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Warranty

Defects/Liability Period Warranty Period

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1 Year 2 to 15
Years

Project Final
Completion Acceptance

For the procurement of infrastructure projects, the contractors shall assume full responsibility
for the contract work from the time project construction commenced up to final acceptance
by the government and shall be held responsible for any damage or destruction of the works
except those occasioned by force majeure. The contractor shall be required to put up a
warranty security in the form of cash, bank guarantee, letter of credit, Government Service
Insurance System bond, or callable surely bond.

The defects liability period of infrastructure projects shall be one year from project
completion up to final acceptance by the Government. During this period, the contractor shall
undertake the repair works, at his own expenses, of any damage to the infrastructure
projects on account of the use of materials of inferior quality within ninety (90) days from the
time the head of the procuring entity has issued an order to undertake such repair works and
shall be entitled to full reimbursement of expenses incurred therein upon demand.

After final acceptance of the project by the Government, the contractor shall be held
responsible for structural defects and/or failure of the completed project within the following
warranty periods from final acceptance, except those occasioned by force majeure and
those caused by other parties.

a) Permanent Structures (15) years
Building of types 4 and 5, steel and concrete bridges, flyovers, concrete aircraft
movement areas, port, dams, diversion, tunnels, causeways, wharves, piers, dikes,
filtration and treatment plants, sewage systems, power plants, transmission and
communication towers, railway, and other similar structures.
b) Semi-Permanent Structures: Five (5) years
Building types 1, 2 and 3, concrete roads, asphalt roads, river control, drainage,
irrigation and drainage canals, municipal ports and river landing, deep wells, rock
causeway, pedestrian overpass, and other similar structures; and
c) Other Structures: Two (2) years
Bailey and wooden bridges, shallow wells, spring development, and other similar
structures.

In case where structural defects and/or failure arise during the warranty period, the following
persons/parties shall be held liable:
➢ Contractor – where structural defects and/or failure attributable to improper
construction use of inferior quality/substandard materials, and any violation of the
contract plans and specifications, the contractor shall be held liable;
➢ Consultants – where structural defects and/or failures arise due to fault and/or
inadequate design and specifications as well as construction supervision, then the
consultant who prepared the design or undertook construction supervision for the
project shall be held liable.