SULTANATE OF OMAN

STANDARD DOCUMENTS
for
BUILDING
and
CIVIL ENGINEERING
WORKS
THIRD EDITION
JULY 1981

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF WORKS .. . .

..


FORM OF TENDER
(Notes: - The Appendix forms part of the Tender. Tenderers are required to fill up all the
Tender and Appendix).
To:

blank spaces in this form of

Gentlemen,
1.

Having examined the Instructions to Tenderers, Drawings, Standard Conditions of Contract,

Specification and Bill of Quantities for the execution of the above-named Works, we, the undersigned
offer to execute, complete and maintain the whole of the said Works in conformity with the said
Instructions, Drawings, Standard Conditions of Contract, Specification, and Bill of Quantities Schedules
*
of Rates for the sum of Rials Omani .. .. ..(R.O.
. ..) or such other sum as may be ascertained in accordance with the said
Conditions.

2.

We undertake if our Tender is accepted to commence the Works within days of receipt of the
Engineers order to commence, and to complete and deliver the whole of the Works comprised in the
Contract within . days calculated from the last day of the aforesaid period in which the
Works are to be commenced.

3.

If our Tender is accepted we will obtain the guarantee of a locally registered Insurance Company or
Bank (as required in the Sultanate of Oman Standard Conditions of Contract for Building and Civil
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Engineering Works, 3 Edition) to be jointly and severally bound with us in the sum of 10 per cent of
the Contract Value for the due performance of the Contract under the terms of a Performance Bond to
be approved by you.

4.

We agree to abide by this Tender for a period of 90 days from the date fixed for receiving the same
and it shall remain binding upon us and may be accepted at any time before the expiration of that
period.

5.

In the event of our Tender being accepted and until a formal Agreement is prepared and executed this
Tender, together with your written acceptance thereof, shall constitute a binding obligation upon us.

6.

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any Tender you may receive.

7.

We acknowledge receipt of the following circular letters:-

Reference number of letter

..
..
..

Date

and confirm we have taken account thereof in our Tender.

Delete where not applicable

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APPENDIX TO THE FORM OF TENDER

CLAUSE

1.

Ruling Language

5 (1) (a)

2.
3.

Amount of Performance Bond or Guarantee.

Minimum Amount of Third Party Insurance

10
23 (2)

4.

Period of Commencement from Engineers

order to commence.
Time of completion
Amount of Penalties for Delay
Period of Maintenance
Quantities

41

The Language in which the Contract

Documents have been drafted.
5% of the Contract Value
R.O. .. ..
..
days.

43
47 (1)
49 (1)
55
56
59 (4) (c)

days.
R.O. per day.
365 days.
*
Estimated Quantities
Actual and Correct Quantities *
.. per cent

60 (2)

11. Recovery of Advance

60 (4) (b)

12. Payment for Materials at Site.

13. Minimum Amount of Monthly Interim
Certificate
14. Time within which payment is to be made
after Certificate
15. Percentage of Retention Money
16. Limit of Retention Money.
17. Payment of Retention Money

60 (4) (b)
60 (4)

10% of the Contract Value excluding

Sums for Contingencies.
10% of the Total Interim Certificate
Value upto the amount of the Advance.
80% of the net value delivered to site.
RO. .

60 (5) (a)

60 days.

60 (7)
60 (7)
60 (8)

10% of the Gross Interim Certificate.

5% of Contract Value.
50% upon issue of the Certificate of
Completion 50% after the Period of
Maintenance.
7% per annum.

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Percentage for Adjustment of P.C. sums

contained within provisional sums.
10. Advance Payment

18. Interest for delay of payment

60 (9)
19. Cash flow
60 (13)
Yearly Cash Flow
198
198
198
198
198
198
Percentage
of
Contract
..%..........%...........%..........%.............%............%
Value
Dated this ..day of 198.
Signature in capacity of .
Duly authorised to sign Tenders for and on behalf of ..
.. ..
(IN BLOCK CAPITALS)
Address .. .
.. ..
.. ..
.. ..

Witness

.
..
.. ..
. ..
Occupation ..

(Delete where not applicable)

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FORM OF AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made the day of 198.

BETWEEN

..

..

..

(hereinafter called the Employer) of the one part and . .

..

of

..

(hereinafter

called

the

Contractor) of the other part.

WHEREAS the Employer is desirous that certain works should be executed viz:
..
.. ..
.. ..
and has accepted a Tender by the Contractor as summarised at Appendix B Summary of Contract Value for
the execution, completion and maintenance of such Works NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH AS
follows:1. In this Agreement words and expressions shall have the same meanings as are respectively
assigned to them in the Standard Conditions of Contract hereinafter referred to.
2. The following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed as part of this
Agreement viz:The said Tender
The Standard Conditions of Contract
The Drawings
The Specification
*
The Bills of Quantities
The Schedule of Rates and Prices*
The Letter of Acceptance
**

3. In consideration of the payments to be made by the Employer to the Contractor as hereinafter

mentioned the Contractor hereby covenants with the Employer to execute, complete and maintain the Works in
conformity in all respects with the provisions of the Contract.
4. The Employer hereby covenants to pay the Contractor in consideration of the execution, completion
and maintenance of the Works the Contract Price at the times and in the manner prescribed by the Contract
and as stated in the Cash flow contained in the Appendix to the Tender.

*
**

Delete where not applicable

Other additional documents as required
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IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have hereunder set their respective hands and seals on the
day and year first above written.

Signed by a duly authorized Signatory for and on

behalf of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman

...

Witness

Minister of Public Works

...

Witness

Signed by a duly authorized Signatory for and on

behalf of the Government of the Contractor

...

Witness

Ratified in accordance with the Sultani

Decree No. 48/76 as amended

______________________

______________________

The Deputy Prime Minister

for Financial & Economic Affair

Under Secretary
Ministry of Finance and Economy
Financial Affairs

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APPENDIX A TO FORM OF AGREEMENT

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CONSTITUTION OF COMPANY
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1.

International Companies:
The Contractor shall prior to the signature of the Form of Agreement submit notarially authenticated
copies of the original documents defining the constitution of the Company, powers of attorney and
other relevant documents. In the case of a Partnership or Firm these documents shall be duly
authenticated extracts from the partnership deed or other documents. These documents shall also
show by what persons and what manner contracts may be entered into and what persons are directly
responsible for the due execution of such contracts and can give valid receipts together with
specimens of their signatures.
An overseas power of attorney of a foreign signatory to the Tender shall have been endorsed by an
approved Omani authority (such as an Embassy).
A Contractor intending to undertake the Contract jointly with or in association with another firm or firms
including firms or persons acting in an advisory or consultative capacity shall submit a statement
showing how the contract commitment will be undertaken and the exact relationship between each of
the parties.
The name and address of the Contractors agent resident in Oman (if applicable).

2.

Omani Companies:
The Contractor shall prior to the signature of the Form of Agreement submit details of the nature of the
company, i.e., partnership, limited liability, joint venture, joint stock, together with the commercial
registration number. These documents shall also show by what persons and in what manner contracts
may be entered into and what persons are directly responsible for the due execution of such contacts
and can give valid receipts together with specimens of their signatures.

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APPENDIX B TO FORM OF AGREEMENT

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SUMMARY OF CONTRACT VALUE

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DESCRIPTION

BILL No.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE

- Value of Preliminaries
- Value of Measured Works
- Value of Provisional Sums
- Value of Dayworks
- Value of Contingencies

TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE

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R.O.

R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.
R.O.

R.O.

STANDARD CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

CLAUSE
1.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

PAGE
Definitions
Singular and Plural
Marginal Notes
Cost

11
12
12
12
ENGINEER AND ENGINEERS REPRESENTATIVE

2.

(1)
(2)

Duties and Powers of Engineer

Duties and Powers of Engineers Representative

13
13

ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

3.
4.

Assignment
Sub-letting

13
13
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS

5.
6.

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

7.

Language and Law

Documents Mutually Explanatory
Custody of Drawings and Specification
One copy of the Drawings and Specification to be kept on Site
Disruption of Progress
Delays and costs of delay of Drawings
Further Drawings and Instructions

14
14
14
14
14
14
14

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

21.
22.

(1)
(2)
(3)

(1)
(2)

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1)
(2)

Contractors General Responsibilities.

Form of Agreement
Performance Bond or Guarantee
Inspection of Site
Sufficiency of Tender
Errors in Computing Tender
Adverse Physical Conditions and Artificial Obstructions
Works to be to the Satisfaction of Engineer
Detailed Programme to be Furnished
Contractors Superintendence
Contractors Employees
Setting-out
Notice
Boreholes and Exploratory Excavation
Safety and Security
Care of Works
Responsibility for Reinstatement
Excepted Risks
Reinstatement Compensation Damage to Persons or Property
Insurance of Works etc.
Damage to Persons and Property
Indemnity by Employer
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15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
20
20

23.

24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

31.
32.
33.

Members of Employers Staff etc. not Personally liable

Third party Insurance
Minimum Amount of Third Party Insurance
Provision to Indemnify Employer
Accident or Injury to Workmen
Insurance against Accident, etc. to Workmen
Notification by Contractor
Remedy on Contractors Failure to Insure
Compliance with Laws Rules and Regulations
Fossils, etc.
Patent Rights and Royalties
Interference with Traffic and Adjoining Properties
Extraordinary Traffic
Special Loads
Settlement of Extraordinary Traffic Claims
Waterborne Traffic
Opportunities for Other Contractors
Contractor to Keep Site Clear
Clearance of Site on Completion

20
20
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
23

LABOUR
34.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

35.

Engagement of Labour
Supply of Water
Alcoholic Liquor or Drugs
Arms and Ammunition
Festivals and Religious Customs
Epidemics
Disorderly Conduct, etc.
Observance by Sub-Contractors
Return of Labour, etc.

24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24

MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP

36.

(1)
(a)(b)
36. (2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
37.
38. (1)
(2)
39. (1)
(2)
40. (1)
(2)

Quality of Materials and Workmanship and Tests

Conditions of Purchase of Machinery, Materials and Equipment
Test of Quality
Cost of Samples
Cost of Tests
Cost of Tests not Provided for, etc.
Inspection of Operations
Examination of Work before Covering up.
Uncovering and Making Openings
Removal of Improper Work and Materials
Default of Contractor in Compliance
Suspension of Work
Suspension Lasting more than 90 days

24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
27

COMMENCEMENT TIME, PROCEDURES AND DELAYS

41.
42.

43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.

(1)
(2)
(3)

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)

Commencement of Works
Possession of Site
Wayleaves, etc.
Use of Site
Time for Completion
Extension of Time for Completion
No Night or Friday Work
Rate of Progress
Penalties for Delay
Reduction of Penalties
Certification of Completion of Works
Certification of Completion by Stages

27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
29
29
29

MAINTENANCE AND DEFECTS

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49.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

50.

Definition of Period of Maintenance

Execution of Work of Repair, etc.
Cost of Execution of Work of Repair etc.
Remedy on Contractors Failure to carry out Work required.
Contractor to Search

30
30
30
30
30

ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OMISSIONS

51.
52.

(1)
(2)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

Variations
Orders for Variations to be in Writing
Valuation of Variations
Power of Engineer to Fix Rates
Variations Exceeding 10 per cent.
Dayworks
Claims

31
31
31
31
32
32
33

PLANT, TEMPORARY WORKS AND MATERIALS

53.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)

54.

Plant, etc., Definitions

Vesting of Plant
Conditions and Hire of Plant
Costs for Purposes of Clause 63
Notification of Plant Ownership
Hire and Hire Purchase Payments by Employer
Irremovibility of Plant, etc.
Revesting and Removal of Plants, etc.
Disposal of Plant
Liability or Loss or Injury to Plant
Incorporation of Clause in Sub-Contracts
Port Dues
Re-export of Plant
Customs Clearance
Approval of Materials, etc. not implied

33
33
33
34
34
34
34
34
34
35
35
35
35
35
35

QUANTITIES
55.

(1)
(2)

56.
57.

Estimated Quantities
Works to be Measured
Actual and Correct Quantities
Method of Measurement

35
35
36
36
PROVISIONAL SUMS

58.

(1)
(2)
(3)

Definition of Provisional Sum

Use of Provisional Sums
Production of Vouchers, etc.

36
37
37
NOMINATED SUB-CONTRACTORS

59.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)

Definition of Nominated Sub-Contractors

Nominated Sub-Contractors Objection to Nomination
Design Requirements to be Expressly Stated
Payment to Nominated Sub-Contractors
Certification of Payments to Nominated Sub-Contractors
Assignment of Nominated sub-Contractors Obligations

37
37
37
38
38
38

CERTIFICATES AND PAYMENTS

60.

60.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

Certificates and Payments

Advance Payment Certificate
Monthly Statements
Monthly Certificates
Monthly Payments
Final Account
Retention
Payment of Retention Money

39
39
39
40
40
40
41
41
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(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
61.
62.

(1)
(2)
(3)

Overdue Payment
Correction and Withholding of Certificates
Retention on Sub-contractors Account
Currency of Payment
Cash Flow
Approval only by Maintenance Certificate
Maintenance Certificate
Cessation of Employers Liability
Unfulfilled Obligations

41
41
42
42
42
42
42
42
42

REMEDIES AND POWERS

63.

(1)
(2)
(3)

64.

Default of Contractor
Valuation at Date of Forfeiture
Payment after Forfeiture
Urgent Repairs

43
43
44
44
SPECIAL RISKS

65.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

No Liability for War, etc. Risks

Damage to Works etc. by Special Risks
Projectile, Missile, etc.
Increased Costs arising from Special Risks
Special Risks
Outbreak of War
Removal of Plant on Termination
Payment if Contract Terminated

44
44
45
45
45
45
45
45

FRUSTRATION
66.

Payment in Event of Frustration

46
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

67.

Settlement of Disputes-Arbitration

46
NOTICES

68.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Service of Notices
Services of Notices on Employer
Service of Notices on Engineer
Change of Address

47
47
47
47
DEFAULT OF EMPLOYER

69.

Default of Employer

47
CHANGES IN COSTS AND LEGISLATION

70.

Variation of Price of Labour and Materials

48

MISCELLANEOUS
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.

Bribery and Corruption

Fire Precautions
Details to be Confidential
Photographs and Advertising
Radio Communications
Acquisition of Land for Quarries Borrow Pits and for use by the Contractor
Maintenance of other Services and Structures
Spoil Dumps
Operating and Maintenance Instructions

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48
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Definitions

1.

(1) In this Contract, as hereinafter defined, the following words and

expressions shall have the means hereby assigned to them,
except where the context other requires:(a)

Employer means the Government of the Sultanate of

Oman and the legal successors in title to the Employer who
will employ the Contractor. The address of the Employer
shall, for the purpose of the Contract, be deemed to be

(b)

Contractor means the person or persons, firm or company

whose tender has been accepted by the Employer and
includes the Contractors representatives, successors and
permitted assigns.

(c)

(i)

Name and full address in the Sultanate of Oman

(including
Company
Registration
Particulars.)
..
..

..
.. ..
..

(ii)

Registered address of Head Office (if different from

above) ..

. ..

Engineer
...............................................................................................
...............................................................................................
...............................................................................................
.......................................................
.. ..
or other person, persons or firm appointed from time to time
by the Employer and notified in writing to the Contractor to
act as the Engineer for the purposes of the Contract in
place of the said Engineer.
(i)

Full address in the Sultanate of Oman (including

Registration Particulars)

(ii)

Registered Address of Head Office (if different from

above)

(d) Engineers Representative means any assistant of the

Engineer, appointed from time to time by the Employer or the
Engineer to perform the duties set forth in Clause 2o hereof,
whose authority shall be notified in writing to the Contractor by
the Engineer.
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(e) Works shall include both Permanent Works and Temporary

Works.
(f) Contract means the Instructions to Tenderers, Standard
Conditions of Contract, Specification, Drawings, price Bill of
Quantities, Schedule of Rates and Prices, if any, Tender,
Letter of Acceptance and the Form of Agreement.
(g) Contract Value means the sum named in the Letter of
Acceptance.
(h) Contract Price means the Contract Value, subject to such
additions thereto or deductions therefrom as may be made
under the provisions hereinafter contained.
(i) Constructional Plant means all appliances or things of
whatsoever nature required in or about the execution,
completion or maintenance of the Works but does not include
materials or other things intended to form or forming part of
the Permanent Works.
(j) Temporary Works means all temporary works of every kind
required in or about the execution, completion or maintenance
of the Works.
(k) Permanent Works means the permanent works to be
executed completed and maintained in accordance with the
Contract.
(l) Specification means the specification referred to in the
Tender and any modification thereof or addition thereto as
may from time to time be furnished or approved in writing by
the Engineer.
(m) Drawings means the drawings referred to in the Specification
and any modification of such drawings approved in writing by
the Engineer and such other drawings as may from time to
time be furnished or approved in writing by the Engineer.
(n) Site means the land and other places on, under, in or
through which the Permanent Works or Temporary Works are
to be executed and any other lands and places provided by
the Employer for working space or any other purpose as may
be specifically designated in the Contract as forming part of
the Site.
(o) Approved means approved in writing, including subsequent
written confirmation of previous verbal approval and
approval means approval in writing, including as aforesaid.
(p) Letter of Acceptance means a letter from the Employer
(Ministry concerned), subject to Sultani Decree No.48/76 as
amended, accepting the final offer of the Contractor.
Singular and Plural

(2) Words importing the singular only also include the plural and vice
versa where the context requires.

Marginal Notes

(3) The marginal notes in these Conditions of Contract shall not be

deemed to be part thereof or be taken into consideration in the
interpretation or construction of the Contract.

Cost

(4) The word cost shall be deemed to include overhead costs

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whether on or off the Site.

ENGINEER AND ENGINEERS REPRESENTATIVE

Duties and Powers of
Engineer

2.

Duties and Powers of

Engineers
Representative

(1) The Engineer shall carry out such duties in issuing decisions,
certificates and orders as are specified in the Contract provided
that before the issue of orders which either increase the Contract
Price to an amount greater than the Contract Value or cause
further increase in the Contract Price the Engineer shall have
obtained the specific approval of the Employer as required by
Sultani Decrees No. 48 of 1976 as amended unless such orders
are issued pursuant to Clause 64 hereafter.
(2) The Engineers Representative shall be responsible to the
Engineer and his duties are to watch and supervise the Works and
to test and examine any materials to be used or workmanship
employed in connection with the Works. He shall have no
authority to relieve the Contractor of any of his duties or obligations
under the Contract nor, except as expressly provided in Clause 64
hereafter or elsewhere in the Contract, to order any work involving
delay or any extra payment by the Employer, nor to make any
variation of or in the Works.
The Engineer may from time to time in writing delegate to the
Engineers Representative any of the powers and authorities
vested in the Engineer and shall furnish to the Contractor and to
the Employer a copy of all such written delegations of powers and
authorities.
Provided always as follows:
(a)

Failure of the Engineers Representative to disapprove work

or materials shall not prejudice the power of the Engineer
thereafter to disapprove such work or materials and to order
the pulling down, removal or breaking up thereof.

(b)

If the Contractor shall be dissatisfied by reason of any

decision of the Engineers Representative he shall be
entitled to refer the matter to the Engineer, who shall
thereupon confirm, reverse or vary such decision.

Any written instruction or approval given by the Engineers

Representative to the Contractor within the terms of such
delegation, but not otherwise, shall bind the Contractor and the
Employer as though it had been given by the Engineer.

ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

Assignment

3.

The Contractor shall not assign the Contract or any part thereof, or any
benefit or interest therein or thereunder, otherwise than by a charge in
favour of the Contractors bankers of any monies due or to become due
under this Contract, without the prior written consent of the Employer.

Sub-letting

4.

The Contractor shall not sub-let the whole of the Works. Except where
otherwise provided by the Contract, the Contractor shall not sub-let any
part of the Works without prior written consent of the Engineer, which
shall not unreasonably withheld, and such consent, if given, shall not
relieve the Contractor from any liability or obligation under the Contract
and he shall be responsible for the acts, defaults and neglects of any
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sub-contractor, his agents, servants or workmen as fully as if they were

the acts, defaults or neglects of the Contractor, his agents, servants or
workmen. Provided always that the provision of labour on a piecework
basis shall not be deemed to be a sub-letting under this Clause.

CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
Language and
Law

5.

(1) (a) The Ruling Language unless stated otherwise shall be the
language in which the Contract Documents have been drafted.
(b) All correspondence between the Employer, Engineer and the
Contractor shall be in both Arabic and English.
(c) The Contract shall be governed by and construed
accordance with the Laws of the Sultanate of Oman.

Documents
Mutually
Explanatory

Custody of
Drawings and
Specification

in

(2) Except if and to the extent otherwise provided by the Contract, the
several documents forming the Contract are to be taken as mutually
explanatory of one another, but in case of ambiguities or
discrepancies the same shall be explained and adjusted by the
Engineer who shall thereupon issue to the Contractor instructions
thereon. Provided always that if, in the opinion of the Engineer,
compliance with any such instructions shall involve the Contractor in
any cost, which by reason of any such ambiguity or discrepancy
could not reasonably have been foreseen by the Contractor, the
Engineer shall, subject to the provisions of Clause 2(1), certify and
the Employer shall pay such additional sum as may be reasonable to
cover such costs.
6.

(1) The Drawings and Specifications shall remain in the sole custody of
the Engineer, but two copies thereof shall be furnished to the
Contractor free of charge. The Contractor shall provide and make at
his own expense any further copies required by him. At the
completion of the Contract the Contractor shall return to the Engineer
all Drawings and Specification provided under the Contract.

One copy of the

Drawings and
Specification to
be kept on Site

(2) One copy of the Drawings and Specification furnished to the

Contractor as aforesaid, shall be kept by the Contractor on the Site
and the same shall at all reasonable times, be available for inspection
and use by the Engineer and the Engineers Representative and by
any other person authorised by the Engineer in writing.

Disruption of
Progress

(3) The Contractor shall give written notice to the Engineer whenever
planning or progress of the Works is likely to be delayed or disrupted
unless any further drawing or order, including a direction, instruction
or approval, is issued by the Engineer within a reasonable time. The
notice shall include details of the drawing or order required and of
why and by when it is required and of any delay or disruption likely to
be suffered if it is late.

Delays and costs

of delay of
Drawings

(4) If, by reason of any failure or inability of the Engineer to issue within a
time reasonable in all the circumstances any drawing or order
requested by the Contractor in accordance with sub-clause (3) of this
Clause, the Contractor suffers delay and/or incurs costs then the
Contractor shall notify the Employer of such events and the Engineer
shall take such delay into account in determining any extension of
time to which the Contractor is entitled under Clause 44 hereof and
the Contractor shall be paid the amount of such cost as shall be
reasonable.

Further Drawings
and Instructions

7.

The Engineer shall have full power and authority to supply to the
Contractor from time to time, during the progress of the Works, such
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further drawings and instructions as shall be necessary for the purpose of

the proper and adequate execution, completion and maintenance of the
Works. The Contractor shall carry out and be bound by the same.

GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
Contractors
General
Responsibilities.

8.

(1) The Contractor shall, subject to the provisions of the Contract, and
with due care and diligence, execute, complete and maintain the
Works and provide all labour, including the supervision thereof,
materials, Constructional Plant and all other things, whether of a
temporary or permanent nature, required in and for such execution,
completion and maintenance, so far as the necessity for providing the
same is specified in or is reasonably to be inferred from the Contract.
(2) The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the adequacy, stability
and safety of all site operations and methods of construction,
provided that the Contractor shall not be responsible, except as may
be expressly provided in the Contract, for the design or specification
of the Permanent Works, or for the design or specification of any
Temporary Works prepared by the Engineer.

Form of
Agreement

The Contractor shall when called upon so to do enter into and execute a
Form of Agreement, to be prepared and completed at the cost of the
Employer, in the form annexed with such modification as may be
necessary.

Performance
Bond or
Guarantee

10.

For the due performance of the Contract, the Tender shall contain an
undertaking by the Contractor to obtain within 28 days from the date of the
Letter of Acceptance, a bond or guarantee of an insurance company or
bank registered in the Sultanate of Oman to be jointly and severally bound
with the Contractor to the Employer in the sum of 5% of the Contract
Value, the said insurance company or bank and terms of the said bond or
guarantee shall be such as shall be approved by the Employer. The
obtaining of such bond or guarantee and the cost of the bond or
guarantee to be so entered into shall be at the expense in all respects of
the Contractor. Such bond or guarantee should be valid until the end of
the Maintenance Period.

Inspection of Site

11.

The Employer shall have made available to the Contractor with the Tender
Documents such data on hydrological, sub-surface and climatic conditions
as shall have been obtained by or on behalf of the Employer from
investigations undertaken relevant to the Works. The Contractor shall
nevertheless have inspected and examined the Site and its surroundings
and information available in connection therewith and to have satisfied
himself, before submitting his Tender, as to the form and nature thereof,
including the sub-surface conditions, the hydrological and climatic
conditions, the extent and nature of work and materials necessary for the
completion of the Works, the means of access to the Site and the
accommodation he may require and shall be deemed to have obtained all
necessary information as to risks, contingencies and all other
circumstances which may influence or affect his Tender.

Sufficiency of
Tender

12.

(1) The Contractor shall be deemed to have satisfied himself before

tendering as to the correctness and sufficiency of his Tender for the
Works and of the rates and prices stated in the priced Bill of
Quantities and the Schedule of Rates and Prices, if any, which
Tender rates and prices shall, except insofar as it is otherwise
provided in the Contract, cover all his obligations under the Contract
and all matters and things necessary for the proper execution,
completion and maintenance of the Works.
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Errors in
Computing
Tender

(2) The Contractor shall be responsible for any error which he may make
in computing any quantities of material and labour required or costs
involved. The Contract Price shall not be allowed to be corrected for
any errors made by the Contractor in calculating the Contract Value.

Adverse Physical
Conditions and
Artificial
Obstructions

(3) Without prejudice to Clause 11 hereof if during the execution of the

Works the Contractor shall encounter physical conditions, other than
climatic conditions on the Site, or artificial obstructions which
conditions or obstructions could not, in his opinion, have been
reasonably foreseen by an experienced contractor, the Contractor
shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Engineers
Representative.
If, in the opinion of the Engineer, such conditions or artificial
obstructions could not have been reasonably foreseen by an
experienced contractor, then the Engineer, subject to the provisions
of Clause 2(1) shall certify and the Employer shall pay the additional
cost to which the Contractor shall have been put by reason of such
conditions, including the proper and reasonable cost.
(a) of complying with any instruction which the Engineer may issue
to the Contractor in connection therewith, and
(b) of any proper and reasonable measures approved by the
Engineer which the Contractor may take in the absence of
specific instructions from the Engineer.
The Contractor shall not take any measures to cover, bury or remove
the effects of such conditions or obstructions until so instructed by
the Engineer except in the event of there being an urgent need to
undertake remedial or other works or repairs to reduce risks of
injuries or damages to persons or property.

Works to be to
the Satisfaction
of Engineer

13.

Save insofar as it is legally or physically impossible, the Contractor shall

execute, complete and maintain the Works in strict accordance with the
Contract to the satisfaction of the Engineer and shall comply with and
adhere strictly to the Engineers instructions and directions on any matter,
whether mentioned in the Contract or not, touching or concerning the
Works. The Contractor shall take instructions and direction only from the
Engineer or, subject to the limitations referred to in Clause 2 hereof, from
the Engineers representative.

Detailed
Programme to be
Furnished

14.

(1) The Contractor shall, within 14 days of the notification of the

acceptance of his Tender, submit to the Engineer for his approval, a
detailed programme showing the order of procedure in which he
proposes to carry out the Works. The Contractor shall whenever
required by the Engineer or Engineers Representative furnish in
writing for his information particulars of the Contractors
arrangements for the carrying out of the Works and of the
Construction Plant and Temporary Works which the Contractor
intends to supply or construct as the case may be.
(2) If at any time it should appear to the Engineer that the actual
progress of the Works does not conform to the approved programme
referred to in sub-clause (1) of this Clause, the Contractor shall
produce, at the request of the Engineer, a revised programme
showing the modifications to the approved programme necessary to
ensure completion of the Works within the time for completion as
defined in Clause 43 hereof.
(3) The submission to and approval by the Engineer or Engineers
Representative of such programmes or the furnishing of such
particulars shall not relieve the Contractor of any of his duties,
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responsibilities or liabilities under the Contract.

Contractors
Superintendence

15.

The Contractor shall give or provide all necessary superintendence during

the execution of the Works and as long thereafter as the Engineer may
consider necessary for the proper fulfilling of the Contractors obligations
under the Contract. The Contractor, or a competent and authorised agent
or representative approved of in writing by the Engineer, which approval
may at any time be withdrawn, is to be constantly on the Works and shall
give his whole time to the superintendence of the same. If such approval
shall be withdrawn by the Engineer, the Contractor shall, as soon as is
practicable, having regard to the requirement of replacing him as
hereinafter mentioned, after receiving written notice of such withdrawal,
remove the agent from the Works and shall not thereafter employ him
again on the Works in any capacity and shall replace him by another
agent approved by the Engineer. Such authorised agent or representative
shall receive, on behalf of the Contractor, directions and instructions from
the Engineer or, subject to the limitations of Clause 2 hereof the
Engineers Representative.

Contractors
Employees

16.

(1) The Contractor shall provide and employ on the Site in connection
with the execution, completion and maintenance of the Works.
(a) only such technical assistants as are skilled and experienced in
their respective callings and such sub-agents, foremen and
leading hands as are competent to give proper supervision to the
work they are required to supervise, and
(b) such skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labour as is necessary for
the proper and timely execution, completion and maintenance of
the Works.
(2) The Engineer shall be at liberty to object to and require the
Contractor to object to and require the Contractor to remove forthwith
from the Works any person employed by the Contractor in or about
the execution, completion or maintenance of the Works who, in the
opinion of the Engineer, misconducts himself, or is incompetent or
negligent in the proper performance of his duties, or whose
employment is otherwise considered by the Engineer to be
undesirable and such person shall not be again employed upon the
Works without the written permission of the Engineer. Any person so
removed from the Works shall be replaced as soon as possible by a
competent substitute approved by the Engineer.
(3) The Contractors agent and a reasonable proportion of his technical
assistants shall be capable of speaking, writing and understanding
the language(s) of the Contract Documents.
A sufficient number of the foremen shall have a working knowledge
of the language(s) spoken by the labour employed on the site.

Setting-out

17.

(1) The Contractor shall be responsible for the true and proper settingout of the Works from the information given by the Engineer in writing
and for the correctness of the position, levels, dimensions and
alignment of all parts of the Works and for the provision of all
necessary instruments, appliances and labour in connection
therewith.
If, at any time during the progress of the Works, any error shall
appear or arise in the position, levels, dimensions or alignment of any
part of the Works, the Contractor, on being required so to do by the
Engineer or the Engineers Representative, shall, at his own cost,
rectify such error to the satisfaction of the Engineer, or the Engineers
Representative, unless such error is based on incorrect data supplied
in writing by the Engineer, in which case the expense of rectifying the
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same shall be borne by the Employer. The checking of any settingout or of any line or level by the Engineer or the Engineers
Representative shall not in any way relieve the Contractor of his
responsibility for the correctness thereof and the Contractor shall
carefully protect and preserve all bench-marks, sight-rails, pegs and
other things used in setting-out the Works.
Notice

(2) The Contractor shall give to the Engineer not less than 24 hours
notice of his intention to set out or give levels for any part of the
Works so that arrangements may be made for checking or issuing
instructions.

Boreholes and
Exploratory
Excavation

18.

If, at any time during the execution of the Works, the Engineer shall
require the Contractor to make boreholes or to carry out exploratory
excavation, such requirement shall be ordered in writing and shall be
deemed to be an addition ordered under the provisions of Clause 51
hereof, unless an item or a provisional sum in respect of such anticipated
work shall have been included in the Bill of Quantities.

Safety and
Security

19.

The Contractor shall throughout the progress of the Works have full
regard for the safety of all persons upon the Site and shall keep the Site
(so far as the same is under his control) and the Works (so far as the
same are not completed or occupied by the Employer) in an orderly state
appropriate to the avoidance of danger to such persons and shall, inter
alia, in connection with the Works provide and maintain at his own cost all
lights, guards, fencing, warning signs and watching when and where
necessary or required by the Engineer or the Engineers Representative,
or by any competent authority, for the protection of the Works, or for the
safety and convenience of the public or others.

Care of Works

20.

(1) The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the care of the Works
from the date of commencement thereof until a date not exceeding
14 days from that stated in the Certificate of Completion for the whole
of the Works pursuant to Clause 48 hereof. Provided that if the
Engineer shall issue a Certificate of Completion in respect of any part
of the Permanent Works before he shall issue a Certificate of
Completion in respect of any part of the Permanent Works before he
shall issue a Certificate of Completion in respect of the whole of the
Works the Contractor shall cease to be responsible for the care of
that part of the Permanent Works from a date not later than 14 days
after the date stated in the Certificate of Completion in respect of that
part and the responsibility for the care of that part shall pass to the
Employer. Provided further that the Contractor shall take full
responsibility for the care of any outstanding work which he shall
have undertaken to finish during the Period of Maintenance until such
outstanding work is completed.

Responsibility for
Reinstatement

(2) In case any damage, loss or injury from any cause whatsoever, save
and except the expected risks as defined in sub-clause (3) of this
Clause, shall happen to the Works, or to any part thereof, while the
Contractor shall be responsible for the care thereof, the Contractor
shall, at his own cost, repair and make good the same, so that within
14 days after completion the Permanent Works shall be in good order
and condition and in conformity in every respect with the
requirements of the Contract, and the Engineers instructions. If in
the opinion of the Engineer any such damage, loss or injury happens
from any of the excepted risks, the Contractor shall, if and to the
extent required by the Engineer and subject always to the provisions
of Clause 65 hereto, repair and make good the same as aforesaid at
the cost of the Employer. The Contractor shall also be liable for any
damage to the Works occasioned by him in the course of any
operations carried out by him for the purpose of completing any
outstanding work or complying with his obligations under Clause 49
and 50 hereof.
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Excepted Risks

(3) The Excepted risks are war, hostilities (whether war be declared or
not) invasion, act of foreign enemies, rebellion, revolution,
insurrection or military or usurped power, civil war, or unless solely
restricted to employees of the Contractor or of his sub-contractors
and arising from the conduct of the Works, riot, commotion or
disorder, or use or occupation by the Employer of any part of the
Permanent Works, or joining ionising radiations or contamination by
radio-activity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste from
the combustion of nuclear fuel, radio-active toxic explosive, or other
hazardous properties of any explosive, nuclear assembly or nuclear
component thereof, pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial
devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds, or any such
operation of the forces of nature as an experienced contractor could
not foresee, or reasonably make provision for or insure against all of
which are herein collectively referred to as the excepted risks.

Reinstatement
Compensation
Damage to
Persons or
Property

(4) Unless stated otherwise, the Contractor shall reinstate all properties
whether public or private which are damaged in consequence of the
execution, completion and maintenance of the Works to a specified
condition at least equal to that obtaining before his first entry on
them.
If in the opinion of the Engineer the Contractor shall have failed to
take reasonable and prompt action to discharge his obligations in the
matter of reinstatement the Engineer will inform the Contractor in
writing of his opinion, in which circumstances the Employer reserves
the right to employ others to do the necessary work of reinstatement
and to deduct the costs thereof from any money due or which shall
become due from the Employer to the Contractor.
The Contractor shall refer to the Employer without delay all claims
which may be considered to fall within the provisions of Clause 22.

Insurance of
Works etc.

21.

Without limiting his obligations and responsibilities under Clause 20

hereof, the Contractor shall insure in the joint names of the Employer and
the Contractor against all loss or damage from whatever cause arising,
other than the excepted risks, for which he is responsible under the terms
of the Contract and in such manner that the Employer and Contractor are
covered for the period stipulated in Clause 20(1) hereof and are also
covered during the Period of Maintenance for loss or damage arising from
a cause, occurring prior to the commencement of the Period of
Maintenance, and for any loss or damage occasioned by the Contractor in
the course of any operations carried out by him for the purpose of
complying with his obligation under Clause 49 and 50 hereof:(a)

The Works for the time being executed to the estimated

Contract Price thereof, plus a further 15% to cover any
additional expense of a nature incidental to the demolition,
removal, restoration or repair of any such loss or damage,
together with the materials for incorporation in the Works at
their replacement value.

(b)

The Constructional Plant and other things brought onto the

Site by the Contractor to the replacement value of such
Constructional Plant and other things.

(c)

The Equipment, materials and other things being provided

under separate contract or by nominated Sub-Contractors to
the replacement value for incorporation in the Works from the
time such equipment, materials and other things are taken
over by the Contractor at the port, workshop or place of
manufacture as the case may be.
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Such insurance shall be effected prior to commencement of the works

with an insurer registered in the Sultanate of Oman and in terms to be
approved by the Employer which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, such terms shall exclude the exercise by the insurer of any right
of indemnity against their or either of their servants, agents or employees,
and the Contractor shall whenever required, produce to the Engineer or
the Engineers Representative the policy or policies of insurance and the
receipts for payment of the current premiums.

Damage to
Persons and
Property

22.

(1) The Contractor shall, except if and so far as the Contract provides
otherwise, indemnify and keep indemnified the Employer and his
servants agents or employees against all losses and claim in respect
of injuries or damage to any persons or material or physical damage
to any property whatsoever which may arise out of or in consequence
of the execution, completion and maintenance of the Works and
against all claims, proceedings damages, costs, charges and
expenses whatsoever in respect of or in relation thereto except any
compensation or damages for or with respect to:(a)

The permanent use or occupation of land by the Works or any

part thereof.

(b)

The right of the Employer to execute the Works or any part

thereof on, over, under, in or through any land.

(c)

Injuries or damage to persons or property which are the

unavoidable result of the execution, completion or
maintenance of the Works in accordance with the Contract.

(d)

Injuries or damage to persons or property resulting from any

act or neglect of the Employer, his agents, servants or other
contractors, not being employed by the Contractor, or for or in
respect of any claims, proceedings, damages, costs, charges
and expenses in respect thereof or in relation thereto or where
the injury or damage was contributed to by the Contractor, his
servants or agents such part of the compensation as may be
just and equitable having regard to the extent of the
responsibility of the Employer, his servants or agents or other
Contractor for the damage or injury.

Indemnity by
Employer

(2) The Employer shall indemnify the Contractor against all claims,
proceedings, damages, costs, charges and expenses in respect of
the matters referred to in proviso to sub-clause (1) of this Clause.

Members of
Employers Staff
etc. not
Personally liable

(3) Neither any member of the Employers staff nor the Engineer nor any
of his staff nor the Engineers Representative shall be in any way
personally liable to the Contractor for their acts or obligations under
the Contract or answerable for any default or omission on the part of
the Employer in the observance or performance of any of the acts
matters or things which are contained in the Contract.

Third party
Insurance

23.

(1) Before commencing the execution of the Works the Contractor, but
without limiting his obligations and responsibilities under Clause 22
hereof, shall insure against his liability for any material or physical
damage, loss or injury which may occur to any property, including
that of the Employer, or to any person, including any employee of the
Employer, by or arising out of the execution of the Works or in the
carrying out of the Contract, otherwise than due to the matters
referred to in the proviso to Clause 22(1) hereof.

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Minimum Amount
of Third Party
Insurance

(2) Such insurance shall be effected with an insurer registered in the

Sultanate of Oman and in terms approved by the Employer; which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and for at least the
amount stated in the Appendix to the Tender, per single accident with
an unlimited number of accidents. The terms shall exclude the
exercise by the insurer of any right of indemnity against their or either
of their servants, agents or employees. The Contractor shall prior to
commencement of Works, produce to the Engineer or the Engineers
Representative the policy or policies of insurance and the receipts for
payment of current and subsequent premiums within 7 days of
payment.

Provision to
Indemnify
Employer

(3) The terms shall include a provision whereby, in the event of any claim
in respect of which the Contractor would be entitled to receive
indemnity under the policy being brought or made against the
Employer, the insurer will indemnify the Employer against such
claims and any costs, charges, and expenses in respect thereof.
If the Employer pays any monies in respect of any such claims or
demands as aforesaid the amount so paid and the costs incurred by
the Employer shall be charged to and paid by the Contractor
provided always that, the Employer shall if circumstances permit give
to the Contractor reasonable opportunity of examining such claim or
demand before payment. In the event of the Contractor disputing the
payment, except payments made in accordance with a legal
obligation or after approval of the Contractor, then the Contractor
shall have the right to refer the matter in accordance with the
provisions of Clause 67 hereof.

Accident or Injury
to Workmen

24.

Insurance against
Accident, etc. to
Workmen

Notification by
Contractor

(1) The Employer shall not be liable for or in respect of any damages or
compensation payable at law in respect or in consequence of any
accident or injury to any workman or other person in the employment
of the Contractor or any sub-Contractor, save and except an accident
or injury resulting from any act of default of the Employer, his agents
or servants. The Contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the
Employer against all such damages and compensation, save and
except as aforesaid, and against all claims, proceedings, costs,
charges and expenses whatsoever in respect thereof or in relation
thereto.
(2) The Contractor shall insure against such liability with an insurer
registered in the Sultanate of Oman and approved by the Employer,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and shall
continue such insurance during the whole of the time that any
persons are employed by him on the Works and shall, when required,
produce to the Engineer or the Engineers Representative such policy
of insurance and the receipt for payment of the current premium.
Provided always that, in respect of any persons employed by any
sub-contractor, the Contractors obligation to insure as aforesaid
under this sub-clause shall be satisfied if the sub-contractor shall
have insured against the liability in respect of such persons in such
manner that the Employer is indemnified under the Policy, but the
Contractor shall require such sub-contractor to produce to the
Engineer or the Engineers Representative, prior to commence of
works, such policy of insurance and the receipt for the payment of the
current and subsequent premiums within 7 days of payment.

25.

(1) (a) The Contractor shall notify the insurers of any of the insurances
referred to in Clauses 21, 23 and 24 hereof of any matter or event
which by the terms of such insurances are required to be so
notified and the Contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified
the Employer against all losses, claims, demands, proceedings,
costs, charges and expenses whatsoever arising out of or
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resulting from any default by the Contractor in compliance with the

requirements of this Clause whether as a result of the avoidance
of such insurance or otherwise.
(b) The Contractor shall keep the Employer informed of all matters
regarding claims submitted by him to the insurers wherein any
advantage from insurance policies is claimed.
Remedy on
Contractors
Failure to Insure

(2)

If the Contractor shall fail to effect and keep in force the insurances
referred to in Clauses 21, 23 and 24 hereof, or any other insurance which
he may be required to effect under terms of the Contract, then an in any
such case the Employer may effect and keep in force any such insurance
and pay such premium or premiums as may be necessary for that
purpose and from time to time deduct the amount so paid by the Employer
as aforesaid from any monies due or which may become due to the
Contractor, or recover the same as a debt due from the Contractor.

Compliance with
Laws Rules and
Regulations

26

The Contractor shall conform in all respects with the Laws of the Sultanate
of Oman and give all notices and pay all fees required therewith in relation
to the execution of the Works and by the Rules and Regulations of all
public bodies and companies whose property or rights are affected or may
be affected in any way by the Works and shall keep the Employer
indemnified against all penalties and liability of every kind for breach of
any such Law, rules, or regulations.

Fossils, etc.

27.

All fossils, coins articles of value or antiquity, known structures and other
remains or things of geological or archaeological interest found on the site
of the Works shall as between the Employer and the Contractor be
deemed to be the absolute property of the Employer. The Contractor shall
take reasonable precautions to prevent his workmen or any other persons
from removing or damaging any such article or thing and shall
immediately upon discovery acquaint the Engineers Representative and
carry out, subject to the provisions of Clause 2(1), the Engineers
Representatives orders as to the disposal, or otherwise, of the same at
the expense of the Employer.

Patent Rights and

Royalties

28.

The Contractor shall save harmless and indemnify the Employer from and
against all claims and proceedings for or on account of infringement of
any patent rights, design trademark or name or other protected rights in
respect of any Constructional Plant, machine work, or material used for or
in connection with the Works or any of them and from and against all
claims, proceedings, damages, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever
in respect thereof or in relation thereto. Except where otherwise specified,
the Contractor shall pay all tonnage and other royalties, rent and other
payments or compensation if any, for getting stone, sand, gravel, clay or
other materials required for the Works or any of them.

Interference with
Traffic and
Adjoining
Properties

29.

All operations necessary for the execution of the Works, especially work at
night, shall so far as compliance with the requirements of the Contract
permit, be carried on so as not to interfere unnecessarily or improperly
with the convenience of the public, or the access to, use and occupation
of public or private roads and footpaths to or of properties whether in the
possession of the Employer or of any other person. The Contractor shall
save harmless and indemnify the Employer in respect of all claims,
proceedings, damages, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever arising
out of, or in relation to, any such matters in so far as the Contractor is
responsible therefore.

Extraordinary
Traffic

30.

(1) The Contractor shall use very reasonable means to prevent any of
the highways or bridges communicating with or on the routes to the
Site from being damaged or injured by any traffic of the Contractor or
any of his sub-contractors and, in particular, shall select routes,
choose and use vehicles and restrict and distribute loads so that any
such extraordinary traffic as will inevitably arise from the moving of
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plant and material from and to the Site shall be limited, as far as
reasonably possible, and so that no unnecessary damage or injury
may be occasioned to such highways and bridges.
Special Loads

(2) Should it be found necessary for the Contractor to move one or more
loads of Constructional Plant, machinery or pre-constructed units or
parts of units of work over part of a highway or bridge, the moving
whereof is likely to damage any highway or bridge unless special
protection or strengthening is carried out, then the Contractor shall
before moving the load onto such highway or bridge give notice to the
Engineer or Engineers Representative of the weight and other
particulars of the load to be moved and his proposals for protecting or
strengthening the said highway or bridge. Within fourteen days of the
receipt of such notice the Engineer shall by counter-notice direct that
such protection or strengthening is necessary or unnecessary, then
the Contractor will carry out such proposals or any modification
thereof that the Engineer shall require and, unless there is an item or
are items in the Bill of Quantities for pricing by the Contractor of the
necessary works for the protection or strengthening aforesaid, the
costs thereof should be borne by the Contractor.

Settlement of
Extraordinary
Traffic Claims

(3) If during the execution of the Works or at any time thereafter any
damage or loss shall occur due to any failure on the part of the
Contractor to observe and perform his obligations under sub-clause
(1) and (2) of this Clause, then the amount certified by the Engineer
to be due to such failure shall be paid by the Contractor to the
Employer.

Waterborne
Traffic

(4) Where the nature of the Works is such as to require the use by the
Contractor of waterborne transport the foregoing provisions of this
Clause shall be construed as though highway included a lock dock
sea wall or other structure related to a waterway and vehicle
included craft, and shall have effect accordingly.

Opportunities for
Other Contractors

31.

The Contractor shall, in accordance with the requirements of the

Engineer, afford all reasonable opportunities for carrying out their
work to any other contractors employed by the Employer and their
workmen and to the workmen of the Employer and of any other duly
constituted authorities who may be employed in the execution on or
near the Site of any work not included in the Contract or of any
contract which the Employer may enter into in connection with or
ancillary to the Works. If, however, the Contractor shall, on the
written request of the Engineer or the Engineers Representative,
make available to any such other contractor, or to the Employer or
any such authority, any roads or ways for the maintenance of which
the Contractor is responsible, or permit the use by any such of the
Contractors scaffolding or other plant on the Site, or provide any
other service of whatsoever nature for any such, the Employer shall
pay to the Contractor in respect of such use or service such sum or
sums as shall, in the opinion of the Engineer, be reasonable.

Contractor to
Keep Site Clear

32.

During the progress of the Works the Contractor shall keep the Site
reasonably free from all unnecessary obstruction and shall store or
dispose of any Constructional Plant and surplus materials and clear
away and remove from the Site any wreckage, rubbish or Temporary
Works no longer required.

Clearance of Site
on Completion

33.

On the completion of the Works the Contractor shall clear away and
remove from the Site all Constructional Plant, surplus materials, rubbish
and Temporary Works of every kind, and leave the whole of the Site and
Works clean and in a workmanlike condition to the satisfaction of the
Engineer (moreover after completion of the works approval of the
Municipal Authorities should be obtained by the Contractor as to the
hygiene and cleanliness of the Site and its surround.) Nevertheless all
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buildings and equipment either provided or paid for by the Employer which
form part of the Temporary Works shall where directed by the Engineer,
be maintained in a reasonable condition and shall be handed over to the
Employer.

LABOUR
Engagement of
Labour

34.

(1) The Contractor shall make his own arrangements for the engagement
of all labour, local or otherwise, and save insofar as the Contract
otherwise provides, for the transport, housing, feeding and payment
thereof in accordance with the Laws of the Sultanate of Oman.

Supply of Water

(2) The Contractor shall provide on the Site, to the satisfaction of the
Engineers Representative, an adequate supply of drinking and other
water for the use of the Contractors staff and work people.

Alcoholic Liquor
or Drugs

(3) The Contractor shall not, otherwise than in accordance with the Laws
of the Sultanate of Oman for the time being in force, import, sell, give
barter or otherwise dispose of any alcoholic liquor, or drugs, or permit
or suffer any such importation, sale, gift, barter or disposal by his
sub-contractors, agents or employees.

Arms and
Ammunition

(4) The Contractor shall not give, barter or otherwise dispose of to any
person or persons, any arms or ammunition of any kind or permit or
suffer the same as aforesaid.

Festivals and
Religious
Customs

(5) The Contractor shall in all dealings with labour in his employment
have due regard to all nationally recognised festivals, days of rest
and religious or other customs.

Epidemics

(6) In the event of any outbreak of illness of an epidemic nature, the

Contractor shall comply with and carry out such regulations, orders
and requirements as may be made by the Government, or the local
medical or sanitary authorities for the purpose of dealing with and
overcoming the same.

Disorderly
Conduct, etc.

(7) The Contractor shall at all times take all reasonable precautions to
prevent any unlawful riotous or disorderly conduct by or amongst his
employees and for the preservation of peace and protection of
persons and property in the neighbourhood of the Works against the
same.

Observance by
Sub-Contractors

(8) The Contractor shall be responsible for the observance by his subcontractors of the foregoing provisions.

Return of Labour,
etc.

35.

The Contractor shall deliver to the Engineers Representative, or to his

office at monthly intervals, a return in detail in such form as the Engineer
may prescribe showing the supervisory staff and the numbers of the
several classes of labour employed and Constructional Plant used from
time to time by the Contractor on the Site and such other information as
the Engineers Representative may require.

MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP

Quality of
Materials and
Workmanship
and Tests
Conditions of
Purchase of

36.

(1) All materials and workmanship shall be of the respective kinds

described in the Contract and in accordance with the Engineers
instructions. Provided that:

(a) the Contractor shall purchase within the Sultanate of Oman

during the Currency of the Contract, either directly or through
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Machinery,
Materials and
Equipment

sub-contractors, a minimum of 20% of his total requirement of

materials of the required specification unless it is contractually
not possible to do so. As proof thereof all invoices shall be
submitted to the Engineers Representative with those invoices
for materials purchased in the Sultanate of Oman listed
separately.
(b) all machinery and equipment which is installed and incorporated
as a part of the Permanent Works, shall be manufactured by
those companies who have agents in the Sultanate of Oman, for
the subsequent regular maintenance and repair of the machinery
and equipment.

Test of Quality

(2) All materials and workmanship shall be subjected from time to time to
such tests as the Engineer may direct at the place of manufacture or
fabrication, or on the Site or at such other place or places as may be
specified in the Contract, or at all or any of such places. The
Contractor shall provide such assistance, instruments, machines,
labour and materials as are normally required for examining,
measuring and testing any work and the quality, weight or quantity of
any material used and shall supply samples of materials before
incorporation in the Works for testing as may be selected and
required by the Engineer.

Cost of Samples

(3) All samples shall be supplied by the Contractor at his own cost if the
supply thereof is clearly intended by or provided for in the Contract,
but if not, then at the cost of the Employer.

Cost of Tests

(4) The cost of making any test shall be borne by the Contractor if such
test is clearly intended by or provided for in the Contract and, in the
cases only of a test under load or of a test to ascertain whether the
design of any finished or partially finished work is appropriate for the
purposes which it was intended to fulfil, is particularised in the
Contract in sufficient detail to enable the Contractor to price or allow
for the same in his Tender.

Cost of Tests not

Provided for, etc.

(5) If any test is ordered by the Engineer which is either

(a) not so intended by or provided for, or
(b) (in the cases above mentioned) is not so particularised, or
(c) though so intended or provided for is ordered by the Engineer to
be carried out by an independent person at any place other than
the Site, the Laboratories of the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, or the place of manufacture or fabrication of the
materials tested.
then the cost of such test shall be borne by the Contractor, if the test
shows the workmanship or materials not to be in accordance with the
provisions of the Contract or the Engineers instructions, but
otherwise by the Employer.

Inspection of
Operations

37.

The Engineer and any person authorised by him shall at all times have
access to the Works and to all workshops and places where work is being
prepared or from where materials, manufactured articles or machinery are
being obtained for the Works and the Contractor shall afford every facility
for and every assistance in or in obtaining the right to such access.

Examination of
Work before
Covering up.

38.

(1) No work shall be covered up or put out of view without the approval
of the Engineer or the Engineers Representative and the Contractor
shall afford full opportunity for the Engineer or the Engineers
Representative to examine and measure any work which is about to
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be covered up or put out of view and to examine foundations before

permanent work is placed thereon. The Contractor shall give due
notice to the Engineers Representative whenever any such work or
foundations is or are ready or about to be ready for examination and
the Engineers Representative shall, without unreasonable delay
attend for the purpose of examining and measuring such work or of
examining such foundations.
Uncovering and
Making Openings

Removal of
Improper Work
and Materials

(2) The Contractor shall uncover any part or parts of the Works or make
openings in or through the same as the Engineer may from time to
time direct and shall reinstate and make good such part or parts to
the satisfaction of the Engineer. If any such part or parts have been
covered up or put out of view after compliance with the requirement
of sub-clause (1) of this Clause and are found to be executed in
accordance with the Contract, the expenses of uncovering, making
openings in or through, reinstating and making good the same shall
be borne by the Employer, but in any other case all costs shall be
borne by the Contractor.
39.

(1) The Engineer shall during the progress of the Works have power to
order in writing from time to time
(a) the removal from the Site, within such time or times as may be
specified in the order, of any materials which, in the opinion of
the Engineer, are not in accordance with the Contract;
(b) the substitution of proper and suitable materials; and
(c) the removal and proper re-execution, notwithstanding any
previous test thereof or interim payment therefore, of any work
which in respect of materials or workmanship is not, in the
opinion of the Engineer, in accordance with the Contract.

Default of
Contractor in
Compliance

Suspension of
Work

(2) In case of default on the part of the Contractor in carrying out such
order, the Employer shall be entitled to employ and pay other
persons to carry out the same and all expenses consequent thereon
or incidental thereto shall be recoverable from the Contractor by the
Employer, or may be deducted by the Employer from any monies due
or which may become due to the Contractor.
40.

(1) The Contractor shall, on the written order of the Engineer, suspend
the progress of the Works or any part thereof for such time or times
and such suspension properly protect and secure the work, so far is
necessary in the opinion of the Engineer. The extra cost incurred by
the Contractor in giving effect to the Engineers instructions under this
Clause shall be borne and paid by the Employer unless such
suspension is
(a) otherwise provided for in the Contract, or
(b) necessary by reason of some default on the part of the
Contractor, or
(c) necessary by reason of climatic conditions on the Site, or
(d) necessary for the proper execution of the Works or for the safety
of the Works or any part thereof insofar as such necessity does
not arise from any act or default by the Engineer or the Employer
or from any of the excepted risks defined in Clause 20 hereof.
Provided that the Contractor shall not be entitled to recover any such
extra cost unless he gives written notice of his intention to claim to
the Engineer within twenty-eight days of the Engineers order. The
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Engineer shall settle and determine such extra payment and/or

extension of time under Clause 44 hereof to be made to the
Contractor in respect of such claim as shall, in the opinion of the
Engineer, be fair and reasonable and the Engineers decision shall
be final and binding.
Suspension
Lasting more
than 90 days

(2) If the progress of the Works or any part thereof is suspended on the
written order of the Employer and if permission to resume work is not
given by the Employer within a period of ninety days from the date of
suspension then, unless such suspension is within paragraph (a), (b),
(c) or (d) of sub-clause (1) of this Clause, the Contractor may serve a
written notice on the Employer requiring permission within twentyeight days from the receipt thereof to proceed with the Works, or that
part thereof in regard to which progress is suspended and, if such
permission is not granted within that time, the Contractor by a further
written notice so served may, but is not bound to, elect or treat the
suspension where it affects part only of the Works as an omission of
such part under Clause 51 hereof, or, where it affects the whole
Works, as an abandonment of the Contract by the Employer.

COMMENCEMENT TIME, PROCEDURES AND DELAYS

Commencement
of Works

41.

The Contractor shall commence the Work on Site within the period named
in the Appendix to the Tender after the receipt by him of a written order to
this effect from the Engineer and shall proceed with the same with due
expedition and without delay, except as may be expressly sanctioned or
ordered by the Engineer, or be wholly beyond the Contractors control.

Possession of
Site

42.

(1) Save insofar as the Contract may prescribe, the extent of portions of
the Site of which the Contractor is go be given possession from time
to time and the order in which such portions shall be made available
to him and, subject to any requirement in the Contract as to the order
in which the Works shall be executed, the Employer will, with the
Engineers written order to commence the Works, give to the
Contractor possession of so much of the Site as may be required to
enable the Contractor to commence and proceed with the execution
of the Works in accordance with the programme referred to in Clause
14 hereof, and otherwise in accordance with such reasonable
proposals of the Contractor as he shall, by written notice to the
Engineer, make and will, from time to time as the Works proceed,
give to the Contractor possession of such further portions of the Site
as may be required to enable the Contractor to proceed with the
execution of the Works with due despatch in accordance with the
said programme or proposals, as the case may be. If the Contractor
suffers delay or incurs cost from failure on the part of the Employer to
give possession in accordance with the terms of this Clause, the
Engineer shall grant an extension of time for the completion of the
Works and certify such sum as, in his opinion, shall be fair to cover
the cost incurred, which sum shall be paid by the Employer.

Wayleaves, etc.

(2) The Contractor shall bear all costs and charges for special or
temporary wayleaves required by him in connection with access to
the Site. The Contractor shall also provide at his own cost any
additional accommodation outside the Site require by him for the
purpose of the Works.

Use of Site

(3) In particular but without in any way limiting or detracting from the
foregoing the following provisions shall be deemed to apply to the
possession and use of the Site:(a) The Contractor shall maintain access for the inspection,
operation and maintenance of any installations belonging to the
Employer and not being part of the Contract which lie within the
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Site or elsewhere.
(b) The Contractor shall not use any portion of the Site for any
purpose not connected with the Works unless the prior written
permission of the Employer shall have been obtained.
(c) The lands and other places outside the Site which are the
property of or under the control of the Employer shall be used
strictly in accordance with the instructions of the Employer.
Time for
Completion

43.

Subject to any requirement in the Contract as to completion of any section

of the Works before completion of the whole, the whole of the Works shall
be completed, in accordance with the provisions of Clause 48 hereof,
within the time stated in the Contract calculated from the last day of the
period named in the Appendix to the Tender as that within which the
Works are to be commenced, or such extended time as may be allowed
under Clause 44 hereof.

Extension of Time
for Completion

44.

Should the amount of extra or additional work of any kind or any cause of
delay referred to in these Conditions, or exceptional adverse climatic
conditions, or other special circumstances of any kind whatsoever which
may occur, other than through a default of the Contractor, be such as
fairly to entitle the Contractor to an extension of time for the completion of
the Works, the Engineer shall determine the amount of such extension
and the Engineer shall consult with and provide to the Employer a detailed
written report giving the reasons for his decision to extend the completion
date prior to notifying the Contractor. Provided that the Engineer is not
bound to take into account any extra or additional work or other special
circumstances unless the Contractor has within twenty-eight days after
such work has been commenced, or such circumstances have arisen, or
as soon thereafter as is practicable, submitted to the Engineers
Representative full and detailed particulars of any extension of time to
which he may consider himself entitled in order that such submission may
be investigated at the time. Provided that the decision of the Engineer
regarding extension of time shall be final and binding.

No Night or
Friday Work

45.

Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in the Contract, none of

the Permanent Works shall, save as hereinafter provided, be carried on
during the night or on Friday without the permission in writing of the
Engineers Representative, except when the work is unavoidable or
absolutely necessary for the saving of life or property or for the safety of
the Works, in which case the Contractor shall immediately advise the
Engineers Representative. Provided always that the provisions of this
Clause shall not be applicable in the case of any work which it is
customary to be carried out by rotary or double shifts.

Rate of Progress

46.

If for any reason, which does not entitle the Contractor to an extension of
time the rate of progress of the Works or any section is at any time, in the
opinion of the Engineer, too slow to ensure completion by the prescribed
time or extended time for completion, the Engineer shall so notify the
Contractor in writing and the Contractor shall thereupon take such steps
as are necessary and the Engineer may approve to expedite progress so
as to complete the Works or such section by the prescribed time or
extended time. The Contractor shall not be entitled to any additional
payment for taking such steps. If, as a result of any notice given by the
Engineer under this Clause, the Contractor shall seek the Engineers
permission to do any work at night or on Fridays such permission shall not
be unreasonably refused.

Penalties for
Delay

47.

(1) If the Contractor shall fail to achieve completion of the Works within
the time prescribed by Clause 43 hereof, or such extended time as
may be allowed under Clause 44 hereof, then the Contractor shall
pay to the Employer the sum stated in the Appendix to the Tender as
a penalty for such default for every day or part of a day which shall
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elapse between the time prescribed by Clause 43 hereof or the

extended time as the case may be and the date of certified
completion of the Works. The Employer may, without prejudice to
any other method of recovery, deduct the amount of such penalties
from any monies in his hands, due or which may become due to the
Contractor. The payment or deduction of such penalties shall not
relieve the Contractor from his obligation to complete the Works, or
from any other of his obligations and liabilities under the Contract.
Reduction of
Penalties

Certification of
Completion of
Works

Certification of
Completion by
Stages

(2) If, before the completion of the whole of the Works any part or section
of the Works has been certified by the Engineer as completed,
pursuant to Clause 48 hereof, and occupied or used by the Employer,
the penalties for delay shall, for any period of delay after such
certificate and in the absence of alternative provisions in the Contract
be reduced in the proportion which the value of the part or section so
certified bears to the value of the whole works.
48.

(1) When the whole of the Works have been substantially completed and
have satisfactorily passed any final test that may be prescribed by the
Contract, the Contractor may give a notice to that effect to the
Engineer or to the Engineers Representative accompanied by an
undertaking to finish any outstanding work during the Period of
Maintenance. Such notice and undertaking shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to be a request by the Contractor for the Engineer to
issue a Certificate of Completion in respect of the Works. The
Engineer shall, within twenty-one days of the date of delivery of such
notice either issue to the Contractor, with a copy to the Employer, a
Certificate of Completion stating the date on which, in his opinion, the
Works were substantially completed in accordance with the Contract
or give instructions in writing to the Contractor specifying all the work
which, in the Engineers opinion requires to be done by the
Contractor before the issue of such Certificate. The Engineer shall
also notify the Contractor of any defects in the Works affecting
substantial completion that may appear after such instructions and
before completion of the works specified therein. The Contractor
shall be entitled to receive such Certificate of Completion within
twenty-one days of completion to the satisfaction of the Engineer to
the works so specified subject to his undertaking to make good any
defect so notified.
(2) Similarly, in accordance with the procedure set out in sub-clause (1)
of this Clause, the Contractor may request and the Engineer shall at
his sole discretion issue a Certificate of Completion in respect of:(a) any section of the Permanent Works in respect of which a
separate time for completion is provided in the Contract and
(b) any substantial part of the Permanent Works which has been
both completed to the satisfaction of the Engineer and occupied
or used by the Employer.
(3) If any part of the Permanent Works shall have been substantially
completed and shall have satisfactorily passed any final test that may
be prescribed by the Contract, the Engineer may issue a Certificate
of Completion in respect of that part of the Permanent Works before
completion of the whole of the Works and, upon the issue of such
Certificate, the Contractor shall be deemed to have undertaken to
complete any outstanding work in that part of the Works during the
Period of Maintenance.
(4) Provided always that a Certificate of Completion given in respect of
any section or part of the Permanent Works before completion of the
whole shall not be deemed to certify completion of any ground or
surfaces requiring reinstatement, unless such Certificate shall
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expressly so state.

MAINTENANCE AND DEFECTS

Definition of
Period of
Maintenance

49.

(1) In these Conditions the expression Period of Maintenance shall

mean a period of 365 days calculated from the date of completion of
the Works, certified by the Engineer in accordance with Clause 48
hereof, or, in the event of more than one certificate having been
issued by the Engineer under the said Clause, from the respective
dates so certified and in relation to the Period of Maintenance the
expression the Works shall be construed accordingly. Provided
that, if any outstanding work is to be finished during the Period of
Maintenance, in accordance with Clause 48(1), the Period of
Maintenance for this work shall commence from the date of their
completion as certified in writing by the Engineer to the Employer.

Execution of
Work of Repair,
etc.

(2) To the extent that the Works shall at or as soon as practicable after
the expiration of the Period of Maintenance be delivered to the
Employer in the condition required by the Contract, fair wear and tear
excepted, to the satisfaction of the Engineer, the Contractor shall
finish the work, if any, outstanding at the date of completion, as
certified under Clause 48 hereof, as soon as practicable after such
date and shall execute all such work of repair, amendment,
reconstruction, rectification and making good defects, imperfections,
shrinkages or other faults as may be required of the Contractor in
writing by the Engineer during the Period of Maintenance, or within
fourteen days after its expiration, as a result of an inspection made by
or on behalf of the Engineer prior to its expiration.

Cost of Execution
of Work of Repair
etc.

(3) All such work shall be carried out by the Contractor at his own
expense unless he can prove to the satisfaction of the Engineer that
such work was not due to the use of materials or workmanship not in
accordance with the Contract, or to neglect or failure on the part of
the Contractor to comply with any obligation, expressed or implied,
on the Contractors part under the Contract. If, in the opinion of the
Engineer, such necessity shall be due to any other cause, the value
of such work shall be ascertained and paid for as if it were additional
work.

Remedy on
Contractors
Failure to carry
out Work
required.

(4) If the Contractor shall fail to do any such work as aforesaid required
by the Engineer, the Employer shall be entitled to employ and pay
other persons to carry out the same and if such work is work which,
in the opinion of the Engineer, the Contractor was liable to do at his
own expense under the contract, then all expenses consequent
thereon or incidental thereto shall be recoverable from the Contractor
by the Employer, or may be deducted by the Employer from any
monies due or which may become due to the Contractor.

Contractor to
Search

50.

The Contractor shall, if required by the Engineer in writing, carry out such
searches, tests or trials as may be necessary to determine the cause of
any defect, imperfection or fault under the direction of the Engineer.
Unless such defect, imperfection or fault shall be one for which the
Contractor is liable under the Contract, the cost of the work carried out by
the Contractor as aforesaid shall be borne by the Employer. If such
defect, imperfection or fault shall be one for which the Contractor is liable
as aforesaid, the cost of the work carried out as aforesaid shall be borne
by the Contractor and he shall in such case repair, rectify and make good
such defect, imperfection or fault at his own expense in accordance with
the provisions of Clause 49 hereof.

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ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OMISSIONS

Variations

51.

(1) The Engineer shall make any variation of the form, quality or quantity
of the Works or any part thereof that may have been approved by the
Employer and he shall have power to order the Contractor to do and
the Contractor shall do any of the following:(a) increase or decrease the quantity of any work included in the
Contract,
(b) omit any such work,
(c) change the character or quality or kind of any such work,
(d) change the levels, lines position and dimensions of any part of
the Works, and
(e) execute additional work of any kind necessary for the completion
of the Works
and no such variation shall in any way vitiate or invalidate the
Contract, but the value, if any, of all such variations shall be taken
into account in ascertaining the amount of the Contract Price.

Orders for
Variations to be
in Writing

Valuation of
Variations

Power of
Engineer to Fix
Rates

(2) No such variations shall be made by the Contractor without an order

in writing of the Engineer. However, as provided for under Clause 55
no order in writing shall be required for an increase or decrease not
exceeding five per cent in the total quantity of the works where such
increase or decrease is not the result of an order given under this
Clause, but is the result of the quantities exceeding or being less than
those stated in the Bill of Quantities. Provided also that if for any
reason the Engineer shall consider it desirable to give any such order
verbally, the Contractor shall comply with such order and any
confirmation in writing of such verbal order given by the Engineer,
whether before or after the carrying out of the order, shall be deemed
to be an order in writing within the meaning of this Clause. Provided
further that if the Contractor shall within seven days confirm in writing
to the Engineer and such confirmation shall not be contradicted in
writing within fourteen days by the Engineer, it shall be deemed to be
an order in writing by the Engineer.
52.

(1) All extra or additional work done or work omitted by order of the
Engineer shall be valued at the rates and prices set out in the
Contract if, in the opinion of the Engineer, the same shall be
applicable. If the Contract does not contain any rates or prices
applicable to the extra or additional work then suitable rates or prices
shall be agreed upon between the Engineer and the Contractor. In
the event of disagreement the Engineer shall fix such rates or prices
as shall, in his opinion, be reasonable and proper.
(2) Provided that if the nature or amount of any omission or addition
relative to the nature or amount of the whole of the Works or to any
part thereof shall be such that, in the opinion of the Engineer, the rate
or price contained in the Contract for any item of the Works is, by
reason of such omission or addition, rendered unreasonable or
inapplicable, then a suitable rate or price shall be agreed upon
between the Engineer and the Contractor.
In the event of
disagreement the Engineer shall fix such other rate or price as shall,
in his opinion, be reasonable and proper having regard to the
circumstances.
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Provided also that no increase or decrease under sub-clause (1) of

this Clause or variation rate or price under sub-clause (2) of this
Clause shall be made unless, as soon after the date of the order as
is practicable but not later than seven days and in the case of extra
or additional work, before the commencement of the work or as soon
thereafter as is practicable but not later than seven days notice shall
have been given in writing:(a) by the Contractor to the Engineer of his intention to claim extra
payment or a varied rate or price,
(b) by the Engineer to the Contractor of his intention to vary a rate or
price.
Variations
Exceeding 10 per
cent.

(3) If, on certified completion of the whole of the Works it shall be found
that a reduction or increase greater than ten percent of the Contract
Value excluding all provisional sums and allowance for day works,
and adjustments of price made under Clause 70(1) hereof if any,
results from:(a) the aggregate effect of all Variation Orders, and/or
(b) all adjustments upon measurement of the estimated quantities
set out in the Bill of Quantities,
But not from any other cause, the amount, beyond ten per cent of the
said adjusted Contract Value shall be subject to amendment by such
sum as may be agreed between Contractor and the Engineer or,
failing agreement, fixed by the Engineer having regard to all material
and relevant factors, including the Contractors Site and general
overhead costs of the Contract.

Dayworks

(4) The Engineer may, if, in his opinion it is necessary or desirable, order
in writing that any additional or substituted work shall be executed on
a daywork basis. The Contractor shall then be paid for such work
under the conditions set out in the Daywork Schedule, if any,
included in the Contract and at the rates and prices affixed thereto by
him in his Tender.
The Contractor shall furnish to the Engineer such receipts or other
vouchers as may be necessary to prove the amount paid and, before
ordering materials, shall submit to the Engineer quotations for the
same for his approval.
In respect of all work executed on a daywork basis, the Contractor
shall, during the continuance of such work, deliver each day to the
Engineers Representative an exact list in duplicate of the names,
occupation and time of all workmen employed on such work and a
statement, also in duplicate, showing the description and quantity of
all materials and plant used thereon or therefore (other than plant
which is included in the percentage addition in accordance with the
Schedule hereinbefore referred to). One copy of each list and
statement will, if correct, or when agreed, be signed by the
Engineers Representative and returned to the Contractor.
At the end of each month the Contractor shall deliver to the
Engineers Representative a priced statement of the labour, material
and plant, except as aforesaid, used and the Contractor shall not be
entitled to any payment unless such lists and statements have been
fully and punctually rendered. Provided always that if the Engineer
shall consider that for any reason the sending of such lists or
statements by the Contractor, in accordance with the foregoing
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provision, was impracticable he shall nevertheless be entitled to

authorise provisional payment for such work, either as daywork, on
being satisfied as the time employed and plant and materials used on
such work, or at such value therefore as shall, in his opinion, be fair
and reasonable.
Claims

(5) The Contractor shall send to the Engineers Representative once in

every month an account giving particulars, as full and detailed as
possible, of all claims for any additional payment to which the
Contractor may consider himself entitled and of all extra or additional
work ordered by the Engineer which he has executed during the
preceding month.
No final or interim claim for payment for any such work or expense
will be considered which has not been included in such particulars.
Provided always that the Engineer shall be entitled to authorise
payment to be made for any such work or expense, notwithstanding
the Contractors failure to comply with this condition, if the Contractor
has, at the earliest practicable opportunity, notified the Engineer in
writing that he intends to make a claim for such work and has, as
soon as is practicable thereafter sent detailed particulars of the claim.
Provided that no claim of the Contractor shall be admissible on
account of escalation of prices of materials, labour, fuel, machinery
and any other items of costs except those provided for explicitly in
Clause 70 hereof, due to variation by legislation of the Sultanate of
Oman after the date of the Letter of Acceptance.

PLANT, TEMPORARY WORKS AND MATERIALS

Plant, etc.,
Definitions

53.

(1) For the purpose of this Clause:(a) the expression Plant shall mean any Construction Plant,
Temporary Works and materials for Temporary Works but shall
exclude any vehicles engaged in transporting any labour, plant or
materials to or from the Site;
(b) the expression Hired Plant shall mean any Plant held by the
Contractor under any agreement for hire thereof;
(c) the expression Agreement for Hire shall be deemed not to
include an agreement for hire purchase;
(d) the expression Hire Purchase Plant shall mean any Plant held
by the Contractor under an agreement for the hire purchase
thereof.

Vesting of Plant

(2) All plant, goods and materials owned by the Contractor or by any
company in which the Contractor has a controlling interest shall,
when on the Site (or in the case of Hire Purchase Plant on the Site on
its becoming the property of the Contractor) be deemed to be
exclusively intended for the execution of the Works and to be the
property of the Employer.

Conditions and
Hire of Plant

(3) With a view to securing in the event of a forfeiture under Clause 63

hereof the continued availability for the purpose of executing the
Works of any of Hired Plant the Contractor shall not bring on the Site
any Hired Plant unless there is an Agreement for the hire thereof
which contains a provision that the owner thereof will on request in
writing made by the Employer within seven days after the date on
which any such forfeiture has become effective and on the Employer
undertaking to pay all hire charges in respect thereof from such date
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hire such Hired Plant to the Employer on the same terms in all
respects as the same was hired to the Contractor save that the
Employer shall be entitled to permit the use thereof by any other
contractor employed by him for the purpose of completing the Works
under the terms of the said Clause 63.
Costs for
Purposes of
Clause 63

(4) In the event of the Employer entering into any agreement for the hire
of Hired Plant pursuant to sub-clause (3) of this Clause all sums
properly paid by the Employer under the provisions of any such
agreement and all expenses incurred by him in entering into such
agreement shall be deemed for the purpose Clause 63 to be part of
the cost of completing the Works.

Notification of
Plant Ownership

(5) The Contractor shall upon request made by the Engineer at the time
in relation to any Plant forthwith notify to the Engineer in writing the
name and address of the owner thereof and shall in the case of Hired
Plant certify that the agreement for the hire thereof contains a
provision in accordance with the requirements of such-clause (3) of
this Clause. The Contractor shall also upon request as aforesaid
give a like notification (but without certification) in regard to any Hire
Purchase Plant. The Contractor shall upon request made by the
Engineer provide the Engineer with a true copy of such agreements.

Hire and Hire

Purchase
Payments by
Employer

(6) The Employer shall in order to avoid seizure by the owner of any
Hired or Hire Purchase Plant be entitled to pay to such owner the
amount of any overdue instalment or other sum payable under any
agreement relating to such Plant and in the event of his so doing any
amount paid by him shall be a debt due from the Contractor to the
Employer and shall be deductable or recoverable by the Employer
from any monies due or that may become due to the Contractor
under the Contract or may be recovered by the Employer from the
Contractor at law.

Irremovibility of
Plant, etc.

(7) No Plant goods or materials or any part thereof shall be removed

from the Site without the written consent of the Engineer, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld where the same are no
longer immediately required for the purposes of the completion of the
Works, but the Employer will permit the Contractor the exclusive use
of all such Plant goods and materials in and for the completion of the
Works until the occurrence of any event which gives the Employer
the right to exclude the Contractor from the Site and proceed with the
completion of the Works.

Revesting and
Removal of
Plants, etc.

(8) Upon the removal of any such Plant, goods or materials as have
been deemed to have become the property of the Employer under
sub-clause (2) of this Clause with the consent as aforesaid the
property therein shall be deemed to revest in the Contractor and
upon completion of the Works the property in the remainder of such
Plant, goods and materials as aforesaid shall, subject to Clause 63,
be deemed to revest in the Contractor who shall remove the same.

Disposal of Plant

(9) If the Contractor shall fail to remove any such Plant, goods or
materials as required pursuant to Clause 33 within such reasonable
time after completion of the Works as may be allowed by the
Engineer then the Employer may:(a) sell any which are the property of the Contractor and
(b) return any not the property of the Contractor to the owner thereof
at the Contractors expense;
and after deducting from any proceeds of sale the costs charges and
expenses fo and in connection with such sale and of and in
connection with the return as aforesaid shall pay the balance (if any)
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to the Contractor but to the extent that the proceeds of the sale are
insufficient to meet all such costs the excess shall be a debt due from
the Contractor to the Employer and shall be deductible or
recoverable by the Employer accordingly as aforesaid.
Liability or Loss
or Injury to Plant

(10) The Employer shall not at any time be liable for the loss or damage to
any of the Plant, goods or materials which have been deemed to
become the property of the Employer under sub-clause (2) of this
Clause save as mentioned in Clauses 20 and 65.

Incorporation of
Clause in SubContracts

(11) The Contractor shall where entering into any sub-contract for the
execution of any part of the Works incorporate in such sub-contract
(by reference or otherwise) the provisions of this Clause in relation to
Plant, goods or materials brought on to the Site by the subcontractor.

Port Dues

(12) The Contractor shall pay all Port Dues, Customs Duties, Import
Duties, Landing Charges and other expenses in connection with the
shipment and landing of Plant, goods and materials for use in
connection with the Works brought into and despatched from the
Sultanate of Oman.

Re-export of Plant

(13) In respect of any Constructional Plant which the Contractor shall

have imported for the purpose of the Works, the Employer will assist
the Contractor, where required, in procuring any necessary
Government consent for the re-export of such Constructional Plant by
the Contractor upon the removal thereof as aforesaid.

Customs
Clearance

(14) The Employer will assist the Contractor, where required, in obtaining
clearance through the Customs of Constructional Plant, materials and
other things required for the Works.

Approval of
Materials, etc. not
implied

54.

The operation of Clause 53 hereof shall not be deemed to imply any

approval by the Engineer of the materials or other matters referred to
therein not shall it prevent the rejection of any such materials at any time
by the Engineer.

QUANTITIES
Estimated
Quantities

Works to be
Measured

55.

(1) The quantities set out in the Bill of Quantities are the estimated
quantities of the work, but they are not to be taken as the actual and
correct quantities of the Works to be executed by the Contractor in
fulfilment of his obligations under the Contract. The quantities may
vary conforming to the actual site conditions, due to errors or
omissions in the original Bill of Quantities, and on account of
variations. Such errors in, omissions from, or variation to the Bill of
Quantities shall not in any way vitiate or invalidate the Contract, not
shall the Contractor be entitled to any claim whatsoever except as
provided in Clauses 51 and 52 hereof.
(2) The Engineer shall, except as otherwise stated, ascertain and
determine by measurement the value in terms of the Contract of work
done in accordance with the Contract. He shall, when he requires
any part or parts of the Works to be measured, give notice to the
Contractors authorised agent or representative, who shall forthwith
attend or send a qualified agent to assist the Engineer or the
Engineers Representative in making such measurement, and shall
furnish all particulars required by either of them. Should the
Contractor not attend, or neglect or omit to send such agent, then the
measurement made by the Engineer or approved by him shall be

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taken to be the correct measurement of the work. For the purpose of

measuring such permanent work as is to be measured by records
and drawings, the Engineers Representative shall prepare records
and drawings month by month of such work and the Contractor, as
and when called upon to do so in writing, shall, within fourteen days,
attend to examine and agree such records and drawings with the
Engineers Representative and shall sign the same when so agreed.
If the Contractor does not so attend to examine and agree such
records and drawings, they shall be taken to be correct. If, after
examination of such records and drawings, the Contractor does not
agree the same or does not sign the same as agreed, they shall
nevertheless be taken to be correct, unless the Contractor shall,
within fourteen days of such examination, lodge with the Engineers
Representative, for decision by the Engineer, notice in writing of the
respects in which such records and drawings are claimed by him to
be incorrect and the decision of the Engineer shall be conclusive,
final and binding.
In the case of foundation works, or where the Engineer considers it
necessary, the Contractor shall, before the surface of any portion of
the ground is interfered with or the work is put in hand, in conjunction
with the Engineer or the Engineers Representative, examine the Site
and the plans and sections of the work and take such additional
levels or other measurements as may be necessary and shall agree
as to the surface levels etc., with the Engineer. Such agreement
shall be recorded in writing and shall be signed by the Contractor and
by the Engineer and shall form the basis of the measurement of the
Permanent Works.
Actual and
Correct
Quantities

56.

Except as provided for under Clause 51 and 58 (1) hereof the quantities
as set out in the Bill of Quantities are to be taken as to be the actual and
correct quantities of the work to be executed by the Contractor in fulfilment
of his obligations under the Contract. Any error in description or in
quantity or omission of item from the Bill of Quantities shall not vitiate the
Contract but shall be corrected and deemed to be a variation required by
the Engineer.
In the case of the quantities for foundation works being stated to be
provisional the Contractor shall, before the surface of any portion of the
ground is interfered with or the work is put in hand in conjunction with the
Engineer or the Engineers Representative examine the Site and the plans
and sections of the work and take such additional levels or other
measurements as may be necessary and shall agree as to the surface
levels etc., with the Engineer. Such agreement shall be recorded in
writing and shall be signed by the Contractor and by the Engineer and
shall form the basis of the measurement of the Permanent Works.

Method of
Measurement

57.

The Works shall be measured net, notwithstanding any general or local

custom, except where otherwise specifically described or prescribed in the
Contract.

PROVISIONAL SUMS
Definition of
Provisional
Sum

58.

(1) Provisional Sum means a sum included in the Contract and so

designated in the Bill of Quantities for the execution of work or the
supply of goods, materials, or services, or for contingencies, which
sum may be used, in whole or in part, or not at all, at the direction of
the Engineer, who shall consult with the Employer prior to the issue
of an instruction to this expenditure. The Contract Price shall include
only such sums in respect of the work, supply or services to which
the Provisional Sums relate as the Engineer shall approve or

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determine in accordance with this Clause.

Use of
Provisional Sums

(2) In respect of every Provisional Sum the Engineer shall have power to
order:(a) Work to be executed, including goods, materials or services to be
supplied by the Contractor. The Contract Price shall include the
value of such work executed and/or such goods, materials or
services supplied determined in accordance with Clause 52
hereof.
(b) Work to be executed or goods, materials, or services to be
supplied by a nominated Sub-Contractor as hereinafter defined.
The sum to be paid to the Contractor therefore shall be
determined and paid in accordance with Clause 59(4) hereof.
(c) Goods and materials to be purchased by the Contractor. The
sum to be paid to the Contractor therefore shall be determined
and paid in accordance with Clause 59(4) hereof.

Production of
Vouchers, etc.

(3) The Contractor shall when required by the Engineer, produce all
quotations, invoices, vouchers and accounts or receipts in connection
with expenditure in respect of Provisional Sums.

NOMINATED SUB-CONTRACTORS
Definition of
Nominated SubContractors

Nominated SubContractors
Objection to
Nomination

59.

(1) All specialists, merchants, tradesmen and others executing any work
or supplying any goods, materials, or services for which Provisional
Sums are included in the Contract, who may have been or be
nominated or selected or approved by the Employer or the Engineer,
and all persons to whom by virtue of the provisions of the Contract
the Contractor is required to sublet any work shall in execution of the
work or the supply of such goods, materials or services, be deemed
to be sub-contractors employed by the Contractor and are referred to
in this Contract as Nominated Sub-Contractors.
(2) The Contractor shall not be required by the Employer or the Engineer
or be deemed to be under any obligation to employ any nominated
Sub-Contractor against whom the Contractor may raise reasonable
objection, or who shall decline to enter into a sub-contract with the
Contractor containing provisions:(a) that in respect of the work, goods materials or services the
subject of the sub-contract, the nominated Sub-Contractor will
undertake towards the Contractor the like obligations and
liabilities as are imposed on the Contractor towards the Employer
by the terms of the Contract and will save harmless and
indemnify the Contractor from and against the same and from all
claims, proceedings, damages, costs, charges and expenses
whatsoever arising out of or in connection with any failure to
perform such obligations or to fulfil such liabilities, and
(b) that the nominated Sub-Contractor will save harmless and
indemnify the Contractor from and against any negligence by the
nominated Sub-Contractor, his agents, workmen and servants
and from and against any misuse by him or them of any
Constructional Plant or Temporary Works provided by the
Contractor for the purpose of the Contract and from all claims as
aforesaid.

Design
Requirements to

(3) If in connection with any Provisional Sum the services to be provided

include any matter of design or specification of any part of the
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be Expressly
Stated

Payment to
Nominated SubContractors

Permanent Works or of any equipment or plant to be incorporated

therein, such requirements shall be expressly stated in the Contract
and shall be included in any nominated Sub-Contract.
The
nominated Sub-Contract shall specify that the nominated SubContractor providing such services will save harmless and indemnify
the Contractor from and against the same and from all claims,
proceedings damages, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever
arising out of or in connection with any failure to perform such
obligations or to fulfil such liabilities.
(4) For all work executed or goods, materials, or services supplied by
any nominated Sub-Contractor, there shall be included in the
Contract Price:
(a) the actual price paid or due to be paid by the Contractor, on the
direction of the Engineer, and in accordance with the SubContract;
(b) the sum, if any, entered in the Bill of Quantities for labour
supplied by the Contractor in connection therewith, or if ordered
by the Engineer pursuant to Clause 58(2)(b) hereof, as may be
determined in accordance with Clause 52 hereof;
(c) in respect of all other charges and profit, a sum being a
percentage rate of the actual price paid or due to be paid,
calculated where provision has been made in the Bill of
Quantities for a rate to be set against the relevant Provisional
Sum, at the rate inserted by the Contractor against that item.
Only where no such provision has been made in the Bill of
Quantities shall a rate be inserted by the Contractor in the
Appendix to the Tender.

Certification of
Payments to
Nominated SubContractors

(5) Before issuing, under Clause 60 hereof, any certificate, which

includes any payment in respect of work done or goods, materials or
services supplied by any nominated Sub-Contractor, the Engineer
shall be entitled to demand from the Contractor reasonable proof that
all payments, less retentions, included in previous certificates in
respect of the work or goods, materials or services of such nominated
Sub-Contractors have been paid or discharged by the Contractor, in
default whereof unless the Contractor shall
(a) inform the Engineer in writing that he has reasonable cause for
withholding or refusing to make such payments and
(b) produce to the Engineer reasonable proof that he has so
informed such nominated Sub-Contractor in writing.
the Employer shall be entitled to pay to such nominated SubContractor direct, upon the certificate of the Engineer all payments,
less retentions, provided for in the Sub Contract, which the contractor
has failed to make to such nominated Sub-Contractor and to deduct
by way of set-off the amount so paid by the Employer from any sums
due or which may become due from the Employer to the Contractor.

Assignment of
Nominated subContractors
Obligations

(6) In the event of a nominated Sub-Contractor, as hereinbefore defined,

having undertaken towards the Contractor in respect of the work
executed, or the goods, materials or services supplieid by such
nominated Sub-Contractor, any continuing obligation extending for a
period exceeding that of the Period of Maintenance under the
Contract, the Contractor shall at any time, after expiration of the
Period of Maintenance, assign to the Employer, at the Employers
request and cost, the benefit of such obligation for the unexpired
duration thereof.
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CERTIFICATES AND PAYMENTS

Certificates and
Payments
Advance Payment
Certificate

60.

(1) Unless otherwise provided, payments shall be made at monthly

intervals in accordance with the conditions set out below.
(2) On signing the Form of Agreement and in exchange for the
Performance Bond and a separate guarantee for the amount of the
Advance Payment the Contractor shall receive from the Engineer an
Advance Payment Certificate for an amount equal to 10 per cent of
the Contract Value less any sum for contingencies included in the
Contract Value.
The guarantee for the full amount of the Advance Payment shall be
from an insurance company or bank registered in the Sultanate of
Oman. The conditions of the guarantee shall bind the Guarantor to
indemnify and pay to the Employer any part of the Advance Payment
which remains not repaid by the Contractor to the Employer and
which the Contractor has failed to repay in accordance with this subclause.
Any Advance Payment made by the Employer shall be recovered by
the deduction from each interim certificate of 10 per cent of the
estimate value of the Permanent Works executed during the period
to which the interim certificate applies but so that at the completion of
the Works the Contractor shall have repaid in full the amount of the
Advance Payment.
This guarantee shall be valid for 12 months or until the full recovery
of the advance payment whichever is the later.
If, however, the advance payment is recovered in full prior to the end
of the 12 month period, the Contractor may make application to the
Under Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Financial Affairs
for the release of the guarantee, which will not be unreasonably
withheld.
In the event of the Contract being determined under Clause 63 or 65
hereof the Employer may deduct the balance of the advance
Payment outstanding from any monies due or which may become
due to the contractor or the Contractor shall upon demand pay to the
Employer the amount of such balance and it shall be deemed a debt
due from the Contractor to the Employer and shall be recoverable
accordingly from the Contractor or from the Guarantor.

Monthly
Statements

(3) The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer after the end of each
month a statement, in the form approved by the Engineer, showing:(a) the estimated value in accordance with the Contract of the
Permanent Work executed on the Site and forming part of the
Works;
(b) a list of any goods or materials delivered to the Site for but not
yet incorporated in the Permanent Works and their value. Such
goods or materials being protected against all kinds of damage
including deterioration to the approval of the Engineer;
(c) the estimated amounts to which the Contractor considers himself
entitled in connection with all other matters for which provision is
made under the Contract, including the Temporary Works or
Constructional Plant for which separate amounts are included in
the Bill of Quantities;
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unless in the opinion of the Contractor such values and amounts

together will not justify the issue of an interim certificate.
Amounts payable in respect of nominated Sub-Contractors are to be
listed separately.
Monthly
Certificates

(4) Within 28 days of the date of delivery to the Engineer, in accordance

with sub-clause (3) of this Clause, of the Contractors monthly
statement the Engineer shall issue an interim certificate to the
Employer with a copy to the Contractor certifying:
(a) the amount which in the opinion of the Engineer on the basis of
the monthly statement is due to the Contractor on account of
sub-clause (3)(e) and (c) of this Clause.
(b) such amounts (if any) as the Engineer may consider proper (but
in no case exceeding eighty per cent of their value in accordance
with the Contract) in respect of (b) of sub-clause (3) of this
Clause,
the amount so certified shall be subject to deductions of:(i) retention money retained.
(ii) partial recovery of any advance payment
(iii) any sums which are due and payable to the Employer by the
Contractor under the terms of the Contract.
The Engineer shall only issue an interim certificate if the amount
thereof, after deducting retention money, partial recovery of any
advance payment, any other sums which are due and payable to the
Employer under the terms of the Contract and previous interim
payments is more than the minimum amount of interim certificates as
stated in the Appendix to the Tender.

Monthly
Payments

(5) (a) Payment upon the Engineers Advance Payment Certificate and
upon each of the Engineers interim certificates or in case of any
objections as defined in sub-clause (b) hereafter, upon those
portions approved by the Employer shall be made by the
Employer to the Contractor within 60 days after such Certificates
have been delivered to the Employer.
(b) In the case of the Employer objecting to or rejecting to pay in total
or in part any particular items of the certificate either:(i)

by way of a bonafide defence or counterclaim, or

(ii) because of a requirement in writing for necessary additional

supporting documents or details, or
(iii) where the Contract expressly gives the Employer the right to
deduct monies from sums due under the Contract.
the employer will notify the Engineer, with a copy to the Contractor,
of his objections within sixty days of the date of the interim certificate.

Final Account

(6) As soon as possible, but not later than six months after the issue of
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the Maintenance Certificate the Contractor shall submit to the

engineer a statement of final account with supporting documents
showing in detail the value of the work done in accordance with the
Contract together with all further sums which the Contractor
considers to be due to him under the Contract. Within two months
after receipt of this final account and of all information reasonably
required for it is verification the Engineer shall issue a final certificate
stating:(a) the amount which in his opinion is finally due under the Contract
and (after giving credit to the Employer for all amounts previously
paid by the Employer and for all sums to which the Employer is,
entitled under the Contract),
(b) the balance, if any, due from the Employer to the Contractor or
from the Contractor to the Employer as the case may be. Such
balance shall, subject to Clause 47 hereof, be paid to or by the
Contractor as the case may require within sixty days of the
Certificate.
Retention

(7) The retention to be made pursuant to sub-clause (4) of this Clause

shall be a sum equal to 10 per cent of the amount due to the
Contractor under sub-clause 4(a) and (b) of this Clause related to
interim certificates only until a reserve shall have accumulated in the
hand of the Employer up to the limit of 5% of the Contract Value
except that the limit shall be reduced by the amount of any payment
that shall have been made pursuant to sub-clause (8) of this Clause.

Payment of
Retention Money

(8) (a) Upon the issue of the Certificate of Completion with respect to the
whole of the Woks one half of the retention money (or where a
Certificate of Completion is issued with respect to part of the
Works only such proportion of one half of the retention money as
the Engineer shall determine having regard to the relative value of
such part of the Works) shall become due and payable to the
Contractor.
(b) Upon expiration of the Period of Maintenance for the whole of the
Works the other half of the retention money shall become due and
payable to the Contractor.
Provided that if, at such time, there shall remain to be executed by
the Contractor any outstanding work referred to under Clause 48 or
any works ordered during such period pursuant to Clauses 49 and
50, the Employer shall be entitled to withhold payment until the
completion of such works of so much of the second half of the
retention money as shall in the opinion of the Engineer represent the
cost of the works so remaining to be executed.

Overdue Payment

(9) In the event of failure by the Employer to make payment in

accordance with sub-clauses (5) (6) and (8) of this Clause the
Contractor shall become entitled to the payment by the Employer of
interest at 7% per annum from the date of which the same should
have been made. The Contractor shall not be entitled to claim
interest on those parts of the certificate to which the Employer objects
in accordance with sub-clause (5(b) herein, unless it can be shown
that the Employers objections were unreasonable.

Correction and
Withholding of
Certificates

(10) The Engineer may by any interim certificate make any correction or
modification in any previous certificate which shall have been issued
by him and the Engineer shall have power to withhold any interim
certificate if the Works or any part thereof are not being carried out, to
his satisfaction in accordance with the Contract.
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Retention on Subcontractors
Account

(11) The Contractor shall apply the terms of retention and release all
retention monies on nominated Sub-Contractors accounts in the
manner set forth in the instructions given by the Engineer under the
terms of Clause 59. Such instructions will be similar to those set out
in sub-clause (7) and (8) of this clause but related to the terms of the
nominated Sub-Contract in place of the terms for this Contract and
release of retention monies to nominated Sub-Contractors shall not
affect in any way the terms for the release of retention monies
referred to in sub-clause (7) and (8) of this Clause.

Currency of
Payment

(12) All payments under the terms and conditions of the Contract will be
made in Rials Omani the currency of the Sultanate of Oman.

Cash Flow

(13) The annual cash flow will be stipulated where necessary by the
Employer in the Appendix to the Form of Tender. The percentages
per year shown therein shall indicate the maximum limit of annual
payment. Actual payment shall be limited to the planned cash flow
based upon value of actual work done, i.e. the payment shall be less
if less work is performed, but the Contractor shall not be paid more in
one year than the limit of the cash flow if the value of his work done
exceeds the funds budged for in the year and any balance carried
forward from previous years. Any payments deferred due to the
operation of this sub-clause will not attract interest in accordance with
sub-clause (9) of this Clause.

Approval only by
Maintenance
Certificate

61.

No certificate other than the Maintenance Certificate referred to in Clause

62 hereof shall be deemed to constitute approval of the Works.

Maintenance
Certificate

62.

(1) The Contract shall not be considered as completed until a

Maintenance Certificate shall have been signed by the Engineer and
delivered to the Employer stating that the Works have been
completed and maintained to his satisfaction. The Maintenance
Certificate shall be given by the Engineer within twenty eight days
after the expiration of the Period of Maintenance, or if different
periods of maintenance shall become applicable to different sections
or parts of the Works, the expiration of the latest such period, or as
soon thereafter as any works ordered during such period, pursuant to
Clauses 49 and 50 hereof, shall have been completed to the
satisfaction of the Engineer and full effect shall be given to this
Clause notwithstanding any previous entry on the Works or the taking
possession, working or using thereof or any part thereof by the
Employer. The second half of retention money will be released after
the date of issue of the Maintenance Certificate.

Cessation of
Employers
Liability

(2) The Employer shall not be liable to the Contractor for any matter or
thing arising out of or in connection with the Contract or the execution
of the Works, unless the Contractor shall have made a claim in
writing in respect thereof before the giving of the Maintenance
Certificate under this Clause.

Unfulfilled
Obligations

(3) Notwithstanding the issue of the Maintenance Certificate the

Contractor and, subject to sub-clause (2) of this Clause, the
Employer shall remain liable for the fulfilment of any obligation
incurred under the provisions of the Contract prior to the issue of the
Maintenance Certificate which remains unperformed at the time such
Certificate is issued and, for the purposes of determining the nature
and extent of any such obligation, the Contract shall be deemed to
remain in force between the parties hereto.
(4) Whenever the Works pertain to or include the construction of any
structure or buildings the Contractor shall further be held responsible
for the safety of the same for a period of 10 years against such
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unsound construction, other than design defects, which may lead to

failure of the structure or its collapse without any other apparent
cause. For this purpose the liability under the Contract shall be
deemed to be operative for a period of 10 years from the date of
issue of the last Maintenance Certificate.

REMEDIES AND POWERS

Default of
Contractor

63.

(1) If the Contractor shall become bankrupt, or have a receiving order

made against him, or shall present his petition in bankruptcy, or shall
make an arrangement with or assignment in favour of his creditors, or
shall agree to carry out the Contract under a committee of inspection
of his creditors or, being a corporation, shall go into liquidation (other
than a voluntary liquidation for the purposes of amalgamation or
reconstruction), or if the Contractor shall assign the Contract, without
the consent in writing of the Employer first obtained, or shall have an
execution levied on his goods, or if the Engineer shall certify in writing
to the Employer that in his opinion the Contractor:(a) has abandoned the Contract, or
(b) without reasonable excuse has failed to commence the Works or
has suspended the progress of the Works for twenty eight days
after receiving from the Engineer written notice to proceed, or
(c) has failed to remove materials from the Site or to pull down and
replace work for twenty-eight days after receiving from the
Engineer written notice that the said materials or work had been
condemned and rejected by the Engineer under these conditions,
or
(d) despite previous warnings by the Engineer, in writing, is not
executing the Works in accordance with the Contract, or is
persistently or flagrantly neglecting to carry out his obligations
under the Contract, or
(e) has, to the detriment of good workmanship, or in defiance of the
Engineers instructions to the contrary, sub-let any part of the
Contract.
Then the Employer may, after giving fourteen days notice in writing
to the Contractor, enter upon the Site and the Works and expel the
Contractor there from without thereby voiding the Contract, or
releasing the Contractor from any of his obligations or liabilities under
the Contract, or affecting the rights and powers conferred on the
Employer or the Engineer by the Contract, and may himself complete
the Works or may employ any other contractor to complete the
Works. The Employer or such other contractor may use for such
completion so much of the Constructional Plant, Hired Plant,
Temporary Works and materials, which have been deemed to be the
property of the Employer and reserved exclusively for the execution
of the Works, under the provisions of the Contract, as he or they may
think proper, and the Employer may, at any time, sell any of the said
Constructional Plant, Temporary Works and unused materials and
apply the proceeds of sale in or towards the satisfaction of any sums
due or which may become due to him from the Contractor under the
Contract.

Valuation at Date
of Forfeiture

(2) The Engineer shall, as soon as may be practicable after any such
entry and expulsion by the Employer, fix and determine ex-parte, or
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by or after reference to the parties, or after such investigation or

enquiries as he may think fit to make or institute, and shall certify
what amount, if any, had at the time of such entry and expulsion been
reasonably earned by or would reasonably accrue to the Contractor
in respect of work then actually done by him under the Contract and
the value of any of the said unused or partially used materials, any
Constructional Plant and any Temporary Works.
Payment after
Forfeiture

Urgent Repairs

(3) If the Employer shall enter and expel the Contractor under this
Clause, he shall not be liable to pay to the Contractor any money on
account of the Contract until the expiration of the Period of
Maintenance and thereafter until the costs of execution and
maintenance and thereafter until the costs of execution and
maintenance, damages for delay in completion, if any, and all other
expenses incurred by the Employer have been ascertained and the
amount thereof certified by the Engineer. The Contractor shall then
be entitled to receive only such sum or sums, if any, as the Engineer
may certify would have been payable to him upon due completion by
him after deducting the said amount. If such amount shall exceed the
sum which would have been payable to the Contractor on due
completion by him, then the Contractor shall upon demand, pay to
the Employer the amount of such excess and it shall be deemed a
debt due by the Contractor to the Employer and shall be recoverable
accordingly.
64.

Notwithstanding the limitations on the Engineers powers as stated in

Clause 2(1) hereof if, by reason of any accident, or failure, or other event
occurring to in or in connection with the Works, or any part thereof, either
during the execution of the Works, or during the Period of Maintenance,
any remedial or other work or repair shall, in the opinion of the Engineer or
the Engineers Representative, be urgently necessary for the safety of life
or of the Works or of adjoining property, and the Contractor is unable or
unwilling at once to do such work or repair or to do as the Engineer or The
Engineers Representative may consider necessary. If the work or repair
so done by the Employer is work which, in the opinion of the Engineer, the
Contractor was liable to do at his own expense under the Contract, all
expenses properly incurred by the Employer in so doing shall be
recoverable from the Contractor by the Employer, or may be deducted by
the Employer from any monies due or which may become due to the
Contractor.
Provided always that the Engineer or the Engineers
Representative, as the case may be, shall, as soon after the occurrence of
any such emergency as may be reasonably practicable, notify the
Contractor thereof in writing.

SPECIAL RISKS
No Liability for
War, etc. Risks

65.

Notwithstanding anything in the Contract contained:-

(1) The Contractor shall be under no liability whatsoever whether by way

of indemnity or otherwise for or in respect of destruction of or damage
to the Works, save to work condemned under the provisions of
Clause 39 hereof prior to the occurrence of any special risk
hereinafter mentioned, or to property whether of the Employer or third
parties, or for or in respect of injury or loss of life which is the
consequence of any special risk as hereinafter defined. The
Employer shall indemnify and save harmless the Contractor against
and from the same and against and from all claims, proceedings,
damages, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever arising therefrom
or in connection therewith.
Damage to Works
etc. by Special

(2) If the Works or any materials on or near or in transit to the Site, or

any other property of the Contractor used or intended to be used for
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Risks

the purposes of the Works, shall sustain destruction or damage by

reason of any of the said special risks the Contractor shall be entitled
to payment for:(a)

any permanent work and for any materials so destroyed or

damaged and, so far as may be required by the Engineer, or
as may be necessary for the completion of the Works, on the
basis of cost plus such profit as the Engineer may certify to be
reasonable:

(b)

replacing or making good any such destruction or damage to

the Works:

(c)

replacing or making good such materials or other property

used or intended to be used for the purposes of the Works.

Projectile,
Missile, etc.

(3) Destruction, damage, injury or loss of life caused by the explosion or

impact whenever and wherever occurring of any mine, bomb, shell,
grenade, or other projectile, missile, munition, or explosive of war,
shall be deemed to be consequence of the said special risks.

Increased Costs
arising from
Special Risks

(4) The Employer shall repay to the Contractor any increased cost of or
incidental to the execution of the Works, other than such as may be
attributable to the cost of reconstructing work condemned under the
provisions of Clause 39 hereof, prior to the occurrence of any special
risk, which is howsoever attributable to or consequent on or the result
of or in any way whatsoever connected with the said special risks,
subject however to the provisions in this Clause hereinafter contained
in regard to outbreak of war, but the Contractor shall as soon as any
such increase of cost shall come to his knowledge forthwith notify the
Engineer thereof in writing.

Special Risks

(5) The special risks are war, hostilities (whether war be declared or not),
invasion, act of foreign enemies, the nuclear and pressurewaves risk
described in Clause 20(3) hereof, or insofar as it relates to the
country in which the Works are being or are to be executed or
maintained, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped
power, civil war, or, unless solely restricted to the employees of the
Contractor or of his Sub-Contractors and arising from the conduct of
the Works, riot, commotion, or disorder.

Outbreak of War

(6) If, during the currency of the Contract, there shall be an outbreak of
war, whether was is declared or not, in any part of the world which,
whether financially or otherwise, materially affects the execution of
the Works, the Contractor shall, unless and until the Contract is
terminated under the provisions of this Clause, continue to use his
best endeavours to complete the execution of Works. Provided
always that the Employer shall be entitled at any time after such
outbreak of war to terminate the Contract by giving written notice to
the Contractor and, upon such notice being given, this Contract shall,
except as to the rights of the parties under this Clause and to the
operation of Clause 67 hereof, terminate, but without prejudice to the
rights of either party in respect of any antecedent breach thereof.

Removal of Plant
on Termination

(7) If the Contract shall be terminated under the provisions of the last
preceding sub-clause, the Contractor shall, with all reasonable
despatch, remove from the Site all Constructional Plant and shall give
similar facilities to his Sub-Contractors to do so.

Payment if
Contract
Terminated

(8) If the Contract shall be terminated as aforesaid, the Contractor shall

be paid by the Employer, insofar as such amounts or items shall not
have already been covered by payments on account made to the
Contractor, for all work executed prior to the date of termination at the
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(a)

The amounts payable in respect of any preliminary items, so

far as the work or service comprised therein has been carried
out or performed, and a proper proportion as certified by the
Engineer or any such items, the work or service comprised in
which has been partially carried out or performed.

(b)

The cost of materials or goods reasonably ordered for the

Works which shall have been delivered to the Contractor or of
which the Contract is legally liable to accept delivery, such
materials or goods becoming the property of the Employer
upon such payments being made by him.

(c)

A sum to be certified by the Engineer, being the amount of any

expenditure reasonably incurred by the Contractor in the
expectation of completing the whole of the Works, and for
which the Employer shall have derived benefit, insofar as such
expenditure shall not have been covered by the payments in
this sub-clause before mentioned.

(d)

Any additional sum payable under the provisions of subclauses (1), (2) and (4) of this Clause.

Provided always that against any payments due from the Employer
under this sub-clause, the Employer shall be entitled to be credited
with any outstanding balances due from the Contractor for advances
and any other sums which at the date of termination were
recoverable by the Employer from the Contractor under the terms of
the Contract.

FRUSTRATION
Payment in Event
of Frustration

66. If a war, or other circumstances outside the control of both parties,

arises after the Contract is made so that either party is prevented
from fulfilling his contractual obligations, or under the Law of the
Sultanate of Oman, the parties are released from further
performance, then the sum payable by the Employer to the
Contractor in respect of the work executed shall be the same as that
which would have been payable under Clause 65 hereof if the
Contract had been terminated under the provisions of Clause 65
hereof.

SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
Settlement of
DisputesArbitration

If any dispute or difference of any kind whatsoever shall arise between the
Employer and the Contractor or the Engineer and the Contractor in
connection with, or arising out of the Contract, or the execution of the
Works, whether during the progress of the Works or after their
completion and whether before or after the termination, abandonment
or breach of the Contract, it shall be referred to and settled by the
Engineer who shall, within a period of ninety days after being
requested by either part to do so, given written notice of his decision
to the Employer and the Contractor. Such decision in respect of
every matter so referred shall be final and binding upon the Employer
and the Contractor, and shall forthwith be given effect to by the
Employer and by the Contractor, who shall proceed with execution of
the Works with all due diligence whether he or the Employer requires
arbitration, as hereinafter provided, or not. If the Engineer has given
written notice of his decision to the Employer and the Contractor and
no Claim to arbitration has been communicated to him by either the
Employer or the Contractor within a period of ninety days from receipt
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of such notice, the said decision shall remain final and binding upon
the Employer and the Contractor. If the Engineer shall fail to give
notice of his decision, as aforesaid, within a period of ninety days
after being requested as aforesaid, or if either the Employer or the
Contractor be dissatisfied with any such decision, then and in any
such case either the Employer or the Contractor may within ninety
days after receiving notice of such decision, or within ninety days
after the expiration of the first named period of ninety days, as the
case may be, require that the matter or matters in dispute be referred
to arbitration as hereinafter provided. All disputes or differences in
respect of which the decision, if any, of the Engineer has not become
final and binding as aforesaid shall be referred to an arbitrator to be
agreed upon by the parties or failing such agreement to be
nominated, on the application of either party, by the Chairman of the
Committee for the Settlement of Commercial Disputes of the
Sultanate of Oman, who shall appoint a professional arbitrator,
whose award shall be considered as final and binding between the
parties. The said arbitrator shall have full power to open up, revise
and review any decision, opinion, direction, certificate or valuation of
the Engineer. Neither party shall be limited in the proceedings before
such arbitrator to the evidence or arguments put before the Engineer
for the purpose of obtaining his said decision. No decision given by
the Engineer in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall
disqualify him from being called as a witness and giving evidence
before the arbitrator on any matter whatsoever relevant to the dispute
or difference referred to the arbitrator as aforesaid. The reference to
arbitration may proceed notwithstanding that the Works shall not then
be or be alleged to be complete, provided always that the obligations
of the Employer, the Engineer and the Contractor shall not be altered
by reason of the arbitration being conducted during the progress of
the Works.

NOTICES
Service of
Notices

68.

(1) All certificates, notices or written orders to be given by the Employer

or by the Engineer to the Contractor under the terms of the Contract
shall be served by the sending by registered post to or delivering the
same to the Contractors principal place of business or at his
registered office or such other address as the Contractor shall
nominate for this purpose.

Services of
Notices on
Employer

(2) All notices to be given to the Employer under the terms of the
Contract shall be served by sending by registered post or delivering
the same to the address nominated for that purpose in Clause 1(1)(a)
herein.

Service of
Notices on
Engineer

(3) Any notice to be given to the Engineer under the terms of the
Contract shall be served by sending the same by registered post to or
delivering the same at the Engineers Representatives office at the
Site or at the Engineers Office.

Change of
Address

(4) Either party may change a nominated address to another address in

the country where the Works are being executed by prior written
notice to the other party and the Engineer may do so by prior written
notice to both parties.

DEFAULT OF EMPLOYER
Default of
Employer

69.

(1) In the event of the Employer :(a) failing to pay to the Contractor the amount due under any
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certificate of the Engineer within sixty days after the same shall
have become due under the terms of the Contract, subject to any
deduction that the Employer is entitled to make under the
Contract, or
(b) interfering with or obstructing or refusing any required approval to
the issue of any such certificate, only where such action is
fundamental to the execution of the work, or
(c) giving formal notice to the Contractor that for unforeseen
reasons, due to economic dislocation, it is impossible for him to
continue to meet his contractual obligations the Contractor shall
be entitled to terminate his employment under the Contract after
giving fourteen days prior written notice to the Employer, with a
copy to the Engineer.
(2) Upon the expiry of the fourteen days notice referred to in sub-clause
(1) of this Clause, the Contractor shall, notwithstanding the provisions
of Clause 53(1) hereof, with all reasonable despatch, remove from
the Site all Constructional Plant brought by him thereon.
(3) In the event of such termination the Employer shall be under the
same obligations to the Contractor in regard to payment as if the
Contract had been terminated under the provisions of Clause 65
hereof, but, in addition to the payments specified in Clause 65(8)
hereof, the Employer shall pay to the Contractor the amount of any
loss or damage to the Contractor arising out of or in connection with
or by consequence of such termination.

CHANGES IN COSTS AND LEGISLATION

Variation of Price
of Labour and
Materials

70.

Adjustments to the Contract Value will be applicable on a net cost basis in

the following circumstances:(1) Changes in last wages drawn and allowances paid to labour and staff
whose salaries are directly affected thereby as a result of any
Sultanate of Oman legislation promulgated after the date of the Letter
of Acceptance and applicable to this Contract. The Contractor must
provide to the Engineer satisfactory detailed evidence of any variation
of the last wages drawn and allowances before any such variations
are paid to or deducted from the Contractor. The Contractor shall
submit to the Engineer upon signing the Contract a detailed list of his
labour and staff and their wages and allowances.
(2) Changes in material price directly affected as a result of any
Sultanate of Oman legislation promulgated after the date of the Letter
of Acceptance. The Contractor must provide to the Engineer
satisfactory detailed evidence of any variation in the basic price of
materials affected by such legislation.

MISCELLANEOUS
Bribery and
Corruption

71.

The Employer shall be entitled to cancel the Contract and recover from
the Contractor the amount of any loss resulting from such cancellation if
the Contractor shall have offered or given or agreed to give to any person
any bribe, gift, commission or consideration of any kind as an inducement
or reward for doing or forbearing to do or having done or forborne to do
any action in relation to the obtaining or execution of the Contract, or any
other contract with the Employer, or for showing or forbearing to show
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favour or disfavour to any person in relation to the Contract or any other

contract with the Employer.
Fire Precautions

72.

The Contractor shall conform to the regulations of the Employer and any
other controlling authority, in force at the Site of the Works with respect to
precautions to be taken against fire hazards.

Details to be
Confidential

73.

The Contractor shall treat the details of the Contract as private and
confidential (save in so far as may be necessary for the purposes hereof)
and shall not publish or disclose the same or any particulars thereof
without the previous consent in writing of the Employer. If any dispute
arises as to the necessity of any publication or disclosure for the purpose
of this Contract the same shall be referred to the decision of the Engineer
whose award shall be final.

Photographs and
Advertising

74.

The Contractor shall not publish any photographs of the Works nor allow
the Site of the Works to be used for any form of advertising whatsoever
without the prior approval in writing of the Employer.

Radio
Communications

75.

If during the period of the Contract the Contractor wishes to establish

radio communications about the Site the Employer will assist the
Contractor to obtain a permit for the operation of such radio
communication.

Acquisition of
Land for Quarries
Borrow Pits and
for use by the
Contractor

76.

The Employer will, where possible, assist the Contractor in the

procurement of land for quarries, borrow pits and tips for use by the
Contractor. The Contractor shall be responsible for the demarcation and
establishment of areas to be appropriated as aforesaid in locations to be
approved by the Engineer and upon completion of the Works shall be
responsible for the reinstatement of these areas in the manner directed by
the Engineer. The Contractor shall be responsible for the payment of any
fees, dues or other costs in connection with or incidental to the use of
such land.

Maintenance of
other Services
and Structures

77.

The Contractor shall ascertain the location of all watercourses, sewers,

drains, gas pipes, water pipes, electricity and telecommunication cables,
other services and structures which may be encountered during the
construction of the Works and not mentioned in the Contract. He shall
temporarily support or divert and subsequently reinstate all such services
and structures as necessary and to the satisfaction of the Engineer.
As soon as any such service or structure is encountered on, over, under in
or through the Site during the performance of the Contract, the Contractor
shall make record of the location and description of such service or
structure and shall send the same forthwith to the Engineer.
Where permanent diversion or support of such service or structure is
rendered necessary as the unavoidable result of the construction of the
Works in accordance with the Contract, the Engineer after consultation
with the Employer will instruct the Contractor as to the diversion or support
to be provided and the Contractor shall be paid the costs thereof in
accordance with Clause 52.

Spoil Dumps

78.

The Contractor shall not deposit excavated material on land in

Government or private ownership except where directed by the Engineer
or the Engineers Representative in writing or by leave in writing of the
authority responsible for such land in Government ownership or of the
owner or responsible representative of the owner of such land in private
ownership and only then in those places and under such conditions as the
authority, owner or responsible representative may prescribe.

Operating and
Maintenance

79.

Before the Works (or any Section thereof) are completed in accordance
with Clause 48 hereof, the Contractor shall furnish to the Employer
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Instructions

Operating and Maintenance Instructions, together with drawings (other

than shop drawings) of the Works as completed, in sufficient detail in the
opinion of the Engineer to enable the Employer to maintain, dismantle,
reassemble and adjust all parts of the Works. The Operating and
Maintenance Instructions shall comply with the Specification in respect of
material to be incorporated and shall be first submitted in draft for the
approval of the Engineer. The Works shall not be considered to be
completed for the purposes of Clause 48 hereof until such approved
Instructions and Drawings have been supplied to the Employer. The
number of copies of Operating and Maintenance Instructions to be
supplied is given in the Specification. Unless otherwise specified, the
Instructions shall be written in both Arabic and English.

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FORM OF TENDER BOND

-------------------------------------

H.H. The Chairman

Tender Board
P.O. Box 787
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman.

Tender Bond No
--------------------------------------By this bond we . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ..
whose address is . .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . ..
hereby guarantee Messers . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
of . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ..
and hold at your disposal the sum of R.O. . .. .. .. . . .. .. ..
being % of the Tender Value from until a total period of ninety
(90) calendar days.

This bond shall be free of interest and payable in cash on your first written demand in the event of the Tenderer
either withdrawing his Tender within a period of ninety (90) calendar days from the date for the receipt of
Tenders or failing to provide a Performance Bond within twenty eight (28) calendar days of acceptance of the
Tender whichever date is earlier without any reference to or contestation on behalf of the Contractor.

This bond should be returned to us upon its expiry or upon fulfilment of our undertaking whichever is the
earlier.

Authoriszed Signatories

(To be issued by a locally

registered bank)

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FORM OF ADVANCE PAYMENT BOND

---------------------------------------------------------

Ministry of Finance and Economy

P.O. Box 506
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman

Advance Payment Bond No.

Whereas ..(hereinafter called the
Contractor) has been awarded a Contract dated for construction
completion and maintenance of ..
.. or the value of R.O. .
(Rials Omani ) and in
consideration of your making an advance payment of R.O. . to the Contractor
being % of the Contract Value, by this bond, we
whose address is ............ . . .. . .
. guarantee to pay you a sum not exceeding R.O. .
on your first written demand without reference to or contestation on behalf of the Contractor.

It is understood that our liability towards you will be progressively reduced by the amount repaid
to you by the Contractor as contained in the Certificates and Payments against the said advance
payment.

This bond will be effective from .. and shall be valid

until .., or until the amount of the advance payment is fully recovered,
whichever is later.

This bond should be returned to us upon its expiry or upon fulfilment of our undertaking
whichever is the earlier.

Authoriszed Signatories

(To be issued by a locally registered bank)

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FORM OF PERFORMANCE BOND

-------------------------------------------------

Ministry of Finance and Economy

P.O. Box 506
Muscat
Sultanate of Oman
Performance Bond No.
Whereas .(hereinafter
called the Contractor) has been awarded a contract dated . for construction completion
and maintenance of .
.. for the value of R.O. .(Rials
Omani ...)
by this bond we .
whose address is
are held and firmly bound unto the Government of the Sultanate of Oman represented by the Ministry of
Finance and Economy, Muscat in the sum or R.O. .. being %
of the Contract Value.

We agree to make unconditional payment under this bond on your first written demand without
any reference to or contestation on behalf of the Contractor provided the claim is received by us on or
before

The Guarantee will be effective from .. and shall be valid

up to . after which date our liability shall automatically cease.

This Guarantee should be returned to us upon its expiry or upon fulfilment of our undertaking
whichever is the earlier.

Authoriszed Signatories

(To be issued by a locally registered bank)

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NOTE TO THE CONTRACTOR

Whilst the Performance Bond is an On first Written Demand Bond, the Employer may, but is not bound
to adhere to the following procedure. If the Employer considers that the Contractor is in default of the due
performance of his duties under the Contract, then the Employer will give fourteen days written notice to
the Contractor of this occurrence during which time the Contractor shall rectify such performance to the
satisfaction of the Engineer.

If in the opinion of the Engineer such performance is not rectified the Engineer shall inform the Employer
accordingly in writing.

The aforementioned shall not, in any manner whatsoever, alter the nature of the On First Written
Demand Bond.

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