PREAMBLE

1. The Bill of Quantities shall be read in conjunction with the Instructions to Bidder, the Forms of
Agreement, the Performance Security Agreement, the General and Special Conditions of
Contract, the Technical Specifications and the Drawings and such other documents as may be
available for inspection before tendering that do not form part of the Contract.

2. The rates and prices inserted by the Bidder shall include and shall be deemed to include (inter
alia) the following works, duties, liabilities and expenses of the Contract whether they are
separately itemised or specifically referred to in the Bill of Quantities or not.

(i) All the liabilities, obligations, contingencies and risks imposed by each and every one of
the Contract Documents referred to in Clause 1 hereof

(ii) The cost and expenses of all works and services and everything necessary for the due
execution, completion and maintenance of the Works.

3. Without affecting the generality of the foregoing provisions, the rates and prices entered by
the Contractor in the Bill of Quantities shall include the cost and expenses of the following:

(i) The provision, storage, transport, use and maintenance of all materials, plant,
equipment, machinery and tools;

(ii) The provision and maintenance of all staff and labour and their accommodation,
transport, etc., and the supply of all immigration permits and other requirements;

(iii) Setting out, measuring, inspection and supervision;

(iv) The provision, transport, use and maintenance of all consumable stores, fuel, water,
drainage, electricity and telephones, including those required under the Contract by
the Engineer and his staff;

(v) Sampling, testing and trials and checking information given by the Engineer;

(vi) Damage caused to the works under construction, plant materials and consumable
stores by weather conditions;

(vii) The provision, erection and removal of all Contractor’s offices, plant yards, stores and
temporary works, including fencing and all site restrictions;

(viii) Repairs to the Works during the Period of Defects Liability;

4. A price or rate is to be inserted, in ink, against each item in the Bill of Quantities and its
Schedules whether quantities are stated or not, and if the Tenderer includes the cost of a
particular item elsewhere in his rates of prices he shall insert the word “nil” against both the
rate and extensions of that particular item. Should the Tenderer omit to price an Item then it
will be assumed that he has included the cost of the item elsewhere in his rates or prices. No
alterations shall be made to the Bill of Quantities or its Schedules and no extra item shall be
inserted.

5. The quantities stated in the Bills are estimated only. They are given so that Tender can be both
made out and compared on an equal basis and are no guarantee that such quantities will in
fact be required, reduced or exceeded.

6. The quantity of each and every item of work in the Bills of Quantities executed in accordance
with the Contract shall be measured out in the units of Bills relating to such quantity.

7. Unless otherwise stated, all measurements shall be net taken on the finished work carried out
in accordance with the details shown on the drawings, with no allowance for cutting, waste or
other matters. All thickness stated are minimum finished and compacted thickness, and the
prices shall include for any extra thickness necessary to obtain these minimum.

Any work performed in excess of the requirements of the plans and specifications, such as over
depth excavation, extra thickness of subbase, base or surfacing, etc., will not be paid for, unless
ordered in writing by the Engineer.

Bill No. 1 - Preliminary and General of the Bill of Quantities has been set out to fulfill two main objectives:

(a) To enable the Contractor to tender in reasonable detail the separate charges in respect of his
general contractual, Supervisory, overhead and organisational obligations, as well as the charges
associated with office and accommodation facilities, establishment, Contractor's Equipment,
Temporary Works, and the like.

(b) To categorize the items for the obligations as referred to in a) above so as to provide the Contractor
the opportunity to tender the charges associated with each item in such a way as to facilitate
evaluation, assessment and payment of the effects on these obligations of:

i) Variations ordered by the Engineer

ii) Changes to physical conditions encountered both foreseeable and unforeseen and/or
 iii) Extensions of time granted by the Engineer under the respective clauses of the Conditions of
Contract.

8. All provisional sums are to be expended in whole or in part at the direction and discretion of
the Engineer in accordance with the General and Special Conditions of Contract. The
Contractor shall not be entitled to any time extensions for works carried out under the
provisional sums items.

9. The Contractor must satisfy himself that the Contract figure, arrived at, represents the full and
final cost of the works. No claim for misguidance or misinterpretation shall be considered
under any circumstances.