Quality Plans and Control. The Contractor is required to have in place, and follow, an approved Quality Assurance System for the execution of this Contract. To this end, the Contractor shall submit his proposed Quality Management Plan (QMP) to the Employer’s Agent for approval along with his up-front documentation required before the commencement of the Works. The QMP shall include the Contractor’s proposed Quality Control Plan (QCP) which shows how conformance to the QMP is to be documented. In addition to this, the Contractor is required to follow the Employer’s Agent’s Site Quality Control procedures which entails the following: • Contractor’s submission of Request for Inspection of Work; • Employer’s Agent’s signing-off of ‘hold points’ at each stage of the work (thereby authorising the Contractor to proceed with the next stage of the work). This may take several iterations should the Employer’s Agent require further work before signing-off. Work may not proceed on the next stage until the previous stage has been signed-off. Claims for particular items of completed work for each interim Payment Certificate will not be certified for payment where the required sign-offs have not been obtained. No claims for extension of time, nor any other form of compensation, will be entertained for delays in receiving the Employer’s Agent sign-offs on ‘hold points’ where, in the opinion of the Employer’s Agent, insufficient notice has been given to inspect and approve the Works. The default notice required is 48 hours. The Contractor shall submit copies of all his conformance documentation to the Employer’s Agent on a monthly basis and proof of recent calibration of all measuring devices that are to be used.
Quality Plans and Control. The requirements for Quality Plans and Control are stated in Section A1.2.8 of the Project Specification (C3.6).
5.1: Indicative Construction Programme
Quality Plans and Control. All work must be executed in accordance with prevailing industry norms and standards relating to quality. In this regard, the Contractor will be expected to draft quality plans for the Service Manager from time to time. Emphasis must be on improving system reliability and on ensuring that rostered maintenance work is indeed performed as and when required. A quality control plan should be developed for both the quarterly and the annual service requirements. The respective Service Manager should indicate his/her required intervention points on this plan: be it a hold, witness, or visual inspection point.
