1. RATES

Rates shall remain fixed & firm during the currency of the contract and are inclusive of free delivery of stores at consignee stores/site anywhere in Maharashtra, 4% sales tax against form 'H' turnover tax and surcharge on sales tax, excise duty, transit insurance, loading , unloading, stacking of goods at consignee stores/site, excluding octroi charges.

2. SALES TAX 

Supply of stores to Govt. Departments are subject to concessional sales tax at the rate of 4 % against issuance of  form'H' consignees  who are not entitled to issue sales tax form 'H' shall pay differential amount towards sales tax turnover tax and surcharge on sales tax.

3.  OCTROI / Local Levies

No octroi / local levies against Octroi / local levies  Exemption Certificate, if issued by the consignee and accepted by the concerned Municipal Authorities. If octroi / local levies exemption certificate is not issued, octroi / local levies shall be reimbursed by the consignees against  documentary evidence. If consignee issues octroi / local levies exemption certificate and the same is not honoured by the Municipal corporations / Councils, octroi / local levies charges shall be reimbursed by the consignee against documentary  proof of payment of octroi / local levies by the unit.

4.  PRE - DESPATCH INSPECTION 

No goods shall be delivered unless the same are inspected and approved and released by the Inspection Authority i.e. Govt. Engineering Colleges / Govt.  Polytechnic or any other inspecting agency approved by MSSIDC Ltd. Inspection charges shall be borne by the RC holder.

5. INSPECTION PROCEDURE  

Rigid  inspection of stores  shall be carried  out  in the  prescribed  manner at the Rate Contract holder's factory premises in two stages i.e. (1) Chemically processed raw materials and (2) Finished furniture items. Inspection procedure is enumerated in the enclosed Annexure 'B'

6.  STAMPING AND RELEASING  

On final acceptance of the stores, the inspection authorities shall stamp the goods clearly by means of steel or rubber stamp. The position where inspection seal is stamped on the furniture item shall be indicated in the inspection report by the inspection authority. Furniture items shall be considered valid for release only after they are stamped as per procedure and inspection-cum-release note is issued accordingly.

Individual RC Holder units shall be given code number and before dispatching the goods to the consignee stores, the furniture items shall be with allotted code numbers

8. DELIVERY OF STORES  

Steel furniture shall be delivered to the consignee only after it's inspection and approval as stated at clause 4. The date of offer of stores for inspection made by the contractor shall be taken as the date of delivery of material for the purpose of considering delivery period provided inspection call letter is sent at least 10 days in advance of the expiry of the delivery period and acknowledgement is obtained.

9. DELIVERY PERIOD  

Delivery period will depends upon the magnitude of the ordered quantity. The indentor shall therefore, indicate the delivery period, giving minimum period of 30 days for small order upto Rs. 50,000/- and maximum period of 60 days for high value orders. The tenderer shall ensure that the delivery of stores is completed within this period.

10. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ORDER

Order shall be distributed as per guidelines given by stores purchase committee.

11. PAYMENT TERMS  

As per Govt.  in industries, Energy & labour Deptt. Gr.No. SPO -1093/(2632)/ind-6  dt.03.06.93 and

dt. 06.08.97 the consignee / Indentor is required to release 90 % payment of the stores within 10 days from the date of receipt of stores and balance 10 % payment within 20 days. Before placing of order,the  consignee  / indentors are requested to ensure the availability of the funds to avoid penal interest as per the provisions of the Act. The interest on delayed payment to small scale and ancillary Industrial undertaking act-1993, the corporation is eligible for recovering the interest for delay in receiving the payment.

MSSIDC being an agency nominated by the state Govt. to operate the Rate Contract vide GR dt.02.01.92, Indentors / Consignee who are the actual consumer of the stores, shall be solely responsible for the interest on the delayed payment beyond the terms mentioned above.

12. PLACEMENT OF ORDERS  

Indentors / Consignees are requested to place the orders with MSSIDC local office in district. In case of any problem / difficulty, Indentors/consignees are advised to refer the matter to the concerned Divisional manager, MSSIDC ,Divisional / District offices is indicated in the Annexure'D'.

In addition to the above , this rate contract is also governed by General Terms & Conditions mentioned hereinafter.