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QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES IN CONTRACTS. WHAT IS QUALITY. The feel of a well-made garment under your hand. the taste and presentation of exquisite restaurant meal. A school that consistently turns out students who are ready to take on the world.
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WHAT IS QUALITY • The feel of a well-made garment under your hand. • the taste and presentation of exquisite restaurant meal. • A school that consistently turns out students who are ready to take on the world
the characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs.
“CONTRACTS” ASK YOURSELF • WHAT IS YOUR NEED ? • IS THERE ANY PRECEDENT OR EXAMPLE ? • WHAT STANDARD ? • HOW MUCH CAN YOU SPEND ? • IS MONEY IS CONSTRANT ?
QUALITY ? In execution of various items of the contract. In operation and handling of the contract as a whole.
QUALITY IN OPERATION When it leads to • Successful completion • Timely completion • No attrition • No dispute or complain • No arbitration • Both parties happy of work
TENDER DOCUMENT • General conditions • Financial and payment conditions • BOQ / Schedule • Technical specification
Payments • Include PVC and escalation clauses • Go for star rates • Bear any increases in govt taxes, duties, royalty etc • No blockage of money • Incentive if possible • Make simple if possible
General, financial, payment conditions • Contractor’s Obligations • EMD and SD • Escalation / PVC • Incentive / Penalty • Taxes, duties, Royalty etc • Advances, part payments • Attractive raters • Drawings
ITEMS IN BOQ : SOURCES • SOR: Railway, CPWD, MOST, PWD • NS: Previous contract, Standard NS items, contracts of other departments • New NS: By rate analysis
SOR items • Referred code is still valid ! • Outdated ! • Unworkable ! • Change in specification
NS items • Description – leads, grade, location • Inclusive of – materials, • Rates – current and workable • Not necessary from LAR
NEW Items • Do research and survey yourself • Take help of consultants • Manufactures • Suppliers / Traders • Exhibitions
Description of items • Unambiguous Description of item • Description shall be self explanatory • Inclusive of ….. ….. ….. ….. Not desirable • Pay for each conceivable independent activity. • The item should be sufficiently in detail
Unambiguous Applying anticorrosive treatment to steel reinforcement for steel under 3/NS as per CPCC system developed by CECRI Karaikudi including sand blasting and cleaning of bars etc. • Description of item is Silent of the cost of the Material required for CPCC.
INCONSISTENCY • Providing supplying and fixing in position HYSD Bars of different dia of grade FE-415 confirming to ……….. • In technical specification it is mentioned that only TMT steel shall be used. • Difference in rates of CTD HYSD bar and TMT HYSD bar is about Rs. 5000 per MT i.e 25 % OF TENDER RATE.
ALL INCLUSIVE DESCRIPTION OF ITEM Box pushing under the track • Design, drawing and proof checking of design • Casting and curing • Jacking and pushing • Excavation inside the box • Excavation at the approaches • Design and casting of thrust bed • Temp. arrangements in casting bed
ALL INCLUSIVE …….. cont • Dewatering • Front shield and rear shield • Drag sheet • Cutting, binding and placing of reinforcement steel with Contractors G.I. wire • Conduit pipe & junction box • Plugging of gaps between box segments
ALL INCLUSIVE …….. cont • Disposal of excavated material outside Railway Boundary with all lead and lift • Maintenance of track • Lighting arrangements • Soil investigation • Epoxy painting • Opening for natural / forced ventilation • ANY OTHER INCIDENTAL WORK
RATE ANALYSIS • Availability in that area • Scale of quantity • Specific need of skill persons, cranes etc • Rate of testing should also be included • Or pay separately for testing
Technical Specifications • The specification should be matching with the corresponding items. • Detailed and understandable • Railway’s specification book • Specification of the MOST or CPWD • Manufacture’s specs and procedure • Referances of relevent codes
Technical Specifications- contd • Relevant drawings • Clarification on Mode of payments • Acceptable limits • Permissiable variables • Construction tolerances
Testing of materials / products Technical conditions should clearly spelled • Type of tests • Methods of testing • Acceptance criteria • Frequency • Site lab or outside lab
QUALITY IN EXECUTION • Materials as per the stipulated specs • Process and method as desired • Products or end results meets the requirements • Good workmanships • Flawless finishes
TEST PLAN • Test Plan may be prepared consisting of various test required to be done on various material and products • Shall be part of the contract agreement or may be prepared after word jointly with the contractor before the commencement of the work
Monitoring of tests • Regular monitoring of various tests to be done as per test plan and actual test carried out • Calculation of Standard deviation of test results monthly or at some convenient frequency • Advance planning of tests to be carried out in week • Weekly/ Monthly meeting with the contractor • Training to site supervisors at site
Site Labs / Outside Labs • List of equipment to be clearly Mentioned • It shall be related to work • It shall be just adequate • For less frequent test outside lab to be prescribed • List of approved Outside lab shall be there in the tender document • Relevant codes and test procedure readily available in the lab • Try to witness the tests in the outside lab
SAMPLE LIST OF EQUIPMENTS FOR SITE LAB Concrete Work:- • Electronic Balance of 5 kg • physical Balance of 20 kg capacity. • Water testing kit for chloride, sulphate and pH value • Slump testing apparatus • Compression strength testing machine of 200 tonne capacity • Permeability testing apparatus • Cube mould of size 15 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm 24 Nos For soil and aggregates • Modified Procter Test Equipment • Dry Bulk Density Test apparatus • Set for sand replacement method for measuring the density of the compacted soil
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity. -Mahatma Gandhi