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Warranties For Electrical Engineers: Article Xix Contract Prices and Warranties
Warranties For Electrical Engineers: Article Xix Contract Prices and Warranties
ARTICLE XIX
CONTRACT PRICES AND WARRANTIES
SEC. 61. Contract Prices.
For the given scope of work in the contract as awarded, all bid prices shall be
considered as fixed prices, and therefore not subject to price escalation during contract
implementation, except under extraordinary circumstances and upon prior approval of
the GPPB.
For purposes of this Section, “extraordinary circumstances” shall refer to events that
may be determined by the National Economic and Development Authority in
accordance with the Civil Code of the Philippines, and upon the recommendation of the
procuring entity concerned.
SEC. 62. Warranty
(a) For the procurement of Goods, in order to assure that manufacturing defects shall
be corrected by the supplier, manufacturer, or distributor, as the case may be, for a
specific time after performance of the contract, a warranty shall be required from the
contract awardee for such period of time as may be provided in the IRR, the obligation
for which shall be covered by either retention money in the amount equivalent to a
percentage of every progress payment, or a special bank guarantee equivalent to a
percentage of the total contract price, to be provided in the IRR. The said amounts shall
only be released after the lapse of the warranty period, provided that the Goods
supplied are free from defects and all the conditions imposed under the contract have
been fully met.
(b) For the procurement of infrastructure projects, the contractor shall assume full
responsibility for the contract work from the time project construction commenced up to
a reasonable period as defined in the IRR taking into consideration the scale and
coverage of the project from its final acceptance by the government and shall be held
responsible for any damage or construction of works except those occasioned by force
majeure. The contractor shall be fully responsible for the safety, protection, security,
and convenience of his personnel, third parties, and the public at large, as well as the
works, equipment, installation and the like to be affected by his construction work and
shall be required to put up a warranty security in the form of cash, bank guarantee,
letter of credit, Government Service Insurance System bond, or callable surety bond.
The contractor shall undertake the repair works, at his own expense, of any defect or
damage to the infrastructure projects on account of the use of materials of inferior
quality within ninety (90) days from the time the Head of the Procuring Entity has issued
an order to undertake repair. In case of failure or refusal to comply with this mandate,
the government shall undertake such repair works and shall be entitled to full
reimbursement of expenses incurred therein upon demand.
Any contractor who fails to comply with the preceding paragraph shall suffer perpetual
disqualification from participating in any public bidding and his property or properties
shall be subject to attachment or garnishment proceedings to recover the costs. All
payables of government in his favor shall be offset to recover the costs.