules, 1952.
(iii) The contractor/firm shall provide modern PPE(Personal Protective
Equipment) to every workmen working under him as per job/site
requirement. PPE must be of ISI or International standards. The
firm shall ensure the use of PPE by every workmen. In case
workmen found not using PPE, the firm shall be fined Rs 100/- (Rs
One Hundred ) per worker.

(iv) The contractor/firm shall provide EPF slips and Pay slips regularly
to every workmen working under him as it is mandatory under
various labor laws.

(v) The contractor shall issue the appointment letter to all workers
employed by him mentioning the contract period as per work
order. In case the work order further extended for a specific period
then he will again issue the appointment/ extension letter for the
same period.
(vi) The contractor/firm shall obtain Group Insurance Policy which
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covers the fatal/non fatal accidents compensation awarded by

Court under Workmen‟s Compensation Act, 1923 in respect of
those workers whose pay is above Rs.21000/- per month or who
are not covered under ESI Act, 1948. Contractor / Firm shall
provide the copy of Group Insurance Policy to the concerned office
before the start of work.
(vii) Labour Welfare fund @ 20/- per worker per month shall be
contributed by the contractor and @ Rs.5/- per worker per month
shall be contributed by each worker. This total Rs.25/- per worker
per month shall be deducted/deposited as per Punjab Labour
Welfare Fund Act, 1965/Punjab Labour Welfare Act, 2005.
(viii) The contractor is required to submit an attested copy of the
Licence issued by Licensing Officer (Asstt. Labour Commissioner,
SAS Nagar) to execute work through contract labour under
Section-12 of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition)
Act,1970 within two weeks from the date of start of work, in the
event of his having employed 20 or more workers on any day of
the proceeding twelve months.
(ix) The workers shall be allowed leave with wages as per Factories
Act,1948.T
(x) The contractor shall maintain a First-aid box as prescribed at his
site office.
(xi) The contractor shall pay Rs.500/- per month to the workers over
and above the minimum wages as allowances as per memo no.
1339/IRO-459(2) dated 23.7.2015 of Under Secretary/I.R.,
PSPCL, Patiala.
(xii) The contractor should make all arrangement for payment of wages
to the labour deployed by him not less than the rates fixed by the
Labour Department, Punjab under Minimum Wages Act,1948 from
time to time on completion of every month first at his own before
th th
the expiry of 7 / 10 day of next month (as the case applicable)
as per Section-5 of Payment of Wages Act,1936, in the presence
of authorized representative of the Department.
(xiii) The contractor shall issue a service certificate on termination of
employment for any reason what so ever to the workman whose
service have been terminated.
New GCC Water & Electricity
Clause 51
(a) Contractor will make his own water supply arrangement for
construction as well as drinking purposes by installing tube wells;
jet pumps etc. all laying distribution pipes where ever required. No
arrangement will be made by the board for water supply.
(b) The contractor shall be given one single /three phase connection
for each major location of building/area and contractor's site
office/workshop/stores/ yards free of coast viz. Without levy of
service connection and energy consumption charges including
tariff and duties for supply of electricity for construction purpose.
He shall make his own arrangement for further distribution. In
case more than one connection is required due to exigencies of
the work then number of such additional connection(s) will be
decided by the Engineer-in-charge whose decision shall be final
and binding. The supply will be metered but will be free of cost.

(c) The interruptions/failure/shut-down in the supply of power cannot

be ruled out. Failure of normal supply of power by shut-down or
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other unforeseen circumstances will not entitle the contractor to

claim any damages or compensation or extension in construction
period. The contractor at his own cost shall make his own
alternative arrangements to meet the demands in case of power
failure and to meet any exigency by providing adequate diesel
operated machinery and as stand by in perfectly good working
conditions. This is particularly essential with respect to
dewatering. The contractor shall note that no payment
whatsoever for running diesel operated machinery shall be made
in lieu of cost free power supply (if agreed to in the contract
agreement).