Para 9.6.1 — GOODS_MANUAL

2. Wherever the items make a full truckload, the suppliers should be advised to dispatch such items in a full truck direct to the designated consignee on a door delivery basis to the site. In such cases, the Procuring Entity shall advise the supplier to send a consignee copy of the lorry receipt to the consignee along with the consignment, and the consignment shall be booked to the Procuring Entity and not “self.” All dispatch documents that is, railway/lorry receipts, goods consignment notes, airway bills, invoices, packing lists, freight memos, test certificates, and so on, shall be sent to the Associated/Integrated Finance, which will arrange to make the payment. If the payment is to be made through the bank, all original documents are to be sent through the designated bank.

9.6.1 Transportation of Goods 1. Special Instructions to Contractor for Transportation, packaging, and Storage: a) Where critical equipment of high value is involved, suitable special instructions shall be conveyed to the supplier about the mode of transport, loading, avoidance of transhipment and, if necessary, provision of escorts. b) In the case of chemicals, powdery materials, liquid materials, and so on, parties may be advised on proper packaging to avoid spillage enroute, pollution problems, and conforming to the ISO 14001 standard. c) Special attention should be paid to the perishable goods, considering their timesensitive nature, regarding their packaging, transportation, handling, storage (cold storage/ cold chain), and FIFO (First In First Out) system of delivery. d) In case Procuring Entity arranges transport, suitable instructions may be incorporated in the transportation contract accordingly.

3. In the case of FOB/ FAS contracts, the Procuring Entity shall make shipping arrangements. The Contractor shall give adequate notice to the Procuring Entity and its Forwarding Agents/ Nominees about the readiness of the cargo from time to time and at least six weeks’ notice in advance of the required date of dispatch for finalising the shipping arrangements. In the case of CFR contracts, the contractor shall arrange the shipment as per the instructions from the Procuring Entity. Should the Procuring Entity intend to airlift all or some of the Goods, the contractor shall pack the Goods accordingly upon receiving intimation to that effect. Such deliveries shall be agreed upon well in advance and paid for as may be mutually agreed. 9.6.2 Transfer of Title of Goods

1. The Title of goods and resultant rights and liabilities is transferred to the buyer at such time as the parties to the contract intend this to happen, as recorded in the terms of the contract. Please refer to para 3.2-2-d) of Appendix 2.

2. Unless otherwise stated in the contract, notwithstanding any inspection and approval by the Inspecting Officer on the contractor's premises, dispatch/ delivery/ in-transit, or any payments made to the contractor. Title of goods shall pass on to the Procuring Entity as specified by the terms of delivery and other conditions of the contract. Till such time, the Goods, and every constituent part thereof, whether in the possession or control of the contractor, his agents or servants or a carrier, or the joint possession of the contractor, his agents or servants and the Procuring Entity, his agents, or servants, shall remain in every respect at the risk of the contractor and the Contractor shall be responsible for all loss, destruction, damage, or deterioration of or to the Goods from any cause whatsoever while the Goods. The Contractor shall alone be entitled and responsible for making claims against any carrier in respect of non-delivery, short delivery, mis-delivery, loss, destruction, damage, or deterioration of the Goods entrusted to such carrier by the contractor for transmission to the ultimate consignee or the interim consignee, as the case may be.