Common use of Certificate of Completion of works Clause in Contracts

Certificate of Completion of works. 3.14.1 When the whole of the work has been completed and has satisfactory passed any final test that may be prescribed by the Contract, the Contractor may give a notice to that effect to the Engineer-in- Charge accompanied by an undertaking to carry out any rectification work during the period of maintenance, such notice and undertaking shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be request by the Contractor for the Engineer-in-Charge to issue a Certificate of completion in respect of the Works. The Engineer-in-Charge shall, within twenty one days of the date of delivery of such notice either issue to the Contractor, a certificate of completion stating the date on which, in his opinion, the works were completed in accordance with the Contract or give instructions in writing to the Contractor specifying all the Works which, in the Engineer-in-Charge'’ opinion, required to be done by the Contractor before the issue of such Certificate. The Engineer-in-Charge shall also notify the Contractor of any defects in the Works affecting completion that may appear after such instructions and before completion of the Works specified there in. The Contractor shall be entitled to receive such Certificate of the Completion within twenty-one days of completion to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Charge of the Works so specified and making good of any defects so notified. 3.14.2 Similarly, the Contractor may request and the Engineer-in-Charge shall issue a Certificate of Completion in respect of: a) Any section of the Permanent works in respect of which a separate time for completion is provided in the Contract, and b) Any substantial part of the Permanent Works which has been both completed to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Charge and occupied or used by the Department. 3.14.3 If any part of the Permanent Works shall have been completed and shall have satisfactorily passed any final test that may be prescribed by the Contract, the Engineer-in-Charge may issue such certificate, and the Contractor shall be deemed to have undertaken to complete any outstanding work in that part of the Works during the period of Maintenance.