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ractAgr
eementf
orWat
erWor
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Const
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Suppl
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nst
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Pr
ocur
ementRef
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BETWEENAf arRegi
onalStat
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cofEt hiopi
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ncor poratedundert hel
awsofandhav ingit
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nessatSemera
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edthe“Contr
actor”
),oftheot herpart

WHEREAS
(a)The Publ i
c Bodyi nvit
ed The Regi onalAf arWat erWor ks Construction
Enterpr i
se forcer t
ain Wor ks Viz Constr
uct i
on,Suppl y and Instal
l
ation of
col
lectorpipemai n,generat
orhouseandassoci atedcivilworksinAf arRegi on
specificall
yinElowat ownofAdaarwer eda( hereinaftercalledthe“Wor ks”)
,
andhasaccept edaBi dbyt heContractorf orthepr ovi
sionoft hoseWor ks
inthesum of ETB………………….I nclusiv
e( her einaftercalled“theCont ract
Pri
ce” )inthemannerandont het
ermsdescr ibedher ein
(
b)TheCont ractorhavingr epresentedtothePubl icBodyt hatithast herequired
ski
ll
s,personnelandt echnicalresour
ces,hasagr eedt ocar r
youtt heWor kson
thet
ermsandcondi ti
onssetf orthinthi
sCont ract ;

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esher etoher ebyagr eeasf ollows:
1. TheAgr eement
1.2 I nt hi
sAgr eementwor dsandexpr essionsshal lhav ethesamemeani ngsasar e
respect i
v elyassi gnedt ot hem i ntheCondi t
ionsofCont ractreferredt
o.
1.3 Thef oll
owi ngdocument sshal lconst itutet heCont ractbet weent hePubl ic
Bodyandt heCont r
act or,andeachshal lber eadandconst ruedasani ntegr al
par toftheCont ract:
1. Cont ractAgr eement ,includingal lappendi ces;
2. Let terofAccept ancebyt hePubl icBodyt ot heCont ractor;
3. TheSpeci alCondi t
ionsofCont ract ;
4. TheGener al Condi ti
onsofCont r
act ;
5. TheBi dSubmi ssionSheetwi thAnnexes;
6. Techni cal Pr oposal wi tht echnical speci f
ications;
7. Thedesi gndocument ati
on( drawi ngs) ;
(
a)For Uni t-
price cont racts:The Bi l
lof Quant it
ies and Pr ice
Contr
actAgreement Schedul e( aftercor rectiono1
far it
hmet i
cal errors); Oct
ober
,2018
El
owaWat erS8.
uppl
yPr
ojectinAfarRegi
on
(
b)ForLump- sum cont racts:TheBr eakdownoft heLump- sum Price
(aftercor r
ect i
onofar it
hmet ical errors);
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opment

4 Thi
1. sCont
ractshal
lpr
evai
lov
eral
lot
herCont
ractdocument
s.I
ntheev
entof
anydi screpancyori nconsi stencywi thi
nt heCont ractdocument s,thenthe
document sshallprev aili
nt heor derli
stedabov e.
1.5 I n consideration oft hepay ment sto bemadebyt hePubl icBodyt othe
Cont r
actorasher einaf terment ioned,theCont ractorher ebycov enantswi t
hthe
PublicBodyt ocarryoutt heWor ksandt oremedydef ect st
hereini nconformit
y
i
nal lrespectswi t
ht hepr ov i
si onsoft heCont ract.
1.6 ThePubl icBodyher ebycov enant stopaytheCont ractorinconsi derati
onofthe
provisionoft heWor ksandt her emedy ingofdef ectst herei
n,theCont r
actPri
ce
orsuch ot hersum asmaybecome pay able undert he prov i
sionsoft he
Cont r
actatt hetimesandi nt hemannerpr escr i
bedbyt heCont ract.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,t hePar tiesher et
ohav ecausedt hisCont ractt obe
signedint heirrespecti
venamesasoft hedayandy earfirstabov ewr i
tten.

SI
GNEDf
orandonbehal
fof
:
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arNat
ional
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onal
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ePast
oral SI
GNEDf
orandonbehal
fof
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icul
tur
eDev
elopmentBur
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arWat
erWor
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ruct
ion
Si
gnat
ure: Ent
erpr
ise
Name: Si
gnat
ure:
Posi
ti
on: Name:
Dat
e: Posi
ti
on:
Dat
e:
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TNESS
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ent
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ract
or

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ure: . Name&Si
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ure: .
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ure: . Name&Si
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ure: .
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ure: . Name&Si
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ure: .

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ractAgreement 2 Oct
ober
,2018
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ecti
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e
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opment

Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Thefoll
owingSpeci
alCondit
ionsofContr
act(SCC)shal
lsupplementtheGeneral
Condit
ionsofContr
act(GCC).Whenevert
hereisaconfl
i
ct,theprovi
sionsher
einshal
l
prev
ailovert
hoseintheGCC.
GCCCl ause
Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Ref
erence
A.Gener
alPr
ovi
sions
PROCUREMENTReferenceno………….
GCC1.
2(d) Thenameoft
heproject

The Publi
c Body is: Af
ar Regi
onal St
ate,Pastoral Agr
icul
tur
e
Devel
opmentBureau(BoPAD)-DroughtResil
ienceandSustainabl
e
Li
veli
hoodsPr
ogram –Proj
ectI(
DRSLP-
I)

TheEngi
neer

Thecont
ract
or

GCC1.
2(f) Thecont
ractis:
UnitRat
eCont
ract
GCC1.
2(g) TheCont
ractoris:
AfarWat
erWorksConst
ruct
ionEnt
erpr
ise
B.TheCont
ract
GCC7.
1(i) In addi t
ion to document sl ist
ed in GCC Cl ause 7.
1t he fol
lowing
document sshallformt heCont r
act:None.
GCC8.
1 The gov erni
ng law shal lbe:The Law oft he FederalDemocr ati
c
Republ icofEthi
opi a.
GCC9.
1 Languageoft heCont r
actshal lbeEnglish.
GCC16.1 I n case ofchange ofl aws and r egulat
ion afterthe deadli
ne for
submi ssionoft heBi dCont ractPriceShal lnotbecor r
espondi
ngly
i
ncr eased or decr eased and/ or the Del i
very Date shallnot be
reasonabl yadjustedt otheext entthatCont ractorhast her
ebybeen
affected int he per formance ofany ofi ts obli
gati
ons undert he
Cont r
act .
GCC17.1 TheCont ract
or,Sub- Contractors,andtheirPersonnel:
Shallnotbeexempt edf r
om dut i
esandi ndir
ecttaxeslevi
edby
theFederal Democr aticRepublicofEt hi
opia

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ractAgreement 1 Oct
ober
,2018
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ecti
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icul
tur
e
devel
opment

GCCCl ause
Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Ref
erence
GCC22.
1 The percentage t
o appl
ytot he val
ue oft he worknotcomplet
ed,
repr
esentingthePubl
icBody
'saddit
ionalcostforcompl
eti
ngtheworks
s15%.
i
C.Obl
i
gat
ionsoft
hePubl
i
cBody
GCC30.
2 ThePublicBodyshallprovi
dethefol
l
owingfurt
herassi
stancetot he
Cont
ractorNotAppl
: i
cable.
GCC30.
3 Thedocumentstobepr ovi
dedbythePubl
icBodyandtheEngineerare
thef
oll
owing:NotAppli
cabl
e.
GCC31.
1 ThePubl
i
cBodyshal lprov
ideSi
teandAccesst
her
eto:
15day
saf
ter
si
gni
ngofthecont
ract.

D.Obl
i
gat
ionsoft
heCont
ract
or
GCC34.
5(b) ThePubli
cBody'spr
iorappr
ovali
sal
sor equir
edfor:TheEngi
neershal
l
obt
ainspeci
fi
capprovaloft
hePubli
cBodyi nwri
tingbefor
etaki
ngany
oft
hefoll
owingacti
onsspeci
fi
edhereunder
(
a)Approvingsublet
ti
ngofanypartoftheworks
(
b)Cer
ti
fyi
ngaddi
ti
onal
sums
(
c)Cer
ti
fyi
ngaddi
ti
onal
cost
(
d)Det
ermi
ninganext
ensi
onoft
ime

I
ssui
ngav
ari
ati
onor
derexcepti
nanemer
gencysi
tuat
ion,as
r
easonabl
ydet
ermi
nedbyt
heEngi
neerand
(
f) Fi
xi
ngr
atesorpr
ices.
TheSchedul
eofKeyPersonnelforEachlott
ocarr
youtthef
unct
ions
st
atedi
ntheSchedul
eofRequir
ement si
sthefol
l
owing:
Educat
ionLev
el Total
Numberof Exper
ience
No Wor k
Posi
ti
on prof
essi
ona
Experi
en
i
nSimilar
. l
srequi
red Works
ce
GCC38.
3 1 Pr
oject 1 M.Sc/B.Scin 2
6
manager Civ
il
/Water
Resour
ce/ Sani
tar
y/
orHydrauli
cEng.or
Rel
atedfield
2 Si
te 1 MSc/B.Scin 2
4
Engi
neer Civ
il
/Water
Resour
ce/ Sani
tar
y/

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ractAgreement 2 Oct
ober
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e
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opment

GCCCl ause
Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Ref
erence
orHy dr
aul i
cEng...
.orRelatedf i
eld
3 El
ectr
o- 1 MSc/ B.ScinElectr
o 2
4
Mechani
cal -
Mechani calEng.or
Engi
neer Related
4 Constr
uct
io 1 Diploma 6 6
nForeman
5 Sur
veyor 1 Di
ploma 4 2
6 Laboratory/ 1 Di
ploma 6 2
Material
Technician
Total

GCC38.3 TheScheduleofKeyPer sonnelshal


lbepartoft
heContract
GCC39.2 Theamountofaggr egateli
abil
it lbe:Tot
yshal alcont
ractpr
ice(
110
(b) per
centofthecontr
actpr i
ce)
GCC40.1 Themini
mum i nsur
ancecov eranddeducti
blesshal
lbe
Themi
nimum i
nsur
ancecov
eranddeduct
ibl
esshal
lbe:
 Themi ni mum cov erfori nsuranceoft heWor ks,PlantandMat eri
alsis110%of
thecont ractamounti sr ecommended
 Themaxi mum deduct i
bl eforinsuranceoft heWor ks,PlantandMat erial
si s:t
he
contractorshallbringt hisduringcont ractsigni ng
 Themi nimum cov erfori nsuranceofEqui pmenti s100%oft hecontractamount
i
sr ecommended
 Themaxi mum deduct ibl
ef ori nsuranceofEqui pmenti st hecont r
actorshal l
bri
ngt hisdur i
ngcont ractsigning
 The mi nimum cov erf orinsur ance ofpr oper tyis:the r esponsibil
i
t yoft he
Contractort oobtainadequat einsurancecov erf orsuchrisks
 Themaxi mum deduct i
bl eforinsuranceofpr opertyis,t
hecont r
actorshallbr i
ng
thi
sdur ingcont r
actsigni ng
 The mi nimum cov erf orper sonali njury ordeat hinsur ance is…… wi th no
deductible
TheContractor’semploy eesandf ort hi
rdpar t
iesar easperthel awoft heFe deral
Democr
ati
cRepubl
i
cofEt
hiopi
anandcommonpr
act
icet
her
eof

Theamountofi nsur
ancecov eri
ngliabil
it
ywithregardtor i
sksandcivi
l
GCC40.
3
l
iabil
it
yinsuranceshal lbe:100%
TheCont ractorshal lsubmi tapr ogram ofi mplementationoftasks
GCC41.
1
wit nf
hi i
fteen(15)day safterSit
eHandi ngover.
GCC41.
4 Theper i
odbet weenpr ogram updatesi s30 day s.Theamountt obe
withhel
df orl
at esubmi ssi
onofanupdat edprogr s50,
am i 000ETB.The
program shallbeappr ovedwit noneweekbyt
hi heEngi neer.

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ractAgreement 3 Oct
ober
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ruct
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icul
tur
e
devel
opment

GCCCl ause
Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Ref
erence
GCC42.
7 Thedat ebywhi choper ati
onandmai nt
enancemanualstogetherwith
“as buil
t” drawings arer equi
red i
s 30 day s bef
oret he proj
ect
provi
sionalaccept ance.The amountt o be wit
hhel
df orfail
ing to
produce“ asbuil
t”dr awi
ngs;andoperat
ionandmai nt
enancemanual s
bythedat erequi
redis5%oft hecont
ractpr
ice.
GCC47.
1 Thecont ractori nwhatsoev ercondi tionshal l notbeal l
owedt oimpedet he
traf
fi
concommuni cat i
onl ink.I tisther esponsi bil
i
tyoft hecont ractorto
adapthi msel ftothewor kingcondi tionoft hear ea.
GCC47.
2 Thecont ractorshal lmai ntaint henor mal existingt r
afficcondi ti
ononand
aroundt hesi te.Thespeci f
icmeasur et obet akendur i
ngi mplement ationof
thewor kwi llbedecidedi nconsul tationwi tht hecl i
entandconsul tant.
GCC50.
1 Anydemol ishedmat erialsar ethepr opertyoft hepr ocuri
ngent i
ty
GCC50.
4 Thecont ractor shimsel fdemol isht hemat erial andshall beallowedt osublet
i
twi t
ht heconsentoft hecl ientuponappr ov al.
GCC52.
5 Thedesi gnofpar ti
culart empor arywor ksist her esponsi bil
it
yoft he
contractor.Anyt empor arywor ksdesi gnisther esponsibi l
i
tyoft hecont r
actor
andt heconsul t
antshal lappr ov eit.
GCC53.
1 Subjectedt ot hespecificationt hecont r
actorshal lmakeav ail
abletot he
Engineer,theper sonnel andequi pmentnecessar yforcar ryi
ngoutanysoi l
surveywhi cht heEngi neerconsi dersr easonabl ynecessar y
GCC55.
1 As speci
fi
ed under t
his cl
ause no ot
her pr
ovi
sion.
Theamountoft
hePer
for
manceSecur
it
yshal
lbe:
10%oft
heCont
ractPr
ice.
GCC58.
1 Theperf
ormancesecur
it
ywil
lberetai
nedupt ot hedefectl
i
abi
l
ityper
iod
whi
chis365daysaf
tert
hedat
eofprovi
sional
acceptance.

Thet
ypesofaccept
abl
ePer
for
manceSecur
it
iesar
e:Publ
i
cBody
Bank Guar
ant
ee orPer
for
mance bond f
rom r
eput
abl
einsur
ance
GCC58.
4 company
Thecurrencyshal
lbe:oftheperformancebondshal
lbei
nthepr
opor
ti
onof
thecur
renciesbywhicht
hefinancialof
feri
sgi
ven
Discharge oft
he Per
for
mance Securi
ty shal
ltake pl
ace:365day
s af
ter
GCC58.
8
acceptanceoft
hegoodsbyt
hecl
ient.
E.Pay
ment
stot
heCont
ract
or
GCC59.
1 Al
lpayment
st ot
hecont
ract
orundert
hiscont
ractshal
lbemadei
n
Et
hiopi
anBi
rr
.

GCC60.
1 Advancepay
mentshal
lbegrant
edtothecont
ract
or,
athisrequest
.
GCC60.
2 Theamountoft headvancepay lbe:30% oft
mentshal hecont r
act
amountandwil
lbepaidinthesamecurr
enci
esandpropor
tionsasthe

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ractAgreement 4 Oct
ober
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icul
tur
e
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opment

GCCCl ause
Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Ref
erence
Contr
actPri
ce.I
twil
lbepaidt
otheCont
ract
ornol
atert
han15day
supon
submissi
onofbankguar
ant
ee.
GCC60.
9 Thefollowi ngpr ovi
sionsshal lapplyt ot headv ancepay mentandt he
advancepay mentsecur it
y:
(a)AnAdv ancePay mentSecur i
tyshal lber equi redi nthef orm of
BankGuar antee.
(b)An adv ancepay mentshal lbemadewi t n 21 day
hi s afterthe
Effectiv eDate.Theadv ancepay mentwi llbesetof fbyt hePubl ic
Bodyi nequali nstall
ment sagai nstt hewor ksunt iltheadv ance
pay menthasbeenf ull
ysetof f.
(c)TheAdv ancePay mentSecur it
yshal lbei nt heamountandi nthe
cur r
encyoft helocal currencypor tionoft headv ancepay ment .
(d)Ther epay mentoft headv ancepay ment sshal ltaket heform of
deduct i
onsbasedont hemont hlycl aims
()Thea
i dvancepay ment( maxi mum of30%)shal lber epai dby
meansofdeduct i
onsf rom t hei nstall
ment sand,i fnecessar y,
thebal anceduet ot heCont ract or.Thi sr epay mentshal lbegin
witht hef i
rstinstall
mentandbecompl eted, atthev erylatest;
by
thet i
me80% oft heamountoft hecont racthasbeenpai d.
Repay mentshal lbemadei nt hesamecur rencyast headv ance
payment .Theamountt obededuct edf r
om eachi nstall
ment
shall becalculatedusi ngt hefollowi ngf ormul a:

wher e:
R=t heamountt ober epai d
Va=t het ot
alamountoft headv ancepayment
Vt=t hei nit
ial
contractamount
D=t heamountoft hei nstallment.
Ther esultisroundedupt otwodeci malpl
aces.
Thepr opor t
ionofpay mentr et ainedis:5% andTheRet ai
nedamount
1 di
GCC61. schar ged Af terMaxi mum of30 day s Fr
om the date ofFinal
Acceptance.
Thefract i
onf oreachspeci f
iedel ementandexactcombinati
onof
GCC62.
7,
el
ement sthatwi ll
beappl i
edi nt hef or
mul af
orpri
ceadj
ustmentshal
l
62.
13
beasf ollows: NotApplicable.

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ractAgreement 5 Oct
ober
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erWorksConst
ruct
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arNRSBur
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icul
tur
e
devel
opment

GCCCl ause
Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Ref
erence
Thefoll
owingmet hodsshall
applytotheval
uati
onofwor ks:
Theamount sduei ncaseofunit-
pri
cecontr
actshall
bedet ermi
ned'basedon
theint
erim paymentcerti
fi
catedapprovedbytheengineer,pay
mentshallbe
GCC63.
1
eff
ectedont hemont hl
ybasis.
Theamount sduei ncaseoflumpsum contractshal
lbeequaltogreatert
han
5%oft hecontractpr
ice.
Ar
rangement
sfori
nter
im pay
ment
sshal
lbet
hef
oll
owi
ng:Mont
hlyup
GCC64.
1 onsubmi
ssi
onofi
nter
im pay
mentcer
ti
fi
cat
e.

Ownershi
pofthepl
antandmater
ial
srefer
redt
oinGCCCl
ause83shal
l
GCC64.
2(e)
notbedeemedtobevestedi
nthePubli
cBody.
GCC64.
7 Thef
requencyofi
nter
im pay lbe:I
mentshal nter
im pay
mentshal
lbemade
ast heworkprogressesbasedonmeasur edvolumeofwor kslessret
enti
onand
advancepaymentr ecoveryasprov
idedforinthecondit
ionofcontr
actagreement
respecti
vel
y.
Noi nt
eri
m paymentshal l
bemadef ordurati
onlessthan30day sandav al
ueless
than500,000bir
roft hecontr
actpri
ceforcivi
lworks.

The draf
tFinalStatementofAccountshal lbe submitt
ed att he
GCC65.
1 momentoft he Contract
or'
s appli
cat
ion f
ort he Fi
nalAcceptance
Cert
if
icat
e.
TheEngineershal
lprepareandsi gntheFinalStat
ementofAccount
GCC65.
2 wit
hin30 daysf r
om t heissueoft heFinalAcceptanceCerti
fi
cate
ref
err
edtoinGCCCl ause89.
F.Per
for
manceoft
heCont
ract
GCC70.
1 TheScopeofWor ksshal l
bedef inedi Schedul
n: eofRequi rement .
TheCont ractorshal lcarryoutt hewor ksatt hef oll
owingSi tes:The
GCC70.2
si
tesar elocat edin:Elowat owni nAdaarwereda
TheSt artDat eshal lbef i
fteen( 15)day saft
ersi gningoft hecont r
act
,
GCC71.1
si
tehandov erandAdv ancepay ment .
TheIntendedCompl etionDat ef oroneboreholeoft hewor ksshal lbe:
GCC72.1
:240day si ncludi
ngmobi l
izationandsuppl yi
ngofpi peandf i
tt
ings.
Thef oll
owi ngev entsshal lal sobeCompensat ionEv ent s:Si t
eand
GCC74.1(
j)
accesst hereto.
GCC79.1 Thewor kr egistershallbe:Requi r
ed.

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GCCCl ause
Speci
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Ref
erence
Thet
echni
calr
ulesf
ordr
awi
ngupt
hest
atement lbe:de
sshal ci
deddur
ing
GCC79.
2
t
hei
mpl
ement
ati
onoft
hepr
oject
.
Thewor ks,component s,equipmentandmat eri
alsusedi nthei
rconstructi
on
GCC80.
2
mustcompl ywi t
ht hetechnicalspecif
icati
oninSchedul eofRequirements.
Iftheclientrequirespreliminarytechnicalacceptance,upont hedemandof
GCC80.
3
the publ ic body t he gov er
ning condi t
ion willbe set dur i
ng cont ract
negotiati
on.
Thepl aceofPhy sicali
nspectionandt estingshallbeinAddi sAbabaandf or
GCC81
factoryinspectioni tshallbeathomef actoryandwi l
lbedeci deddur ing
contract negoti
ation.
TheEqui pment,Tempor aryWor ks,PlantandMat eri
alsonsi t
eownedbyt he
GCC83.
2
Cont r
actororbyanycompanyi nwhi chtheCont ractorhasacont rol
ling
i
nterestshal l
,forthedur ati
onoft heexecut i
onoft hewor ks,bevestedint he
Public Body.
G.Accept
anceandDef
ect
sLi
abi
l
ity
Par
ti
al pr
ovi
sional accept
ance i
s Appl
i
cabl
e
GCC86.
3
Provi
sionalaccept
ancewi
l
lbeconduct
edaspert
hecondi
ti
onst
atedi
nthi
s
GCC87
document
GCC86.
1 NotAppl
i
cabl
e.
GCC86.
2 TheDef
ect
sLi
abi
l
ityPer
iodi s.
s365day

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Gener
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
Tabl
eofCl
auses
B.Gener
alPr
ovi
sions 1
1. Defini
ti
ons 1
2. Appointment 3
3. Relati
onshipBetweenthePar
ti
es 4
4. DueDi l
igence 4
5. FraudandCor rupt
ion 4
6. I
nterpretat
ion 6
B.TheCont
ract 6
7. ContractDocument s 6
8. GoverningLaw 7
9. Language 7
10. Not i
cesandwr it
tencommuni cations 7
11. Aut horit
yofMemberi nChar ge 8
12. Engi neerandEngi neer'
sRepr esentat
ive 8
13. Assi gnment 8
14. Subcont r
acti
ng 9
15. Modi f
icati
onsbyChangeOr der s 10
16. Changei nLawsandRegul ati
ons 11
17. TaxesandDut i
es 12
18. For ceMaj eure 12
19. Br eachofCont ract 13
20. Suspensi on 13
21. Ter mination 14
22. Pay mentuponTer mination 16
23. Ar rangementsonTer minati
on 16
24. Cessat i
onofRightsandObl igations 17
25. Cessat i
onofWor ks 17
26. Set tl
ementofDi sputes 17

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27. Li
quidatedDamages 18
28. Confi
dential
i
ty 18
29. Miscel
laneous 20
C.Obl
i
gat
ionsoft
hePubl
i
cBody 20
30. Assi
stanceandSupplyofDocuments 20
31. AccesstotheSit
e 21
32. Payment 21
33. Del
ayedPay mentst
ot heCont
ract
or'
sSt
aff 21
D.Obl
i
gat
ionsoft
heCont
ract
or 21
34. Gener al Obli
gat i
ons 22
35. El
igi bil
ity 22
36. CodeofConduct 23
37. Cont rol andSuper visionoft heWor ks 23
38. Per sonnel 24
39. I
ndemni f
icat
ionandLi mi t
ati
onofLi abi
l
ity 25
40. I
nsur ancet obeTakenOutbyt heCont r
actor 26
41. Progr am ofI mpl ement ati
onofTasks 27
42. Cont ract or'
sDr awi ngs 27
43. Suf fi
ciencyofBi dPr i
ces 28
44. Except i
onal Risks 29
45. Heal thandSaf etyonSi tes 29
46. Saf eguar dingAdj acentPr opert
ies 30
47. I
nter ferencewi thTr affic 30
48. Cabl esandCondui t
s 31
49. Set ti
ng- outoft heWor ks 31
50. Demol ishedMat erials 32
51. Discov eries 32
52. Tempor aryWor ks 32
53. Soil Studi es 33
54. Ov erlappi ngCont ract s 33
55. Pat ent sandLi censes 33
56. Account i
ng,Inspect ionandAudi t
ing 33
57. Dat aPr otect
ion 34
58. Per formanceSecur ity 34
E.Pay
ment
stot
heCont
ract
or 35
59. GeneralPr
incipl
es 35
60. AdvancePay ment 36
61. Retent
ionMoni es 37
62. Pri
ceAdjustments 38

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63. Valuati
onofWor ks 40
64. I
nterim Payment 41
65. Fi
nal St
atementofAccount 42
66. Di
rectPay mentstoSub-
Contr
act
ors 43
67. DelayedPayment s 43
68. Payment stoThir
dParti
es 44
69. Cl
aimsf orAddit
ional
Payment 44
F.Per
for
manceoft
heCont
ract 44
70. ScopeofWor ks 44
71. CommencementofWor ks 44
72. PeriodofExecut i
onofWor ks 45
73. ExtensionofIntendedCompl eti
onDate 45
74. Compensat ionEv entsforAllowi
ngTimeExtensi
on 46
75. Accelerat
ion 46
76. ManagementMeet ings 46
77. EarlyWarning 47
78. DelaysinImplement at
ionofTasks 47
79. Wor kRegister 47
80. Ori
gi nandQualityofWor ksandMateri
als 48
81. I
nspect i
onandTest ing 48
82. Rej
ect i
on 49
83. Owner shi
pofPl antandMat eri
als 50
G.Accept
anceandDef
ect
sLi
abi
l
ity 50
84. GeneralPrincipl
es 50
85. TestsonCompl eti
on 51
86. Parti
alAccept ance 51
87. Provi
sional Accept
ance 51
88. DefectsLiabil
ity 52
89. Fi
nal Acceptance 53

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Sect
ion7:
Gener
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ract
F.Gener
alPr
ovi
sions
1. Def
ini
ti
ons

1.
1 Theheadi
ngsandtit
lesoftheseGener
alCondi
ti
onsofCont
ractshal
lnotl
i
mit
,al
teror
aff
ectt
hemeaningoftheContr
act
1.
2 Thef
oll
owi
ngwor
dsandexpr
essi
onsshal
lhav
ethemeani
ngsher
ebyassi
gnedt
othem:

"
Bil
lofQuant
it
ies" meanst hedocumentf ormi ngpar toft heBi dandcont aining
ani temi zedbr eakdownoft hewor kst obecar ri
edouti nauni t
pri
cecont ract ,i ndicatingaquant ityf oreachi tem andt he
corr espondi nguni tpr i
ce;
"
Complet
ion" meanst hef ulf i
llmentoft heCont ractbyt heCont ractori n
accor dancewi tht heter msandcondi tionssetf orthi nt hei n
theGCCCl ause87;
"
Cont
ractDocuments" means t he document sl i
sted i nt he GCC,i ncluding al l
attachment s,appendi ces,andal ldocument si ncorpor atedby
refer encet her ei n,andshal lincludeanyamendment st her eto;
"
ContractManager
" me a n sap erso nd es i
gn ateda ss uc hb yt heC o ntr
a cto rfrom
ti
met ot i
measnot i
fi
edi nwr iti
ngt ot hePubl icBodyt oactas
thedul yaut hor izedr epr esent ativeoft heCont ractorf oral l
purposes connect ed wi th t he Cont ract,i ncluding any
author i
zedr epr esent ativeofsuchper son;
"
ContractPri
ce" me a n st h ea cc e ptedc ontr
a cta mo u ntst atedi nt hePubl i
c
Body 'sLet terofAccept ance.Theamountr epresentst hei nitial
estimat epay abl ef ortheexecut ionoft hewor ksorsuchot her
sum asascer tai nedbyt hef inalst atementofaccountasdue
tot heCont ract orundert hecont ract;
"
Contract" me a n sth eb i
n d ingC on tract Ag reeme ntent eredi ntobet ween
the Publ ic Body and t he Cont r
actor ,compr ising Cont ract
Document sr ef erred t ot her ein,i ncludi ng allat tachment s,
appendi ces,and al ldocument si ncor porated byr eference
therei n,
"
Contractor
" me a n san atur alorj uri
dicalper sonundercont r
actwi t
ha
Publ icBodyt osuppl ywor ks;
"
Day " meanscal endarday ;

"
Day
wor
ks" meanv ariedwor kinputssubjectt opay mentonanhour l
y
basisf ort he Cont ractor'
s employ ees and equi pment ,i n
addit
iont opay mentf orassoci
atedmat eri
al sandpl ant
s;
"Defect" Defectisanypar toft heWor ksnotcompl etedi naccordance
wit
ht heCont r
act;
"Defects Li
abi
l
ityi
st heper iod st ated i
nt heSpeci alCondi tionsofCont ract
Period" i
mmedi atelyf ollowing the date ofpr ovi
si onalaccept ance,
duri
ngwhi cht heCont r
actori
srequiredt ocompl et
ethewor ks
andtor emedydef ectsorfault
sasi nstructedbyt heEngineer ;
"Drawings" me anth ed raw ingso ftheWo rks,asi nclude di ntheCon tr
a ct,
andanyaddi tionalandmodi fi
eddr awi ngsi ssuedby( oron

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behal fof )t hePubl icBodyi naccor dancewi tht heCont r


act ,
i
ncl ude cal cul ations and ot her i nf or mat ion pr ov i
ded or
appr ov edbyt heEngi neerf ort hecar r
y i
ngoutoft hewor ks.
"El
igi
bl eCount ri
es" me a ns t
h e co un trie s an dt err i
torie selig i
b le as listedi nS ection
5oft heBi ddingDocument s;
"
Engi
neer" meansaper sonnamedi nt heSpeci alCondi ti
onsofCont ract
orappoi nt edassuchbyt hePubl icBodyandnot ifi
edi nwr i
ting
tot heCont ract ort oactast her epresent at i
v eoft hePubl i
c
Bodyt osuper vi
seandi nspectwor ksandt ot estandexami ne
the mat er i
als empl oy ed and t he qual i
t y ofwor kmanshi p,
i
ncl udinganyaut hor izedr epr esent ati
v eofsuchper son;
"Equipment " i
s t he Cont ract or '
s machi nery, v ehi cles, appar atus,
component sandanyot herar t
iclesbr oughtt empor ar il
yt ot he
Sitetoconst ructt heWor ks;
"Fi
nal Accept ance Cer ti
ficat e(s)i ssuedbyt heEngi neert ot heCont ract oratt he
Certi
ficat e" en do f th eD efe ct sL iability P er
io ds tatin gt h at theC ontractor
hascompl eted i tsobl igat ionst o const ruct ,compl ete,and
mai ntai nt heWor ksconcer ned;
"Gener al Condi tons her
i einaf ter r ef er red t o as “ GCC” , means t he gener al
ofCont ract" co ntrac tua lpro vis ion s se ttin go ut the ad min istrati
v e, fi
na ncia l
,
l
egalandt echni calcl ausesgov erningt heexecut i
onoft he
Cont ract ,exceptwher e amended byt he SCC orCont ract
Agr eement ;
"GoodI ndustry means t he exer ci se oft hatdegr ee ofski ll,diligence and
Practice" fores i
g ht wh ichw o u ldr ea s o na blya ndo rdin aril
yb ee xpect ed
from aski ll
edandexper iencedCont r actorengagedi nt he
prov i
si onofwor kssi mi lart ot hewor ksundert hesameor
simi l
arci rcumst ancesast hoseappl i
cabl et ot heCont r
actand
whi char ei naccor dancewi thanycodesofpr acticepubl i
shed
byr elev antt radeassoci at ions;
"Gover nment " me a nst h eG o ver nme nt of theFeder alDemocr ati
cRepubl icof
Ethiopi a;
"I
nwr iting" shal lbe i nter pr eted t oi nclude any documentwhi ch i s
recor dedi nmanuscr iptort y pescr ipt;
"I
ntended Compl eti
on i
s t
h e da t
e on w h ich it i
s in te n ded t
h attheCont ractorshal l
Date" co mp lete the Wo rk s.T h e Int en ded Comp l
e ti
o n D at
e i
s specifi
ed
i
nt heSpeci al Condi t
ionsofCont ract.TheI ntendedCompl eti
on
Dat emayber ev i
sedonl ybyt heEngi neerbyi ssui ngan
ex t
ensi onoft i
meoranaccel erationor der ;
"Li
quidat eddamages"meanst he compensat ion st ated i nt he cont ractasbei ng
pay ablebyCont ract ort ot hePubl i
cBodyf orf ai l
uret oper form
the cont ractorpar tt her eofwi thint he per i
ods undert he
cont ract ,oraspay abl ebyCont ractort ot hePubl i
cBodyf or
anyspeci ficbr eachi dent i
f i
edi nt hecont ract ;
"Mater i
al s" areal lsuppl ies, incl udi ngconsumabl es, usedbyt he
Cont ract orf ori ncor por at ioni nt heWor ks;
"Member " meansanyoft heent it
iest hatmakeupt hej ointv ent ure/
consor ti
um /associ ation; and“ Member s”meansal l these
entiti
es;

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"
Mont
h" meanscal
endarmont
h;

"
Par
ty" meanst hePubl i
cBodyort heCont ract orandi ncl udest heir
permi ttedsuccessor sand“ Par ties”meansbot hoft hem;
"Plant" meansappl iancesandot hermachi ner y,and, wher eappl icabl e
undert he l aw and/ orpr act i
ce oft he Feder alDemocr at i
c
Republ i
cofEt hiopi a,t het empor ar yst ruct ur eson t hesi te
requiredt ocar ryoutt hewor ksbutexcl udi ngequi pmentor
otheri temsr equi redt of or m par toft heper manentwor ks;
"PriceSchedul e" me a ns the co mp l
e ted s che d ule o fp r
ic es ,i nc l
u d ing t he
breakdownoft heov eral lpr i
ce,submi ttedbyt heCont ract or
withhi sBi d,modi f i
edasnecessar yandf or mi ngapar toft he
unitpr icecont ract ;
"Prov i
sional Sum" me a nsas um in cludedi nt hecont ractandsodesi gnat edf or
the i mpl ement ation of wor ks or t he suppl y of goods,
mat erials,pl antorser v i
ces,orf orcont ingenci es,whi chsum
maybeusedi nwhol eori npar t,ornotatal l,asi nst ruct edby
theEngi neer ;
"PublicBody " meanspubl i
cbody ,whi chi spar tlyorwhol l
yf inancedbyt he
Feder al Gov ernmentBudget , highereducat ioni nst itutions, and
publici nst i
tut i
onsofl i
kenat ur ewhi chhast hepower sand
dutiest oconcl udeaCont ractf ort hesuppl yofWor ks,as
specif i
edi nt heSCC;
"Si
t e" meanst hepl acespr ov ided byt hePubl icBodywher et he
wor ksar et obecar riedout ,andot herpl acesst at edi nt he
Cont ractasf or mi ngpar toft hesi te;
"Special Condi t
ions hereinaf ter r eferred t o as “ SCC” ,means t he condi t i
ons
ofCont r act" attach e dt ot heC on trac t Ag re eme n t, wh ichs h all g ov e rnt he
Cont ractandshal lpr ev ailov ert heseGener alCondi tionsof
Cont ract ;
"Specification" me a ns th eSpeci fi
cat ionoft heWor ksi ncludedi nt heCont ract
drawnupbyt hePubl icBodyset tingouti tsr equi rement s
and/ orobj ect ives i nr espectoft he pr ov ision ofwor ks,
specif ying,wher er elev ant ,themet hodsandr esour cest obe
usedand/ orr esul tst obeachi ev ed;
"StartDat e" i
sgi veni nt heSpeci alCondi tionsofCont ract .I ti st hel at est
datewhent heCont ract orshal lcommenceex ecut ionoft he
Wor ks;
"Sub-Cont r
actor" me a nsanynat uralper son,pr ivat eorgov er nmentent ity ,ora
combi nat ionoft heabov e,i ncl udingi tsl egalsuccessor sor
permi ttedassi gnswhohasaCont ractwi tht heCont ract ort o
carryoutapar toft heWor ki nt heCont ract ,whi chi ncl udes
wor kont heSi te;
"ThirdPar t
y" me a ns a ny p ers onorent ityot hert hant hePubl icBody , the
Cont ract ororaSub- Cont ractor ;
"Wor ks" mean al l wor k associ at ed wi t h t he const r uct ion,
reconst ruction,upgr adi ng,demol i
tion,r epai r,r enov ationofa
buil
di ng,r oad,orst ruct ur e,aswel lasser vicesi nci dent alt o
wor ks,i ft hev alueoft hoseser vi
cesdoesnotexceedt hatof
wor kst hemsel v es;

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2. Appoi
ntment

2.
3 ThePubl
i
cBodyappoi
ntst
heCont
ract
ort
ocar
ryoutt
heWor
ks:
Prompt ly(andinanyev entwi t
hinanyt i
met argetsasmaybesetouti ntheSect i
on6, Schedule
ofRequi rements)andi naprof essionalandcour teousmannersoast orefl
ectandpr omotet he
i
mageoft hePubli
cBody ;
Stri
ctlyinaccordancewi tht heSchedul eofRequi rementsandal lprovisi
onsoft heCont ract
;
and
Inaccor dancewi t
hallapplicablel awsandr egulati
onsoft heFederalDemocr ati
cRepubl i
cof
EthiopiaandGoodI ndustryPr actice;and
Inaccor dancewiththepol i
cies,rules,andpr oceduresoftheappropri
ateAut hori
tyasamended
from ti
met oti
me.
Inaccor dancewi tht hequal ityst andardssetbyt heMinist
ryofUr banDev elopmentand
Const r
uct i
on,Quali
tyandSt andar dsAut horityofEthiopi
a(QSAE),andappl icabl
ei nt
ernati
onal
standards;
Inaccor dancewi ththet ermsandcondi t
ionsofappoi ntmentaspr ov i
dedi nthisClausei n
considerationoftheCont r
actPr ice.

3. Rel
ati
onshi
pBet
weent
hePar
ti
es

3.
4 Nothingcontainedher ei
nshal lbeconstr
uedasestabli
shingar el
ationshi
pofmast erand
serv
antorofpr incipalandagentasbet weenthePublicBodyandt heContractor.The
Contractor
,subj ectt ot hi
s Cont r
act,has complet
e char ge ofPer sonneland Sub-
Contractor
s,ifany ,carr
yingoutt heWor ksandshallbef ul
lyresponsibl
ef ortheWor ks
carr
iedoutbyt hem oront heirbehal
fhereunder
.TheCont ractorshallnoti ncurany
l
iabi
lit
iesonbehal fofthePubl icBodyorenteri
ntoanycont r
actorobl i
gati
ononbehal fof
thePublicBody .

4. DueDi
l
igence

4.
5 TheCont
ract
oracknowl
edgest
hati
t:
(
g) Hasmadeandshal lmakeitsownenquir
iest
osatisf
yit
selfastotheaccur
acyand
adequacyofanyinfor
mat i
onsuppl
iedt
oitbyoronbehalfofthePubl
icBody;
Hasrai
sedallrel
evantduedili
gencequesti
onswiththePubl
icBodybeforetheEff
ecti
veDate;
and
Hasenter
edintothi
sContractinrel
i
anceonitsownduedili
genceal
one.
4.
6 TheContract
oracknowl edgesthatithasi
nspectedtheSit
eEnv i
ronmentandhasadv i
sed
thePubl
icBodyofanyaspectoft heSiteEnvir
onmentthatisnotsuit
abl
eforcar
ryingout
theWorksandt hatt hespecifi
edact i
onstor emedytheunsuitabl
easpectsoftheSite
Envi
ronment,togetherwithat imetablef
orandt hecostsoft hoseacti
ons,havebeen
speci
fi
edintherelevantpartsoftheContractf
orthePre-
Operati
onalPhase.
4.
7 I
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ract
orhasei
therf
ail
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teEnv
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4.
8 Anydi
sput
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elat
ingt
oduedi
l
igenceshal
lber
esol
vedi
naccor
dancewi
tht
heEt
hiopi
an
Law.

5. Fr
audandCor
rupt
ion

5.
9 ItistheGov ernmentoft heFeder alDemocr ati
cRepubl i
cofEthiopia’
spol i
cytorequire
thatPubli
cBody ,aswel lasbidders/ suppli
ers,
toobser vethehigheststandardsofethics
duringtheprocur ementandt heexecut ionofcontracts.Inpursuanceoft hispoli
cy,the
Gov er
nmentoft heFeder alDemocr aticRepubli
cofEt hi
opiarepresentedbyt hePubl i
c
ProcurementandPr opert
yAdmi nistrati
onAgency( herei
nr ef
erredtoast heAgency )
requir
es thatPubl ic Bodies shalli ncl
ude in bi
dding document s,provisi
ons against
corruptpr
actices.
5.
10 Ift
hePubl i
cBodydet ermi
nesthattheCont r
actorand/ori t
sPer sonnel,sub-contractor
s,
serv
icesprov i
dersandsupplier
shasengagedi ncorrupt,fraudulent,coll
usive,coerciv
e,
orobstructi
vepr act
ices,i
ncompet i
ngf ororinexecut i
ngt heCont ract,thent hePublic
Bodymay ,aftergiving14day snoticetot heCont ractor,terminatet heCont ractor'
s
employmentundert heContr
act,andt heprovi
sionsofGCCCl ause21shal lapplyasi f
suchexpulsionhadbeenmadeunderGCCSub- Clause21.2(i).
5.
11 TheAgencydef
ines,f
ort
hepur
posesoft
hesepr
ovi
sions,t
het
ermssetf
ort
hbel
owas
fol
l
ows:
(j
) “ Cor ruptpr actice”i st heoff ering, giving, receivingorsol i
citi
ng, directlyori ndirectly,
ofanyt hingofv aluet oinfl
uencet heact i
onofapubl icof ficialint hepr ocur ement
processori ncont ractexecut i
on, and
“Fraudul entpr act i
ce”i sanyactoromi ssion,i ncludi ngmi srepresent ationt hatknowi nglyor
recklessl ymi sl
eads,orat t
empt stomi slead,apar tyt oobt ainfinanci alorot herbenef itort o
avoidanobl igat i
on.
“Coll
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ces"i saschemeorar r
angementbet weent woormor eCont ractors,wi thor
withoutt heknowl edgeoft hePubl i
cBody ,desi gned t o establ i
shpr icesatar ti
ficial,non
compet iti
velev els,and
“Coer civepr actices”i shar mingort hreateni ngt ohar m,di rectl
yori ndirect l
y,personsort hei
r
proper tytoi nfl
uencet heirpar ticipati
oni napr ocur ementpr ocess,oraf f
ectt heexecut ionofa
contract .
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epr act i
ce"i s
(
i) del i
berat elydest royi
ng,f alsifying,al teringorconceal i
ngofev idencemat erialto
the i nvest i
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on ormaki ng f alse st atement st oi nv estigatorsi n or dert o
mat er i
allyi mpede t he Feder alEt hics and Ant icorrupt i
on Commi ssion,t he
Feder al Audi tor Gener al and t he Publ i
c Pr ocur ement and Pr oper t
y
Admi nistrati
on Agencyort heiraudi tors'investi
gat ion i nto al l
egations ofa
cor r
upt ,fraudul ent ,coerciveorcol lusiv epr acti
ce;and/ ort hreatening,har assi ng
ori ntimi datinganypar t yt opr eventt hei rfrom di sclosingt heirknowl edgeof
mat tersr elev antt otheinv est igationorf r
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2.
5.
12 TheAgencywi lldebaraContractorf
rom part
ici
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oninpubli
cprocur
ementfora
specif
iedperi
odoft imeifi
tatanytimedet
erminesthatt
heContr
act
orhasengagedi
n
corr
upt,fr
audulent,col
l
usiv
e,coerci
veorobstr
ucti
vepracti
cesi
ncompeti
ngfor,ori
n
executi
ng,acontract
.
5.
13 TheAgencyr eservest heri
ght,whereaCont r
actorhasbeenfoundbyanat i
onalor
i
nter
nationalentit
ytohav eengagedincorr
uptorfr
audul
entpr
acti
ce,
todeclar
ethatsuch
aContractori
si nel
igi
ble,f
orastatedperi
odofti
me, t
obeawardedaGovernmentfunded
cont
ract.
5.
14 TheAgencywi l
lhavetherighttorequi
rethat
,incontr
act
sf undedbyt heGover
nmentof
Ethi
opia,apr
ovisi
onbei ncludedrequi
ri
ngCont r
actor
stoper mittheAgencytoinspect
thei
raccount
sandr ecor
dsr elat
ingtot
heperformanceofthecontractandtohavethem
audit
edbyauditorsappointedbyt heAgency,i
ftheContractorengagesinanycorrupt
pract
ice.
5.
15 Anycommunicati
onsbetweentheContr
act
orandt
hePubl
i
cBodyort
heAgencyr
elat
ed
tomatt
ersofal
legedf
raudorcorr
upt
ionmustbemadei
nwrit
ing.

6. I
nter
pret
ati
on

6.
16 I
ni nterpr
eting t heseGCC,wor dsi ndicat
ing onegenderi ncl
udeallgender s.Words
i
ndi
cat i
ngt hesi ngularal
soincl
udethepl ur
alandwordsi ndicati
ngtheplur
alalsoincl
ude
t
hesi ngul
ar .Headi ngshavenosigni
ficance.Wordshavet heirnormalmeaningunderthe
l
anguage oft he Cont r
actunless specifi
cal
ly def
ined.The Engi neershal lprovi
de
i
nstructi
onscl arifyi
ngqueri
esabouttheseGCC.

6.
17 I
fsecti
onalcompleti
onisspecifi
edint heSpecialCondi
ti
onsofCont r
act,refer
encesin
theGeneralCondi
ti
onsofCont r
acttotheWor ks,theCompleti
onDate,andt heInt
ended
Completi
on Dateapplyt o anySecti
on oftheWor ks(otherthan r
eferencest othe
Completi
onDateandIntendedCompleti
onDat eforthewhol
eoft heWorks)..

6.
18 Ent
ir
eAgr
eement
Thi
sContractcont ai
nsallcov
enants,
stipul
ati
onsandpr ovi
sionsagr
eedbytheParti
es.
Noagentorr epresentat
iveofei
therPartyhasauthori
tytomake,andt hePar
ti
esshall
notbeboundbyorbel i
ablefor
,anystatement,r
epresent
ati
on,promiseoragreement
notsetf
orthherein.
6.
19 Amendment
Noamendment,modif
icat
ionorot
hervariat
ionoftheContr
actshallbev al
idunl
essan
AmendmenttoContr
actismadeinwr i
ting,isdat
ed,expr
esslyreferstotheContr
act
,
andi
ssignedbyadul
yauthori
zedr
epresentati
veofeachpart
ythereto.
6.
20 Nonwai
ver
(
p) Subjectto GCC Sub-Clause6.5(b)below,no r
elaxati
on,f or
bearance,delay,or
i
ndulgencebyei t
herpar tyinenfor
cinganyoft het er
msandcondi t
ionsoft he
Contractorthegrant
ingoft i
mebyei t
herpart
ytotheot hershallprej
udice,aff
ect
,
orrestri
cttheri
ghtsoft hatpar
tyundertheContract,neit
hershallanywai verby
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writ
ing,dated,andsignedbyanaut horizedr
epresent
ati
veofthepart
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ingsuch
waiver,andmustspeci f
ytherightandt heextentt
owhichiti
sbeingwaiv
ed.
6.
21 Sev
erabi
l
ity
I
fany pr ovi
sion orcondi t
ion oft he Cont
ractis prohi
bited orr endered i
nvali
d or
unenf
orceabl
e,suchpr ohibi
ti
on,invali
dit
yorunenforceabi
l
ityshallnotaffectt
hev ali
dit
y
orenf
orceabi
li
t yofanyotherprovi
sionsandcondit
ionsoftheCont ract.
B. TheCont
ract
7. Cont
ractDocument
s

7.
22 Thedocument sfor
ming t
heCont
ractshal
lbeint
erpret
ed inthefol
l
owing orderof
precedence i
nthe ev
entofany conf
li
ctbet
ween the document
s compri
sing thi
s
Contract
:
Agreement ,includingal lappendi ces;
LetterofAccept ancebyt hePubl i
cBodyt otheCont r
act
or;
TheSpeci al Condi tionsofCont ract;
TheGener al ConditionsofCont r
act;
BidSubmi ssionSheetwi thAnnexes;
Technical Proposal witht echnicalspecif
icati
ons;
Thedesi gndocument ati
on( drawi ngs)
;
ForUni t-price cont r
acts:The Bi l
lofQuant i
ti
es and Pri
ce Schedul
e(aftercorr
ecti
on of
ari
thmet i
cal er r
ors);
ForLump- sum cont racts:TheBr eakdownoft heLump-sum Pr
ice(af
tercor
rect
ion
ofar it
hmet i
cal er
rors);
Anyot herdocumentl i
stedi ntheSCCasf or
mingpartoftheContract
.
7.
23 Al
ldocument
sformi
ngt
heCont
ractar
eint
endedt
obecor
rel
ati
ve,compl
ement
ary
,and
mutual
l
yexpl
anat
ory
.
7.
24 Anyact
ionrequi
redorpermit
tedtobet aken,
andanydocumentr
equir
edorper
mitt
edto
beprov
ided,undertheContr
actbyt hePubli
cBodyortheContr
actormaybetakenor
pr
ovi
dedbyt heaut
hori
zedrepresent
ati
vesspeci
fi
edi
ntheSCC.
7.
25 The Contractconst i
tutes the enti
re agreementbet ween the Publ
ic Body and t he
Contract
orandsuper sedesal lcommuni cati
ons,negot i
ati
onsandagr eements(whet her
wri
ttenoror al
)ofpar ti
eswi threspecttheretomadepr iortothedateofCont ract.No
agentorrepresentat
iveofeitherPartyhasauthoritytomake, andthePart
iesshallnotbe
boundbyorbel iabl
ef or,anystatement,representat
ion,promiseoragreementnotset
for
thherein.

8. Gov
erni
ngLaw

8.
26 TheContract
,it
smeani ngandinterpr
etati
on,andr
elat
ionbet
weenthePart
iesshal
lbe
gover
nedbyandi nterpret
edinaccor dancewitht
hel awsoftheFeder
alDemocrati
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9.
27 TheCont ractaswel lasallwri
tt
enandor alcommunicati
onanddocument srelat
ingto
theCont r
actexchangedbyt heContractorandt hePubli
cBody ,shallbeinl anguage
specifi
edint heSCC.Suppor t
ingdocument sandpr i
ntedli
ter
aturet hatarepar tofthe
Contractmaybei nanot herl
anguage,butanydocument sprovidedinanot herlanguage
mustbeaccompani edbyanaccur at
et r
anslati
onint
olanguagespeci f
iedintheSCC.For
purposesofinter
pretati
onoftheContract,
thistr
ansl
ati
onshallgov er
n.

9.
28 TheCont
ractorshal
lbearal
lcost
soft
ransl
ati
ont
othegov
erni
ngl
anguageandal
lri
sks
oft
heaccuracyofsuchtr
ansl
ati
on.

10. Not
icesandwr
it
tencommuni
cat
ions

10.
29Anynoti
ce,r
equestorconsentr
equi
redorper
mi t
tedt
obegiv
enormadepur
suanttothi
s
Contr
actshal
lbeinwr i
ti
ng.Theter
m“ i
nwr i
ti
ng”meanscommuni
cat
edinwri
ttenform
wit
hproofofrecei
pt.
10.
30Anysuchnotice,requestorconsentshal
lbedeemedtohavebeengivenormadewhen
del
iv
ered in person to an authori
zed repr
esent
ati
ve ofthe Par
tyto whom the
communicati
oni saddressed,orwhensenttosuchPart
yattheaddr
essspeci
fi
edi
nthe
SCC.
10.
31APart
ymaychangei tsaddressf
ornoti
cehereunderbygi
vi
ngt
heot
herPar
tynot
icei
n
wr
it
ingofsuchchangetotheaddr
essspeci
fi
edintheSCC.

11. Aut
hor
it
yofMemberi
nChar
ge

11.
32Incaset heCont ractorconsistsofaj ointventur
e/consort
ium/associ ationoft woor
mor eenti
ti
es,allsuchent it
iesshal lbej oint
lyandseveral
lyboundt oful
fil
lthetermsof
thecontractaccordingt othel aw oft heFeder alDemocrati
cRepubl icofEthiopi
a.The
Member sherebyaut horizetheent i
tyspeci fi
edintheSCCt oactont hei
rbehalfasleader
withauthori
tytobi ndt hejointv entur
eorconsor ti
um inexerci
singal ltheCont r
actor
’s
ri
ghtsandobl i
gationstowar dst hePubl icBodyundert hi
sCont r
act .Thecomposi ti
onor
theconstit
uti
onoft hejointventureorconsor t
ium shal
lnotbeal teredwi t
houtthepr i
or
consentofthePubl i
cBody .

12. Engi
neerandEngi
neer
'sRepr
esent
ati
ve

12.
33Exceptwhereot herwisespeci
fi
cal
l
ystatedandsubjecttoanyrestr
icti
onintheSCC,any
acti
onr equi
redorper mit
tedtobetaken,andanydocumentr equir
edorper mi
tt
edt obe
executed,undert hi
sCont r
actbythePubl i
cBodyort heContr
actormaybet akenor
executedbyt heEngineersnamedintheSCC.Exceptasexpresslystatedi
ntheSCC, t
he
Engineershallnothaveauthor
it
ytoreli
evetheCont
ractorofanyofhi sobl
i
gati
onsunder
theCont r
act
.
12.
34Anynoti
ce,i
nfor
mationorcommunicat
iongiv
entoormadebyanEngi
neershal
lbe
deemedtohavebeengi
venormadebythePubl
icBody
.
12.
35The Engi
neermay delegate any ofhis duti
es and r
esponsi
bil
i
ties t
o Engineer'
s
repr
esent
ati
ve af
ternot
if
ying the Cont
ract
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if
yingt
heCont
ract
or.
12.
36Ther oleoftheEngi neer’srepresentat
iveshal
lbet osuper
viseandinspectwor ksandt o
testandexami net hemat eri
alsempl oyedandt hequali
tyofwor kmanshi p.Underno
cir
cumst anceswilltheEngi neer'
sr epr
esentat
ivebeempower edtoreliev
et heCont r
actor
ofhi sobligat
ionsundert hecont ractor– exceptwher eexpressi nstr
uct i
onst othat
effectaregi v
enint heSCC – or derwor ksresul
ti
ngi nanextensionoft heper i
odof
performanceoraddi tionalcoststobepai dbythePublicBodyorint
roducev ari
antsinthe
natureorscaleoft hewor ks.
12.
37Any communicat
ion given by the Engineer
'srepresent
ati
vetothe Cont
ract
orin
accor
dancewitht
het ermsofsuchdel egationshal
lhav et
hesameeff
ectasthoughi
t
hadbeengiv
enbyt heEngineer
,pr
ovidedthat:
Anyfai
lureont hepartoftheEngineer'
srepresentat
ivetodisapproveanywor
k,materi
alsor
pl
antshallnotprej
udicetheauthori
tyoftheEngi neertodisapprovesuchwor
k,materi
alsor
pl
antandt ogiv
etheinst
ructi
onsnecessaryfortherect
ifi
cat
ionthereof
;
TheEngineershal
lbeatli
bert
ytoreverseorvarythecontent
sofsuchcommuni cat
ion.
12.
38Inst
ructionsand/ orordersissuedbyt heEngi
neershallbebywayofadmi ni
strati
ve
orders.Suchor dersshallbedated,number
edandenteredbytheEngi
neeri
naregister,
and copi es thereof deliv
ered by hand,where appropr
iat
e,to the Cont
ractor'
s
representat
ive.

13. Assi
gnment

13.
39Anassignmenti
sawr i
tt
enagr
eementbywhi
cht
heCont
ract
ort
ransf
ersi
tscont
ractor
par
tthereoft
oathi
rdpar
ty.
13.
40TheCont ract
orshal
lnot
,wi
thoutt
hepri
orwrit
tenconsentoft
hePublicBody,
assi
gnt
he
Contractoranypartt
her
eof
,oranybenef
itori
nter
estther
eunder
,excepti
nthefol
l
owi
ng
cases:
Achar ge,infav
oroftheCont
ract
or'
sbankers,ofanymoniesdueortobecomedueundert he
Contract;or
Assignmentt otheContr
act
or'
sinsur
ersoft heContr
act
or'sri
ghttoobt
ainr
eliefagai
nstany
otherper sonli
abl
eincaseswher etheinsurershavedischargedt
heContractor
'slossor
l
iabil
it
y.
13.
41ForthepurposeofGCCCl ause13.
2theappr
ovalofanassi
gnmentbyt
hePubli
cBody
shal
lnotreli
evetheContract
orofhisobl
i
gati
onsforthepartoft
heCont
ractal
ready
perf
ormedorthepartnotassi
gned.
13.
42I
ftheContractorhasassi
gnedhisContr
actwit
houtaut
hor
izat
ion,t
hePubl
icBodymay,
wit
houtgivi
ng formalnoti
cet her
eof
,applyasofr i
ghtthesancti
onsforbreachof
Contr
actpr
ov i
dedfori
nGCCCl auses19and21.
13.
43Assigneesmustsat
isf
ytheeli
gibi
l
itycr
it
eri
aappl
i
cablefort
heawar doftheCont
ractand
theycannotbeinanyofthesi
tuat
ionsexcl
udi
ngthem f
rom par
ti
cipat
inginCont
ract
.
13.
44Ever
yassi
gnmentshal
lbesubj
ectt
otheprov
isi
onsoft
hisCont
ractandshal
li
ncor
por
ate
thet
ermsandcondi
ti
onsofthi
sContr
act
.

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ract
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14.
45Asub-cont
ractshal
lbeval
i
donl yifi
tisawr i
ttenagreementbywhi
cht
heCont
ract
or
ent
rust
sperfor
manceofapartoftheCont
ractt
oat hi
rdpart
y.
14.
46Intheev entt heContractorrequiressub-
contractingofthewor kst
oSub-Contractorst
hat
arenoti ncludedintheCont r
act,theContr
actorshal l
obtainthepri
orwri
ttenapprovaland
clear
anceofPubl icBodyf orallSub-Contractors.Thewor ktobesub-contr
actedandt he
i
dent i
tyoft hesubcont ractorsshallbenotif
iedt othePublicBody.ThePublicBodyshall
withduer egardt othepr ov i
sionsofGCCCl ause10wi t
hin15day sofr ecei
ptoft he
notif
ication,noti
fytheCont ract
orofi t
sdecision,stat
ingreasonsshoul
dhewi thholdsuch
authorizati
on.
14.
47Theter
msofanysub-
cont
ractshal
lbesubj
ectt
oandconf
ormt
othepr
ovi
sionsoft
his
Cont
ract
.
14.
48Sub-
Contract
orsmustsat
isf
ytheel
i
gibi
l
itycr
iter
iaappl
icabl
etotheawar
dofthecontract
and t
heycan notbei n anyofthesituat
ionsexcluding t
hem fr
om par
ti
cipat
ing in
cont
ract
.
14.
49Subj
ectt
oGCCCl ause66,t
hePubl
i
cBodyshal
lhav
enocont
ract
ualr
elat
ionswi
tht
he
Sub-
Cont
ract
ors.
14.
50TheCont ract
orshal lberesponsi
blefortheacts,default
sandnegligenceofhisSub-
Contract
ors and theiragents oremployees,as ift heywerethe acts,defaul
ts or
negli
genceoft heCont r
actor
,hisagent
sorempl oyees.Theapprov
albyt hePubli
cBody
ofthesub-contract
ingofanypartofthecontr
actoroftheSub-Cont
ractortoper
form any
partofthewor ksshallnotrel
ievetheContract
orofanyofhi sobligati
onsundert he
contr
act.
14.
51I
faSub- Contract
orhasunder t
akenanycont inui
ngobligati
onforaperiodexceedingthat
oft heDefectsLiabili
tyPer
iodunderthecontractt
owardst heContr
actorinrespectofthe
wor kexecutedort hegoods,mat er
ial
s,plantorservi
cessuppliedbytheSub- Contr
actor
,
theCont ractorshal l
,atanyt i
meaf t
ertheexpi r
ati
onoft heDefectsLiabili
tyPeri
od,
transferimmedi atelytothePubl i
cBody ,att hePubl i
cBody '
srequestandcost ,the
benef i
tofsuchobl igati
onfort
heunexpireddurati
onthereof.
14.
52IftheContr
actorent
ersint
oasubcont
ractwithoutappr
oval
,thePubl
icBodymayapply,
asofr i
ghtwi t
houtgiv
ingfor
malnoti
cet her
eof,thesanct
ionsforbreachofcont
ract
provi
dedforinGCCClauses19and21.
14.
53IfaSub- Contract
orisfoundbythePublicBodyort heEngineertobeincompetentin
dischar
gingi t
sdut i
es,thePubli
cBodyort heEngineermayr equesttheContract
or
forthwi
th,either to prov
ide a Sub-
Contr
actor wi
th qual
ifi
cati
ons and exper
ience
acceptabletothePublicBodyasarepl
acement,ortoresumetheimplementat
ionofthe
tasksit
self.

15. Modi
fi
cat
ionsbyChangeOr
der
s

15.
54TheEngi neershallhav epowert oor deranymodi f
icat
iont oanypar toftheworks
necessaryf or the proper complet
ion and / or functioni
ng of the works.Such
modifi
cations may include addi
ti
ons,omi ssi
ons,subst itut
ions,changes i
n qual
it
y,
quanti
ty,form,character,ki
nd,posit
ion,dimensi on,levelorl i
neandchangesi nthe
speci
fied sequence,met hod ortimi
ng ofexecut ion oft he works.No orderfora
modifi
cationshallhavetheeffectofi
nv al
idati
ngt hecont r
act,butthefi
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any
,ofal
lsuchmodi
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cat
ionsshal
lbev
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dancewi
thGCCCl
auses15.
5and
15.
7.
15.
55Al
lchangeor
der
sshal
lbei
ssuedi
nwr
it
ing,
itbei
ngunder
stoodt
hat
:
i
fforanyr eason,theEngineershallfi
nditnecessar yt
ogi v
eanor deror al
ly,heshallassoonas
possi
blethereafterconfi
rmt heorderbyanchangeor der;
i
ftheCont ract
orshal l
confir
mi nwr i
tinganoralordergivenf orthepur poseofGCCCl ause15.2
(a)andt heconf ir
mat i
onshal lnotbecont radict
edi nwr itingforthwithbyt heEngi neer,an
changeor dershallbedeemedt ohav ebeenissuedf orthemodi fi
cati
on.
Achangeor derformodi f
icat
ionshallnotber equir
edf orincreaseordecr easei nthe
quant i
tyofanywor kwher esuchi ncreaseordecr easei st her esul
toft hequant it
y
exceedingorbei nglessthant hatst
atedint hebil
lofquant i
ti
esorpr iceschedule,asthe
resultofvaluati
onofwor kslaiddowni nGCCCl ause63.
15.
56Exceptaspr ovidedbyGCCCl ause15.2pri
ortoanychangeor derf
ormodi fi
cat
ion,t
he
Engineershallnoti
fytheCont
ract
orofthenat
ureandform ofsuchmodi
ficat
ion.Assoon
aspossi bl
e,afterrecei
vi
ngsuchnotice,t
heContract
orshallsubmitt
ot heEngineera
proposalcontaini
ng:
adescr i
pti
onoft het asks,ifany,tobei mplement
edort hemeasur estobet akenanda
progr
am forexecuti
on; and
anynecessarymodi f
icati
onstot heprogram ofimplementati
onoft asksortoanyoft he
Contr
actor'
sobli
gationsunderthecontract
;and
anyadjustmenttothecont r
actpri
ceinaccordancewi
ththerulesassetouti
nthi
sClause.
15.
57Foll
owi ngther eceiptoft heContractor'
ssubmissi
onr ef er
redtoinGCCCl ause15.3,the
Engineershal l
,afterdueconsul t
ati
onwi ththePubl i
cBodyand,wher eappropr
iate,the
Contractor,decideassoonaspossi bl
ewhetherornott hemodi f
icat
ionshallbecar r
ied
out.IftheEngi neerdeci desthatthemodi fi
cat
ionshal lbecarriedoutheshal li
ssuet he
changeor derst at
ingt hatthemodificat
ionshal
lbecar ri
edoutatt hepricesandundert he
conditi
onsgi veni nt heCont ract
or'
ssubmi ssi
onr eferredt oinGCCCl ause15.3oras
modi f
iedbyt heEngi neerinaccordancewi t
hGCCCl ause15. 5.
15.
58Thepri
cesf oral
lmodi
fi
cat
ionsorder
edbytheEngi
neeri
naccordancewi
thGCCClause
15.
2and15. 4shal
lbeascert
ainedbytheEngi
neerinaccor
dancewiththef
oll
owing
pri
nci
ples:
wherewor kisofsimi larcharact
erandexecut edundersi milarcondit
ionst owor kpr i
cedi nthe
bil
lofquant i
ti
esorpr iceschedul eitshall bevaluedatsuchr atesandpricescont ainedt herei
n;
wherewor kisnotofasi mil
archaract erorisnotexecut edundersi mil
arcondi tions,ther at
es
andpr icesint hecont racttobeagr eedt hroughnegot iationbetweent heEngi neerandt he
Contractorshallconfor mt otheprevaili
ngmar ketpr i
ce;
i
fthenat ureoramountofanymodi f
icationrelati
v etothenat ureoramountoft hewhol eoft he
contractortoanypar tthereofshallbesucht hatint heopi ni
onoft heEngineeranyr ateorpr i
ce
containedi nthecont ractforanyi tem ofwor ki sbyr easonofsuchmodi f
icat i
onr endered
unreasonable,thent heEngi neershal lfi
xsuchr ateorpr i
ceasi ntheci rcumst ancesheshal l
thi
nkr easonableandpr oper;
whereamodi f
icati
oni snecessit
atedbydef aul torbr eachofcont r
actbyt heCont ract or
,any
addit
ionalcostat t
ri
but abletosuchmodi f i
cat
ionshal l
bebor nebytheCont r
actor.
15.
59Onr
ecei
ptoft
hechangeor
derr
equest
ingt
hemodi
fi
cat
ion,
theCont
ract
orshal
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to carryoutt hemodi ficati


onand bebound byt heseGCC i nso doi ng asifsuch
modi f
icati
onwer estatedi nthecontract
.Thewor ksshal lnotbedelayedpendingt he
granti
ngofanyext ensionoft imeforcompleti
onoradj ust
menttot hecont r
actpri
ce.
Wher etheor derforamodi fi
cati
onprecedestheadjustmentt ot
hecont ractpri
ce,the
Contractorshallkeeprecordsoft hecostsofundertaki
ngt hemodif
icati
onandoft i
me
expendedt hereon.Suchr ecordsshallbeopent oi nspecti
onbyt heEngi neeratall
reasonableti
mes.
15.
60Wher eonpr ovi
sionalaccept anceani ncreaseorr eductioni
nt hetotalval
ueofthewor ks
result
ingfrom achangeor der ,
orfrom someot herci rcumstancewhi chisnotcausedby
theCont ract
or'sdefault,exceeds25% oft heiniti
alcont r
actpr i
ce( orasmodi fi
edby
addendum) ,the Engi neershal l
,afterconsul tati
on wi tht he Public Body and the
Contractordetermineanyr eductionf r
om t hecont ractpri
ceasaconsequenceoft he
appli
cationofGCCCl ause15. 5.Thesum sodet er minedshal lbebasedont heamountby
whicht heincreaseordecr easeinv alueoft hewor ksexceeds25%.Thesum shal lbe
notif
iedbyt heEngi neertot hePubli
cBodyandt heCont ractorandt hecontr
actpr i
ce
adjustedaccordingl
y.
15.
61Thetotalval
ueoft
hewor ksresul
ti
ngfr
om achangeor
dershal
lnotexceed30%oft
he
tot
alvalueoft
hei
nit
ial
contr
actpri
ce.
15.
62Anychanget ot hetermsoft heCont r
actmustberecor
dedinwr it
ingandexecutedby
authorizedsi
gnatoryoftheContractorandtheEngi
neer
.Suchr ecordofthechangein
question mustaddr essallconsequenti
alamendmentsrequi
red to bemadet ot he
Contractasaresultofsuchchange.
15.
63Changeswil
ltakeeffectasfr
om thedatespeci
fi
edi
nthesi
gnedrecor
dofchangeand
shal
lnothav
er et
rospecti
veef
fectunl
essexpr
essl
ypr
ovi
dedf
orinsuchrecor
d.
15.
64Eachrecordofchangemustbedatedandsequent
ial
lynumbered.EachofthePubl
i
c
Bodyandt heCont
ract
orwi
l
lbeent
it
ledt
oanorigi
nalexecut
edcounter
partoft
her
ecor
d
ofvar
iat
ion.
15.
65Exceptasprov
idedi
nanysuchr
ecor
dofv
ari
ati
on,
theCont
ractwi
l
lcont
inuei
nful
lfor
ce
andeffect
.

16. Changei
nLawsandRegul
ati
ons

16.
66Unlessother wiseexpr esslyagreedintheSCC, i
f,aft
erthedeadli
neforsubmi ssionoft he
Bid,anyl aw,r egulati
on,or di
nance,orderorby l
aw hav i
ngthef or
ceofl aw isenact ed,
promulgat ed,abr ogated,orchangedi nt heFederalDemocr ati
cRepubl i
cofEt hiopia
wheretheSi teislocated( whichshallbedeemedt oincludeanychangei ninterpr
etation
orapplicat i
onbyt hecompet entauthor
iti
es)thatsubsequentl
yaf f
ect
st heCompl etion
Dateand/ ortheCont ractPri
ce,thensuchCont r
actPr i
ceshallnotbecor respondingly
i
ncreasedordecr easedand/ ortheCompl eti
onDat eshallnotbeadjustedt otheext ent
thatContr actorhast her ebybeenaffectedintheper f
ormanceofanyofi tsobl i
gati
ons
undertheCont ract.

17. TaxesandDut
ies

17.
67Unl
essother
wisespeci
fiedint
heSCC, t
heContr
actorshallbearandpayal
ltaxes,duti
es,
andlev
iesimposedont heCont
ract
or,byal
lmuni ci
pal,stateornati
onalgovernment
aut
hori
ti
es,bothwithi
nandout sidetheFederalDemocr ati
cRepubli
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connect
ionwi
tht
heWor
kst
obecar
ri
edoutundert
heCont
ract
,.

18. For
ceMaj
eur
e

18.
1 ForthepurposesoftheCont ract
,“For
ceMaj eure”shallmeananev entorevent
swhich
arebeyondt hereasonabl
econt rolofaCont ractor,andwhi chmakesaCont ract
or’
s
perf
ormanceofitsobligat
ionshereunderimpossibleorsoi mpract
icalasr
easonabl
yto
beconsider
edimpossiblei
nt hecir
cumstances,andincludes:
Anof fi
cialpr
ohibit
ionprevent
ingtheperf
ormanceofacontract,
Anat uralcatastr
ophesuchasanear thquake,f
ir
e,expl
osion,stor
m,fl
oods,orot
heradv
erse
weathercondi t
ions,or
I
nternationalorcivi
lwar,or
OtherinstancesofForceMaj eur
eidenti
fi
edassuchbyt hecivi
lcode.
18.
2 Thef
oll
owi
ngoccur
rencesshal
lnotbedeemedt
obecasesofFor
ceMaj
eur
e:
Ast ri
keorl ock-outtakingofapar tyoraf fect
ingthebr anchofbusi nessi nwhi chhecarr
iesout
hisactivit
ieswher esuchstrikes,lockoutsorot heri ndustrialacti
onar ewi thi
nt hepowerofthe
PartyinvokingFor ceMaj euret oprevent,or
Ani ncreaseorr educti
oni nt hepr i
ceofr aw mat erial
snecessar yf ortheper for
manceoft he
contract,or
Theenact mentofnew l egislati
onwher ebyt heobl igati
onsoft hedebt orbecomesmor e
onerous, or
Anyev entwhi chi scausedbyt henegl igenceori ntentionalactionofaCont r
act
ororsuch
Cont r
actor’sSub- Contr
actorsoragent sorempl oy ees; or
Anyev entwhi chadi li
gentPar tycouldr easonablyhav ebeenexpect edtobot h:
Takeintoaccountf rom t heeffectivedat eoftheCont ract;
and
Avoidorov ercomei nt hecarryi
ngoutofi tsobl
igat i
ons; or
Insuffi
ciencyoff undsorf ai
luret omakeanypay mentr equiredhereunder .
18.
3 The fai
lur
e ofa Cont ractortof ulf
illanyofi tsobl i
gat
ionsher eundershallnotbe
consi
deredtobeabr eachof ,ordef aul
tunder,theCont r
actinsofarassuchi nabi
li
ty
ari
sesfrom anev entofForceMaj eur
e, prov
idedthattheContract
oraf f
ectedbysuchan
eventhas t aken allreasonable precauti
ons,due car e and reasonable al
ternati
ve
measures,al
l wit
htheobjecti
veofcar ryi
ngoutthetermsandcondi ti
onsoft heContract.
18.
4 APar
tyaf
fect
edbyanev
entofFor
ceMaj
eur
eshal
ltakeal
lreasonabl
emeasur
est
o
RemovesuchPar
ty’
sinabil
i
tyt
of ul
fi
ll
itsobl
i
gati
onshereunderwi
thami
nimum ofdel
ay;
and
Mini
mizet
heconsequencesofanyeventofFor
ceMajeure.
18.
5 ACont r
actoraf
fectedbyanev entofForceMaj eureshal
lnoti
fythePubl
icBodyofsuch
eventassoonaspossi bl
e,andi nanyeventnotl atert
hanfourt
een(14)daysfol
l
owing
theoccurr
enceofsuchev ent
,provi
dingev i
denceoft henat
ureandcauseofsuchevent
,
and shal
lsimil
arlygivenoti
ceoft her est
orati
on ofnormalconditi
onsassoon as
possi
ble.
18.
6 Anyperi
odwi thinwhichaCont ract
orshal
l,pursuanttot hi
sContr
act
,compl et
eany
act
ionortask,shallbeextendedforaperi
odequalt othetimedur
ingwhichsuchPar
ty
wasunabl
et operform suchacti
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18.
7 Dur
ingtheper
iodoft
hei
rinabi
l
ityt
ocarryouttheWorksasaresul
tofanev
entofFor
ce
Maj
eure,t
heContr
act
or,
uponinstr
uct
ionsbythePubl
i
cBody,shall
eit
her
:
Demobi li
ze,in which case the Contract
orshal lbe r ei
mbur sed foradditi
onalcostst hey
reasonablyandnecessar il
yincurred,and,ifrequiredbyt hePubl i
cBody ,i
nreacti
vati
ngt he
Wor ks;or
Cont i
nuetoper f
orm hisobligat
ionsundert heCont r
acttot heextentpossibl
e,inwhichcase
theCont r
actorshallcont
inuetobepai dunderthet ermsoft hisContractandbereimbursedfor
additi
onalcostsreasonablyandnecessar i
l
yincurred.
18.
8 Notlat
erthanthirt
y(30)day
saf t
ertheCont r
actor,asther esul
tofanev entofForce
Majeur
e,hasbecomeunabletocarryouttheWor ks,thePartiesshal
lconsultwit
heach
otheri
ngoodf ai
thanduseal lr
easonabl
eendeav orstoagr eeappropri
atetermsto
miti
gat
etheeffectsoft
heForceMajeur
eEv entandf aci
li
tat
et hecont
inuedperfor
mance
oftheCont
ract
.
18.
9Inthecaseofdi
sagreementbetweenthePart
iesast
ot heexist
enceorext
entofFor
ce
Maj
eur
e,themat
tershal
lbesett
ledaccor
dingt
oGCCCl ause26.

19. Br
eachofCont
ract

19.
1 Ei
therpartycommi t
s a br
each ofcont
ractwher
eitf
ail
sto di
schar
ge anyofi
ts
obl
igat
ionsundert
hespeci
fi
ccontr
act
.
19.
2 Whereabr
eachofcont
ractoccur
s,t
hepar
tyi
njur
edbyt
hebr
eachshal
lbeent
it
ledt
othe
f
oll
owingr
emedi
es:
Compensati
on/Clai
mforli
qui
dat
eddamagesasspeci
fi
edi
nGCCCl
ause27;
and/
or
Ter
minati
onofthecont
ract
.
19.
3InanycasewherethePubl
i
cBodyi
senti
tl
edtodamages,
itmaydeductsuchSuspensi
on
damagesf
rom anysumsduet
otheCont
ract
ororcal
lont
heappropr
iat
eguarantee.

20. Suspensi
on

20.
1 TheContract
orshal
l,
ontheor
deroft
heEngi
neer
,suspendt
heprogressoftheworksor
anypartt
hereoff
orsucht
imeort
imesandi
nsuchmannerastheEngineermayconsi
der
necessar
y.
20.
2 Duringtheperi
odofsuspensi
on,t
heCont ractorshal
ltakesuchprotect
ivemeasur esas
maybe necessar yt
o safeguar
dt he wor ks,plant
,equipmentand site againstany
deteri
orati
on,l
ossordamage.Addi t
ionalexpensesi ncurr
edinconnectionwi thsuch
protect
ivemeasur
esshal
lbeaddedtot hecontractpri
ce,unl
esssuchsuspensionis:
other
wiseprovi
dedfori
nthecont r
act;or
necessar
ybyreasonofsomedef aultoftheContr
actor;or
necessar
ybyreasonofnormal cl
imaticcondi
ti
onsonsi te;
or
necessar
yforthesafetyorthepr operexecut
ionofthewor ksoranypar
tt her
eofi
nsof
aras
suchnecessit
ydoesnotarisef r
om anyactordef aultbyt heEngi
neerorthePubli
cBodyor
fr
om anyoftheexcepti
onalr
isksreferr
edtoinGCCCl ause44.
20.
3 TheContr
act
orshal
lnotbeent
it
ledtosuchadditi
onstothecont
ractpr
iceunlesshe
not
if
iest
heEngi
neer
,wit
hin30daysaf
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ptoftheor
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20.
4 TheEngi neer,
afterconsul
tat
ionwiththePubli
cBodyandtheContr
act
or,shalldet
ermine
suchext rapaymentand/ orextensi
onoftheperiodofperf
ormancetobemadet othe
Contract
ori nrespectofsuchcl ai
m asshal
l,int
heopini
onoftheEngineer,befairand
reasonable.
20.
5Iftheperiodofsuspensionexceeds120daysandt hesuspensi
oni snotduet othe
Cont
ract
or'sdef
ault
,theContr
act
ormay,bynot
icet
otheEngineer
,requestper
missi
onto
pr
oceedwithi
nthir
ty(30)day
sortermi
natet
hecont
ract.
20.
6 Wher et
heawar dpr ocedureori mplement ati
onoft hecontractisv i
tiatedbysubst antial
err
ors or irr
egul ar
iti
es or by suspect ed or pr oven fraud,t he pay ments and/or
i
mpl ementati
onoft hecont ractshallbesuspended.Wher esucher r
or s,ir
regul
ari
ti
esor
fr
aud areat t
ributablet ot heCont ractor
,t hePubl i
cBodymayal so r efuseto make
paymentsormayr ecov ermoni esalreadypai d,i
npr opor
ti
ont otheser iousnessoft he
err
ors,i
rr
egularit
iesorf raud.Thepay ment smayal sobesuspendedi ncaseswher ethere
aresuspectedorest abl
isheder ror
s,irr
egularit
iesorfraudcommi tt
edbyt heCont r
actor
i
nt heperformanceofanot hercontractfundedbyt heFeder alGover nmentofEt hiopia,
whichareli
kelytoaf fecttheper f
ormanceoft hepresentcontract

21. Ter
minat
ion
Ter
minat
ionbyt
hePubl
i
cBody
21.
1 Ter
minat
ionshal
lbewi
thoutpr
ejudi
cetoanyot
herr
ight
sorpower
sundert
hecont
ract
oft
hePubli
cBodyandt
heContract
or.
21.
2I nadditi
ont othegr oundsforterminati
ondef i
nedint heseGeneralCondit
ions, t
hePubl i
c
Bodymay ,bynotl esst hanthirt
yday swrittennoticeoft er
minationtot heCont ractor
stati
ngt hereasonfort ermi
nati
onoft hecontractandt hedateonwhi chsucht ermi
nat ion
becomesef fecti
ve.(exceptintheev entli
stedi npar agr
aph(o)bel ow,forwhi cht here
shallbeawr it
tennot i
ceofnotl esst hansixtydays),suchnoti
cet obegi v
enaf tert he
occurrenceofanyoft heev entsspecifi
ed int hi
sGCC Sub- Clause21. 2( a)to( p),
terminatetheCont r
acti f
:
TheCont r
actorf ai
lst ocar ryoutanyoral loft heWor kswi thintheper iodspecifiedint he
Cont r
act,orwithinanyext ensionthereofgr antedbyt hePubl i
cBodypur suanttoGCCCl ause
73;
TheCont ractorfail
st or emedyaf ail
ureintheper for manceoft heirobli
gationsasspeci fi
edina
noticeofsuspensi onpur suantt oGCCCl ause20wi thint hirt
yday sofr eceiptofsuchnot iceof
suspension ofassi gnmentorwi thi
n such f urtherper iod as the Publ i
c Body may has
subsequent l
yappr ov edi nwr i
ting;
TheCont r
actorbecomes( or,iftheCont r
act orconsi stsofmor ethanoneent it
y,ifanyofi ts
Member sbecomes)i nsolventorbankr uptorent er si ntoanyagr eement swi ththeircredit
ors
forreli
efofdebtort akeadv antageofanyl awf orthebenef i
tofdebt orsorgoi ntoli
quidationor
receiver
ship whet her compul sor
y or v oluntary, ot her t han f or a r econstructi
on or
amal gamation;
TheCont r
actorf ai
lst ocompl ywithanyf inaldeci sionr eachedasar esultofdirectinformal
negot i
ati
onpur suantt oGCCSub- Clause26. 2hereof ;
TheCont ractorisunabl e,ast heresultofFor ceMaj eur e,tocar ryouttheWor ksforaper i
odof
notlessthansi xty(60)day s;

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TheCont ract orassignst hecont r


actorsub- cont ract swi thoutt heauthor i
zationoft hePubl i
c
Body ;
TheCont ract orhasbeengui l
tyofgr aveprofessi onalmi sconductpr ov enbyanymeanswhi ch
thePubl icBodycanj ust i
fy;
TheCont ract orhasbeendecl aredt obei nser i
ousbr eachofcont r
actf i
nancedbyt heFeder al
Democr ati
cRepubl i
cofEt hiopi a'sbudgetf orf ail
uret ocompl ywi thit
scont ractual obli
gations.
TheCont ract orhasbeenengagedi ncor ruptorf raudul entpr acti
cesi ncompet ingforori n
executingt heCont r
act .
Anyor gani zat i
onalmodi ficat ionoccur sinvolv i
ngachangei nthel egalper sonal i
ty,natureor
controloft heCont ractor ,unl esssuch modi f i
cat ion isr ecor ded in an addendum t ot he
Contract ;
Anyot herl egal di
sabi l
ityhi nder ingper for
manceoft heCont r
actoccur s;
TheCont ract orfail
st opr ov idet her equi
redguar ant eesori nsurance,ort heper sonpr oviding
theunder lyingguar ant eeori nsur ancei snotabl et oabi debyi t
scommi tment s.
Wher et hepr ocurementr equi rementoft hePubl icBodychangesf oranyappar entorobv i
ous
reason;
Wher eitemer gest hatt hegapbet weent hev alueoft heCont ractandt hepr evaili
ngmar ket
pri
cei ssowi dethatal lowi ngt hei mplement at i
onoft hecont r
actt oproceedpl acest hePubl i
c
Bodyconcer nedatadi sadv ant age;
ThePubl i
cBody ,
initssol edi scr eti
onandf oranyr easonwhat soever,decidest ot erminatet he
Contract .
TheCont ractorhasdel ayedt hecompl eti
onoft heWor ksbyt henumberofday sf orwhi cht he
max i
mum amountofl i
qui dat eddamagescanbepai d, asdef i
nedi ntheGCCCl ause27. 1(b).
Ter mi nationbyt heCont r
act or
21.
3 TheContract
ormay,bynotlessthanthi
rt
y(30)day
s'wr
itt
ennoti
cet
othePubl
icBody
,of
suchnoticet
obegivenaftertheoccurr
enceofanyoftheevent
sspeci
fi
edi
nGCCSub-
Clause21.3(
a)t
o(d)ter
minatetheContracti
f:
ThePubl icBodyf ail
st opayanymoneyduet otheCont ractorpursuanttot heCont r
actandnot
subjectt odisputepur suantt oCl ause25,wi thinforty
-five( 45)daysaf terreceivi
ngwr i
tt
en
noticefr om theCont ractort hatsuchpay mentisov er
due;
ThePubl i
cBodyi si nmat erialbreachofi tsobligati
onspur suanttotheCont r
actandhasnot
remedi edt hesamewi thinf orty-f
ive( 45)days( orsuchl ongerper iodast heCont r
actormay
have subsequent lyappr oved i n wri
t i
ng)f ol
lowing the r eceiptbyt he Publ i
cBodyoft he
Cont r
act or’
snoticespeci fy i
ngsuchbr each;
ThePubl i
cBodysuspendst hepr ogressoft hewor ksoranypar tthereoff ormoret han180
days,forr easonsnotspeci f
iedi ntheCont ract,
ornotduet ot heContractor'
sdef aul
t.
TheCont r
actorisunabl east heresultofFor ceMaj eure,t oper f
orm amat eri
alporti
onofthe
Wor ksf oraper i
odofnotl esst hansixty(60)day s;or
ThePubl i
cBodyf ai
lst ocompl ywithanyf i
naldecisionr eachedasar esultofsettl
ementof
disputespur suantt oGCCCl ause26her eof.
Di sputesAboutEv ent sofTer minat i
on
21.
4I fei
therPart
ydisput
eswhetheraneventspecif
iedGCCSub- Cl
auses21.2(a)to(n)or
GCCSub- Cl
ause21.3her
eofhasoccurred,suchPartymay,withi
nfort
y-f
ive(45)days
aft
errecei
ptofnoti
ceoft
erminat
ionf
rom theotherPart
y,r
efert
hemattertosettl
ement

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ofdisput
espur suanttoGCCCl ause26andt hi
sContractshal
lnotbeter
minat
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accountofsuchev entexcepti
naccordancewi
ththet
ermsofanyresol
uti
onawar
d.
21.
5I ntheeventthePubli
cBodyter mi
nat
est heCont r
actpursuanttotheGCCSub-Clause
21.2(a)t
o( n)t
hePublicBodymaycompl etetheworkshimselforconcl
udeanyother
contr
actwithathirdpart
yatt heContr
act or
'sownexpense.Howev er,t
heContr
actor
shall
conti
nueperf
ormanceoftheContr
actt otheext
entnottermi
nated.
21.
6I ft
hePubl i
cBodyt erminatestheContracti
nt heeventspeci
fiedinGCCSub- Cl
ause21.
2
(o)thenot i
ceoft erminati
onshallspecifythatterminat
ioni sforthePublicBody'
s
conveni
ence,theext enttowhi chperfor
manceoft heContractorundertheContr
acti
s
ter
minated,andthedat euponwhi chsuchterminat
ionbecomesef fect
ive.

22. Pay
mentuponTer
minat
ion

22.
1I ft
heCont racti stermi
natedbecauseofaf undamentalbreachofCont ractbyt he
Contractor
,theEngi neershallissueacer t
ifi
catef orthevalueoft heworkdoneand
Material
sor deredlessadvancepay ment
sr eceivedupt othedat eoftheissueoft he
cer
tif
icateandl essthepercentaget oappl
yt ot hev al
ueofthewor knotcompl et
ed,as
i
ndicatedint heSCC.Additi
onalLi qui
dat
edDamagesshal lnotapply.Ift
hetotalamount
duetot hePubl i
cBodyexceedsanypay mentduet ot heCont
ractor
,thedif
ferenceshal
l
beadebtpay abletothePubli
cBody .
22.
2I ft
hePublicBodyterminatestheCont ractintheeventspecifi
edinGCCSub- Clause21. 2
(o)orbecauseofaf undament albreachofCont ractbyt hePublicBody,theEngi neer
shal
lissueacerti
fi
cateforthev al
ueoft heworkdone, Mater
ial
sordered,t
her easonable
costofremovalofEquipment ,
repatr
iationoftheCont r
actor’
spersonnelemployedsol el
y
ontheWor ks,
andt heCont r
actor’
scost sofprotecti
ngandsecur i
ngt heWorks, andless
advancepaymentsreceivedupt othedat eofthecerti
fi
cate.
22.
3Int heev entthePubli
cBodyt erminatestheContr
actpur
suanttotheGCCSub- Cl
ause
21.2(c)terminati
onwil
lbewi t
houtcompensationtotheContr
act
or,prov
idedthatsuch
ter
minationwillnotpr
ejudi
ceoraffectanyri
ghtofact
ionorremedythathasaccruedor
wil
laccruethereaft
ert
ot hePubl
icBody .

23. Ar
rangement
sonTer
minat
ion

23.
1 ThePublicBodyandtheContr
actoragreethatt
erminat
ionorexpi
ryoftheCont
ractshal
l
notaffecteit
herParty'
s obl
igat
ions which t
he Contractpr
ovi
des shal
lsurvi
vet he
expi
rat
ionorter
minat
ionoftheContract.
23.
2 AllMateri
alson theSi t
e,Pl
ant,Equi
pment
,Tempor
aryWorks,and Worksshallbe
deemedt obet heproper
tyoft
hePubli
cBodyift
heContr
acti
stermi
natedbecauseof
theContr
actor
’sdefaul
t.
23.
3 Aftert er
minationorexpiryall data,document sandrecords(whetherstoredelectronicall
y
orot herwise)relat
inginwhol eori npar tt ot heprovi
dedWor ksshallbedeliveredbyt he
Cont ractortot hePubl i
cBodypr ovidedt hattheCont r
actorshallbeent i
tledt okeep
copiest hereoftotheext entthatt heinformat ioncont
ainedtherei
ndoesnotr elatesolely
totheWor ksort otheext entt hattheCont ract
orisrequir
edbyl aw tomai ntaincopi es
thereofort otheext entthattheCont ractorwaspossessedofsuchdat adocument sand
recordspr iort
ot hedateoft heCont ract.Inadditi
on,theContract
orshallco-oper at
ef ull
y
witht hePubl i
cBodydur ingt hehandov erleadingtotheterminati
onoft heCont ract.This

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co-operati
onshallextendt oful
laccesst
oal ldocument
s,r
eport
s,summar i
esandany
otherinfor
mat i
onrequir
edt oachi
eveaneffecti
vetr
ansi
ti
onwit
houtdi
srupt
iontorout
ine
operati
onal r
equir
ement s.

24. Cessat
ionofRi
ght
sandObl
i
gat
ions

24.
1 Uponterminati
onoft heContractpursuantt
oGCCClauses21,oruponthei
ssueofthe
Fi
nalAcceptanceCertif
icat
epursuanttoGCCClause89hereof
,al
lri
ght
sandobli
gat
ions
ofthePart
ieshereundershall
cease,except
Suchr i
ghtsandobli
gati
onsasmayhav eaccruedonthedat
eofter
minati
onorexpi
rati
on;
Theobl i
gati
onofconfi
denti
ali
tysetf
orthinGCCCl ause28her
eof;
TheCont ract
or’
sobli
gati
ont opermitinspecti
on,copyi
ngandaudit
ingoft
heiraccount
sand
recor
dssetf or
thinGCCClause56her eof;and
AnyrightwhichaPartymayhav eundertheGov er
ningLaw.

25. Cessat
ionofWor
ks

25.
1 Upont erminat
ionoft heContractbynoti
ceofeitherPar t
ytotheot herpursuanttoGCC
Clause21t heCont r
actorshall
,i
mmedi at
elyupondispatchorrecei
ptofsuchnot ice,t
ake
allnecessarystepstobringtheWor kstoacloseinapr omptandor der
lymanner ,make
theSitesafeandsecur e,leav
et heSit
eassoonasr easonabl
ypossi bl
e,andmakeev er
y
reasonableeff
or tt
oreduceexpenditur
esforthi
spurposet oami ni
mum.
25.
2 TheEngi
neershal
l
,assoonasispossi
bleaftert
ermi
nati
on,cert
if
ythev
alueoft
hewor
ks
andal
lsumsduetotheContr
actorasatthedateoft
erminat
ion.
25.
3I ntheeventoft erminati
onareportofwor kper f
ormedbyt heContractorshal lbedr awn
upbyt heEngineerassoonaspossi bleafteri
nspecti
onofthewor ks,andi nventorytaken
oft emporary struct
ures,materi
als,plantand equi pment.The Cont r
actorshal lbe
summonedt obepr esentduri
ngt heinspectionandt het aki
ngoft hei nventor
y.The
Engineershal
lal sodraw upstat
ement sofemol umentssti
llowedbyt heCont ractort o
workersemploy edbyhi minr
elati
ontot hecontractandofsumsowedbyt heCont r
act or
tothePublicBody .

26. Set
tl
ementofDi
sput
es

26.
1 Duri
nganydisput
e,incl
udingadisput
east otheval
idi
tyoftheCont
ract,i
tismutuall
y
agr
eedthattheContract
orshallcont
inuei
tsperf
ormanceoftheContract(unl
essthe
Publ
icBodyr
equestsinwriti
ngt
hattheCont
ract
ordoesnotdoso)
.
26.
2 ThePubli
cBodyandt heCont
ractorshal
lmakeev eryeff
orttoresol
veami
cabl
ybydi
rect
i
nformalnegot
iat
ionanydisagreement,contr
oversyordi sput
earisi
ngbet
weenthem
underori
nconnecti
onwitht
heCont r
actorint
erpr
etati
onthereof.
26.
3Ifadisput
earisesbetweent hePubl
icBodyandtheCont r
actorinrel
ati
ontoanymatter
whi
chcannotber esol
vedbyt heEngi
neerandtheContract
or'sContr
actManagerei
ther
oft
hem mayrefersuchdisputet
otheprocedur
edescr
ibedinGCCSub- Clause26.
4.
26.
4I nthesecondi nst
anceeachoft hePublicBodyandt heContr
actorshal
lappoi
ntmore
seniorr
epresentat
ivesthanthoseref
err
edtoi nSub-Cl
ause26.3tomeetsolel
yinor
der
toresol
vethemat terindisput
e.Suchmeeting(s)shal
lbeminutedandshal
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bythePubli
cBody( butthechai
rmanshal
lnothav eacast i
ngv ot
e).Suchmeeting(
s)
shal
lbeconduct
edinsuchmannerandatsuchv enue(incl
udingameet i
ngconducted
overt
hetel
ephone)astopromoteaconsensualr
esolut
ionofthedisputeinquest
ionat
thedi
scr
eti
onofthechair
man.
26.
5IfthePart
iesfai
ltor
esolvesuchadi
sput
eordiff
erenceamicablywi
thi
ntwenty
-ei
ght(
28)
daysfr
om t hecommencementofsuchpr ocedure,ei
therpartymayrequir
ethatthe
di
sput
eber efer
redf
orresol
uti
onthr
oughthecour
tsinaccordancewit
hEthi
opi
anLaw.
26.
6 Onl
ythosePubl
i
cBodi
est
hatar
eal
l
owedbyl
awt
opr
oceedt
oar
bit
rat
ioncandoso.

27. Li
qui
dat
edDamages

27.
1 Exceptasprovi
dedunderGCCClause18,iftheCont
ractorfai
l
stocarr
youtanyorallof
theWor kswit
hintheperiodspeci
fi
edint heContract,thePubli
cBodymaywi t
hout
prej
udicet
oalli
tsotherr
emediesundert
heCont r
act
, deductf
rom t
heCont
ractPr
ice,as
l
iqui
dateddamagesthefol
lowi
ng:
Apenaltyof0.1% or1/1000oftheval
ueofundel
iv
eredServiceforeachdayofdelayunti
l
act
ualdeli
ver
yorperfor
mance,
Thecumulati
vepenal
tytobepai
dbytheCont
ract
orshal
lnotexceed10%ofthecont
ractpr
ice.
27.
2Ift he delayin per
for
ming the cont
ractaf f
ectsi
ts acti
vi
ti
es,the Publi
c Bodymay
terminat
et hecontr
actbygiv i
ngadv ancenot i
cetotheCont r
actorpursuanttoGCC
Clause21wi t
houtanyobl
igat
iontowai tunt
ilt
hepenal
tyreaches10%ofthev al
ueoft
he
Contract
.
27.
3I ftheIntendedCompleti
onDateisextendedaf
terli
quidat
eddamageshavebeenpai
d,
theEngineershal
lcorr
ectanyoverpay
mentofli
quidateddamagesbytheCont
ract
orby
adjust
ingthenextpay
mentcert
ifi
cate.

28. Conf
ident
ial
i
ty

28.
1 ThePubl icBodyandt heCont r
actorshal lkeepconf ident i
alandshal lnotdisclosetoany
thir
dpar tyanydocument s,data,orotheri nfor
mat i
onf urni
sheddi r
ectlyori ndir
ectlyby
theot herpar tyheretoinconnect i
onwi ththeCont ract,whet hersuchi nformat i
onhas
beenf urnishedpriorto,duri
ngorf oll
owi ngcompl et i
onort ermi nati
onoft heCont racti
f
theirdiscl osurewouldbecont rarytolaw,woul di mpedel awenf or
cement ,woul dnotbe
i
npubl icinterest
,woul dprej
udicelegi
timat ecommer cialinterestoft hepar t
iesorwoul d
i
nhibitf aircompet i
ti
on..Notwit
hstandingt heabov e,theCont ract ormayf urnisht oit
ssub
-contractor ssuchdocument s,data,andot herinfor mat i
oni tr ecei
v esfrom t hePubl i
c
Bodyt ot heext entrequir
edforthesub- contract
ort oper f
or mitswor kundert heCont r
act,
i
nwhi chev enttheCont ract
orshallobt ainfrom suchsub- cont r
actoranunder taki
ngof
conf i
dent ial
itysi
milartothati
mposedont heCont ractorundert hisClause.
28.
2 ThePubl i
cBodyshal lnotusesuchdocument s,data,andotherinformati
onreceiv
ed
from theContr
actorforanypurposesunrel
atedtotheContract
.Simil
arl
y,theContr
actor
shallnotusesuchdocument s,
data,andotheri
nfor
mat i
onreceiv
edf r
om thePubl
icBody
foranypurposeotherthancarr
yingouttheWorksinaccordancewiththeContr
act.
28.
3 Theobl
i
gati
onofapar
tyundert
hisCl
ause,howev
er,shal
lnotappl
ytoanyConf
ident
ial
I
nfor
mati
onthat
:
ThePubl
i
cBodyorCont
ract
orneedt
oshar
ewi
thanyot
heri
nst
it
uti
onspar
ti
cipat
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nthe

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fi
nancingoft heCont ract
;
Noworher eafterentersthepublicdomai not hert
hanbybr eachoftheContractorot
heractor
omissionsoft hatPar t
y;
I
sobt ainedbyat hir
dpartywhoi slawfull
yaut hori
zedtodiscl
osesuchinfor
mat i
on;
Canbepr ov ent ohav ebeenpossessedbyt hatpart
yatthet imeofdiscl
osureandwhichwas
notprev i
ousl yobt ai
ned,dir
ectl
yori ndi
rectl
y,from t
heotherpar t
y;or
I
sauthor izedf orr el
easebyt hepri
orwr i
ttenconsentoftheot herpar
ty.
28.
4 ThePart
iesshal
lnotbepr event
edfr
om usinganygener
alknowl
edge,exper
ienceor
ski
l
lswhi
chwereinthei
rpossessi
onpr
iort
othecommencementoft
heContract
;
28.
5 TheCont r
actoraut hori
zesthePubl icBodyt odi scloset heConfidenti
alInformationto
suchper son(s)asmaybenot ifi
edt otheCont ractorinwr i
ti
ngbyt hePubl icBodyf r
om
ti
met ot i
met ot heextentonlyasi snecessaryf orthepur posesofauditi
ngandcol lati
ng
i
nfor mat i
onsoast oascertainar ealist
icmar ketpr i
cef ortheWor kscar ri
edouti n
accor dance wi th t he Contract,such exer cise bei ng commonl yr ef
er r
ed to as
"benchmar ki
ng".ThePubl icBodyshal luseallreasonableendeav orstoensur ethatsuch
person( s)keepst heConf i
dentialInf
ormat i
onconf i
dentialanddoesnotmakeuseoft he
Conf i
dent i
alInformat i
onexceptf orthepur posef orwhi chthedisclosureismade.The
PublicBodyshal lnotwithoutgoodr easonclaimt hatt helowestpriceav ail
ableinthe
mar ketist herealist
icmarketprice.
28.
6 TheCont
ract
oragr
eest
hat
:
Subjectt oGCC Sub- Cl
ause28.6( b),t
hedecisi
ononwhet heranyexempt i
onappl iestoa
requestfordisclosureofrecor
dedinformati
onisadecisi
onsolelyfort
hePubli
cBody ;
Wher ethePubl i
cBodyi smanagingar equestasreferr
edtoinGCCSub- Clause28. 6(a)
,the
Contractorshallco-operat
ewiththePublicBodymaki ngtherequestandshallr
espondwi t
hin
fi
ve( 5)workingday sofanyr equestbyitforassi
stanceindetermini
nghow t orespondtoa
requestfordisclosure.
28.
7 TheContractorshal
lprocur
et hati
tssub-cont
ract
orsshal
lprovi
det
hePubli
cBodywi
tha
copyofal linf
ormati
oni nitspossessionorpoweri nt heformthatt
hePubli
cBody
requi
reswithinfive(5)wor ki
ngday s(orsuchot herperi
odasthePublicBodymay
speci
fy)ofthePubli
cBodyr equest
ingthatInf
ormati
on.
28.
8 ThePubli
cBodymayconsulttheContr
actori
nrelat
iont
oanyr equestf
ordi
scl
osureof
theCont
ract
or'
sConf
ident
ial
Inf
ormati
oninaccor
dancewithal
lappli
cabl
egui
dance.
28.
9 Theabovepr ov
isionsofthi
sClauseshal
lnotinanywaymodifyanyundert
akingof
conf
ident
ial
i
tygivenbyei
theroft
hepar
ti
esheret
opri
ort
othedat
eoftheCont
ract.
28.
10ThisGCCCl ause28shallremaininfor
cewithoutli
mitinti
mei nrespectofConfident
ial
Inf
ormationwhichcompr i
sesPersonalDat
a.Exceptasaf oresai
dandunl essotherwi
se
expressl
ysetoutintheContract
,thi
sGCCCl ause28shallremaininf
orcef oraperi
odof
3yearsaftert
heterminat
ionorexpir
yofthi
sCont r
act.
28.
11I
ntheeventt
hattheCont
ract
orfai
lstocomplywi
ththi
sGCCClause28,
thePubl
icBody
r
eser
vestheri
ghttot
ermi
natetheContr
actbynot
icei
nwri
ti
ngwit
himmediat
eeff
ect.

29. Mi
scel
l
aneous

29.
1 Anydeci
sion,actort
hingt
hatt
hePubl
i
cBodyi
srequi
redoraut
hor
izedt
otakeordo

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undertheContr
actmaybet akenordonebyanyper sonaut hori
zed,eit
hergeneral
l
yor
speci
fi
call
y,bythePublicBodytot akeordothatdecision,actorthing,pr
ovidedthat
uponrecei
ptofawri
ttenrequestthePubl
icBodyshal
linformt heContr
actorofthename
ofanypersonsoaut
horized.
29.
2 TheCont ract
ormayf r
om ti
metoti
meupont herequestofthePubl
icBody,executeany
addit
ionaldocumentsanddoanyotheract
sorthi
ngswhi chmayreasonabl
yber equi
red
toimplementtheprovi
sionsoft
heContr
act
.
29.
3 Anypr ov i
sion oft heCont r
actwhi ch i
shel dto bei nval
id orunenf
orceabl
ein any
j
urisdictionshallbei neffecti
vetotheextentofsuchinvali
dit
yorunenfor
ceabil
it
ywit
hout
i
nvalidat i
ngorr enderi
ngunenf or
ceablether emai
ningprovisi
onshereofandanysuch
i
nvalidity or unenf orceabil
it
yi n any j ur
isdi
cti
on shall not inv
ali
date or r
ender
unenfor ceablesuchpr ov i
sionsinanyotherjuri
sdi
cti
on.
29.
4 Thefailur
ebythePubl
icBodyandCont r
actortoinsi
stuponthestri
ctper
formanceofany
provi
sion,ter
m orcondi t
ion ofthe Contractort o exerci
se any r
ightorr emedy
consequentuponthebreachther
eofshallnotconsti
tut
eawai verofanysuchbreachor
anysubsequentbr
eachofsuchprovisi
on,ter
m orcondit
ion.
29.
5 EachPart
yshallbeari
tsownexpensesinrel
ati
ontothepr
epar
ati
on,execut
ionand
i
mplementat
ionoftheCont
racti
ncl
udingal
lcostsl
egalf
eesandotherexpensesso
i
ncurr
ed.
29.
6 TheCont ract orwar rantsrepresentsandunder t
akest othePubl i
cBodyt hattherear eno
pendingort hreatenedact ionsorpr oceedingsbefor eanycour toradmi nist
rati
veagency
whichwoul dmat er
iall
yadv ersel
yaffectthef i
nancialcondit
ion,businessoroper ati
onsof
theCont r
act orandt hattherearenomat eri
alcontractsexi
stingtowhi cht heCont r
actor
i
sapar tywhi chprev entitfrom enteri
ngi ntotheCont ract
;andt hatt heCont ractorhas
sati
sfieditselfast ot henat ureandext entoftherisksassumedbyi tundert heCont ract
andgat heredal linformationnecessar ytoper f
ormi tsobli
gati
onsundert heCont r
actand
all
otherobl igationsassumedbyi t
.
29.
7 Theright
sandremedi
espr ov
idedi
ntheContractarecumulat
iveandnotexcl
usi
veofany
ri
ghtsorremedi
esprovi
dedbyanyot hercontractordocument.Inthi
sprov
isi
on"r
ight
"
i
ncludesanypower
,pri
vi
lege,r
emedy,orpr
oprietar
yorsecuri
tyi
nterest
.

C. Obl
i
gat
ionsoft
hePubl
i
cBody
30. Assi
stanceandSuppl
yofDocument
s

30.
1 TheCont ractormayr equesttheassist
anceoft hePubli
cBodyinobtaini
ngcopiesof
l
aws,r egulati
onsandi nformati
ononl ocalcustoms,ordersorby-l
awsoft heFeder al
Democr ati
cRepubl i
cofEt hi
opi
a,whichmayaf fecttheContr
act
orintheperf
ormanceof
his obli
gations underthe Contract
.The Publ ic Body may pr
ovi
de the assi
stance
requestedtot heContr
actoratt
heCont r
actor
'scost.
30.
2 Unlessother
wisespeci
fi
edi
ntheSCC,thePubl
icBodymaymakeal
lef
for
tsnecessar
yto
faci
li
tat
etheprocur
ementbytheCont
ract
orof:
al
lr equi
red vi
sas and permit
s,incl
udi
ng work and r
esidence per
mit
s,and such other
documentsasshal lbenecessar
ytoenabletheContr
actor
,Sub-Contr
act
orsorPersonnelto
carr
youttheWor ks;
anysuchotherassist
anceasmaybespecifi
edint
heSCC.

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30.
3 Exceptwher eotherwisepr ovi
dedi nt heSCC,wi thi
n30day soft hesi gni
ngoft he
Contract,theEngi neershallprovi
det ot heCont ract
or,fr
eeofchar ge,acopyoft he
drawings prepared fort he i
mplement ati
on oft asks as wellas two copies oft he
specifi
cati
onsandot hercontractdocument s.TheCont ract
ormaypur chaseadditi
onal
copiesoft hesedr awings,specif
icat
ionsand ot herdocument s,i
nsofarast heyar e
avai
lable.Upont hef i
nalacceptance,t heContractorshallreturntot heEngineerall
drawings,specif
icati
onsandot hercontractdocument s.
30.
4 UnlessitisnecessaryforthepurposesoftheContr
act,t
hedrawings,speci
fi
cati
onsand
otherdocument sprovi
dedbyt hePubl i
cBodyshallnotbeusedorcommuni catedt
oa
thi
rdpartybytheCont r
actorwit
houtthepri
orconsentoftheEngi
neer.
30.
5 The Engi neershal
lhave aut
hori
tyt
oi ssue t
othe Contractoradmini
str
ati
ve or
ders
i
ncorpor ati
ngsuchsuppl
ementar
ydocumentsandinst
ruct
ionsasshallbenecessar
yfor
thepr operandadequateexecuti
onoft heworksandt her emedyi
ngofanydef ects
ther
ein.

31. Accesst
otheSi
te

31.
1 ThePubli
cBodyshal
l,induetimeandi nconfor
mi tywit
htheprogr essoftheworks,pl
ace
thesit
eandaccesst heret
oatt hedisposaloft heContractorinaccor dancewitht he
progr
am ofi
mplementati
onoft asksrefer
redtoi ntheseGCC.I fpossessionofapar tis
notgivenbythedatest at
edi ntheappr ovedwor kprogram,t hePublicBodywi l
lbe
deemed to hav
e delayed the star
toft he relev
antact i
vit
ies,and t hi
s wil
lbe a
Compensati
onEvent
.
31.
2 TheCont r
actorshallal
low t
heEngi neerandanypersonauthori
zedbytheEngineer
accesstotheSit
eandt oanyplacewher eworki
nconnect
ionwiththeCont
racti
sbeing
carr
iedoutorisi
ntendedtobecarr
iedout.
31.
3 Anylandprocur
edf ortheContr
actorbythePubli
cBodyshallnotbeusedbyt
he
Cont
ract
orf
orpurposesothert
hanthei
mplement
ati
onoft
asks.
31.
4 TheContr
actorshallpreser
veanypr
emisesplacedathi
sdisposali
nagoodst atewhil
e
heisinoccupati
onandshal l,i
fsor
equiredbythePubl
icBodyortheEngineer,r
est
ore
them t
otheirori
ginalstateoncomplet
ionofthecontr
act
,takingi
ntoaccountnormal
wearandtear.
31.
5 TheContract
orshal
lnotbeenti
tl
edt oanypay
mentf
ori
mpr
ovement
sresul
ti
ngf
rom
workcar
ri
edoutonhisownini
ti
ati
ve.

32. Pay
ment

32.
1Inconsider
ati
onoftheWorksperf
ormedbyt heCont
ract
orundert
hisCont
ract
,the
Publ
i
cBodyshallmaketotheContract
orsuchpay
mentsandinsuchmannerasi s
pr
ovi
dedbyGCCParagr
aphEoft
hisContract
.

33. Del
ayedPay
ment
stot
heCont
ract
or'
sSt
aff

33.
1 Wherether
eisadel ayinthepaymenttotheContract
or'
semploy
eesofwagesand
sal
ari
esowingandoft heall
owancesandcontr
ibut
ionslai
ddownbyt helaw oft
he
Feder
alDemocrat
ic Republ
i
c ofEthi
opi
a,the Publ
ic Bodymaygi v
e not
ice t
othe

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Contr
act
orthatwit
hin15day softhenot
icet
heCont
ract
orhast
opaysuchwages,
sal
ari
es,
all
owancesandcont
ri
buti
ons.

D. Obl
i
gat
ionsoft
heCont
ract
or
34. Gener
alObl
i
gat
ions

34.
1 TheCont r
actorshall,wit
hduecar eanddi li
gence,andi naccor dancewi t
ht heprovi
sions
oftheCont ract,designthewor kstot heext entst atedint heCont ract,andexecut e,
completeandr emedyanydef ect
sinthewor ks.TheCont r
actorshallprov i
deallcontrol
andsupervisi
onoft hewor ks,per
sonnel,mat eri
als,plant
,equipmentandal lot
heritems,
whetherofat empor aryorpermanentnat urerequiredinandf orsuchdesi gn,execution,
completi
onandr emedy i
ngofanydef ects,insofarasspeci f
iedi n,orcanber easonabl y
i
nferr
edfrom, theCont r
act.
34.
2 TheContr
actorshallt
akeful
lresponsi
bil
i
tyfortheadequacy,st
abi
l
ityandsaf
etyofal
l
oper
ati
onsandmet hodsofconst
ructi
onundertheCont
ract.
34.
3 TheContract
orshal lr
espectandabidebyalllawsandr egulat
ionsi nforceint heFederal
Democrati
cRepubl icofEthiopi
aandshal lensurethathisper sonnel
,t heirdependants,
andhislocalempl oyeesalsorespectandabi debyallsuchl awsandr egulati
ons.The
Cont
ractorshallindemnif
yt hePubli
cBodyagai nstanycl ai
msandpr oceedingsarisi
ng
fr
om anyinfr
ingementbyt heContractor
,it
sSub- Cont
ractorsort hei
rempl oyeesofsuch
l
awsandr egulati
ons.
34.
4 TheCont ractorshal
lensurethatWorksconformt oappli
cableenv
ironmentalandqualit
y
standards,thatnochemi calorotherproduct/equi
pmenti susedinsuchawayast o
causenegat iveimpactont heenvi
ronmentingener alandoccupationalheal
thhazards
andshal lemploythemostr ecenttechnol
ogy,safeandef f
ecti
veequipment,machinery,
mat er
ial
sandmet hods,
asnecessary.
34.
5 TheCont
ract
orshal
lobtai
nthePubl
i
cBody
'spr
iorappr
ovali
nwr
it
ingbef
oret
aki
ngany
oft
hefol
l
owingacti
ons:
Ent
eri
ngi nt
oasubcontractforcar
ryi
ngoutanypar
toft
heWor ks,
itbei
ngunder
stoodt
hatt
he
Cont
ractorshal
lremai
nf ul
l
yliabl
eforcar
ryi
ngoutt
heWorksbytheSub-
Contr
act
or;
Anyotheracti
onthatmaybespecifi
edintheSCC.
34.
6 TheCont ractorshallcompl ywithanyadminist
rati
veordersgivenbytheEngineer
.Where
theCont ract
orconsi dersthattherequir
ementsofanadmi nist
rati
veordergobeyondthe
authorit
yofthespeci ficEngineerorofthescopeoftheCont r
act,i
tshall
,onpainofbei
ng
ti
me- barr
ed,notif
yt hespeci fi
ccontractmanager,expl
aini
ngi tsopi
nion,wi
thin30days
aft
err eceiptthereof .Executi
onoft headmi ni
str
ati
veor dershallnotbesuspended
becauseoft hisnoti
ce.
34.
7 TheContractorshallt
reatal
ldocument sandinformati
onreceiv
edinconnecti
onwitht he
contr
actaspr i
vateandconfident
ial,andshallnot,sav
einsof arasmaybenecessaryf or
thepurposesoft heperformancet her
eof,publishordiscl
oseanypar ti
cular
soft he
contr
actwithoutthepr i
orconsentinwr i
ti
ngoft hePubli
cBodyort hespecifi
ccontract
manageraf t
erconsultati
onwi t
ht hePubl i
cBody .Ifanydisagreementari
sesast ot he
necessi
tyforanypubl i
cati
onordi sclosureforthepurposeoft hecont
ract
,thedecision
ofthePubli
cBodyshal lbefi
nal.

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35. El
i
gibi
l
ity

35.
1 TheCont ract
orandi t
sSub-Contr
actor
sshallhavethenat i
onal
it
yofanel i
giblecountry
pursuanttoSection5oftheBiddi
ngDocuments.AContr act
ororSub-Contractorshal
lbe
deemedt ohav ethenati
onali
tyofacountr
yifiti
saciti
zenorconst i
tuted,incorpor
ated,
orregist
ered,andoperat
esinconfor
mitywi
ththeprovi
sionsofthelawsoft hatcountry.
35.
2 TheContract
orandi
tsSub-Cont
ract
orsshal
lprov
idePer
sonnelwhoshallbeci
ti
zensof
el
igi
blecount
ri
esandusegoodswiththei
ror
igi
nfr
om aneli
gibl
ecount
ry.

36. CodeofConduct

36.
1 TheCont r
act orshal l
,atallti
mes,actl oyall
yandi mpar t
iall
yinr espectofanymat ter
rel
ati
ngt ot hisCont r
actandasaf ai
thfuladv i
sert ot hePubl icBodyi naccor dancewith
therulesand/ orcodeofconductofi tspr ofessionaswel laswi thappr opri
atediscr
eti
on.
TheCont ractorshal l,i
npart
icul
ar,atallti
mesr efrai
nf rom maki nganypubl i
cstatements
concerningt heWor kswit
houtthepr i
orappr oval ofthePubl icBody ,andf r
om engagingin
anyact i
v i
tywhi chconfl
ict
swi t
hi t
sobl i
gati
onst owar dst hePubl i
cBodyundert he
contract
.Itshal lnotcommitthePubl icBodywi thouti t
spr iorwrit
tenconsent ,andshall
,
whereappr opr iate,makethi
sobligati
oncl eartot hir
dpar ti
es.
36.
2I ftheCont ractororanyofi t
sSub- Contractor
s,personnel
,agentsorservantsof fersto
giveoragr eest oof ferortogi veorgi vest oanyper son,anybr i
be,gi
ft,gratuityor
commi ssi
onasani nducementorrewar dfordoingorforbeari
ngtodoanyacti nr elati
on
tot hecont ractoranyot hercont r
actwi ththePubl i
cBody ,orforshowingf av oror
disfavortoanyper soni nrel
ationtothecont ractoranyot hercontr
actwit
ht hePubl i
c
Body ,thenthePublicBodymayt er
minat ethecontract
,withoutprej
udi
cetoanyaccr ued
ri
ght softheCont r
actorunderthecontract.
36.
3 Thepay ment
stot heContract
orundert hecontractshal
lconsti
tutetheonlyincomeor
benefi
titmayderi
veinconnecti
onwi ththecontractandneit
heritnorit
spersonnelshal
l
acceptanycommission,di
scount,al
lowance,indir
ectpaymentorot herconsi
derati
onin
connecti
onwit
h,orinrel
ati
onto,orindischar
geof ,i
tsobl
igat
ionsunderthecontract
.
36.
4 TheCont r
actorshallnothavet hebenef
it
,whet herdir
ectlyorindir
ectl
y,ofanyroyal
ty,
grat
uit
yorcommi ssi
oninrespectofanypatentedorprotectedart
icl
eorprocessusedin
orforthepurposesofthecontractort
heproject,
withoutthepri
orwr i
tt
enapproval
ofthe
Publi
cBody .
36.
5 TheCont ractoranditsstaffshallmai nt
ainpr ofessionalsecr ecy,f
ort hedurati
onoft he
contractandaf tercompleti
ont hereof.Int hisconnect i
on,exceptwi ththepr i
orwr i
tt
en
consentoft hePubl i
cBody ,nei thertheCont ractornort heper sonnelempl oyed or
engagedbyi tshallatanyt i
mecommuni catet oanyper sonorent it
yanyconf i
denti
al
i
nformat iondi scl
osedtothem ordi scoveredbyt hem, ormakepubl icanyinformat i
onas
tother ecommendat i
onsf ormulat ed i
nt hecour seoforasar esultoftheWor ks.
Furt
her mor e,theyshallnotmakeanyusepr ejudicialtothePubl icBody ,ofinformati
on
suppliedt ot hem andoft her esul tsofst udies,t estsandr esearchcar r
iedouti nthe
courseandf orthepurposeofper formingthecont ract.
36.
6 Theexecuti
onoft hecont
ractshal
lnotgi
veri
setounusualcommercialexpenses.I
fsuch
unusualcommer cialexpenses emerge,the contr
actwi l
lbe terminated.Unusual
commercialexpensesarecommi ssi
onsnotmentionedi
nt hecont
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from aproperl
yconcl
udedcont ractr
efer
ri
ngt othecontract,commissi
onsnotpai
din
retur
nf oranyactualandlegiti
mat eservi
ce,commi ssi
onsr emit
tedto ataxhaven,
commi ssi
onspaidtoar eci
pientwhoi snotclear
lyident
ifi
edorcommi ssi
onpaidt
oa
companywhi chhasever
yappearanceofbeingaf r
ontcompany .
36.
7 TheContractorshal
lsupplyt
othePublicBodyonr equestsuppor
ti
ngevi
dencer
egardi
ng
thecondit
ionsinwhicht hecont
ractisbeingexecuted.ThePubli
cBodymaycarryout
whateverdocumentaryoron-thespotchecksi tdeemsnecessar yt
ofindevi
dencein
caseofsuspectedunusualcommer ci
alexpenses.

37. Cont
rol
andSuper
visi
onoft
heWor
ks

37.
1 TheContr
act
orshal
lhi
mselfcont
rolandsuper
viset
heworksorshallappoi
ntaContr
act
Managert
odoso.Suchappoi
ntmentshal
lbesubmitt
edt
ot heEngi
neerforappr
oval
.
37.
2 TheCont r
actManagershal
lbesuit
ablyqual
i
fiedi
naccordancewit
htheScheduleof
Requir
ements.I
naddit
ionawor
khistor
y/bi
ogr
aphywil
lbesubmitt
edtot
heEngineerf
or
approval
.
37.
3 TheCont ractorshallforthwit
hgiv enot
iceinwrit
ingtotheEngineeroft heidenti
tyoft
he
personappoi ntedasCont ractManagerf orapproval
.Theappr ovalmayatanyt imebe
wit
hdr awn.Shoul dt he Engineerr ef
use to approve,orwi thdr aw approvalofthe
appointment,heshal lsetoutt hegroundsonwhi chhisdeci sionisbased,andt he
Contractorshal lsubmi tanalternat
iveappoint
mentwi thoutdelay .Theaddressofthe
Contractor'
sr epresentati
veshallbedeemedt obet headdressf orservi
cegivenbythe
Contractor.
37.
4Ift he Engi
neerwi t
hdraws his approvalofthe Cont r
actor
's Cont
ractManager,the
Contr
actorshal
l,assoonasi spr act
icabl
e,aft
erreceivi
ngnoticeofsuchwi t
hdrawal
,
removetheCont r
actManagerf rom thewor ksandr epl
acehim wi t
hanotherContr
act
Managerapprov
edbyt heEngineer.
37.
5 The Contractor'
s ContractManagershal lhav ef ullaut
horityto make anydeci sion
necessaryfortheexecut i
onoft heworks,toreceiveandcar r
youtadmi nistr
ati
veorders
andt ocountersi
gnthewor kregist
err
eferr
edt oinGCCCl ause79orat tachment,where
appropri
ate.I
nanyev ent,
theCont r
act
orshallber esponsi
bleforensur
ingt hatt
hewor ks
arecarr
iedoutsat i
sfactor
il
yincludi
ngensuri
ngt hatthespecif
icat
ionsandadmi nist
rati
ve
ordersareadher edt obyhi sownempl oyeesandbyhi ssub-Contractorsandt hei
r
employees.
37.
6 Anynotice,i
nfor
mation,i
nstr
uct
ion orot
hercommunicat
ion gi
ven ormade tot
he
Cont
ractManagershal
lbedeemedtohavebeengi
venormadetotheContr
act
or.
37.
7 TheContractorshal
linfor
mt heEngi
neeroft
heident
ityofanypersonauthori
zedt
oact
foranyperi
odasdeput yfort
heContr
actManagerbef
orethest
artofthatper
iod.
37.
8 TheCont r
actorshal
lprovi
deasuff
ici
entcomplementofsupervi
sorystaf
finaddi
ti
onto
theContractManager,toensur
ethattheContract
or’
sst af
fengagedinandaboutthe
provi
sionoftheWor ksattheSi
teareadequat
elysuper
visedandproperl
yperf
ormthei
r
duti
esatallti
mes.
37.
9 Allper
sonsappoi
ntedtomanagerialandsuperv
isoryposit
ionsinaccordancewit
hthe
Schedul
eofRequir
ementsmustbet otheacceptanceoftheEngineerwhowi l
lhav
ethe
ri
ghttovet
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ntmentofanycandi
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38. Per
sonnel

38.
1 Theper sonsemployedbytheContractormustbesuf f
ici
entinnumber,andpermitthe
opti
mum use oft he human r
esources.Such employees musthavet he ski
l
ls and
experi
encenecessaryt
oensureduepr ogr
essandsat
isfactor
yexecut
ionoftheworks.
38.
2 TheContr
actorshallmakehisownar rangementsfortheengagementofal
lstaf
fand
l
abor
.Theratesofremunerat
ionandthegeneralworki
ngcondit
ions,
aslai
ddownbythe
l
aw ofthe Federaldemocrati
c Republi
c ofEthi
opia,shal
lapplyas a mini
mum to
empl
oyeesontheSite.
38.
3 TheCont ract
orshallemploythekeyper sonnelnamedi nt heScheduleofKeyPer sonnel
,
as refer
red toi nt he SCC,to carry outt he functi
ons stated i
nt he Schedule of
Requirementsorot herpersonnelapprovedbyt heEngineer.TheEngineerwillapprove
anypr oposedr epl
acementofkeyper sonnelonlyi ftheirrel
evantquali
fi
cationsand
abi
li
tiesar esubstanti
all
yequaltoorbet terthanthoseoft hepersonnelli
stedint he
ScheduleofRequi r
ements.
38.
4 The Contractoracknowl edges thatthe KeyPer sonnelar e essent
ialtot he pr
oper
provi
sionoft heWor kst othePublicBody.TheCont r
actorshal
lensurethattheroleof
anyKeyPer sonnelisnotv acantf oranylongerthan[ 10]Wor ki
ngDay sandt hatany
repl
acementshal lbeasormor equalif
iedandexperiencedasthepr ev
iousincumbentof
suchr ol
eandi sf ull
ycompet entt ocarr
youtt het asksassignedt other ol
eoft he
memberofKeyPer sonnelwhom heorshehasr eplaced.
38.
5 TheContr
act
orshalli
mmedi
atel
yreplaceal
lempl
oyeesindi
cat
edbyt heEngi
neer
,ina
l
ett
erst
ati
ngreasons,
asl
i
kel
ytojeopardi
zet
hesat
isf
act
oryexecut
ionofthewor
ks
38.
6Ift heEngi neeraskstheContractortor emoveaper son who isamemberoft he
Contract
or’sstaf
forworkfor
ce,
st at
ingthereasons,
theContr
actorshal
lensuret
hatthe
personleavestheSit
ewithi
nsevenday sandhasnof urt
herconnecti
onwiththeworkin
theContract.
38.
7 The Publi
cBodyshal lnotbe liableforthe costofrepl
aci
ng anymemberoft he
Cont
ractor’
s st
affand the Contract
orshallindemni
fythe Publ
ic Body agai
nstal
l
EmployeeLiabi
l
iti
est
hatmayar i
sei nt
hisr
espect.

39. I
ndemni
fi
cat
ionandLi
mit
ati
onofLi
abi
l
ity

39.
1 Atit
sownexpense,t heCont r
actorshallindemnify
,protectanddef end,thePublicBody,
i
tsagentsandemploy ees,
from andagai nstal
lacti
ons,claims,lossesordamagear i
sing
fr
om anyactoromi ssionbyt heCont r
actorintheper f
ormanceoft heWor ks,incl
uding
anyviol
ati
onofanylegalprovisi
ons,orrightsofthir
dpar t
ies,i
nr espectofpatents,
trade
marksandotherf
ormsofi ntell
ectualpr
oper t
ysuchascopy ri
ghts.
39.
2 Atit
sownex pense,t
heCont r
act
orshal
lindemni
fy,pr
otectanddefendthePubl
icBody
,
i
tsagentsandempl oy ees,fr
om andagainstal
lactions,clai
ms,lossesordamages
ar
isi
ngoutoftheContractor’
sfai
l
uretoperf
ormit
sobligat
ionsprov
idedthat
:
TheContract
orisnoti
fi
edofsuchacti
ons,clai
ms,lossesordamagesnotlat
ert han30day s
aft
ert
hePublicBodybecomesawareofthem;
Theceil
i
ngont heContr
act
or’
sli
abi
li
tyshal
lbel i
mitedtoanamountequaltot otalContract
Pri
ceasst atedintheSCC,butsuchcei l
i
ngshal lnotappl
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damagescausedbytheContract
or’
swi l
lf
ulmisconduct
;
TheContr
actor
’sl
iabi
li
tyshal
lbelimitedtoact
ions,cl
aims,l
ossesordamagesdi rectl
ycaused
bysuchfail
uretoperformitsobligati
onsundert hecontr
actandshal lnotincludeli
abil
it
y
ari
si
ngfr
om unfor
eseeableoccur
rencesinci
dentalori
ndir
ect
lyconsequenti
alt
osuchf ail
ure.
39.
3 Theaggregatel
iabi
l
ityoft
heCont
ract
ort
othePubl
i
cBodyshal
lnotexceedt
het
otal
cont
ractval
ue.
39.
4 TheContract
orshal
lhav
enol
i
abi
l
itywhat
soev
erf
oract
ions,cl
aims,l
ossesordamages
occasi
onedby:
ThePubl icBodyomi tti
ngtoactonanyr ecommendat i
on,oroverri
dinganyact ,decisi
onor
recommendat ion,oftheContr
act
or,orrequir
ingtheContract
ortoi mpl ementadeci si
onor
recommendat ionwithwhichtheContractordisagr
eesoronwhi chi texpressesaser ious
reser
v at
ion;or
Theimpr operexecuti
onoftheContr
actor
’sinstr
ucti
onsbyagents,empl oyeesorindependent
ContractorsofthePubli
cBody.
39.
5 TheContract
orshallremainresponsibl
eforanybreachofi
tsobl
i
gat
ionsunderthe
cont
ractf
orsuchperiodaf
t ert
heWor kshavebeenper
for
medasmaybedet
erminedby
thel
awgov er
ningt
hecontract.

40. I
nsur
ancet
obeTakenOutbyt
heCont
ract
or

40.
1 TheCont r
actorshallpr ov
ide,int
hejoi
ntnamesofthePubli
cBodyandt heContr
act
or,
i
nsurancecov eragainstlossordamagef orwhi
chheisli
abl
eunderthecont
ractint
he
amountsanddeduct iblesstatedi
ntheSCC.Suchi
nsur
anceshal
l
,unl
esstheSCCprovi
de
other
wise,cover:
theWor ks,togetherwithMateri
alsandPl antf orincorporati
ont her
ein,tothefullreplacement
costagainstalllossordamagef rom what ev ercausear isi
ngot hert
hanf rom ForceMaj eureor
ri
sksattri
butableunderthecontracttot hePubl icBody ;
anaddi t
ionalsum of15% ofsuchr eplacementcost ,orasmaybespeci fi
edi nt heSCC,t o
coveranyaddi ti
onalcost
sofandi ncidentalt other ectif
icati
onofl ossordamagei ncludi
ng
prof
essionalf eesandt hecostofdemol ishingandr emov inganypar toft hewor ksandof
removingdebr isofwhatevernat
ure;
theContractor'sEquipmentandothert hingsbr oughtont otheSi t
ebyt heContractor,forasum
suff
ici
enttopr ov i
dethei
rrepl
acementatt heSi te.
40.
2 TheCont r
act
orshalltakeouti nsurancecov eri
nghi sliabi
li
tywit
hregardtoi
ndustrial
acci
dentsandciv
illi
abil
i
tiestoanyper sonempl oyedbyhi m ont
heworks,t
othePubl i
c
Bodyandanyempl oyeeoft hatauthori
ty,ar
isingfrom theexecut
ionoftheworks.Such
l
iabi
l
ityshal
lbeunli
mitedinthecaseofper sonal i
njur
ies.
40.
3 TheCont r
act
orshalltakeouti nsurancecov eri
ngl i
abi
li
tywit
hregardtori
sksandci vi
l
l
iabi
li
tyresul
ti
ngf r
om anactoromi ssionattr
ibutedtohim,tohisl
egalsuccessorsor
agent
s.Suchinsuranceshallbef oratleasttheamountst at
edintheSCC.Further
more,
heshall
ensurethatall
hissub-contractorshavetakenoutasimil
ari
nsur
ance.
40.
4 Byr equi
ri
ngsuchinsurance,Publ
icBodyshal lnotbedeemedorconst ruedtohav e
assessedtheriskthatmaybeappl icabl
et otheContract
orundert hi
sCont r
act.The
Contract
orshal
lassessitsownr i
sksandi fdeemedt obeappropr
iateand/orprudent,
shouldmaint
ainadequateli
mit
sand/orbroaderinsur
ancecover
aget hanthatsti
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ed

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above.TheCont r
actorisnotreli
evedofanyl
i
abi
li
tyorotherobl
i
gati
onsassumedor
pursuantt otheContr
actbyr easonofit
sfai
l
uretoobtai
normai nt
aini
nsurancei
n
suffi
cientamount
s,dur
ati
on,ortypes.
40.
5Insur
anceshal
lbeprov
idedatt
heCont
ract
or’
sexpenseandshal
lnotbechar
geddi
rect
ly
t
othePubl
icBody.
40.
6 Allt
heinsurancer ef
erredt ointhi
sCl auseshallbetakenoutwit
hin30daysofthe
noti
fi
cat
ionoft heawar doftheContract,andshal
lbesubjectt
oapprov
albyt
hePubli
c
Body.Suchi nsur
anceshal ltakeeffectf r
om thecommencementoft heWorksand
remaini
nfor
ceunt ilf
inalaccept
anceoft heWorks.
40.
7 ThePubl
icBodyshal
lbenotif
iedbytheContract
ororitsI
nsuranceCarr
ieratl
east30
day
spri
ortoanymater
ial
changetoorcancel
l
ationofanyofi
nsurancecov
erage.
40.
8 Priort othecommencementoft heWor ksundert hisCont ract,theCont ractororits
I
nsur anceCarr i
ershallprovi
deaCer ti
fi
cate(s)ofInsur ance(COI )evidencingcompl i
ance
withal lr
equir
ement sf orinsurancecoverage.TheCOIshal lbesubmi tt
edt othePubl i
c
Bodyf orrev
iew andappr oval.Forthedur ati
onoft heCont ract,theCont r
actororits
I
nsur anceCarr i
ershallprovideupdatedCOI ’stoevidencer enewal sorot herchangest o
i
nsur ancepolici
esorcov erage, andpaymentoft hecur rentpremi umswhenev ertheyare
requiredtodosobyt hePubl icBodyortheEngineer.
40.
9 Notwithstandi
ngt heobl i
gationsoft heContract
ort oi nsur
ei naccordancewiththi
s
Clause,theCont r
actorshallbesolelyli
abl
eandshal li
ndemni f
ythePublicBodyandthe
Engineeragainstanyclaimsf ordamaget oproper
tyorper sonali
njur
iesari
singfr
om t
he
executi
on oft he works by t he Cont
ract
or,his sub-contr
actor
s and empl oy
ees i
n
connectionwiththeWor ks

41. Pr
ogr
am ofI
mpl
ement
ati
onofTasks

41.
1 Completi
ngt heworkpr
ogram gi
venaspartoft
heBid,theContr
act
orshallwit
hint
he
ti
mest atedintheSCCprovi
detheEngi
neerwit
hapr ogram ofi
mpl
ementati
onofthe
tasks,
brokendownbyacti
vi
tyandbymont
handincl
udethefoll
owi
nginf
ormati
on:
theorderinwhi cht heContractorproposest ocarr
youtt hewor ks;
theti
mel i
mitswi t
hinwhichsubmi ssi
onandappr ovaloft hedrawingsarerequi
red;
anor ganizati
onchar tcontaini
ngt henames,qual if
icati
onsandcur r
icul
av i
taeofthest
aff
responsiblefortheSite,
agener aldescripti
onofthemet hodincludingthesequence, bymont handbynat ur
ewhi
cht
he
Contractorproposest ocarryoutt hewor ks;
aplanf ortheset t
ingoutandor ganizati
onoft heSite,and
suchf urt
herdetailsandinformat i
onast heEngineermayr easonabl
yrequir
e.
41.
2 TheEngineershal
lret
urnt hesedocumentstot heCont
ract
orwit
hhisapprov
alorany
rel
evantremar
kswithi
nt endaysofrecei
pt,exceptwher
etheEngi
neer
,wit
hinthoset
en
days,not
ifi
est
heContractorofhi
swishforameet i
ng.
41.
3 Anupdateoftheprogr
am shallbeapr ogr
am showingtheact
ualpr
ogressachi
evedon
eachacti
vi
tyandtheef
fectoftheprogr
essachiev
edonthetimi
ngoftheremaini
ngwork,
i
ncludi
nganychangestothesequenceoftheacti
vi
ti
es.
41.
4 TheCont
ract
orshal
lsubmi
ttot
heEngi
neerf
orappr
ovalanupdat
edpr
ogr
am ati
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nolongert
hantheperi
odstat
edintheSCC.Ift
heCont r
actordoesnotsubmitanupdated
Progr
am withi
nthisperi
od,theEngi
neermaywi thhol
dt heamountst at
edint heSCC
fr
om thenextpaymentcerti
fi
cat
eandcont i
nuetowi thhol
dt hi
samountunt i
lthenext
paymentaft
erthedat
eonwhi cht
heoverdueProgr
am hasbeensubmi tt
ed.
41.
5 Theapprovaloft
heprogr
am bytheEngineershal
lnotreli
evet
heContract
orfr
om anyof
hi
sobligat
ionsundert
hecont
ract.TheContract
ormayr evi
sethepr
ogram andsubmiti
t
tothe Engineeragai
n atany time.A r evi
sed pr
ogram shallshow the ef
fectof
modif
icati
onsandCompensati
onEv ent
s.
41.
6 Nomat er
ialalt
erat
iontotheprogram shal
lbemadewithoutt
heapprovaloftheEngineer
.
I
f,however,theprogressofthewor ksdoesnotconformt otheprogram,theEngineer
mayinstr
ucttheCont r
actort
or ev
isetheprogr
am andsubmitther
evisedprogram t
ohim
f
orapproval.

42. Cont
ract
or'
sDr
awi
ngs

42.
1 TheCont
ract
orshal
lsubmi
ttot
heEngi
neerf
orappr
oval
:
Suchdr awi ngs, document s,sampl esand/ ormodel sasmaybespeci f
iedint hecont r
actwi thin
thetimel imitslai ddownt her einori nthepr ogram ofi mpl ement ationoftasks;
Suchdr awi ngsast heEngineermayr easonabl yrequirefort hei mpl ement ati
onoft asks.
Inthecaseofbr idgesandot herr einforcedconcr etest ruct ures,theCont r
act orshal lcar r
yout
therequi sit
esoi lsurveysbef or ecommenci ngwor kont hef oundat ions.TheCont ractormust
submi tther esultsoft hesesur veysandt hecal cul
ationsf ort hef oundat i
ons, i
nt ri
pli
cat e, t
ot he
Engineeratl eastonemont hbef orecommenci ngconst r
uct i
onoft hewor ksi nquest ion.
TheCont ractorshal lprepare,ati tsownexpense,al ldesi gnandconst ructiondr awi ngsand
otherdocument sandobj ectsnecessar yf ort hepr operexecut i
onoft heCont r
act ,andi n
parti
culardr awi ngsanddesi gncal culationsandt her einforcementdr awi ngsf orr ei
nf or
ced
concrete st ructur es.The Cont ractorshal lsubmi t,i nt r
iplicate,const ruction,desi gn and
rei
nforcementdr awings,desi gncal culationsandanyot herdocument sorobj ectsi tist o
provi
def ort heEngi neer’
sappr ovalatl eastonemont hbef or ecommenci ngconst ruct i
onoft he
worksi nquest i
on.
Wi thi
n 15 day s ofr ecei v
ing t he dr awings,desi gn cal culati
ons,obj ects and ot her
document sr equi
redunder( c)and( d),theEngi neershal lreturnthem t ot heCont ractor
withei therhi sendor sementorhi sremar ks.
42.
2I ftheEngineerfai
l
st onoti
fyhisdeci
sionofapprovalrefer
redtoinGCCCl ause41.1
wit
hint he ti
me limi t
sr efer
red t
oi nt he cont
ractort he approv
ed program of
i
mpl ementati
on oft asks,such dr
awings,documents,samples ormodels shallbe
deemedt obeappr ovedatt heendoft hetimelimit
sspecifi
ed.Ifnotimel imi
tis
specif
ied,
theyshal
lbedeemedt obeapproved30daysafterr
ecei
pt.
42.
3 Approved drawi ngs,document s,sampl esand model sshal lbesi gned orother wise
i
dentif
iedbyt heEngi neerandshal lnotbedepar tedf r
om exceptasot her
wiseinstruct
ed
bytheEngi neer .AnyCont ractor'
sdrawi ngs,document s,sampl esormodel swhi cht he
Engi
neerfailst oappr ove,shallbef orthwithmodi fiedtomeett her
equirementsoft he
Engi
neerandr esubmi t
tedbyt heCont ractorforapprov al
.Wi t
hin15day sofbeingnot i
fi
ed
of t
he Engi neer ’
sr emar ks,t he Cont ractorshal lmake t he requisi
te corr
ect i
ons,
adj
ustmentset c.tothedocument s,drawi ngs,designcal cul
ati
onset c.Thecorrectedor
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ionset c.shal lberesubmi t
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hesamepr
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e.
42.
4 TheContr
actorshal
lsuppl
yaddit
ionalcopi
esofapproveddrawi
ngsi
nthef
orm and
numberst
atedint
hecontr
actori
nsubsequentadmi
nist
rat
iveor
der
s.
42.
5 Theapprov
alofthedr
awings,document
s,sampl
esormodelsbytheEngi
neershal
lnot
rel
i
evetheCont
ract
orf
rom anyofhisobl
i
gati
onsundert
hecont
ract
.
42.
6 TheEngi
neershal
lhav
ether
ightatal
lreasonabl
etimestoinspectal
lcont
ractdr
awi
ngs,
document
s,sampl
esormodelsatt
heCont r
actor
'spremi
ses.
42.
7 Beforeprovisi
onalaccept anceoft hewor ks,theContractorshallsupplyoperat
ionand
maintenancemanual st ogetherwi t
hdrawings, whi
chshallbei nsuchdet ai
laswil
lenable
thePublicBodyt ooper ate,mai nt
ain,adjustandr epai
ral lpart
soft heworks.Unless
otherwi
sest atedint heSpeci alCondi t
ions,themanual sanddr awingsshallbei nthe
l
anguageoft heCont ract.Thewor ksshal lnotbeconsi deredtobecompl et
edf orthe
purposeofpr ovi
sionalaccept anceuntilsuchmanual sanddr awi
ngshav ebeensupplied
tothePublicBody.

43. Suf
fi
ciencyofBi
dPr
ices

43.
1 TheCont ract
orshal lbedeemed t o havei nspected and exami ned theSiteand its
surr
oundingsandtohav esatisfiedhimselfbef oresubmi tti
nghisBi d,astothenatureof
thegroundandsub- soi
l,andt ohavetakeni nt oaccountt heform andnat ur
eoft heSite,
theextentandnat ureoft hewor kandmat erial
snecessar yfort hecompl eti
onoft he
works,themeansofcommuni cati
onwithandaccesst ot hesit
e,theaccommodat i
onhe
mayr equi
reandingener altohav eobtainedf orhi
mselfal lnecessaryinfor
mat i
onast o
ri
sks,conti
ngenci
esandal lothercir
cumst ancesi nfl
uencingoraf f
ect i
nghistender.
43.
2 TheContractorshallbedeemedt ohav esat
isf
iedhimselfbeforesubmit
tinghi
stenderas
tothecorrectnessandsuf f
ici
encyofthetenderandoft heratesandpricesstat
edinthe
bil
lofquantit
iesorpriceschedulewhichshall
,excepti
nsof arasitisot
herwiseprovi
ded
i
nt heContract,cov
erallhi
sobligat
ionsunderthecontr
act.
43.
3 Sincet heContractorisdeemedt ohavedeterminedhispri
cesont hebasisofhisown
calculati
ons,operati
onsandest i
mates,heshallcar
ryoutwithoutaddi
ti
onalchar
geany
wor kwhi chisthesubj ectofanyitem whatsoeverinhistenderforwhichheneither
i
ndi catesaunitpri
cenoraf i
rm sum.

44. Except
ional
Risks

44.
1I fduri
ngtheexecut i
onoft hewor kst
heCont r
actorencount er sarti
ficialobstr
uct i
onsor
physi
calcondi ti
onswhi chcoul dnotr easonablyhav ebeenf oreseenbyanexper i
enced
Contract
or,andi ftheCont ractorisoft heopinionthataddi tionalcost swi l
lbei ncur
red
and/oranext ensionoft heperiodofimpl ementationoft het askswi llbenecessar yasa
resul
toft his,heshallgi v
enot icetot heEngineerinaccor dancewi thGCCCl auses69
and/or73.TheCont ractorshallspecifyinsuchnot icet hear ti
fi
cialobst r
ucti
onsand/ or
physi
calcondi ti
ons,givi
ngdet ailsoftheantici
patedef fectsther eof,themeasur esheis
taki
ngori ntendst otakeandt heextentoft heant i
cipateddel ayi nori nter
ferencewith
theexecutionofthewor ks.
44.
2 Fol
l
owi
ngr
ecei
ptoft
henot
ice,
theEngi
neermayi
nteral
i
a:
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heCont
ract
ort
opr
ovi
deanest
imat
eoft
hecostoft
hemeasur
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ntendstotake;
Approvemeasur esr efer
redt
oinGCCSub- Clause44.2(a)wit
horwit
houtmodifi
cati
on;
Givewrit
teninstructionsastohowt hearti
fi
cialobst
ructi
onsorphysi
calcondi
ti
onsaret
obe
dealtwi
th;
Orderamodification,asuspensi
on,
orterminationofthecontr
act
.
44.
3 Tot heext entt
hattheEngineershalldeci
dethatthewholeorpar
toft
hesai
dart
if
ici
al
obstructi
onsorphy sicalcondi
tionscouldnotr easonabl
yhav
ebeenfor
eseenbyan
experiencedContr
actor,t
heEngineershall
:
takeintoaccountanydel aysufferedbyt heCont ractorasar esultofsuchobstruct
ionsor
condi
tionsindetermininganyextensionoftheperiodofi mpl
ement ati
onoftaskstowhicht he
Contr
act ori
senti
tledunderGCCCl ause73; and/or
i
n case ofar ti
ficialobstr
ucti
ons orphy sicalcondi ti
ons ot
hert han weatherconditi
ons,
deter
mi neaddi
ti
onal paymentsduet otheContract
ori naccor
dancewi thGCCClause69.
44.
4 Weat
hercondi
ti
onsshal
lnotent
it
let
heCont
ract
ort
ocl
aimsunderGCCCl
ause69.
44.
5I ft
heEngineerdecidesthattheartif
ici
alobst r
uct
ionsorphysi
calcondi
ti
onscoul
d,in
wholeori
npar t
,havebeenr easonablyforeseenbyanexperi
encedContr
actor
,heshal
l
soinf
ormtheContractorassoonaspr acti
cable.

45. Heal
thandSaf
etyonSi
tes

45.
1 TheCont r
actorshal
lhavet
heri
ghttofor
bidaccesst
otheSi
tet
oanypersonnotinv
olv
ed
i
nt heper f
ormanceoft hecont
ract
,withtheexcepti
onofper
sonsauthor
izedbythe
EngineerorthePubl
icBody.
45.
2 TheCont ractorshal
lensuret
hesafet
yonsitesduri
ngthewholeper
iodofexecut
ionand
shallber esponsibl
efortaki
ngthenecessaryst
eps,inthei
nter
est
sofhi semployees,
agent softhePubl i
cBodyandt hi
rdpar
ti
es,topreventanyl
ossoracci
dentwhichmay
resultfr
om carryi
ngouttheworks.
45.
3 TheCont ractorshalltakeal lessenti
alsteps,on hisown r esponsibil
i
tyand athi s
expense,t
oensur ethatexisti
ngstruct
uresandinstal
lat
ionsareprotected,
preser
vedand
maintai
ned.Heshal lber esponsi
bleforprovi
dingandmai nt
aini
ngathi sexpenseall
l
ighti
ng,protecti
on,fencingandsecur i
tyequipmentwhi chprov esnecessaryfort he
properi
mpl ementat
ionoft hetasksorwhichmayr easonablyberequiredbytheEngineer
.
45.
4I f
,duringtheimplementat
ionofthetasks,urgentmeasuresarenecessaryt
oobviat
eany
ri
skofacci dentordamageort oensur esecurit
yfoll
owinganyaccidentordamage,the
Engineershallgiveformalnoti
cet ot heCont ract
ortodowhati snecessary.I
ft he
Contractori
sunwi l
l
ingorunabl
et oundert
aket henecessar
ymeasures, t
heEngi
neermay
carr
youtt hewor kattheexpenseoft heCont r
actortotheextentt
hattheContr
actoris
l
iabl
e.
45.
5 Whilecarr
yingouttheWorks,theContract
orshallcompl
y,andshal lensur
ethatits
employeescompl ywi
th,t
her equi
rementsofrelevantHeal
th and Safet
yand other
rel
evantl
egisl
ati
on,
45.
6 TheContract
orshallnominateaHealthandSaf
etyRepr
esent
ati
vet
oli
aisewi
tht
he
Engi
neeronallHeal
thandSafetymat
ter
s.
45.
7 TheCont
ract
or’
sst
affshal
lfol
l
owasy
stem ofacci
dentr
ecor
dingi
naccor
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he

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Cont
ract
or’
sownacci
dentr
epor
ti
ngpr
ocedur
es.
45.
8 Al
lnot
if
iabl
eacci
dent
sshal
li
mmedi
atel
ybebr
oughtt
otheat
tent
ionoft
heEngi
neer
.
45.
9 TheContr
act
orshal
lensur
et heco-oper
ati
onofi t
spersonneli
nallprevent
ionmeasures
desi
gnedagai
nstfi
re,oranyot herhazards,andshallnoti
fythePubl i
cBodyofany
changei
ntheCont
ract
or'
swor ki
ngpracti
cesorotheroccurr
encesli
kelytoi
ncreasesuch
ri
sksort
ocausenewhazards.
45.
10TheContr
actorshallprov
idesuchfi
rstai
df aci
l
iti
esandensur
ethathi
sst
aff
sabi
deby
suchf
ir
staidproceduresasshal
lberequi
redbythePubl
icBody.

46. Saf
eguar
dingAdj
acentPr
oper
ti
es

46.
1 Onhi sownresponsi
bil
i
tyandathisexpense,
theContr
actorshallt
akeallthepr
ecaut
ions
requir
edbygoodconstruct
ionpract
iceandbytheprev
aili
ngcircumstancestosaf
eguard
adjacentpr
opert
iesandavoidcausi
nganyabnormaldi
sturbancether
ein.
46.
2 TheCont ractorshal
lindemnif
ythePubli
cBodyagai nstthefinanci
alconsequencesofall
cl
aimsbynei ghbori
nglandownersorresi
dentstotheext entthatt
heCont r
actorisl
iabl
e
andt otheext entthatthedamaget oadjacentpr
oper t
iesisnott heresultofahazard
createdthroughthedesignormet hodofconstr
uct
ioni mposedbyt hePublicBodyorthe
Engineerupont heContract
or

47. I
nter
fer
encewi
thTr
aff
ic

47.
1 TheContract
orshallensurethattheworksandinstal
lat
ionsdonotcausedamageto,or
obstr
ucttr
aff
icon,communi cationl
inkssuchasroads,r
ai l
ways,
water
waysandai
rport
s,
exceptasper mi
tt
edundert heSCC.Heshal l,inparticul
ar,t
akeaccountofweight
rest
ri
cti
onswhensel ect
ingroutesandvehicl
es.
47.
2 Anyspecialmeasureswhi chtheContractorconsider
snecessar yorwhi charespeci fi
ed
i
nt heSCCorwhi char erequir
edbyt hePubl icBodyinor dertopr ot
ectorst r
engt hen
secti
onsofroads,tr
acksorbr i
dges,
shallbeatt heexpenseoft heContractor,
whet heror
nottheyarecarri
edoutbyt heContr
act or.TheContractorshalli
nformt heEngineerof
anyspecialmeasureshei nt
endstot akebef orecarr
yingt hem out.Ther epai
rofany
damagecaused t or oads,tracksorbr idgesbyt het ransportofmat er
ial
s,plantor
equipmentshal
lbeatt heexpenseoftheCont ract
or.

48. Cabl
esandCondui
ts

48.
1 Where,inthecourseofcarr
yingouttheworks,theCont
ract
orencounter
sbench-
marks
i
ndicati
ngthecour seofundergr
oundcables,condui
tsandinst
all
ati
ons,heshal
lkeep
suchbench-marksi nposi
ti
onorr eplacethem,shouldexecut
ionoft heworkshave
necessi
tat
edtheirtempor
aryremoval
.Suchr el
atedoper
ati
onsrequi
retheaut
hori
zat
ion
oftheEngi
neer.
48.
2 TheContractorshal
lber esponsibl
eforthepr
eservati
on,r
emov alandrepl
acement,as
thecasemaybe, ofthecables,conduit
sandi
nstal
l
ationsspeci
fi
edbyt hePubl
icBodyin
thecont
ractandforthecostthereof.
48.
3 Wherethepresenceofcabl
es,condui
tsandi
nstall
ati
onshasnotbeenspeci
fi
edinthe
cont
ractbuti
sreveal
edbybench-marksandr
eferences,t
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ract
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ding pr
eser
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on,remov aland
repl
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nthiscase,t
hePubl i
cBodyshallcompensatehi
m
forexpendi
tur
e,totheext entthatsuchwor kisnecessaryfortheexecuti
onoft he
contr
act.
48.
4 Howev er,t
heobl igat
ionst oremov eandr eplacecables,conduit
sandi nstal
l
ati
onsand
theexpenditurer
esultingther
efrom shallnotbet heresponsi
bil
i
tyoftheCont r
act
orifthe
Publi
cBodydeci dest oacceptthatr esponsibili
ty.Thesameshal lappl ywherethis
obli
gation and the expendit
urer esul
ti
ng t herefr
om dev ol
ve upon anotherspeci
ali
st
administr
ationoranagent .
48.
5 Whenanywor kont hesit
eisli
kelyt
ocausedisturbancesi
nordamagetoapubli
cuti
li
ty
servi
ce,t he Cont
ractorshal
limmedi atel
yinfor
m t he Engi
neeri
n wri
ti
ng,gi
ving a
reasonableperi
odofnoticesothatsui
tablemeasurescanbetakeni
nti
metoall
owwor k
tocontinuenormall
y.

49. Set
ti
ng-
outoft
heWor
ks

49.
1 TheCont
ract
orshal
lber
esponsi
blef
or:
theaccurat
esetting-outoftheWorksinr
elati
ontoorigi
nalmarks,l
i
nesandl ev
elsofref
erence
givenbytheEngineer;
thecorr
ectness,ofthepositi
on,l
evel
s,di
mensionsandalignmentofal
lpart
soft heWorks;and
the pr
ovisi
on ofal lnecessaryinst
ruments,appl
iancesand laborin connecti
on wit
ht he
for
egoingresponsibi
lit
ies.
49.
2If ,
atanyt i
medur i
ngtheexecut i
onoft heWorks,anyer r
orappearsintheposi t
ion,l
evels,
dimensionsorali
gnmentofanypar toft heWorks,theCont r
act
or,shal
l,i
ftheEngi neerso
requir
es,attheContractor'
scost,rectif
ysucherrort othesati
sfacti
onoft heEngi neer,
unlesssucherrorisbasedoni ncorrectdat
asuppliedbyt heEngineer,i
nwhi chcaset he
PublicBodyshallberesponsibl
eforthecostofrectif
icat
ion.
49.
3 Thecheckingofanyset t
ing-
outorofanylineorlev
elbytheEngineershal
lnoti
nanyway
rel
ievetheCont r
actorofhisresponsi
bil
i
tyf ort
heaccuracythereofandtheContr
actor
shallcaref
ull
yprotectandpr eser
veallbench-marks,si
ght
-r
ail
s,pegsandot heri
tems
usedinsetti
ng-outtheWorks.

50. Demol
i
shedMat
eri
als

50.
1 Wheret hecontracti
ncl
udesdemoli
ti
onwork,mater
ial
sandart
icl
esobtai
nedtheref
rom
shall
,unlesstheSCCand/ orthel
aw oftheFeder
alDemocrati
cRepubli
cofEthiopia
other
wi seprov
ideandsubjectt
otheprov
isi
onsofGCCClause51,bet
hepropert
yoft he
Contractor
.
50.
2IftheSCCr eservetothePubli
cBodytherightofownershipofmater
ial
sorallorpartof
the art
icles obtai
ned f
rom the demol
iti
on work,t he Cont
ract
orshalltake al
lt he
necessarypr ecaut
ionstoensurethatt
hesear epreserved.Heshallbeli
ableforany
destr
uctionof ,
ordamageto,suchmater
ial
sorar t
icl
escausedbyhim orhi
sagents.
50.
3I rr
especti
veoftheusetowhichthePubli
cBodyi nt
endstoputthemateri
alsorart
icl
es,i
n
respectofwhi
chher eser
vestheri
ghtofownership,al
lcost
sincurr
edint
ransporti
ngand
stori
ngthem andallwarehousechargesattheplaceindi
catedbytheEngineershal
lbe
bornebytheContract
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50.
4 Exceptwheret he SCC prov
ide ot
herwi
se,the Cont
ractorshal
l,athis expense,
progr
essi
vel
yremoverubbl
eandotherdemoli
ti
onmateri
als,
rubbi
shanddebr
isfr
om the
Sit
e.

51. Di
scov
eri
es

51.
1 Discoveri
esofanyinter
estwhat
soevermadeduringexcavat
ionordemoliti
onwor kshal
l
bebr oughtimmediat
elytot
heattent
ionoftheEngineer
.TheEngineershalldeci
dehow
suchdi scover
iesaretobedealtwith,taki
ngdueaccountoft hel aw oft heFeder
al
Democr ati
cRepubli
cofEthi
opi
a.
51.
2 ThePubl
icBodyreserv
est heri
ghtofownershipofmat
eri
alsfoundduri
ngt
heexcavat
ion
anddemoli
ti
onwor kcarr
iedoutonl andbelongi
ngtohim,subjectt
ocompensat
ingthe
Cont
ract
orforanyspeci
aleffor
ts.
51.
3 Arti
fact
s,ant
iqui
ti
esandnat ur
al,numi
smatic,orot
herobject
swhichar eofscient
ifi
c
i
nterest
,and also r
are obj
ect
s orobject
s made ofpr eci
ous metal
sf ound dur
ing
excavat
ionordemoli
ti
onworkshallbet
hepropert
yofthePubli
cBody
.
51.
4Intheeventofdisagr
eement
s,t
hePublicBodyshal
lhavesol
eaut
hor
it
ytodeci
deast
o
t
hequal
i
ficat
ionssetouti
nGCCClauses51.
1and51.3.

52. Tempor
aryWor
ks

52.
1 TheCont ract
orshallcarryoutathisexpenseal lthet emporar
ywor kstoenabl ethe
Wor ksto be carr
ied out.He shal
lsubmi tspecif
icati
on and drawingsshowing the
proposedtemporaryworktotheEngineer
,whoistoappr ovethem i
ftheycomplywiththe
specif
icat
ionanddr awings.TheCont r
actorshalltakeintoaccountanyobserv ati
ons
madet ohim bytheEngineerwhi
leassumingresponsibi
l
ityfort
hesedrawings.
52.
2 TheCont
ract
orshal
lber
esponsi
blef
ordesi
gnofTempor
aryWor
ks.
52.
3 TheEngineer
’sappr
ovalshal
lnotal
tert
heCont
ract
or’
sresponsi
bil
i
tyf
ordesi
gnoft
he
tempor
aryworks.
52.
4 TheContr
actorshallobt
ainappr
ovaloft
hir
dpar
ti
est
othedesi
gnoft
het
empor
ary
works,
whererequi
red.
52.
5 Wher et hedesi gnofpar t
iculartemporaryworksisspeci f
ied i
ntheSCC t o bet he
responsibili
tyoft hePubl i
cBody ,theEngineershal
lprov i
detheContractorwithall
drawings necessar yinr easonablet i
me to enabl
et he Contr
actorto under
take the
temporar ywor ksi naccordancewi t
hhisprogram.I
nsuchcases, t
hePubli
cBodyshal lbe
solel
yr esponsi bleforthesaf etyandadequacyoft hedesign.However
,theCont r
actor
shallber esponsi bl
eforthepr operconst
ructi
on.

53. Soi
lSt
udi
es

53.
1 Subjecttothe SCC and t ot he t
echnicalspeci
fi
cat
ions,the Contr
act
orshallmake
avail
abl
etotheEngi neer,thepersonnelandequipmentnecessaryforcarr
yingoutany
soilsur
veywhichtheEngi neerconsi
dersreasonabl
ynecessary
.TheCont r
actorshal
lbe
compensated forthe actualcostoft he manpowerand equipmentused ormade
avail
abl
einsuchwor k,i
fnotalreadyprovi
dedforint
hecontract
.

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54. Ov
erl
appi
ngCont
ract
s

54.
1 TheCont ract
orshall
,inaccordancewithther equi
rementsoft heEngineer
,affor
dall
reasonableoppor
tuni
ti
esforcarryi
ngoutthei
rwor kt oanyotherContract
orsemployed
byt hePubli
cBodyoranyot herpubli
cauthor
it
ieswhomaybeempl oyedonorneart he
Siteintheexecut
ionofanywor knotincl
udedi nthecontract
,orofanycont r
actwhich
thePublicBodymayenteri
ntoinconnecti
onwith,orancil
l
aryto,t
hewor ks.
54.
2I f
,howev er
, t
heCont r
actor,
ont hewr it
tenr equestoft heEngi
neer,makesav ail
abletoany
suchCont ractor,orpubl i
caut horit
y,ort ot hePubl i
cBody ,anyroadsorway sfort he
maintenanceofwhi chtheCont ractorisresponsible,orpermit
stheusebyanysuchot her
personsoft heCont ract
or'
st empor arywor ks,scaffol
dingorotherequipmentont hesi te,
orprov i
desanyot herserviceofwhat soev ernature,whichwasnotpr ov
idedf orint he
contract
,thePubl icBodyshal lpayt otheCont ractorinrespectofsuchuseorser v
ice,
suchsumsand/ orgrantsuchext ensi
onoft i
me,asshal l,i
ntheopinionoft heEngineer ,
bereasonabl e.
54.
3 TheContract
orshallnotbyreasonofthi
sCl
auseberel
ievedofanyofhisobl
igat
ions
undert
heCont r
actnorshal
lhebeenti
tl
edtoanycl
aimsothert
hanthosepr
ovi
dedforin
GCCClause54.2.
54.
4I nnocircumstancesmaydi f
fi
cult
iesar
isi
ngwithregardtoonecontr
actenti
tl
ethe
Cont
ract
ortomodi fyordel
ayi mpl
ementat
ionofothercontr
act
s.Si
mil
arl
y,t
hePubli
c
Bodymaynott akeadvant
ageofsuchdi ffi
cul
ti
esto suspendpay
mentsdueunder
anot
hercontr
act.

55. Pat
ent
sandLi
censes

55.
1 Exceptwhereotherwi seprovidedint heSCC,theCont r
actorshalli
ndemnif
yt hePubl i
c
Bodyandt heEngi neeragai nstanycl ai
mr esult
ingfrom theuseasspeci fi
edi nt he
contr
actofpatents,l
icenses,drawings,desi
gns,models,orbrandortrademarks,except
where such i
nfri
ngementr esult
sf rom compliance wit
ht he desi
gn orspecifi
cation
provi
dedbythePubl i
cBodyand/ ortheEngineer.

56. Account
ing,
Inspect
ionandAudi
ti
ng

56.
1 TheContract
orshallkeep,andshal lcauseit
sSub-
Contr
act
orstokeep,accur
ateand
syst
emic accounts and records i
nr espectofthe Cont
ract
,in accor
dance with
i
nter
nati
onall
yacceptedaccount i
ngpri
ncipl
esandi
nsuchfor
m anddetai
laswil
lclear
ly
i
denti
fyal
lrel
evantti
mechar gesandcosts.
56.
2 Forthepur poseoft heexaminati
onandcer ti
fi
cati
onoft hePubl i
cBody '
saccount s;or
anyexami nati
onoft heeconomy ,eff
ici
encyandef fecti
venesswithwhi chthePubl i
cBody
hasusedi tsresources,theFederalAudi t
orGener alandt hePubl icProcurementand
PropertyAdmi ni
strationAgencyori tsauditorsmayi nspectallaccountsandr ecords
rel
ati
ngt otheper formanceoft heCont r
actandt hesubmi ssionoft hePr oposalt o
provi
de t he Works whi ch ar
e owned,hel d orot her wi
se withinthe controloft he
Contractorandmayr equir
etheContractortoproducesuchor alorwr i
ttenexplanati
onas
heconsi dersnecessar y.TheContractoracknowledgest hatitwi l
lfull
ycooper at
ewi th
anycount erfr
audpol icyori
nvest
igati
oncar r
iedoutbyaut hori
zedbodyatanyt ime.

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57. Dat
aPr
otect
ion

57.
1 TheContractorshallcompl
ywi
thal
lappl
i
cabl
edat
apr
otect
ionl
egi
slat
ion.I
npar
ti
cul
ar
theCont
ractoragrees:
Tomaintai
nappr opr
iatetechni
calandor ganizat
ionalsecur
itymeasures;
ToonlyprocessPer sonalDataforandonbehal fofthePubl i
cBody ,inaccordancewiththe
i
nstr
ucti
onsoft hePubl i
cBodyandf orthepur poseofper for
mingi tsobligat
ionsunderthe
Contr
act
;
Toall
ow thePubl i
cBodyt oaudittheCont ract
or'scompliancewithther equir
ementsoft hi
s
Cl
auseonr easonablenoticeand/ortoprovidethePubl i
cBodywi t
hev idenceofitscompli
ance
wit
htheobligat
ionssetouti nt
hisClause.
57.
2 TheCont ract
oragr eest oindemni f
yandkeepi ndemnif
iedt hePublicBodyagai nstall
clai
msandpr oceedingsandal ll
i
abi l
i
ty,loss,costsandexpensesi ncurr
edinconnect i
on
therewithbythePubl i
cBodyasar esultofanyclaim madeorbr oughtbyanyi ndi
vi
dualor
otherlegalper soninrespectofanyl oss, damageordistr
esscausedt othatindi
vi
dualor
otherl egalper sonasar esultoft heCont r
actor'
sunauthor i
zedprocessing,unlawful
processing,dest ructi
on ofand/ ordamaget o anyPer sonalDat a pr
ocessed byt he
Cont r
actor,it
sempl oyeesoragent sint heContractor
'sperformanceoft heCont r
actor
asot herwiseagr eedbetweenthePar ti
es.

58. Per
for
manceSecur
it
y

58.
1 The Cont
ract
orshall
,wit
hinfi
ft
een (
15)daysfrom si
gning t
he cont
ract
,provi
de a
Perf
ormanceSecur
it
yfort
hedueper
formanceoft
heContr
actintheamountspeci
fi
edin
theSCC.
58.
2 Notwit
hst
andi
ngtheprov
isi
onofSub-
clauseabov
eacondi
ti
onali
nsur
ancebondshal
lbe
accept
edasPerf
ormanceSecur
it
y.
58.
3 Theproceedsoft hePerfor
manceSecur i
tyshal
lbepayablet
ot hePubl
icBodyas
compensati
on foranyloss resul
ti
ng f
rom t
he Cont
ract
or’
sfai
lur
eto compl
etei
ts
obl
igat
ionsundert
heContr
act.
58.
4 ThePerfor
manceSecurit
yshal lbedenominat
edi
ncurrencyspeci
fi
edintheSCC,and
shal
lbeinthefor
m ofcash,chequecert
if
iedbyar
eput
ablebank,l
ett
erofcr
edi
t,orBank
Guarant
eeinthef
ormatspecifi
edintheSCC.
58.
5 Nopay mentsshal
lbemadei nfav
oroftheContr
actorpri
ort
otheprov
isi
onofthe
Perf
ormanceSecur
it
y.ThePer
for
manceSecur
it
yshal
lconti
nuet
oremai
nvali
dunt
ilt
he
cont
racthasbeenf
ull
yandpr
oper
lyi
mplement
ed.
58.
6 Duri
ngtheper f
ormanceofthecontr
act ,i
fthenaturalorlegalpersonprovidi
ngt he
Perf
ormanceSecuri
tyi
snotabl
etoabidebyhiscommi tment
s,thePerfor
manceSecur it
y
shal
lceasetobev ali
d.ThePubl
icBodyshallgiv
ef ormalnoticetotheContractorto
prov
ideanewPer f
ormanceSecur
it
yont hesametermsast hepr ev
iousone.Shoul
dt he
Contr
actorf
ailt
oprovi
deanewPerfor
manceSecur i
tythePubli
cBodymayt erminatethe
Contr
act.
58.
7 ThePubl
i
cBodyshal
ldemandpay mentfrom t
hePerf
ormanceSecur
ityofallsumsf or
whi
chtheguar
ant
orisliabl
eunderthePerfor
manceSecuri
tyduetot heContract
or's
def
aul
tundert
heContr
act,i
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andupt othevaluethereof.Theguar
antorshal
l,wi
thoutdelay,paythosesumsupon
demand f rom the Publi
c Body and may notr ai
se any object
ion forany reason
what soev
er.Pri
ortomaki nganycl
aim undert
hePerformanceSecur i
ty,t
hePubli
cBody
shallnoti
fytheContr
actorstati
ngt
henatureofthedefaul
tinrespectofwhichtheclai
m
i
st obemade.
58.
8 ThePer formanceSecur i
tyshal
lbedi schargedbythePublicBodyandreturnedtothe
Contractornotl atert
hantwenty-
eight( 28)day
sf ol
lowi
ngt hedateofissuingofthe
si
gnedFi nalStatementofAccountreferredtoinGCCCl ause65,fori
tstotalamount
exceptf oramount swhicharethesubj ectofamicablesett
lementofdi
sputes,unl
ess
specifi
edot her
wiseintheSCC.
58.
9 Notwit
hstandingtheprovisi
onofGCCSub-Clause58.2above,t
hePer f
ormanceSecur i
ty
may be r etur
ned tot he Contr
act
orwheret he Procur
ementEndor si
ng Commi ttee
ascert
ainsthatthenoncompl i
anceoftheContract
ordoesnotaffecttheint
erestof,or
entai
ladditi
onalcostonthePubli
cBodyandisnotduetothefaul
toftheContractor
.
58.
10ThePublicBodyshal
lber equi
redtosubmitanydocumenti ni
tspossessi
oninrel
ati
ont o
aprocurementinwhi chi tauthor
izestheretur
noft hePerf
ormanceSecur i
tytot he
Contr
actorandaccountf orit
sacti
onundert heprecedingGCCSub-Clause58.9ofthis
GCCt othePubli
cProcurementandPr opert
yAdmi ni
strati
onAgencyorothercompetent
bodyifandwhenrequi
r edtodoso.

E. Pay
ment
stot
heCont
ract
or
59. Gener
alPr
inci
ples

59.
1 Paymentsshal
lbemadei ncurr
encyasspeci
fiedi
ntheSCC.TheSCCshalll
aydownthe
admini
str
ati
veortechni
calcondi
ti
onsgover
ningadvancepay
ments,i
nter
im and/
orf
inal
paymentsmadeinaccordancewit
htheGCC.
59.
2 Payment
sduebyt hePubl
i
cBodyshallbemadet ot
hebankaccountment
ionedont
he
Bi
dderCert
if
icat
ionofCompli
ancef
orm compl
etedbytheCont
ract
or.
59.
3 Paymentst otheCont ract
oroftheamount sdueundereachoft heinteri
m payment
cert
if
icat
esandt hefinalst
atementofaccountissuedbytheEngi
neershallbemadeby
thePublicBodywi t
hin90day sofsuchcer t
if
icateofstat
ementbeingdeliv
eredtothe
Publi
cBody .Thedat eofpay mentshal
lbet hedat eonwhichthepayingi nst
it
uti
on'
s
accountisdebi t
ed.Thepay mentcerti
fi
cateshal lnotbeadmissi
bleifoneormor e
essenti
alrequi
rementsarenotmet.
59.
4I nt
erim paymentcert
if
icat
esorfinalst
atementofaccountmustbeaccompani
edwit
h
copiesofinvoi
cesandotherappr
opri
atesuppor
ti
ngmateri
alsoft
heamount
spayabl
e.
59.
5 TheCont
ract
or'
sinv
oiceshal
lbecor
rect
lyr
ender
edi
f:
Theinvoi
ceisaddr essedt ot hePubl i
cBody '
sofficerspecif
iedint heContracttorecei
ve
i
nvoi
cesandidentifi
est henumberofr el
evantContr
act;
Thei
nvoicei
ncludesdat eofissuanceandi t
sseri
alnumber ;
Theamountclaimedi ntheinvoi
ceisduef orpayment;
Theamountspecifi
edi ntheinvoi
cei scorr
ectl
ycal
culatedinaccordancewi
ththeContract
;
Thei
nvoicei
ncludest henameandaddr essofContr
act ort
owhom pay menti
st obesent;
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def
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veinv
oice;
Theinv
oicei
ncludesCont
ract
or'
sbankaccounti
nfor
mation,
and
Theinv
oicei
s,whereappr
opri
ate,cer
ti
fi
edassal
estaxexempt.
Fai
lur
et opr
ovidesuchinfor
mat
ionwi
l
lent
it
let
hePubl
i
cBody
'st
odel
aypay
mentunt
il
suchinf
ormat
ionisprov
ided.
59.
6 Theper iodrefer
redtoinGCCCl ause59.3maybesuspendedbynot ifyingt heContractor
thatt hepay mentcer t
if
icateort hef i
nalst atementofaccount scannotbef ulfil
led
becauset hesum i snotdue,becauseappr opr
iatesubstant i
atingdocument shav enot
beenpr ovidedorbecauset her
ei sevi
dencet hattheexpendi turemi ghtnotbeel i
gible.In
thel at
tercase,aninspecti
onmaybecar r
iedoutont hespotf orthepur poseoff urther
checks.TheCont r
actorshallprovi
declari
ficati
ons,modi f
icationsorf urtherinf
ormat ion
within30day sofbeingaskedt odoso.Wi thin30day sofr eceiptoft hecl ari
fi
cati
on, the
Engineershal ldeci
deandi ssuei fneedbear ev i
sedpay mentcer tif
icateoraf i
nal
statementofaccountandt hepay mentperiodshal lcont
inuet orunf rom thisdate.
59.
7 TheCont r
actorunder
takestorepayanyamountspaidi
nexcessoft
hefi
nalamountdue
tothePublicBodybeforethedeadli
neindi
cat
edinthedebi
tnotewhi
chi
s45day sfr
om
theissui
ngofthatnote.
59.
8 Shouldt heContractorfai
ltomaker epaymentwithi
nt hedeadli
nesetbythePubl icBody,
thePubl i
cBodymay( unl
esstheCont r
actorisagov er
nment -
ownedenterpr
ise)increase
theamount sduebyaddi ngint
erestattheredi
scountrateappli
edbytheNationalbankof
Ethiopi
aont hefirstdayofthemont hinwhichthetime-l
imitexpi
red,
plusthr
eeandahal f
percentagepoints.Thedef aultint
erestshallbeincurredoverthetimewhi chel apses
betweent hedateoft hepay mentdeadlinesetbythePubl i
cBodyandt hedateonwhi ch
paymenti sactuallymade.Anypar tialpaymentsshal lfi
rstcovertheinterestt hus
establi
shed.
59.
9 AmountstoberepaidtothePubl
icBodymaybeof fsetagainstamountsofanykinddue
tothe Contr
actor
.This shal
lnotaffectthe par
ties'ri
ghtt o agr
ee on paymentin
i
nstal
lment
s.Bankchargesinv
olv
edintherepaymentofamount sduet othePubl
icBody
shal
lbeborneenti
rel
ybytheContr
act
or.

60. Adv
ancePay
ment

60.
1IftheSCCsopr ovi
de,advancepaymentshal
lbegrant
edt
otheContract
or,
athi
srequest
,
foroperat
ionsconnectedwiththeimplementat
ionofthetasks,inthecasesli
sted
herei
naf
ter:
as a lump-sum adv ance enabli
ng Contr
actorto meetexpendi turer esul
ti
ng from the
commencementoft hecontract;
i
fCont r
actoraf f
ordspr oofoft heconclusionofacont ractf ort
hepur chaseoror derof
mater
ials,pl
ant,equipment,machinesandt ool
s,necessar
yf ortheexecuti
onoft hecontr
act
,
andofanyot hersubstanti
alpri
orexpensessuchastheacquisit
ionofpatentsorst
udycosts.
60.
2 TheSCCshal
lstatetheamountoft
headv
ancepay
mentwhi
chshal
lnotexceed30%of
thet
otal
cont
ractpri
ce.
60.
3 Noadv
ancepay
mentshal
lbegr
ant
edunt
il
:
Theconcl
usi
onoft
heCont
ract
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Provi
siont othePubli
cBodybyt hepr ocedureofthePerformanceSecurit
yinaccordancewith
GCCCl ause58; andby
Provi
siont othePublicBodybyt heCont r
actorofanadv ancepay mentsecuri
tyinanamount
equaltot headvancepay menttheyreceiveintheform ofacert i
fi
edchequeorunconditi
onal
bankguar ant
eeatt heiroptionf r
om ar eput
ablebankorl etterofguaranteewr i
tt
enbya
compet entbodyorganizingandov erseei
ngsmal landmi cr
oenterpri
sesestabl
ishedunderthe
rel
evantlaw.
60.
4 Advancepaymentsecur
it
yshal
lremai
neffect
iveunti
ltheadvancepaymenthasbeen
complet
elyr
epai
dbytheCont
ract
oroutofi
nter
im pay
mentsunderthecont
ract
.
60.
5 The Contractorshalluse the adv ance paymentonl yto payforEquipment,Plant
,
Materi
als,andmobi l
izati
onexpensesr equi
redspecif
ical
lyf
orexecuti
onoftheContr
act.
TheCont ract
orshalldemonstratet hatadvancepaymenthasbeenusedi nthi
swayby
suppl
yingcopi esofinvoi
cesorot herdocumentstotheEngineer.Shoul
dtheContr
actor
misuse anypor t
ion ofthe advance pay ment,itshallbecome due and r
epayable
i
mmedi atelyandnof urt
heradvancepay mentswil
lbemadet ohim.
60.
6 Shouldtheadvancepaymentsecur it
yceasetobev alidandt heContract
orfai
ltore-
val
idat
eit,
eit
heradeductionequaltotheamountoftheadv ancepaymentmaybemade
bythePubli
cBodyfrom futur
epay mentsduet
ot heContract
orunderthecontr
act
,ort
he
Publi
cBodymayappl yt
hepr ovi
sionsofGCCClause58.6.
60.
7I ft
hecont r
actisterminat
edf oranyreasonwhat soever,t
heguar anteessecur
ingthe
advancepaymentmaybei nvokedfort
hwit
hinordert orepaythebalanceoftheadvance
paymentsti
llowedbytheCont r
actor
,andtheguarantorshallnotdelaypaymentorrai
se
obj
ectionf
oranyreasonwhatever.
60.
8 Theadvancepaymentsecur
it
yprovi
dedf
ori
nthi
sGCCCl
auseshal
lber
eleasedasand
whenadvancepaymenti
srepaid.
60.
9 Fur
thercondi
ti
onsandprocedur
esf
orgr
ant
ingandr
epay
ingadv
ancepay
mentshal
lbe
asl
aiddownintheSCC.

61. Ret
ent
ionMoni
es

61.
1 Thesum whi chshallberetai
nedfr
om interi
m paymentsbywayofguar
anteetomeett he
Contractor
's obli
gati
ons duri
ng t
he Def ect
s Liabi
l
ityPeri
od,and t
he detai
led r
ules
governingthatguarant
ee,shal
lbesti
pulatedintheSCC,prov
idedt
hati
tshall
,innocase,
exceed10%oft hecontr
actpri
ce.
61.
2 Subjectt othe appr
ovaloft he Publi
c Body,the Contract
ormay,i
fhe so wishes,
substi
tute,notl
aterthant hedatefixedforthecommencementoft hewor ks,t
hese
ret
entionsumsbyar etent
ionguar
anteeissuedinaccordancewit
hGCCClause58.
61.
3 Thesum r
etai
nedorther etenti
onguaranteeshallber
eleasedwi
thi
n45daysoft
he
i
ssui
ngoft
hesignedf
inal
st atementofaccountr
eferr
edt
oinGCCClause65.

62. Pr
iceAdj
ust
ment
s

62.
1 Adjustmentsofcont
ractpri
cesshal
lbeall
owedaft
ertwelv
e( 12)mont
hsfrom the
effect
ivedateoft
heContr
actwhereiti
sver
if
iedt
hattheper
for
manceofthecont
ract
requir
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62.
2 Requestforpriceadjustmenti nrelat
iont oaparticul
arwor kit
emsundert hi
sCont r
act
maybef il
edbyt heContr act
oraf tertwelve(12)mont hsfrom theef f
ecti
vedateoft he
Contr
actwher eitisveri
fiedt hattheper f
ormanceoft hecont r
actrequir
esmor et han18
months,whichadj ust
edpr i
cet akesef f
ectast henew Cont r
actPriceinrelat
iont othat
workitem ontheexpirati
onof30day sf rom t
hedat eonwhi chthePubl i
cBodyr eceives
noti
fi
cati
onoft hatadjustedpr icefrom theCont r
actor,unl
essanot herdateisagr eedin
wri
ti
ngbet weenthePar t
ies.
62.
3 Allpri
cesshallbefi
rm unl
esstheContract
orhasprov
idedcl
aimforpri
ceadj
ust
ment.
TheCont r
actormayinvokethi
sprovi
sionatanyti
medur i
ngtheContr
actbynot
icei
n
writ
ingtotheEngi
neer.
62.
4 ThePubl
icBodycani
ncr
easeordecr
easet
heCont
ractPr
iceamountasdescr
ibedby
thi
sCl
ause.
62.
5 Pri
ce Adjust
mentshal
lbe appl
i
cabl
e as pay
abl
einf
ullf
ort
he or
igi
nalschedul
ed
compl
etionperi
od.
62.
6Int
heev
entt
hecompl
eti
onofcont
ractexceedst
heor
igi
nal
schedul
edper
iod:
I
ncaseofdef aultonthepartoftheContract
orcausingdelayinor i
ginalscheduledcomplet
ion,
ther at
eofPr i
ceAdj ust
mentwi llbef r
ozenatt heor i
ginalschedul eddat eofcompl et
ion;
howev erPriceAdj ust
mentwi l
lbeappl i
cabletil
lactualcompl eti
on.Whi lecomput ingPri
ce
Adjustmentbey ondthescheduledcompleti
onperiod,i
ntheev entther at
eisr educed,
thent
hat
reducedr at
ewi l
lbeappli
ed.
ThePr iceAdjustmentwil
lbepay abl
einfullf
ortheextendedper iodiftheCont ract
orhasbeen
grantedanext ensionofti
mef ornof aul
tont hepartoftheCont r
actor,dulyapprovedbythe
Publi
cBody .
62.
7 Unl
essspeci
fi
call
ystat
edotherwi
seint
heContract,t
hebasi
sforcompensati
onwi
llbe
onl
ythosecategor
iesofi
nputs,whi
charespecif
ical
lyl
i
stedasspeci
fi
editemsinthe
SCC.
62.
8 AnadjustmentoftheContractPri
ce,dependi
ngofselect
edcat
egoriesofcont
ractpr
ice,
shal
lbel i
mitedtoanamountwhi chtakesaccountofpri
cei
ndexesorpr i
ceindi
cat
ors
i
ssued byEt hi
opian Cent
ralStat
isti
calAgencyorPubl i
cProcurementand Propert
y
Administ
rati
onAgency.
62.
9 Notwit
hst
andingthepr ovisi
onofGCC Sub- Clauseabov e,pri
ceinf
ormati
onav ai
labl
e
fr
om arenownedlocalproducerorcompetentf
oreigninst
itut
ionmaybeusedincasethe
Ethi
opi
anCent r
alStat
ist
icalAgencyorPublicProcurementandPropert
yAdministr
ati
on
Agencyarenotinaposit
iontoissuecur
rentpri
ceindexes,
62.
10Contr
actorshal
lsubmittothePubli
cBodyforr
evi
ew andapprov
alallcal
cul
ati
onsand
support
ingi
nfor
mationnecessar
ytodet
ermi
nethepri
ceadj
ustment.
62.
11Adj
ust
mentsi
ncompensat
ionmaybeeit
herpl
usormi
nusdependi
ngont
hedi
ff
erences
bet
weent
heBenchmar
kPri
ceIndexandt
heMonthl
yPr
iceI
ndex.
62.
12Todet er
minetheadj
ust
mentoneachit
em anysuchpr
icevariat
ionshallbecal
cul
atedi
n
accordance wi
ththe f
oll
owi
ng f
ormul
a byapplyi
ng the combinati
on ofabove sai
d
cri
ter
ia:

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Where:
PA= Theamountoft hePr iceadj ust mentt obepai dto, orrecov eredfrom, the
Contr
act or,incur rencyspeci fi
edi nSCC;
NV= Thefract i
onwhi chr epr esent sNonVar iableel ementoft heCont ractPr icet hatis
fr
eeofcont ractpr iceadj ustment , asspeci fiedi ntheCont ractor'
sBi d;
A= Thefract i
onoft heCont ractPr icesubj ectt oadj ust mentinaccor dancewi t
h
movement soft hesel ect edAv erageLaborCat egor yEarningsI ndex;
MLI= Themostr ecent l
yav ailabl esel ect edAv erageLaborCat egor yEar ningsI ndexon
the
dateonwhi cht hePubl icBodyr ecei vednot if
icationoft hepr oposedi ncr eased
pri
cef rom theCont ract or ;
BLI= Benchmar kAv erageLaborCat egor yEar ningsI ndexappl i
cabl etot heWor ks
eit
her:
(a) att hebi dcl osi ngdat e,or
i
ft heCont r
actPr icehasbeenadj ustedpr ev i
ously,thedat eonwhi cht he
PublicBodyr ecei v ednot i
ficat i
onf r
om t heCont ractori nrespectoft helast
adjustmentt oef fectt hecur rentCont ractPr ice;
B= Thefract i
onoft heCont ractPr icesubj ectt oadj ust mentinaccor dancewi t
h
movement soft hesel ect edMat er ial PriceI ndex
MMI= Themostr ecent l
yav ai l
abl esel ect edMat er ialPriceI ndexont hedat eonwhi ch
the
Publi
cBodyr eceiv ednot i
ficationoft hepr oposedi ncreasedpr icef rom t he
Contr
act or;
BMI= Benchmar ksel ectedMat erialPr iceI ndexappl icabletot heWor ksei ther:
(b) att hebi dcl osi ngdat e,or
i
ft heCont r
actPr icehasbeenadj ustedpr ev i
ously,thedat eonwhi cht he
PublicBodyr ecei v ednot i
ficat i
onf r
om t heCont ractori nrespectoft helast
adjustmentt oef fectt hecur rentCont ractPr ice;
C= Thefract i
onoft heCont ractPr icesubj ectt oadj ust mentinaccor dancewi t
h
movement soft hesel ect edEqui pmentPr i
ceI ndex
MEI= Themostr ecentlyav ailablesel ect edEqui pmentPr iceI ndexont hedat eon
whichthe
Publi
cBodyr eceiv ednot i
ficationoft hepr oposedi ncreasedpr icef rom t he
Contr
act or;
BEI= Benchmar ksel ectedEqui pmentPr iceI ndexappl i
cabl etot heWor ksei ther:
(a) att hebi dcl osi ngdat e,or
(b) ift heCont r
actPr icehasbeenadj ustedpr ev i
ously,thedat eonwhi cht he
PublicBodyr ecei v ednot i
ficat i
onf r
om t heCont ractori nrespectoft helast
adjustmentt oef fectt hecur rentCont ractPr ice;
D= Thefract i
onoft heCont ractPr icesubj ectt oadj ust mentinaccor dancewi t
h
movement soft heAv er ageFuel Pr iceI ndex
MFI= Themostr ecent l
yav ai lableAv er ageFuelPr iceI ndexont hedat eonwhi cht he
Publi
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Bodyr eceivednot i
ficat ionoft hepr oposedi ncreasedpr i
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BFI= Benchmar kAverageFuel Pri


ceI ndexappli
cabletotheWor kseit
her:
(a) atthebidclosingdate,or
(b) iftheContractPr i
cehasbeenadj ustedprevi
ously
,thedat eonwhichthe
PublicBodyr ecei
vednot i
ficati
onfrom theCont r
actorinrespectoft
hel
ast
adjustmenttoef f
ectthecur r
entContractPri
ce;
BC= Cur rentContr
actPr i
ceapplicabletotheWor ks
Q= Quantit
y;
Andwhere:
(a)NV+A+B+C+Dar eequal to1.00
62.
13Thefract
ionforeachspeci
fiedel
ementandex
actcombinati
onofel
ement
sthatwi
l
lbe
appl
i
edi nthefor
mulaforpr
iceadj
ust
mentshal
lbedet
erminedint
heSCC.
62.
14Ani ncreasei
ntheCont r
actPri
cetakesef
fectasthenewContractPriceinr
elati
ont
ot he
selectedcategor
yont hef i
rstdayofthenex tPaymentPer
iodf ol
l
owi ngrecei
ptofan
applicati
onfori
ncreaseprovi
dedtheappl
icat
ionisr
eceiv
ednolaterthan14day spr
iorto
thecommencementoft hatPaymentPeri
od.
62.
15Anincreasei
nt heCont
ractPri
cetakesef
fectast henewContractPri
cei
nrelati
ontothe
sel
ectedcategori
esofinputsontheexpir
ationof30day sfrom thedateonwhi chthe
Publ
icBodyr eceivesnoti
fi
cati
onoft heincreasedpri
cefrom t heContr
actor,unl
ess
anotherdat
eisagreedi
nwr i
ti
ngbetweenthePar ti
es;
62.
16Whent heContr
actorv ar
iestheContractPri
ceofaPr oductorServ
iceitmustsupplya
copyofarevi
sedPr i
cingSchedul
ewhi chincorporat
est
heproposedchangesinpri
ceand
speci
fi
esthedateonwhi chtheproposedv ar
iati
oninpr
icei
stotakeeff
ectinaccor
dance
wit
hGCCSub- Cl
auses62. 14and62.15.
62.
17TheCont ractorshall
,whenitnoti
fi
esorrequest
sapr i
ceadjustmentunderGCCSub-
Clause62. 12,pr
ovidetothePubli
cBodysuchDocumentorot herinf
ormat i
onast he
Contract
orconsidersappropr
iat
eforthepurposeofsubst
ant
iati
ngther equestedpr
ice
adjustment.
62.
18Wher ethePubl i
cBodyquestionsapr i
ceincreasenot
if
iedorrequestedunderGCCSub-
Clause62. 12,andtheContr
actorisnotable,onthebasisoftheinformati
onitpr
ovi
ded
tothePubl i
cBody,tosubstanti
atetothePubl i
cBodyany ,orapar tof,t
henoti
fi
edor
requestedpr i
ceadj
ustment,t
heCont r
actPriceshal
lbeincr
easedbyonl ysomuchasthe
Contractorisablet
osubstanti
ateand:
(
a) thesubst anti
atedincreasedContractPr i
ceshallt
akeeff
ectast henew Contract
Pri
ceinr elati
ontot heWor ksast hecasemaybe,ont hedaterefer
redtoinGCC
Sub-Clause62. 14or62. 15unlessanot herdateisagr
eedinwr i
tingbetweent he
Part
ies;and
(
b) theCont r
actorshall,i
fithasnotalreadydoneso,supplyasuit
ablyrevi
sedPricing
Schedulei naccordancewi t
htherequir
ement sofGCCSub-Cl
ause62.16.
62.
19Anydiscountoff
eredbytheContr
act
orundert
hisAgr
eementcannotbereduceddur
ing
theTerm oft
hisContr
actwi
thoutt
heagr
eementinwri
ti
ngoft
hePublicBody.

63. Val
uat
ionofWor
ks

63.
1 Thef
oll
owi
ngmet
hodsshal
lappl
ytot
hev
aluat
ionofwor
ks:
Foruni
t-
pri
ce(
admeasur
ement
)cont
ract
s:

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Theamountdueundert hecont ractshal lbecal cul atedbyappl yi


ngt heuni t
rat
es t ot he quant iti
es act ual l
y execut ed f ort he r espect i
vei t
ems,i n
accor dancewi ththeCont r
act ;
Thequant itiessetouti nt hebi llofquant iti
esshal lbet heest imat edquant iti
es
ofthewor ks,whi chshal lnotbet akenast heact ualandcor rectquant i
tiesof
thewor kst obeexecut edbyt heCont ractori nf ulfi
llmentofhi sobl i
gat ions
undert heCont ract;
TheEngi neershal ldet er mi nebymeasur ementt heact ualquant i
t i
esoft he
worksexecut edbyt heCont ract or,andt heseshal lbepai df orinaccor dance
withGCCCl ause64.Unl essot herwi sepr ov i
dedi nt heSCCnoaddi ti
onsshal l
be made t ot he i t
ems i nt he bi l
lofquant i
ti
es exceptas a r esultofa
modi ficat i
oni naccor dancewi thGCCCl ause15oranot herpr ov i
sionoft he
Cont r
actent itli
ngt heCont ract ort oaddi tionalpay ment ;
TheEngi neershal l
,whenher equiresanypar tsoft hewor kst obemeasur ed,
givereasonabl enot i
cet ot heCont ract ortoat tend, ort osendaqual if
iedagent
tor epr esenthi m.TheCont r
act ororhi sagentshal lassi sttheEngi neeri n
maki ngsuchmeasur ement sandshal lfur ni
shal lpar ti
cularsr equiredbyt he
Engineer .Shoul dtheCont ract ornotat tend,oromi tt osendsuchagent ,the
measur ementmadebyt heEngi neerorappr ovedbyhi m shal lbebi ndingon
theCont r
act or ;
Forlump-sum contract s,t heamountdueundert heCont ractshal lbedet ermi nedont hebasi s
ofthebreakdownoft heov er allcontractpr ice, oront hebasi sofabr eakdownexpr essedasa
per
centageoft hecont ractpr icecor respondi ngt ocompl etedst agesoft hewor ks.Wher e
i
temsar eaccompani edbyquant i
ti
es,t heseshal lbef ir
m quant it
iesf orwhi cht heCont r act or
hassubmi tt
edhi sal l-i
npr i
ce,andshal lbepai df ori rrespect i
veoft hequant iti
esofwor k
act
uall
ycar r
iedout.

64. I
nter
im Pay
ment

64.
1 Unlessotherwi
sespecif
iedi
ntheSCC,t
heContract
orshal
lsubmitmont hl
ystat
ementfor
i
nterim paymenttotheEngi
neeratt
heendofeachperi
odrefer
redtoinGCCCl ause64.7
i
naf orm appr
ovedbyt heEngi
neer
.Themonthlystat
ementshalli
ncludethefoll
owi
ng
i
tems, asappli
cabl
e:
Theest i
matedcontractvalueoft hepermanentwor ksimpl ement
edupt otheendoftheper
iod
i
nquest i
on;
Anamountr efl
ecti
nganypr i
ceadj ustmentpursuanttoGCCCl ause62;
Anamountt obewi thheldasr etenti
onsum underGCCCl ause61;
Anycreditand/ordebi tfortheper i
odi nquesti
oni nrespectofplantandmat er
ial
sonSite
i
ntendedf or
,butnoty etincor poratedin,t
heper manentwor ksintheamountandundert he
condi
tionssetoutinGCCCl ause64. 2;
An amountt o be deducted on accountoft he advance paymentr epay
mentundert he
provi
si
onsofGCCCl ause60; and
Anyothersum towhi chtheCont r
actormaybeent it
ledundertheContract
.
64.
2 TheCont r
act
orshallbeent
it
ledtosuchsumsast heEngineermayconsiderpr
operin
respectofpl
antandmateri
alsint
endedf
or,butnotyeti
ncorpor
atedi
n,thepermanent
worksprovi
dedthat
:

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Thepl antandmat erialsconform wi ththespeci fi


cat i
onsf ortheper manentwor ksandar eset
outinbat chesi nawayt hattheymayber ecogni zedbyt heEngineer;
Suchpl antandmat erial
shav ebeendel i
veredt otheSi te,andar eproperlystoredandpr otected
againstl ossordamageordet er
iorationtot hesatisfactionoftheEngi neer;
TheCont ract
or'srecordofr equir
ement s,orders,receiptsanduseofpl antandmat er
ial
sunder
thecont ractarekepti naf orm appr ovedbyt heEngi neerandsuchr ecordsar eav ail
ablefor
i
nspect i
onbyt heEngi neer;
TheCont ract
orsubmi tswithhisst atement ,theest i
mat edv al
ueoft hepl antandmat erial
son
Sitetoget herwi t
hsuchdocument sasmayber equiredbyt heEngi neerf orthepur poseof
valuation oft he pl antand mat erialsand pr oviding ev i
dence ofowner shi p and pay ment
therefor e;and
Wher et heSCCsopr ovide,ownershi poft heplantandmat eri
alsreferredtoi nGCCCl ause83
shallbedeemedt obev estedinthePubl i
cBody .
64.
3 Approv albytheEngineerofanyinteri
m paymentcerti
fi
edbyhiminrespectofplantand
materialspursuanttothisGCCCl auseshallbewithoutprej
udi
cetotheexerci
seofany
poweroft heEngi
neerundert heContr
acttorej
ectanyplantormat
eri
alswhicharenotin
accordancewi ththeprovi
sionsoftheContr
act.
64.
4 TheContract
orshal
lber
esponsi
bleforanylossordamageto,
andforthecostofstori
ng
and handl
ing of
,suchplantand materi
alsonsi t
eand shallef
fectsuchadditional
i
nsuranceasmaybenecessaryt
ocov ert
her i
skofsuchl
ossordamagefrom anycause.
64.
5 Wit
hin30day sofr ecei
ptofthesai dstatementforint
erim pay ment, i
tshallbeapproved
oramendedi nsuchmannert hat,intheEngineer '
sopinion,theappl icat
ionref
lectsthe
amountduet otheCont r
actori
naccor dancewi t
ht heCont r
act.Incaseswher ethereisa
di
ffer
enceofopi nionast othev al
ueofani t
em,t heEngi neer'sview shallpr
ev ai
l.On
det
erminati
onoft heamountduet otheContractor,t
heEngi neershal l,wit
hint
hesame
30 days deadl
i
ne,i ssue and transmitt othe Public Bodyf orpay mentand t othe
Contr
actorforinformati
on,anI nteri
m Pay mentCer t
if
icatef ort heamountduet othe
Contr
actorandshal linf
ormt heCont r
actoroft hewor ksf orwhi chpay menti sbeing
made.
64.
6 The Engi
neermay ,by an I nt
erim Pay mentCer t
if
icate,make any corr
ecti
ons or
modifi
cat
ionstoanypreviouscert
if
icat
ei ssuedbyhi m andshallhavepowertomodify
theval
uati
oninorwithholdthei
ssueof ,anyInteri
m Pay mentCert
if
icat
eift
hewor ksor
anypartt
hereofi
snotbeingcarr
iedouttohi ssati
sfact
ion.
64.
7 Unl
esstheSCC pr
ovi
deot
her
wise,t
hef
requencyshal
lbeonei
nter
im pay
mentper
month.

65. Fi
nal
Stat
ementofAccount

65.
1 Unlessother
wi seagreedintheSCC, t
heCont ractorshal
lnotlaterthan90day saft
erthe
i
ssueoft heFi nalAcceptanceCerti
fi
cater ef
erredtoi nGCCCl ause89,submi ttothe
Engineeradraftfi
nalstat
ementofaccountwi thsuppor t
ingdocument sshowingindetai
l
thev al
ueoft hewor kdonei naccordancewi t
ht heContract,togetherwi t
hallfurt
her
sumswhi cht heCont r
actorconsi
derst obeduet ohim undert heCont ractinorderto
enabletheEngineertopreparet
hefinalstat
ementofaccount .
65.
2 Wit
hin60daysafterr
ecei
ptofthedr af
tfinalst
atementofaccountandofal
li
nfor
mation
r
easonabl
yrequi
redforit
sveri
ficat
ion,theEngineershal
lprepar
ethefi
nalst
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account
,whi
chdet
ermi
nes:
theamountwhichi
nhi sopi
nionisfi
nall
ydueundert heContr
act;and
aft
erest
abli
shi
ngtheamount sprevi
ouslypaidbyt hePubli
cBodyandallsumstowhicht
he
Publi
cBodyisenti
tl
edundert heContract
,thebalance,i
fany,duefr
om t
hePubl
icBodytot
he
Contr
act
or,orf
rom theContr
actortothePublicBody ,
asthecasemaybe.
65.
3 TheEngi neershallissuetot hePubl i
cBodyort oitsdulyaut hori
zedrepresentati
ve,and
totheCont ractor
,thef i
nalstatementofaccountshowi ngt hef i
nalamountt owhi chthe
Contract
ori s ent i
tl
ed undert he Contr
act.The Public Bodyori ts dulyaut hori
zed
repr
esent at
ive and the Cont r
actorshallsign t
he f i
nalst atementofaccountasan
acknowledgementoft hefullandf i
nalval
ueofthewor ki mplementedundert heCont r
act
andshallprompt lysubmitasi gnedcopyt otheEngineer.Howev er,t
hefinalstatementof
accountshal lnotincludeamount sindisputewhichar ethesubj ectofnegot i
ationsor
amicableset t
lement.
65.
4 Thef i
nalstatementofaccountsi gned bytheCont r
actorshallconsti
tut
eawr i
tt
en
dischargeofthePublicBodyconf i
rmingt
hatthetotali
nthef i
nalstat
ementofaccount
representsfulland fi
nalsettl
ementofal lmoniesduet otheCont r
actorunderthe
Cont r
act,otherthant hoseamount swhichar ethesubjectofami cablesett
lement.
Howev er,such discharge shal
lbecome effecti
ve only af
terany pay mentdue in
accordancewi ththefinalst
atementofaccounthasbeenmadeandt heperf
ormance
securit
yreferr
edtoinGCCCl ause58hasbeenr et
urnedtotheContract
or.
65.
5 ThePublicBodyshallnotbeliabl
etotheContract
orforanymatterorthingwhat soev
er
ari
singoutof,orinaccor
dancewi t
h,theContr
actorexecuti
onoft hewor ks,unl
essthe
Contract
orshallhav
eincludedaclaiminrespectther
eofinhisdraftf
inalstatementof
account.

66. Di
rectPay
ment
stoSub-
Cont
ract
ors

66.
1 Whent heEngi neerr eceiv esacl aimf r
om aSub- Cont r
actordulyapprov edunderGCC
Clause14tot heef fectthatt heCont ractorhasnotmethi sf i
nancialobl
i
gat i
onssof aras
theSub-Contractorisconcer ned, theEngi neershallgivenoticetotheCont r
actoreit
herto
payt heSub-Cont ractorort oinform hi m oft hereasonswhypay mentshoul dnotbe
made.Shoul dsuchpay mentnotbemade,orr easonsnotbegi venwit
hint heperiodof
noti
ce,theEngi neermay ,aftersatisfyi
nghi mselft hatthewor khasbeencar ri
edout ,
certi
fy,
andthePubl icBodyshal lmeett hedebtcl ai
medbyt heSub-Contractoroutofthe
sumsr emainingduet ot heCont r
actor.TheCont r
act orshallremainenti
relyresponsibl
e
fortheworkinr espectofwhi chdirectpay menthasbeenmade.
66.
2I ftheContractorgivesadequat er easonsforrefusingtomeetal lorpartofthedebt
clai
medbyt heSub- Contr
actor,thePubl i
cBodyshallonlypaytotheSub-Contr
act
orsuch
sumsasar enoti ndispute.Sumscl ai
medbyt heSub- Contr
act
orinrespectofwhi
chthe
Contract
orhasgi venadequater easonsf orhi
sr ef
usaltopayshallbepaidbythePubli
c
Bodyonlyaftertheparti
eshav ecomet oanami cablesett
lementoraft
erajudgmentofa
courthasbeendulynot i
fi
edt otheEngi neer
.
66.
3 Dir
ectpaymentstoSub-Contr
act or
sshallnotexceedtheval
ueatcontractpr
icesofthe
serv
icesperf
ormedbytheSub- Contract
orsforwhichtheyr
equestpay
ment ;t
hev al
ueat
contr
actpri
cesshal
lbecalcul
at edorassessedont hebasi
softhebil
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he
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66.
4 Di
rectpayment
stoSub-
Cont
ract
orsshal
lbemadeent
ir
elyi
nthecur
rencyspeci
fi
edi
n
SCCClause59.
1.
66.
5 Thepr ov
isi
onsoft hi
sGCCCl auseshal
lapplysubj
ecttotherequir
ement
soft helaw
appl
icabl
ebyv i
rt
ueofGCCClause68concerni
ngtheri
ghttopaymentofcredi
torswho
arebenefi
ciar
iesofanassi
gnmentofcr
edi
torofacoll
ater
alsecur
it
y.

67. Del
ayedPay
ment
s

67.
1 Oncet hetime-li
mitr eferr
edt oi nGCCCl ause59.3hasexpi red,theCont ractor–unless
the Contractorisa publ i
cbodywhi ch ispartl
yorwhol lyf i
nanced byt he Federal
Gov er
nmentBudget–shal lupondemand, submittedwithintwomont hsofr eceivi
ngl
ate
payment ,beent it
led t olate-paymentinterestatt her edi
scountr ateappl ied bythe
NationalbankofEt hiopiaont hef i
rstdayoft hemont hi nwhicht het i
me-limitexpi
red,
plust hr
eeandahal fper centagepoints.Thei nter
estshal lbepay abl
ef ort heti
me
elapsedbet weentheexpi ryoft hepaymentdeadl ineandt hedat eonwhi cht hePubli
c
Body ’
saccountisdebi t
ed..
67.
2 Anydefaultinpay
mentofmorethan120daysfr
om theexpi
ryoftheper
iodl
aiddowni
n
GCCCl ause67.1shal
lent
it
letheContract
orei
thernottoperf
ormt heCont
ractort
o
ter
minateit.

68. Pay
ment
stoThi
rdPar
ti
es

68.
1 Al
lorder
sforpayment
stothi
rdparti
esmaybecar ri
edoutonlyaft
eranassi
gnment
madeinaccor
dancewi
thGCCClause13.Theassi
gnmentshal
lbenoti
fi
edt
othePubl
ic
Body
.
68.
2 Noti
fi
cat
ionofbenef
ici
ari
esoft
heassi
gnmentshal
lbet
hesol
eresponsi
bil
i
tyoft
he
Cont
ract
or.
68.
3Int heev entofal egal
lybindingatt
achmentofthepr opert
yoftheContract
oraf f
ect
ing
paymentsduet ohi m underthecontract
,wit
houtprej
udicetotheti
mel i
mitlai
ddowni n
GCCCl ause67, t
hePubl i
cBodyshal l
have30days,start
ingfr
om thedaywhenitrecei
ves
not
ifi
cati
onoft hedef i
nit
ivel
if
t i
ngoftheobst
acl
etopay ment,tor
esumepay mentstothe
Contr
actor.

69. Cl
aimsf
orAddi
ti
onal
Pay
ment

69.
1IfundertheContr
actt
herear
ecir
cumst anceswhi
cht
heCont
ract
orconsi
der
sent
it
lehi
m
t
oaddit
ionalpay
ment,t
heContr
actorshall
:
i
fhei ntendst omakeanycl ai
mf oradditionalpay ment,givetot heEngi neernot iceofhi s
i
ntent
ionormakesuchcl aim withi
n15day saf tert
hesai dcir
cumst ancesbecomeknownt o
theContractor,
statingther easonf orhi
sclaim; and
submitfullanddet ail
edpar t
icul
arsofhisclaim assoonasi tisreasonabl ypr acti
cabl e,butno
l
aterthan60day saf terthedat eofsuchnot ice,unlessotherwiseagr eedbyt heEngi neer.In
casetheEngi neeragr eest oanotherdeadli
net hanthesaid60day s,t
heagr eedupondeadl ine
wil
linanyev ent,requiret hatsuchpar ti
cularsshallbesubmi ttednol aterthant hedat eof
submissionoft hedr aftfinalstatementofaccount .TheCont ract orshallthereaf
terpr ompt l
y
submitsuchf urtherpar t
icularsast heEngineermayr easonablyr equir
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oft
hecl
aim.
69.
2 Whent heEngi
neerhasrecei
vedtheful
landdetai
ledpart
icularsoftheCont r
actor
'scl
aim
thatherequi
res,heshal
l,wi
thoutprej
udi
cet oGCCCl ause44. 4,afterdueconsult
ati
on
withthePublicBodyand,wher eappropri
ate,t
heCont ractor,determinewhetherthe
Contract
ori
sentit
ledt
oadditi
onalpaymentandnoti
fythepar t
iesaccordingl
y.
69.
3 TheEngi
neermayrejectanycl
aimforaddi
ti
onalpay
mentwhi
chdoesnotcompl
ywi
th
ther
equi
rement
softhisGCCClause.

F. Per
for
manceoft
heCont
ract
70. ScopeofWor
ks

70.
1 SubjecttotheSCC,theWorkst
obecar
ri
edoutshal
lbeasspeci
fi
edi
ntheSect
ion6,
ScheduleofRequi
rement
s.
70.
2 TheCont ractorshal
lconst
ructandinstal
ltheWorksatsi t
esandlocati
onsasare
speci
fi
edint heSCCinaccordancewi
ththeSpeci
fi
cat
ionsandDrawi
ngsorasagr
eedby
thePart
iesinwr i
ti
ng.

71. CommencementofWor
ks

71.
1 ThePubl
i
cBodyshal
lfi
xtheStar
tDat
eonwhichexecut
ionoft
heWor
ksi
stocommence
i
ntheSCCorbyadmi
nistr
ati
veor
deri
ssuedbyt
heEngineer
.
71.
2 TheSt
artDat
eforcommenci
ngexecuti
onoftheWorksshallbenotlatert
han120day
s
fol
l
owi
ngnoti
fi
cat
ionofawar
dofcontr
actunl
essagr
eedotherwisebythepart
ies.

72. Per
iodofExecut
ionofWor
ks

72.
1 Theper
iodofexecut
ionofWor ksshal
lcommenceont heSt
artDat
efi
xedinaccordance
wit
hGCC Clause71. 1 and shal
lbeasl aid downintheSCC,withoutpr
ejudi
cet o
ext
ensi
onsoftheper
iodwhichmaybegr antedunderGCCCl
ause73.
72.
2 The Contr
actorshal
lcarry outthe Works i
n accor
dance wi
ththe Pr
ogr
am of
i
mplementati
onoftaskssubmit
tedbytheContr
act
or,asupdat
edwit
htheappr
ovalof
theEngi
neer
,andcomplet
ethem byt
heInt
endedComplet
ionDat
e.
72.
3Ifprovi
si
onismadef ordi
stinctperi
odsofi mpl
ementati
onforseparatelot
s,incases
wher
e one Cont
ractoris awarded mor ethan one l
otpercontract,the per
iods of
i
mplementat
ionf
ortheseparatelot
swi l
lnotbeaccumulat
ed.

73. Ext
ensi
onofI
ntendedCompl
eti
onDat
e

73.
1 TheContr
actormayrequestanext
ensionoftheInt
endedCompleti
onDat
eifhei
sorwi
l
l
bedel
ayedincomplet
ingthecont
ractbyanyofthefol
lowi
ngcauses:
Excepti
onalweathercondit
ionsi
ntheFeder al
Democrati
cRepubli
cofEthi
opia;
Art
ifi
ci
alobstruct
ionsorphy si
calcondit
ionswhichcoul
dnotreasonablyhavebeenfor
eseen
byanexperiencedContract
or;
Compensat i
onEv entoccursorachangeor derf
ormodifi
cati
oni si
ssuedwhi chmakesit
i
mpossi bl
eforcompleti
ont obeachiev
edbyt heInt
endedCompleti
onDate;

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Administ
rati
veordersaffect
ingthedat
eofcompl eti
onotherthanthosearisi
ngfrom t
he
Contr
actor'
sdefaul
t;
Fai
lur
eoft hePubli
cBodyt of
ulf
il
lhi
sobl
i
gati
onsundertheCont
ract;
Anysuspensionoftheworkswhichi
snotduetotheContr
act
or'
sdefaul
t;
For
cemaj eure;
Anyothercausesrefer
redtoi
ntheseGCCwhicharenotduetot
heContract
or'
sdefaul
t.
73.
2 TheCont r
actorshall
,wit
hin15daysofbecomi ngawar et hatdel
aymayoccur ,noti
fythe
Engineerofhisintent
iontomakear equestforextensionoft heIntendedCompl et
ion
Datet owhichhemayconsi derhimselfent i
tl
ed,andshal l
,unl
essot herwiseagr eed
betweentheCont r
actorandtheEngineer,wi
thi
n21day sf r
om thenotifi
cat
iondel i
verto
theEngineerful
landdetail
edpart
icular
soft herequest,inorderthatsuchr equestmay
beinvesti
gatedattheti
me.
73.
3 Within21day sfrom r
eceiptoft heCont ract
or'sdet
ailedpart
icularsoftherequest,t
he
Engineershal
l,bywri
tt
ennot i
cetot heCont r
actoraft
erdueconsul tat
ionwiththePubli
c
Bodyand,wher eappropriate,t
heCont ract
or,grantsuch ext ensi
on oftheI nt
ended
Compl et
ionDateasmaybej usti
fied,ei
therprospect
ivelyorr
etrospecti
vel
y,ori
nformthe
Contract
orthatheisnotent i
tl
edtoanext ension.
73.
4IftheContr
actorhasf
ail
edtogiveearl
ynot
ifi
cat
ionofadelayorhasfai
l
edtocooper
ate
i
ndeali
ngwithadelay
,thedelaybythi
sfai
lur
eshallnotbeconsi
deredi
nassessi
ngthe
newInt
endedComplet
ionDate.

74. Compensat
ionEv
ent
sforAl
l
owi
ngTi
meExt
ensi
on

74.
1 Thef
oll
owi
ngshal
lbeCompensat
ionEv
ent
sal
l
owi
ngf
ort
imeext
ensi
on:
ThePubl icBodydoesnotgi veaccesst oapar toft heSitebyt heSitePossessi onDatestated
i
nt heCont ractor’sapprovedwor kpr ogr am;
ThePubl icBodymodi fi
estheSchedul eofot herContractorsinawayt hataffect
stheworkof
theCont ract orundert heContract ;
TheEngi neeror dersa delayordoesnoti ssueDr awings,Speci ficati
ons,ori nst
ruct
ions
requiredf orexecut i
onoftheWor ksont i
me;
TheEngi neeri nst r
uctstheCont r
actort ouncov erortocar ryoutaddi t
ionaltest
suponwor k,
whichi st henf oundt ohavenoDef ect s;
TheEngi neerunr easonablydoesnotappr oveasubcont r
acttobel et
;
TheEngi neergi v esani nstr
uctionf ordeal ingwi t
hanunf oreseencondi t
ion,causedbyt he
Publ i
cBody ,oraddi ti
onalworkr equiredf orsaf etyorotherreasons.
OtherCont ractors,publicauthoriti
es,ut il
iti
es,ort hePubl i
cBodydonotwor kwit
hinthedates
andot herconst raintsst
atedintheCont ract,andt heycausedel ay;
Theadv ancepay menti sdel
ay ed;
TheEngi neerunr easonablydelay sissuingI nterim PaymentCer t
if
icates;
OtherCompensat i
onEventsdescr ibedi nt heSCCordet erminedbyt hePubl i
cBodyandf orce
maj eure.
74.
2IfaCompensat i
onEv entwoul
dpreventthewor
kbeingcompletedbefor
et heI nt
ended
Complet
ionDate,theInt
endedCompleti
onDateshallbeext
ended.TheEngi neershal
l
deci
dewhetherandbyhowmucht heInt
endedCompleti
onDat
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74.
3 TheCont
ract
orshallnotbeenti
tl
edtocompensat
iontotheext
entt
hatthePubl
i
cBody
’s
i
nter
est
sareadverselyaf
fect
edbytheCont
ract
ornothav
inggiv
enearl
ywarni
ng.

75. Accel
erat
ion

75.
1 Whent hePubli
cBodywant stheContract
ortofini
shbef or
et heIntendedCompl eti
on
Date,t
heEngineerwillobt
ainpri
cedproposal
sforachievi
ngthenecessar yaccel
erati
on
from the Contr
act
or .Ifthe Publi
c Body acceptst hese proposals,the I
ntended
Completi
onDatewillbeadjust
edaccordi
nglyandconfi
rmedbybot ht hePubli
cBodyand
theContr
actor
.
75.
2IftheContr
actor
’spri
cedproposalsforaccel
erati
onar
eaccept
edbyt hePubl
i
cBody
,
t
heyar
eincorpor
atedi
ntheContractPri
ceandtreat
edasamodif
icat
ion.

76. ManagementMeet
ings

76.
1 Eitherthe Engi neerort he Contractormay r equiret he othert o attend a f ormal
managementmeet i
ng,todi scussthePubl icBody'
sl evel
sofsat isfacti
oni nrespectof
theWor kscarriedoutundert heContract,torevi
ewt heplansf orremainingwor k,andt o
agr eeanynecessar yactiont oaddressar easofdissatisf
acti
on.TheCont ractorwi l
lnot
obst r
uctorwithhol dit
sagr eementtoanysuchnecessar yaction.Suchmeet i
ngsshal lbe
attendedbydul yaut hori
zedandsuf fi
cientl
yseniorempl oyeesofbot hthePubl i
cBody
andt heContract ortoget
herwi t
hanyot herrel
evantattendees.ThePar ti
esshal lagreea
standingagendaf orsuchRev iews.
76.
2 TheEngineershallrecordthebusi
nessofmanagementmeeti
ngsandprovi
decopiesof
therecor
dt othoseat t
endi
ngthemeeti
ngandtothePubli
cBody.Theresponsi
bil
it
yof
theparti
esf oract ionsto betakenshal
lbedecided bytheEngi
neereitheratthe
managementmeet ingoraftert
hemanagementmeeti
ngandstat
edinwrit
ingtoallwho
att
endedthemeet ing.

77. Ear
lyWar
ning

77.
1 TheContractorshallwarntheEngi neerattheear l
iestoppor
tunit
yofspecifi
cl i
kelyfut
ure
event
sorci rcumstancesthatmayadv er
selyaffectthequalit
yoft heworki ncreasethe
Contr
actPr i
ceordel aytheexecut i
onoft heWor ks.TheEngi neermayr equirethe
Contr
act
ort o provide an estimate oft he expected eff
ectoft he f
uture ev entor
ci
rcumstanceont heCont r
actPr iceandCompl etionDate.Theestimateshallbepr ovi
ded
bytheContractorassoonasr easonablypossibl
e.
77.
2 TheContract
orshal
lcooper
atewit
htheEngineeri
nmaki ngandconsi der
ingproposal
s
forhow t
heef f
ectofsuchanev entorcir
cumstancecanbeav oidedorr educedby
anyonei
nvolv
edintheworkandi
ncarry
ingoutanyresul
ti
nginst
ruct
ionoftheEngineer.

78. Del
aysi
nImpl
ement
ati
onofTasks

78.
1Ift heCont r
actorfail
stocompletethewor kswit
hinthetimeper i
od(s)specifi
edint he
Cont r
actthePubli
cBodyshal l
,withoutfor
malnoti
ceandwi thoutprejudicetohisother
remediesundert hecont r
actbeent i
tl
edt oli
qui
dateddamagesf orev erydayorpar t
thereofwhichshallel
apsebetweentheendoftheperiodspecif
iedforimpl ement
ationof
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endedCompleti
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completi
on,atther
ateanduptothemaximum amountspecif
iedintheGCCClause27.I
f
theworkshav ebeenthesubj
ectofpart
ialaccept
anceinaccordancewit
hGCCCl ause
86,theliqui
dateddamagesspecifi
edint heGCC Clause27mayber educedinthe
propor
ti
onwhi chtheval
ueoftheacceptedpartbearstothevalueofthewholeofthe
works.
78.
2IfthePubli
cBodyhasbecomeenti
tledtothemaxi
mum cl
aim underGCCCl
ause78.
1he
may,af
tergi
vi
ngnoti
cetotheCont
ractor
:
Sei
zetheperfor
manceguar ant
ee;and/or
Ter
minatethecontract
;and
Ent
eri
ntoacont ractwit
hat hi
rdpart
yattheCont
ract
or'
scostf
ort
hepr
ovi
sionoft
hebal
ance
oft
hewor ks.

79. Wor
kRegi
ster

79.
1 Aworkregi
stershall
,unlessotherwisepr
ovidedbytheSCC,bekeptont
hesi
tebyt
he
Engi
neer
,whoshallenterini
tatleastthef
oll
owingi
nfor
mati
on:
theweatherconditi
ons,interrupti
onsofwor kowi ngt oi
nclementweat her
,hoursofwor k,
numberandt y
peofwor kmenempl oyedont hesite,materi
alssuppl
i
ed,equi pmenti
nuse,
equipment not in working or der,t ests carr
ied out,sampl es di
spatched,unforeseen
cir
cumstances,aswell
asor dersgiventot heContractor
;
detail
edstat
ementsofallt hequant it
ativeandqual i
tati
veelementsofthewor kdoneandt he
suppli
esdeli
veredandused,capabl eofbei ngcheckedont heSi t
eandr el
evantincal
culat
ing
paymentstobemadet ot heCont ractor.
79.
2 The statements shallfor
m an integr
alpartoft he workregi
sterbutmay ,where
appropri
ate,berecordedinsepar
atedocuments.Thetechni
calr
ulesfordr
awi
ngupt he
stat
ement sshal
lbeassetouti nt
heSCC.
79.
3 The Cont r
actorshallensuret hatstatements ar
e drawn up,in good ti
me and i
n
accordancewi t
ht heSCC,i nrespectofwork,servicesandsuppl
ieswhichcannotbe
measur edorv eri
fiedsubsequentl
y;fai
l
ingthis,heshallacceptthedecisi
onsofthe
Engineer,
unless,athi
sownexpense, heprovi
desevidencetot
hecontrar
y.
79.
4 Entr
iesmadei nt hewor kregisteraswor kprogressesshal lbesignedbyt heEngineerand
counter
signedbyt heCont ractororhi srepresentat
ive.IftheCont r
actorobject
s,heshal l
communi catehisv i
ewst ot heEngi neerwi t
hin15day sfollowingt hedat eonwhi chthe
entr
yorthest atementsobj ectedt ober ecorded.ShouldCont ractorfailt
ocount er
signor
tosubmithisv iewswi thi
nt heper iodal lowed,theCont ractorshal lbedeemedt oagree
wit
ht henotesshowni nt her egister.TheCont r
actormayexami net hewor kregist
erat
anytimeandmay ,withoutr emov ingt hedocument ,makeorr eceiveacopyofent ri
es
whichheconsi dersnecessar yforhi sowni nformation.
79.
5 TheCont
ract
orshall,onrequest
,prov
idet
heEngi
neerwi
tht
hei
nfor
mat
ionneededt
o
keept
heworkregi
steringoodorder
.

80. Or
igi
nandQual
i
tyofWor
ksandMat
eri
als

80.
1 Allgoodspur
chasedunderthecont
ractshal
lhavethei
rorigi
ninanyel
i
gibl
esour
ce
countr
yasdef
inedint
heSect
ion5oftheBi
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80.
2 Thewor ks,componentsandmat er
ial
sshal
lconf or
mt ot
hespecifi
cat
ions,drawings,
survey
s,model s,sampl
es,pat
ter
nsandotherrequir
ement
sintheSCCwhi chshallbe
hel
datt hedisposaloft
hePubli
cBodyortheEngineerf
ort
hepurposesofident
ifi
cati
on
thr
oughouttheper i
odofper
for
mance.
80.
3 Anypr el
iminarytechni
calacceptancestipulat
edintheSCC shal lbet hesubj
ectofa
requestsentbyt heContract
ortotheEngi neer
.Therequestshalli
ndicatet
hereference
tothecont r
act,t
helotnumberandt heplacewheresuchaccept anceistotakeplace,as
appropri
ate.Thecomponent sandmat er
ialsspeci
fi
edintherequestmustbecer t
ifi
edby
the Engineer as meet i
ng the requir
ement sfor such accept ance pr
ior t
ot hei
r
i
ncorporati
oninthewor ks.
80.
4 Eveni fmaterialsoritemst obei ncorpor
atedint hewor ksori nthemanuf actureof
component shav ebeent echni
call
yaccept edinthisway ,theymayst il
lberej
ectedand
mustber eplacedimmedi atel
ybyt heCont r
actorifaf ur
therexaminat
ionrev
ealsdef ects
orfault
s.TheCont ract
ormaybegi v entheopportuni
t ytorepairandmakegoodmat eri
als
anditemswhi chhav ebeenr eject
ed,butsuchmat erial
sandi t
emswillbeacceptedf or
i
ncorporati
on int hewor ksonl yift heyhav ebeen r epair
ed and madegood t ot he
sati
sfacti
onoft heEngineer.

81. I
nspect
ionandTest
ing

81.
1 TheCont r
actorshallensur
et hatthecomponentsandmat eri
alsar
edeli
veredtothesi
te
i
nt imet o al
low theEngi neerto proceed wi
thacceptanceoft hecomponent sand
materi
als.TheCont ract
orisdeemedt ohaveful
lyappreci
atedthedif
fi
cul
tieswhichhe
mightencounterint hi
srespect,andheshallnotbeper mit
tedtoadvanceanygrounds
fordel
ayinfulfi
l
li
nghi sobl
igati
ons.
81.
2 TheEngi neershal lbeent it
led,eit
herbyhi mselforhi sagent ,toinspect,exami ne,
measureandt estt hecomponent s,mat eri
alsandwor kmanshi p,andcheckt heprogress
ofpreparation,f abricat
ionormanuf actureofany thi
ngbei ngpr epar
ed,fabri
catedor
manufactured f ordel i
very underthe cont ractin ordert o est abl
ish whethert he
component s,mat er
ialsandwor kmanshi pareoft herequisit
equal it
yandquant i
ty.This
shal
ltakepl aceatt heplaceofmanuf acture,fabr
icati
on,preparati
onoront hesi t
eorat
suchotherpl acesasmaybespeci f
iedint hecontr
act.
81.
3 Fort
hepur
posesofsucht
est
sandi
nspect
ions,
theCont
ract
orshal
l
:
provi
det ot heEngi
neer
,tempor ari
l
yandf reeofcharge,suchassist
ance,testsamples,par
ts,
machi nes,equi
pment,t
oolsormat eri
alsandlaborasarenormallyrequi
redforinspect
ionand
testi
ng;
agree,withtheEngi
neer,
ont hetimeandplacefortests;
provi
deaccessf ortheEngineeratallr
easonableti
mest otheplacewher ethetestsaretobe
carri
edout .
81.
4I ftheEngineerisnotpr esentont hedateagr eedfortest
s,theCont ract
ormay ,unl
ess
otherwisei
nstruct
edbyt heEngi neer,pr
oceedwi ththetest
s,whi chshallbedeemedt o
havebeenmadei nt heEngineer '
spresence.TheCont r
actorshallfor
thwithfor
wardduly
certi
fi
edcopiesoft hetestr esult
st otheEngineer,whoshall
,ifhehasnotat t
endedthe
test,
beboundbyt het estresults.
81.
5 Whencomponent
sandmat
eri
alshav
epassedt
het
est
sref
err
edt
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theEngi
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if
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ract
ororendor
set
hepr
ocedur
e'scer
ti
fi
cat
etot
hat
eff
ect
.
81.
6I ftheEngi neerand t heCont r
actordi sagreeon t het estr esul
ts,each shallgivea
statementofhi sviewst ot heotherwi t
hin15day saftersuchdi sagreementarises.The
EngineerortheCont ractormayr equiresucht est
st ober epeatedont hesamet ermsand
conditi
onsor ,ifeitherpar tyso request s,byanexper tto besel ect
edbycommon
consent.Alltestreportsshallbesubmi t t
edt otheEngi neerwhoshal lcommuni catethe
result
soft hesetestswi thoutdelaytot heCont r
actor.Ther esult
soft here-
testingshal
l
beconcl usi
ve.Thecostoft here-testi
ngshal lbebor nebyt hepartywhosev i
ewsar e
provedwr ongbyther e-t
est i
ng.
81.
7Int heperfor
manceofhi sduti
es,theEngi
neerandallper
sonsauthor
izedbyhim shal
l
di
scloseonlytothosepersonswhoareenti
tl
edt oknowofitinf
ormat
ionwhichhehas
obtai
nedbyr easonofhisinspect
ionandtesti
ngoft hemethodsofmanufact
ureand
operat
ionoftheunder
taki
ng.

82. Rej
ect
ion

82.
1 Component sandmat er
ialswhichar enotoft hespeci fi
edqual it
yshal lberejected.A
specialmarkmaybeappl iedt
ot her ej
ectedcomponent sormat eri
als.Thisshallnotbe
such ast o alterthem oraf fectt heircommer cialv alue.Rejected component sand
material
sshal lber emov edbyt heCont ract
orf r
om t hesi t
ewi thinaper iodwhi cht he
Engineershallspecify
,fail
ingwhicht heyshallberemov edbyt heEngi neerasofr ightat
theexpenseandr i
skoft heCont ractor.Anywor kincorporati
ngr ejectedcomponent sor
material
sshallberejected.
82.
2 TheEngi
neershal
l
,duri
ngtheprogr
essoft
hewor
ksandbef
oret
hewor
ksar
etakenov
er,
havet
hepowertoorderordeci
de:
ther emov alf r
om theSite,withinsucht i
mel i
mitsasmaybespeci fi
edintheor der
,ofany
component sormat eri
alswhich,int heopinionoft heEngineer,arenotinaccordancewit
hthe
contract;
thesubst it
utionofproperandsui tablecomponent sormat eri
als;or
thedemol it
ionandpr operre-execut i
on,orsat i
sfactoryrepai
r,notwithst
andi
nganypr evi
ous
testt hereofori nt
erim paymentt herefore,ofanywor kwhi ch,inrespectofcomponent s,
mat erial
s,wor kmanshipordesi gnbyt heCont r
actorf orwhichhei sresponsi
ble,i
snot,i
nthe
opinionoft heEngineer,i
naccor dancewi ththeCont r
act.
82.
3 TheEngi
neershall
,assoonasreasonabl
ypracti
cable,gi
vetot
heCont
ract
ornot
icei
n
wri
ti
ngofhi
sdecisi
onspeci
fyi
ngpart
icul
arsoft
heallegeddef
ect
s.
82.
4 TheContractorshallwit
hal lspeedandathisexpensemakegoodt hedefectsso
speci
fi
ed.IftheContract
ordoesnotcomplywithsuchorder
,thePubli
cBodyshallbe
enti
tl
edtoempl oyotherpersonstocarr
youtthesameandal lexpensesconsequent
ther
eonorincident
alther
etomaybedeductedbythePubl
icBodyfrom anymoniesdue
orwhichmaybecomeduet otheContr
act
or.
82.
5 Theprovi
sionsoft hi
sGCCClauseshal
lnotaf
fectt
her
ightoft
hePubl
i
cBodyt
ocl
aim
underGCCCl auses19and78.

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shi
pofPl
antandMat
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als

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83.
1 Allequi pment,tempor aryworks,plantandmat er
ialsprov i
dedbyt heCont ractorshall
,
whenbr oughtont heSi t
e,bedeemedt obeexclusivel
yintendedf ortheexecut ionoft he
wor ksandt heCont r
actorshal
lnotr emov ethesameoranypar tthereof,exceptf orthe
purposeofmov ingitfrom onepar toft hesitetoanot her,withouttheconsentoft he
Engi neer.Such consentshal l
,howev er,notbe r equired forv ehicles engaged i n
transpor t
inganyst aff
,labor
,equipment ,temporar
ywor ks,plantormat eri
alstoorf rom
theSi te.
83.
2 TheSCCmaypr ovi
dethatallequi
pment,tempor
aryworks,pl
antandmater
ial
sonSite
ownedbyt heCont ract
ororbyanycompanyi nwhi
chtheCont r
act
orhasacontr
oll
i
ng
i
nter
estshall
,forthedurat
ionoftheexecut
ionoft
heworks,be:
vest
edi
nthePubl
i
cBody ;or
madesubj
ectt
oalieni
nfavorofthePubli
cBody;or
madesubj
ectt
oanyotherarr
angementregar
dingpr
ior
it
yint
erestorsecur
it
y.
83.
3Int heeventofter
mi nat
ionofthecontr
acti
naccordancewi
thGCCClause21duet ot
he
Contract
or'
sbreachofCont r
act,t
hePubli
cBodyshallbeent
itl
edtousetheequi
pment,
temporaryworks,
plantandmat er
ial
sonSit
einor
dertocomplet
etheworks.
83.
4 Anyagr eementf orthehi r
ebyt heCont r
actorofequi pment ,tempor arywor ks,plantand
materialsbroughtontot heSite,shallcontai
napr ovisionthatonr equestinwr i
tingmade
bythePubl i
cBodywi thin7day saf t
erthedat eonwhi cht het erminati
onunderGCC
Cl
ause21becomesef f
ective,andont hePublicBodyunder takingtopayal lhirecharges
i
nrespectt hereoffr
om suchdat e,theownert hereofwi l
lhir
esuchequi pment,tempor ar
y
works, pl
antormat eri
alstot hePubl i
cBodyont hesamet ermsast heywer ehi r
edbyt he
Contractor,
exceptthatt hePublicBodyshal lbeent i
tledtoper mittheuset hereofbyany
ot
herCont ractoremploy edbyhi mf orcompl et
ingthewor ksundert hepr ovi
sionsofGCC
Cl
ause21. 5.
83.
5 Upont erminati
onoft hecontractbeforecompleti
onoft hewor ks,theContract
orshall
deli
vertot hePubl i
cBodyanypl ant,temporaryworks,equipmentormat er
ialsthe
proper
tyinwhi chhasv est
edint hePublicBodyorbeenmadesubj ecttoal i
enbyv ir
tue
ofGCCCl ause83.2.Ifhefail
stodoso, thePubli
cBodymayt akesuchappr opriat
eaction
asitdeemsf i
tinor
dert oobtainpossessionofsuchplant,t
empor aryworks,equipment
andmat eri
alsandrecoverthecostofsodoi ngfrom t
heContract
or .

G. Accept
anceandDef
ect
sLi
abi
l
ity
84. Gener
alPr
inci
ples

84.
1 Veri
fi
cati
onoft hewor ksbyt heEngineerwithav i
ew toprov
isi
onalorf
inalaccept
ance
shal
ltakeplaceinthepr esenceoftheCont ractor.TheabsenceoftheContract
orshal
l
notbeabart ov er
if
icati
ononcondi t
ionthatt heContract
orhasbeensummonedi ndue
for
m atleast30dayspr i
ortothedateofv er
if
ication.
84.
2 Shouldexcepti
onalcir
cumstancesmakei ti
mpossi bl
etoascert ai
nt hest
ateoft heworks
orotherwisepr
oceedwi t
htheiracceptanceduringtheperi
odf ixedf orpr
ovisi
onalorfi
nal
acceptance,astatementcert
if
yingsuchi mpossibil
it
yshallbedr awnupbyt heEngineer
aft
erconsultat
ion,wherepossible,wi
ththeCont ractor
.Thev er i
ficati
onshalltakeplace
andast atementofacceptanceorr ej
ecti
onshal lbedrawnupbyt heEngineerwithi
n30
daysfoll
owingthedateonwhi chsuchi mpossibil
it
yceasest oexi st.TheCont r
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notinv
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nor
dert
oav
oidhi
sobl
i
gat
iont
opr
esentt
hewor
ksi
na
stat
esuit
abl
ef oraccept
ance.

85. Test
sonCompl
eti
on

85.
1 Thewor ksshallnotbeaccept
edunti
lthepr escr
ibedv
eri
fi
cat
ionsandt estshav
ebeen
carr
iedoutattheexpenseoftheCont
ractor.TheContr
act
orshallnot
if
yt heEngi
neerof
thedateonwhichsuchveri
fi
cati
onandtestsmaycommence.
85.
2 Wor kswhichdonotsat isfytheter msandcondi t
ionsoftheCont r
act,orintheabsenceof
sucht er
msandcondi ti
ons,whi char enotcar ri
edouti naccordancewi thtradepracti
ces
i
nt heFeder alDemocr at i
cRepubl icofEt hi
opi a,shall
,ifrequir
ed,bedemol i
shedand
rebuil
tbyt heContractororr epai redt ot
hesat isf
acti
onoft heEngi neer,other
wiset hi
s
shallbedoneasofr ightaf t
erduenot iceattheexpenseoft heContractor,byorderofthe
Engineer.TheEngi neermayal so requir
et hedemol i
ti
on and reconstructi
on byt he
Cont r
actor
,orrepairtot hesat isfactionoft heEngi neer,underthesamecondi ti
onsof
work,inwhi chunaccept ablemat eri
alshavebeenused,orcar ri
edouti nt heperiodsof
suspensionprovi
dedf orinGCCCl ause20.

86. Par
ti
alAccept
ance

86.
1 ThePubl i
cBodymaymakeuseoft hev ariousstructur
es,partsofst r
ucturesorsect ions
ofthewor ksformingpar tofthecont ractasandwhent heyar ecompl eted.Anyt aking
overoft hest r
uctures,partsofst ructuresorsect i
onsoft hewor ksbyt hePubl icBody
shallbepr ecededbyt heirparti
alpr ovi
si onalacceptance.Howev er,wor ksmayi ncases
ofurgencybet akenov erpri
ortoaccept ancepr ovi
dedani nventoryofout standingwor k
i
s dr awn up by t he Engineerand agr eed to by the Contractorand t he Engineer
beforehand.Oncet hePubl i
cBodyhast akenpossessi onofast ruct ure,apar tthereofor
sectionoft hewor ks,t heCont ractorshal lnol ongerber equiredt omakegoodany
damager esul
tingotherwisethanf r
om f aul tyconstr
ucti
onorwor kmanshi p.
86.
2 TheEngineermay,attherequestoft heCont r
actorandifthenatureofthewor ksso
per
mitsproceedswit
hpart
ialprovi
sionalacceptance,pr
ovi
dedthatthest
ruct
ures,part
s
ofst
ruct
uresorsecti
onsofthewor ksarecompl etedandsuit
edtotheuseasdescr i
bed
i
ntheContract.
86.
3Int hecasesofparti
alprovi
sionalaccept
ancer
eferredt
oinGCCSub- Clauses86.1and
86.2theDefectsLi
abil
it
yPer iodprovi
dedfori
nGCCCl ause88shall,unlesst
heSCC
provi
deother
wise,r
unasf r
om t hedat
eofsuchpart
ialpr
ovi
sional
acceptance.

87. Pr
ovi
sional
Accept
ance

87.
1 Theworksshal
lbetakenov erbyt
hePubl
icBodywhent heyhavesati
sfact
ori
lypassed
thet
est
soncompl et
ionandacerti
fi
cat
eofpr
ovisi
onalaccept
ancehasbeenissuedoris
deemedtohavebeenissued.
87.
2 TheCont r
actormayappl y ,bynot i
cet otheEngineer,f
oracer t
if
icateofprovisi
onal
acceptancenotear li
erthan15day sbeforet heworks,i
ntheContractor'
sopi
nion,are
completeandr eadyforprovisi
onalaccept
ance.TheEngineershal
lwithin30daysafter
thereceiptoftheContract
or '
sappli
cati
oneither:
i
ssuet
hecer
ti
fi
cat
eofpr
ovi
sionalaccept
ancet
otheCont
ract
orwi
thacopyt
othePubl
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stati
ng,whereappr
opriate,hi
sreservati
ons,and,
interal
ia,
thedateonwhich,inhisopinion,the
workswer ecompletedinaccordancewi ththeCont r
actandreadyforpr
ov i
sionalacceptance;
or
rej
ectt heappl
icat
iongi vi
nghisr easonsandspeci fyi
ngtheactionwhich,inhisopi nion,is
requir
edoftheContractorfort
hecer t
ifi
cat
et obeissued.
87.
3I ft
heEngi neerfailsei
thertoissuethecert
ifi
cateofpr ovisi
onalacceptanceortoreject
theCont r
actor
'sappl i
cati
onwi t
hintheperiodof30day s,heshal lbedeemedt ohav e
i
ssued thecer t
ificat
eon t hel astdayoft hatper i
od.Thecer ti
fi
cateofpr ovi
sional
acceptanceshallnotbedeemedt obeanadmi ssionthattheworkshav ebeencompl eted
i
nev eryrespect.Ifthewor ksar edi
vi
dedbyt hecontractintosecti
ons,theContractor
shall
beent i
tl
edt oapplyforseparat
ecert
if
icatesforeachoft hesecti
ons.
87.
4 Uponpr ovi
sionalacceptanceoft heworks,theCont r
actorshal
ldismantl
eandr emov
e
temporarystruct
uresaswel lasmat er
ial
snol ongerrequir
edforuseinconnect
ionwit
h
theperformanceoft hecontract.Heshallalsor emoveanyl i
tterorobstr
uct
ionand
redr
essanychangei nt hecondit
ionoftheSit
easr equi
redbythecontract
.
87.
5I mmedi
atel
yaft
erpr
ovi
sional
accept
ance,
thePubl
i
cBodymaymakeuseofal
lthewor
ks
ascompl
eted.

88. Def
ect
sLi
abi
l
ity

88.
1 TheCont
ract
orshallberesponsi
blef
ormaki
nggoodanydef
ectin,ordamaget o,any
par
tofthewor kswhichmayappearoroccurdur
ingt
heDefect
sLi abi
l
ityPer
iodand
whi
chari
seseit
herfr
om:
theuseofdefecti
vepl
antormateri
alsorf
aul
tywor
kmanshi
pordesignoft
heCont
ract
or;
and/or
anyactoromi
ssionoft
heCont
ract
orduri
ngt
heDef
ect
sLi
abil
it
yPer
iod.
88.
2 TheCont ract
orshallathisowncostmakegoodt hedefectordamageassoonas
practicable.The Defect
s Liabili
ty Per
iod foralli tems replaced orr enewed shall
recommence f r
om t he date when the replacementorr enewalwas made t ot he
satisfacti
onoftheEngineer.Ifthecontr
actpr ovi
desf orpar
tialacceptance,theDefects
Liabil
ityPer i
od shal
lbe extended onlyf ort he partoft he wor ks aff
ected byt he
replacementorrenewal.
88.
3Ifanysuchdef ectappearsorsuchdamageoccur s,duri
ngtheperi
odr ef
erredtoinGCC
Clause88.1,
thePublicBodyortheEngineershal
lnoti
fytheContr
actor.I
ftheCont r
act
or
fai
lstoremedyadef ectordamagewithintheti
melimitsti
pul
atedinthenotif
icat
ion,t
he
Publi
cBodymay :
carr
youttheworkshimself,
oremploysomeoneelset
ocarryouttheworks,att
heContr
act
or'
s
ri
skandcost ,i
nwhi chcaset hecost
sincurr
edbythePublicBodyshal lbededuct
edfr
om
moniesduetoorfrom secur
iti
eshel
dagainstt
heCont
ract
ororfrom bot
h;or
ter
minat
et heCont
ract.
88.
4I ft
hedef ectordamageissuchthatthePubli
cBodyhasbeendepr i
vedsubst
ant iall
yof
thewholeorapar toft
hebenef
itoftheworks,t
hePubl
icBodyshal l
,wit
houtprejudiceto
anyotherremedy,beenti
tl
edt
orecoverall
sumspaidinrespectofthepart
soft hewor ks
concernedtoget
herwit
hthecostofdismantl
i
ngsuchpartsandcleari
ngtheSit
e.
88.
5Incaseofemer
gency
,wher
etheCont
ract
orcannotber
eachedi
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beenreached,isunabl
etotakethemeasuresrequi
red,t
hePublicBodyortheEngi
neer
mayhav ethewor kcar
ri
edoutattheexpenseoftheContract
or.ThePubl
icBodyorthe
Engi
neershallassoonaspr
acti
cablei
nfor
mt heContract
oroftheact
iont
aken.
88.
6 Wher etheSCCst i
pulatesthatthemai ntenancewor k,necessi
tatedbynor malwearand
tear,
shallbecarri
edoutbyt heCont r
actor,suchwor kshallbepaidf orf
rom aprov
isi
onal
sum.Det eri
orati
onr esult
ingf r
om thecircumst ancesprov i
dedf orinGCCCl ause44or
from abnormaluseshal lbeexcl udedf r
om t hi
sobl i
gati
onunl essi trev
eal
saf aul
tor
defectj
ustif
yingther equestforrepai
rorreplacementunderGCCCl ause88.
88.
7 Thedefect
sli
abili
tyshallbestipul
atedintheSCC.I
fthedurat
ionoft
heDefect
sLi
abil
i
ty
Per
iodisnotspecif
ied,i
tshallbe365day s.TheDef
ectsLi
abil
i
tyPeri
odshal
lcommence
onthedateofprovi
sionalacceptance.
88.
8 Afterprovi
sionalacceptanceandwi t
houtprejudicet othedefectsli
abi
li
tyrefer
redtoi n
thi
sGCCCl ause,theContractorshal
lnolongerber esponsi
bleforri
skswhichmayaf fect
thewor ksandwhi chresultfr
om causesnotat tri
but abl
etohim.Howev er,
theContractor
shallberesponsibleasfrom thedateofprovisionalacceptanceforthesoundnessoft he
construct
ion,aslaiddowni ntheintheEthi
opianl aw.

89. Fi
nal
Accept
ance

89.
1 Upont heexpiryoft heDef ectsLiabili
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Thescopeofwor
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