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QUOTATION FOR DISMANTLING AND DISPOSAL OF PARTITION WALLS AT HDB HUB,

EAST WING, LEVEL 5 (FY2024/Q180)

CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT FOR QUOTATIONS


1. Definitions
1.1 In the Contract, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “HDB” means the Housing & Development Board and includes any officer authorised
by HDB on its behalf.
(b) “Contract” means the resulting contract between the Authority and the Contractor for
the provision of the Goods and Services as a result of the Authority’s acceptance of the
Contractor’s Offer which terms and conditions are contained in the following:
(i) the Covering Letter;
(ii) the Instructions for Quotations;
(iii) the Contractor's Offer;
(iv) these Conditions of Contract;
(v) the Requirement Specifications;
(vi) the Letter of Acceptance;
(vii) any correspondence exchanged between the Authority and the Contractor which is
agreed to by the Authority in writing as amplifying or modifying the Invitation to Quote or the
Contractor’s Offer; and
(viii) any formal agreement executed between the Parties,
including all schedules and annexes to such documents as relevant.

(c) “Contract Price” means the aggregate Offer Price for Goods and Services required
under the Contract.
(d) “Contractor” means a successful Potential Supplier whose Offer has been accepted
by the Authority.
(e) “Control” means, with respect to a person (i) the right to exercise, directly or
indirectly, at least 50 per cent of the voting rights attributable to the shares of the controlled
person or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such person.
(f) “data” means any representation of information or of concepts regardless of the
medium of storage, and includes any personal data.
(g) “Factor” means any person:
(i) listed in the “List of Factoring Companies” at the Vendors@Gov website; and
(ii) with an approved vendor record in the Vendors@Gov system or other electronic
invoicing system maintained by the Authority.
(h) “Goods” means all goods proposed in the Contractor’s Offer as being capable of
meeting the Requirement Specifications and accepted in the Letter of Acceptance which the
Contractor is required to provide under the Contract, and such other goods as may be
agreed in writing between the Parties to be provided by the Contractor.
(i) “GST” means goods and services tax charged under the GST Act.
(j) “GST Act” means the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993.
(k) “Invitation to Quote” means the invitation to quote for the provision of Goods and
Services and comprises all the invitation to quote documents forwarded to the Potential
Supplier, inclusive of the Covering Letter, Instructions for Quotations, Conditions of Contract,
Requirement Specifications, Evaluation Criteria and any other document and form enclosed.
(l) “InvoiceNow” means the nationwide e-invoicing method that facilitates the direct
transmission of invoices in a structured digital format across finance systems in Singapore.
(m) “Letter of Acceptance” means the letter issued by the Authority accepting the
Contractor’s Offer.
(n) “Losses” means all liabilities, losses, damages, actions, claims, demands, costs
(including legal costs on a full indemnity basis and experts’ and consultants’ fees),
settlement sums and sums paid in satisfaction of a court, arbitral or expert award.
(o) “Offer” means the offer submitted by the Potential Supplier to provide Goods and
Services to the Authority in response to the Invitation to Quote, and other documents
submitted by the Potential Supplier and accepted in writing by the Authority as modifying
such offer submitted by the Potential Supplier.
(p) “Offer Price” in respect of any of the Goods or Services, means the sum specified in
the Price Schedule (as may be varied in accordance with the Contract) for the provision of
such Goods or Services under the Contract.
(q) “Parties” means the Authority and the Contractor, and “Party” means any one of
them.
(r) “Payee” in relation to a Receivable, means the person specified in the Contractor’s
invoice to the Authority as the payee of such Receivable.
(s) “personal data” shall have the same meaning as its definition in the Personal Data
Protection Act 2012.
(t) “Potential Supplier” means a person or its permitted assignees and successors
offering to provide the Goods and Services pursuant to the Invitation to Quote and shall be
deemed to include two or more persons if appropriate.
(u) “Price Schedule” means the schedule of prices for Goods and Services proposed in
the Contractor’s Offer and accepted in the Letter of Acceptance, as amended from time to
time in accordance with the Contract.
(v) “Receivables” means the amounts payable by the Authority to the Contractor under
the Contract, subject to the Authority’s rights against the Contractor under the Contract, at
law or in equity, including the Authority’s rights of deduction and set-off.
(w) “Requirement Specifications” means the specifications set out in Part 2 of the
Invitation to Quote and any amendment or addition to the aforesaid as may be
mutually agreed in writing between the Parties from time to time.
(x) “S$”, “$” or “SGD” means the lawful currency of Singapore.
(y) “Services” means the services proposed in the Contractor’s Offer as being capable of
meeting the Requirement Specifications and accepted in the Letter of Acceptance which the
Contractor is required to provide under the Contract, and such other services as may be
agreed in writing between the Parties to be provided by the Contractor.
(z) [“Statutory Board” means a body corporate established by or under written law to
perform or discharge any public function under the supervisory charge of a ministry or organ
of state.]
(aa) “Subcontractor” means any person, firm or company engaged by the Contractor to
perform any part or parts of the Contractor’s obligations and includes the Subcontractor’s
duly appointed representatives, successors and permitted assignees and the
(bb) “Working Day” means a day which is not a [Saturday] , Sunday or a public holiday in
Singapore.
1.2 In the Contract, unless a contrary intention appears:
(a) words in the singular include the plural and vice versa where the context requires;
(b) the headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not be taken into
consideration for the purpose of interpretation;
(c) references to a person include any company, limited liability partnership, partnership,
business trust, unincorporated association or government agency (whether or not having
separate legal personality);
(d) a reference to “including” shall not be construed restrictively but shall mean “including
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing” and “including but without limitation”;
(e) any reference to any legislation shall be deemed a reference to such legislation as
amended or revised from time to time and be deemed to include any subsidiary legislation
made under such legislation;
(f) “month” means calendar month and “day” means calendar day; and
(g) for the purposes of computing time, a period of days from the happening of an event
or the doing of any act or thing shall be deemed to be exclusive of the day on which the
event happens or the act or thing is done.

2. Scope of Contract
2.1 The Contractor must carry out and complete the dismantling and disposal of partition
walls in accordance with the Contract.
3. Removal and Replacement
3.1 The Authority may reject any Goods that are found on delivery, or upon installation where
installation is required, to be:
(a) not in accordance with the Contract; or
(b) defective or of unsatisfactory quality or not fit for the ordinary uses contemplated by
the Authority, (collectively, the “Rejected Goods”), and the Contractor must:
(i) provide a replacement for the Rejected Goods immediately at the Contractor’s own
expense; and
(ii) collect the Rejected Goods at the Contractor’s own expense within seven (7) days
after the date of notification by the Authority and failing which, the Authority shall have the
right:
(A) to claim from the Contractor storage charges and other expenses incurred in relation
to the Rejected Goods until collection by the Contractor or disposal in accordance with sub-
clause (B) below, whichever is earlier; and
(B) if the Rejected Goods are not collected after one (1) month after the date of
notification by the Authority, to dispose of the Rejected Goods in any way the Authority
deems fit and claim all expenses incurred thereby from the Contractor,
and the Authority shall be entitled to claim from the Contractor all costs and damages
incurred by the Authority as a result of the Rejected Goods.
3.2 The Authority may reject any Services that are not performed in accordance with the
Contract or with reasonable care, skill and diligence, and if so required by the Authority, the
Contractor must re-perform such rejected Services at the Contractor’s own expense.
3.3 Where any Goods or Services are rejected by the Authority pursuant to Clause 3.1 or
Clause 3.2 or pursuant to any other provision of law, the Contractor shall be deemed to have
completely failed to deliver such Goods and perform such Services.
3.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the risk of loss, damage or deterioration of
Rejected Goods (whether rejected pursuant to this Clause 3 or otherwise) shall be borne by
the Contractor at all times and possession shall be deemed to have never passed to the
Authority.
4. Payment
4.1 The Contractor must invoice the Authority in accordance with Clause 4.4 after receipt
by the Authority of all the Goods and Services.
4.2 Subject to compliance with Clause 4.1, the Authority must pay the Contractor within
thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice by any electronic payment mode as the Authority
may decide (e.g. Interbank GIRO, PayNow, FAST transfer), or such other mode of payment
as the Authority and the Contractor may agree. The Contractor must provide the Authority
with the relevant payment details for such mode of payment within thirty (30) days after the
date of the Letter of Acceptance.
4.3 No payment shall be considered as evidence of the quality of the Goods or Services
to which such payments relate or a waiver of any default on the part of the Contractor in the
performance of its obligations, nor shall it relieve the Contractor from its other obligations
under the Contract.
4.4 If requested by the Authority, the Contractor must submit to the Authority invoices
through InvoiceNow (strongly recommended) or the electronic invoicing system maintained
by the Authority and such other documents through such means and format as may be
specified by the Authority for the purposes of making payment.
4.5 The Authority shall not be required to pay for expenses or cost of whatever nature
other than those expressly set out in the Contract or otherwise expressly agreed to in writing
by the Authority.
4.6 The Contract Price is exclusive of any GST chargeable on the provision of goods and
services to the Authority by the Contractor under the Contract. If the Contractor is a taxable
person under the GST Act, the Authority must reimburse the Contractor for any GST
chargeable by the Contractor on the provision by the Contractor of goods or services under
the Contract.
4.7 Any invoice or other request for payment of monies due to the Contractor under the
Contract must, if it is a taxable person for the purpose of the GST Act, be in the same form
and contain the same information as if it were a tax invoice for the purposes of any
subsidiary legislation made under the GST Act.
4.8 The Authority is agreeable to the Contractor assigning its Receivables to any Factor,
subject to the following:
(a) the Contractor warrants and represents to the Authority that it has not previously
assigned such Receivable to any person other than the Payee of such Receivable;
(b) the Contractor must provide to the Authority any information in relation to the Payee
and the factoring arrangement as the Authority may from time to time reasonably require;
(c) such assignment shall be without prejudice to the Authority’s rights against the
Contractor under the Contract, at law or in equity, including the Authority’s rights of deduction
and set-off;
(d) the Contractor must ensure that:
(i) each of its invoices for assigned Receivables (each, a “Factored Invoice”) indicate a
Factor as the Payee;
(ii) it does not issue any Factored Invoice indicating a person that is not a Factor as the
Payee;
(iii) where any Factored Invoice is in respect of goods or services on which GST is
chargeable by the Contractor, the Payee is indicated as the payee of the entire amount
(including GST) of such Factored Invoice, unless the Authority agrees otherwise in writing;
and
(iv) where payment of the Receivable to the Factor is subject to withholding tax under
Singapore law, the Contractor must give prior written notice of this to the Authority and
comply with all reasonable invoicing directions of the Authority in connection with such
withholding;
(e) the Contractor acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) the Authority shall not be required to verify whether:
(A) payment of any Factored Invoice to the Payee is in accordance with a valid factoring
arrangement; or
(B) the Contractor has complied with Clause 4.8(d);
(ii) payment made by the Authority to the Payee in respect of any Factored Invoice shall
constitute a full discharge of the Authority’s payment obligations to the Contractor in respect
of such Factored Invoice;
(iii) where a Factored Invoice includes GST, payment made by the Authority to the Payee
in respect of such GST shall constitute a full discharge of the Authority’s payment obligations
to the Contractor in respect of such GST;
(iv) if the Contractor issues a Factored Invoice which indicates a Payee that is not a
Factor, the Authority shall have the right to reject such invoice and require the Contractor to
reissue such invoice indicating either the Contractor or a Factor as the Payee; and
(v) in the event withholding taxes are imposed by the tax authorities on any payment
made pursuant to a Factored Invoice and such withholding taxes have not already been
withheld by the Authority by way of deduction without any obligation to gross up, the
Contractor must indemnify and hold the Authority harmless from and against all such
withholding taxes and any other Losses incurred or suffered by the Authority arising in
connection with such withholding tax;
(f) the Contractor must ensure that all its invoices that are not factored do not indicate a
Factor as the Payee. If the Contractor indicates the Factor as the Payee in any invoice that
is not factored, payment made by the Authority to the Payee in respect of such invoice shall
constitute a full discharge of the Authority’s payment obligations to the Contractor in respect
of such invoice; and
(g) the Authority shall have the right at any time (whether before or after receiving a
Factored Invoice) to withdraw its consent to any factoring arrangement by giving notice to
the Contractor and the Factor, and upon such withdrawal of consent:
(i) the Authority shall be entitled to pay all Receivables to the Contractor without being
liable to the Contractor or the Factor for any Losses; and
(ii) the Contractor must reissue any Factored Invoice if required by the Authority.

5. Delay in Performance
5.1 If the Contractor fails to deliver any Goods or complete the performance of any
Services by the date(s) specified in the Contract, the Authority shall have the right (in
addition to and without prejudice to all other rights or remedies available, including the
Authority’s right to terminate the Contract pursuant to Clause 9.1), to cancel all or any such
Goods or Services from the Contract without compensation and obtain them from other
sources (the “Replacement Goods and Services”) and all increased costs thereby incurred
shall be borne by the Contractor provided that the quantity of the Replacement Goods and
Services so obtained shall not exceed the quantity stated in the Contract.

6. Compliance with Law


6.1 The Contractor must, at its own cost, obtain and maintain all licences, permits,
certifications, approvals, registrations and authorisations without any restriction or
qualification whatsoever so as to enable the Contractor to fulfil all its obligations under the
Contract.
6.2 The Contractor must, in performing its obligations under the Contract, comply with all
applicable laws and must keep the Authority indemnified against all penalties and liabilities of
every kind for the breach of any such laws.
7. GIFTS, INDUCEMENTS AND REWARDS
7.1 The Authority shall be entitled to immediately terminate or rescind the Contract and
recover from the Contractor the amount of any Losses resulting from such termination or
rescission if:
(a) any Contractor Representative has offered or given or agreed to give to any person
any gift or consideration of any kind as an inducement or reward for:
(i) doing or forbearing to do or for having done or forborne to do any act in relation to
the obtaining or performance of the Contract; or
(ii) showing favour or disfavour to any person in relation to any contract with the
Authority; or
(b) any Contractor Representative has engaged in any activity or conduct that has
resulted or will result in a violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws.
7.2 In this Clause 8:
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means:
(a) Chapter 9 of the Penal Code 1871;
(b) the Prevention of Corruption Act 1960; and
(c) any other applicable law including any foreign law which:
(i) prohibits the conferring of any gift, payment or other benefit on any person or any
Personnel or adviser of such person; or
(ii) is broadly equivalent to the laws set out in paragraph (a) or (b) or which has as its
objective the prevention of corruption.
“Contractor Representative” means any of the following:
(a) the Contractor;
(b) any person employed by the Contractor; or
(c) any person acting on behalf of the Contractor (whether with or without the knowledge
of the Contractor).
8. TERMINATION
8.1 If any of the following events occur, the Authority shall have the right (in addition to
and without prejudice to all other rights or remedies available, including the right to claim
damages) to terminate the Contract with immediate effect by written notice to the Contractor:
(a) an Event of Default has occurred (not being a default covered by any other sub-
clause of Clause 9.1) and:
(i) the Contractor fails to remedy the Event of Default within fourteen (14) days after the
date of the written notice from the Authority to do so; or
(ii) the Event of Default is not capable of being remedied within a reasonable time;
(b) the Contractor is in breach of any of its obligations under the Contract, and such
breach results, or is likely to result, in damage to the reputation of the Authority [or the
Government of the Republic of Singapore];
(c) the Contractor is in material breach of any of its obligations under the Contract; or
(d) a breach by the Contractor of Clause 6 (Compliance with Law) or Clause 15
(Subcontract, Transfer and Assignment).
8.2 If any of the following events occur, the Authority shall, to the extent permitted by law,
be entitled to terminate the Contract with immediate effect by written notice to the Contractor,
and the Contractor shall have no claim for any damages or compensation:
(a) the Contractor is unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due;
(b) where the Contractor is a company or a limited liability partnership, a receiver,
liquidator or provisional liquidator is appointed over any undertaking or property of the
Contractor or an order is made or a resolution is passed for winding-up or dissolution without
winding-up (other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction) of the Contractor;
(c) where the Contractor is a partnership, the Contractor is dissolved or has a
bankruptcy order made against it;
(d) where the Contractor is an individual, the Contractor becomes bankrupt or dies;
(e) legal proceedings alleging insolvency are brought against the Contractor;
(f) any application is made for the winding-up, bankruptcy or dissolution of the
Contractor; or
(g) the Contractor enters into any composition or arrangement with creditors.
8.3 If the Contract is terminated, the following shall apply:
(a) termination shall be without prejudice to any rights or obligations of either Party which
has accrued prior to such termination and any obligation which expressly or by implication is
intended to come into or continue in force on or after such termination;
(b) the Contractor must forthwith refund to the Authority all amounts paid to the
Contractor under the Contract, less the price of the Goods and Services which have been
accepted by the Authority as at the date of termination;
(c) the Contractor must immediately deliver property belonging to or provided by the
Authority pursuant to the Contract and all deliverables prepared by the Contractor for the
Contract (including works-in-progress if so requested by the Authority). [Works-in-progress
shall be paid on a pro-rated basis at the Authority’s sole discretion]; and
(d) in the event of a termination pursuant to Clause 9.1 or 9.2, the Authority shall have
the right to engage another person to provide the remaining Goods and Services to be
provided under the Contract, and any additional costs and expenses incurred must be paid
by the Contractor, and the Contractor must give reasonable assistance to the incoming
contractors.
8.4 For the purposes of this Clause 9:
“Event of Default” means any breach (whether material or not) by the Contractor of any of its
obligations under the Contract.
8.5 Nothing in this Clause 9 shall be deemed to prejudice any other rights or remedies
available to the Authority against the Contractor for any breach of the Contractor’s
obligations whether under the Contract or at law or in equity.
9. FORCE MAJEURE
9.1 Neither Party shall be liable for any failure to perform its obligations under the
Contract if the failure results from events which are beyond its reasonable control (“Force
Majeure Event”), except that whenever possible the affected Party shall resume that
obligation as soon as the factor or event occasioning the failure ceases or abates. For the
purposes of the Contract, “Force Majeure Event” shall include acts of God, acts of civil or
military authority, civil disturbance, wars, strikes, fires, epidemics or pandemics, and other
catastrophes.
9.2 If the effect of any Force Majeure Event continues for a period exceeding three (3)
months, the Authority may at any time thereafter give notice to the Contractor to terminate
the Contract with immediate effect without being liable to the Contractor in damages or
compensation.
9.3 If a Force Majeure Event occurs, the Contractor or the Authority (as the case may be)
shall for the duration of such Force Majeure Event be relieved of any obligation under the
Contract as is affected by the Force Majeure Event except that the provisions of the Contract
shall remain in force with regard to all other obligations under the Contract which are not
affected by the Force Majeure Event.
9.4 Failure of the Contractor’s Subcontractors or suppliers to perform their obligations
shall not be regarded as events beyond the reasonable control of the Contractor.
10. CORRESPONDENCE
10.1 Any notice (“Notice”) shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
when it is delivered by hand or by prepaid registered post or electronic mail to the Party as
follows:
(a) in the case of the Contractor, the address and electronic mail address set out in the
Offer; and
(b) in the case of the Authority, the address and electronic mail address stated in the
Covering Letter of the Invitation to Quote.
10.2 Either Party may change its address and electronic mail address referred to above by
giving the other Party written notice of the change.
10.3 A Notice sent by electronic mail shall be deemed not to have been received if the
sender receives, within 24 hours after sending such electronic mail, a notification that such
electronic mail has not been successfully delivered.
11. LANGUAGE
11.1 The Contractor must ensure that all data, documents, descriptions, diagrams, books,
catalogues, instructions, markings for the Goods and correspondence are written in readily
comprehensible English language.
12. CONSORTIUM
12.1 As used in the Contract, “Consortium” means an unincorporated joint venture through
the medium of a consortium or a partnership.
12.2 Where the Contractor is a Consortium, the following shall apply:
Joint and Several Responsibility and Liability
12.2.1 Each member of the Consortium shall be jointly and severally responsible and liable
to the Authority for the due performance of the Contract.
Addition of members to Consortium
12.2.2 Any introduction of, or changes to, Consortium membership must be approved in
writing by the Authority.
12.2.3 Should any additional member be added to the Consortium at any time with the
approval of the Authority pursuant to Clause 13.2.2, such additional member shall be
deemed to be included in the expression “the Contractor”.
Withdrawal from Consortium
12.2.4 If any member of the Consortium withdraws from the Consortium, goes into
liquidation, is wound up or ceases to exist in accordance with the laws of the country of
incorporation:
(a) the Contract shall continue and not be terminated, and
(b) the remaining member(s) of the Consortium must carry out and complete the
Contract.
13. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
13.1 For the purposes of the Contract, the Contractor shall be, and shall be deemed to be,
an independent contractor and not an agent or employee of the Authority.
14. SUBCONTRACT, TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT
14.1 The Contractor must not, without the prior written consent of the Authority,
subcontract its obligations, or transfer or assign the benefit of the whole or any part of the
Contract.
14.2 The Contractor shall be responsible for the acts, defaults, negligence and omissions
of its Subcontractors and their Personnel.
15. REMEDIES
15.1 The rights and remedies of a Party under the Contract are cumulative and are
without prejudice and in addition to any rights or remedies such Party may have at law or in
equity. No exercise by a Party of any one right or remedy under the Contract, or at law or in
equity shall operate so as to hinder or prevent the exercise by it of any other right or remedy
under the Contract, at law or in equity.
16. VARIATION
16.1 No variation of the Contract shall be of any force unless agreed upon in writing and
signed by the authorised signatories of both Parties.
17. WAIVER
17.1 No failure or delay on the part of any Party in exercising any right under the Contract,
or at law or in equity, shall operate as a release or waiver thereof.
17.2 No waiver of any breach of the Contract shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other
or of any subsequent breach.
17.3 Any waiver granted under the Contract must be in writing and may be given subject
to conditions. Such waiver under the Contract shall be effective only in the instance and for
the purpose for which it is given.
18. SET-OFF
18.1 Whenever under the Contract any sum of money (including any damages) shall be
recoverable from or payable by the Contractor, the same may be deducted from any sum
then due or which at any time thereafter may become due to the Contractor under the
Contract or any other agreement with the Authority.
19. ENTIRE AND WHOLE AGREEMENT
19.1 The Contract contains the entire and whole agreement between the Parties relating
to the subject matter of the Contract.
20. SEVERABILITY
20.1 In the event any provision in the Contract is determined to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision or part of it shall, to the extent it is illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, be deemed not to form part of the Contract and the legality, validity
and enforceability of the remainder of the Contract shall not be affected.
21. RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES
21.1 A person who is not a party to the Contract shall have no right under the Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 2001 to enforce any term of the Contract.
22. SURVIVING PROVISIONS
22.1 Any provision of the Contract that expressly or by implication is intended to come into
or continue in force on or after termination or expiry of the Contract, including Clauses 8
(Gifts, Inducements and Rewards), 9.3 and 9.5 (Termination), 11 (Correspondence), 16
(Remedies), 18 (Waiver), 19 (Set-off), 20 (Entire and Whole Agreement), 21 (Severability),
22 (Rights of Third Parties), 23 (Surviving Provisions), 24 (Governing Law), 25 (Escalation of
Disputes) and 26 (Dispute Resolution), shall survive the termination or expiry of the
Contract.
23. GOVERNING LAW
23.1 The Contract shall be deemed to be made in Singapore and shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore.
24. ESCALATION OF DISPUTES
24.1 In the event of any dispute arising out of or relating to the Contract or its subject
matter or formation (a “Dispute”), no Party shall proceed to litigation unless the Parties have
referred the Dispute to a senior officer of each Party (each, an “Officer”) who shall negotiate
in good faith with a view to resolution of such Dispute.
24.2 If such Dispute is not resolved by agreement between the Officers within 14 days
after the date of referral of the Dispute to the Officers, any Party may proceed litigation.
25. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
25.1 Each Party irrevocably agrees that the courts of Singapore shall have exclusive
jurisdiction to settle any Dispute. Each Party irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such
courts.
B1. WARRANTY
B1.1 In the Contract, “Warranty Period” in respect of Goods or Services, means the period
of 12 months commencing on the date of receipt of such Goods or Services by the Authority
in accordance with the provisions of the Contract, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the
Parties.
B1.2 Where during the Warranty Period, any Goods are found to:
(a) be defective in design, materials or workmanship;
(b) be not in accordance with the Contract; or
(c) having been installed, operated, stored and maintained in accordance with the
written instructions of the Contractor, have failed to function properly or have failed to meet
any Requirement Specification or specification published by the Contractor as applicable to
the Goods,
(the “Defective Goods”),
then unless the Contractor can show that the foregoing is caused solely by improper use or
mishandling by the Authority, the Contractor must, at its own expense, replace, rectify or
completely repair the Defective Goods within 30 days. The Warranty Period shall be
extended by a period equivalent to the period commencing on the date of the Authority’s
notification of such Defective Goods to the date of receipt of the repaired/replaced Goods by
the Authority.
B1.3 If any Service performed is found during the Warranty Period to be deficient or to be
not in accordance with the Contract, the Contractor must at the written notification of the
Authority, complete the re-performance of the same, at the expense of the Contractor within
30 days after the date of the Authority’s notification. The Warranty Period for the re-
performed Service shall be extended, from the date of original expiry of the Warranty Period,
by a period equivalent to the period commencing on the date of the said notification to the
date of completion of the re-performed Service.
B1.4 The Authority’s rights and remedies under this Clause B3 are independent of and
without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of the Authority.
PART 2
Requirement Specifications for Dismantling and Disposal of Partition Walls at HDB
Hub, East Wing, Level 5
General Requirements
1. Scope of Work:
• Dismantling of existing partition walls.
• Proper disposal of all dismantled materials.
• Ensuring the site is clean and free of debris post-work.
• Necessary adjustments to maintain the structural integrity of remaining walls.
2. Safety and Compliance:
• All work must comply with Singapore's workplace safety and health
regulations.
• The contractor must implement safety measures to protect workers and
surrounding areas.
• Minimal disruption to surrounding areas during work.
3. Execution Timeline:
• The dismantling and disposal work must be completed within 5 days from the
date of commencement.
4. Site Cleanliness:
• The contractor must ensure the site is clean and free of debris after the work
is completed.
5. Submission Requirements:
• Form of Quotation and Price Schedule.
• Documentation of similar past projects.
• Detailed work plan and method of execution.
• Quoted sum exclusive of GST.
6. Conditions:
• All work must be carried out in a safe and professional manner.
• Any damage caused during the dismantling process must be repaired at no
additional cost.
• The contractor must ensure minimal disruption to the surrounding areas.
7. Warranty and After-Sales Service:
• Warranty period for the work performed.
• Response time for any issues or repairs.
8. Declaration:
• The contractor must declare that the information provided in the Schedule of
Conformance is accurate and true to the best of their knowledge.

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