TRANSPORT AGREEMENT (Agreement) THIS AGREEMENT made on this
Day of
2015 between
a Company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, having its registered office at which expression shall, unless repugnant to the context, be deemed to include its successor in business and assigns) of ONE PART And Having their Head office at (the “Transporter” which expression shall, unless repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, include its successors-in-interest and assigns) of the Other Part. and the Transporter are hereinafter jointly referred to as “parties” and individually as “party”.
WHEREAS A.
want to transport Chemical Products in tankers/trucks hereinafter referred to as “Goods” from their factory/warehouse to agreed destinations as per annexure in India;
B. The Transporter had submitted their /its quotations for rendering services as desired by
C. After reviewing the quotations and Transporter for two years Term.
requirements the contract is awarded to the
D. This agreement supersedes all previous agreements and its amendments
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED BY & BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AS FOLLOWS: 1. Definitions and interpretations In this agreement 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 1.7.
Agreement - Means this agreement and any schedules and attachments to it, and any document incorporated by reference, and any amendment agreed in writing between the parties. Charges – Means transporter’s charges for the performance of services as per Annexure A. Transporters’ Vehicles – Means any vehicle used by transporters in the performance of services, whether or not owned by the Transporter. Commencement Date – Means 02.03.2015 or a new date notified by at any time before that date, or such other date as may be agreed between parties Customer – Means a consignor or consignee of goods, as the case maybe. Driver – Means employee of the transporter and /or any person who is licensed to drive the category of vehicle in the course of performance of services. Drivers safety program – Means ’s drivers safety program from time to time in course including any amendment, update, new version or replacement issued by
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1.8. 1.9.
1.10.
Goods – Means chemicals in any form, hazardous or non- hazardous, raw, semi-finished or finished and shall also include machinery and equipment/s. KPI’s – Key Performance Indicators – means the performance criteria specified by from time to time to measure the performance of transporters in various area of performance including but not limited to customer service, safety and productivity improvement and will initially include the indicators (If any) mentioned in the procedures. Services – Means the distribution and related services to be provided by transporters for under this Agreement.
2. Safety First 2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
2.4.
2.5.
2.6.
2.7. 2.8.
considers safety to be one of the highest importance in all its business and operations, including work done by its transporters, Road transport is one of the highest risk area and is focused on reducing number and frequency of the road related incidents and fatalities. requires transporter to comply with policies, procedures, guidance and other requirements that related to safety and to co-operated fully with in achieving ’s safety aim These safety requirements are material provision of the atonement and failure to comply with them may lead to termination under clause 11.1. In addition may terminate or suspend this agreement if at any time it reasonably considers that Transporter’s activity or behaviors is endangering the safety of any person or environment . The Transporter and its employees shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety and health of all persons when carrying out the Services and shall comply with the rules and regulations on health, safety and environment, drugs and alcohol, fire protection and security issued by . shall be entitled to request that the Transporter and/or any of its employees, agents or sub-transporters who are on the Site or who wish to enter the Site undergo the necessary tests to determine whether or not such person is under the influence of drugs or alcohol provided always that the tests shall not be carried out without the consent of such person. The Transporter shall have his own emergency response procedure as a backup to response center. In case of any incident at a distant location (from Response Centre) requiring immediate attendance, appointed Transporter must be in a position to dispatch their emergency response personnel to incident site. The Transporter has to comply with the gate check list requirements. All vehicles to be placed by Transporter should comply with specifications set out in gate entry check list. reserves the right to reject vehicle which is not complying with requirements. In case of rejection, Transporter need to replace the vehicle within 3 hours. would be at liberty to levy strict penalties for each case of compliance violation. As part of ’s safety requirements, Transporters must ensure that vehicles reporting at any sites or warehouses must ensure the vehicles are fully compliant to EHS and TDS requirements.
3. Appointment, Commencement and Duration
3.1.
3.2. 3.3.
appoints Transporter and Transporter agrees to carry and deliver by road such goods as may require and from ’s depot and other nominated sites in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. Provision of services shall start on the commencement date. This agreement shall commence from and would remain valid for two years. may at its option be able to extend it by one more year by giving notice to Transporter. This extension right does not apply again at the end of any extension.
4. Transporters Vehicle 4.1.
Transporter’s Vehicle shall 4.1.1 Comply with all applicable transport regulations and comply with all legal requirements and Transporter shall make all necessary payments relating to statutory compliance. 4.1.2 Be kept in a mechanically sound and roadworthy and clean condition during transit by Transporter. 4.1.3 Comply with the requirements set out in clause 2.5 of this agreement. 4.1.4 Ensure load for safety and security of goods during transit. 4.1.5 The Transporter shall ensure all Personal Protective Equipment as required as per the site Gate check list is physically available in the vehicle and is in working condition.
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5. Transporter’s Drivers 5.1 5.2
5.3 5.4 5.5
5.6 5.7
Transporter shall ensure that drivers comply with the requirements of clause 5. A driver must be and remain authorized and approved by transporters in accordance with the transporter’s driver selection procedure. The Transporter has to train and deploy licensed drivers for their fleet of vehicles and maintain the photographs and last known residential address of their Drivers and cleaners. Photocopies of license of the drivers would be retained by transporter and shall be provided to on demand. Each driver must have a driving license which is valid for Transporters vehicle and if vehicle is carrying dangerous goods, license for the carrying dangerous goods. Each driver shall participate in and comply with the requirement s of ’s road safety programs. Each driver must comply with all applicable road and traffic laws and regulations. Each driver must comply with all applicable laws and regulations related to hours of driving, working and rest and with all ’s standard or guidance on such matters as updated from time to time. Each driver must be of neat and clean appearance. Each driver shall treat customers with courtesy and respect at all times and shall not do anything that may harm the reputations and image of and also Transporter.
5.8
Accidents and incidents involving goods or ’s equipment shall be reported to and managed by Transporter in accordance with accident reporting requirements in place from time to time. In case of cargo spillage the information has to be immediately sent to . This requires an immediate verbal report by the driver followed by written confirmation with full details within 24 hours by the Transporter. The driver shall attended to all legal requirements at the scene of the accident and Transporter and driver shall assist with any accident investigation and remedial actions in accordance with requirement and provide all relevant information on vehicle, GPS records, driver training and other records. Suitable alternative arrangement must be made by Transporter for transshipment of the material within 12 hrs, from the time of accident / breakdown at Transporter’s cost. In all such cases of accidents/ incidents transporter must ensure that all documents requested by is immediately arranged and submitted.
5.8
Transporter shall at all times practice sound labour relations and conform to the requirements of all applicable labour related legislation and regulations. Transporter agrees that, no person/agents below 18 years of age is engaged in performance of services.
5.9
In case driver or cleaner of vehicle is injured in incident, Transporter at its cost would provide best medical attention to driver and cleaner to bring the health of affected driver and cleaner to normalcy.
5.10
The Transport driver / cleaner once inside site/ warehouse should not undertake any activity which is not required to be performed by them except driving.
5.11
The Transporter shall ensure the presence of a Supervisor (preferably trained supervisor) at each of site/ warehouses and ensure safety requirements are adhered to by the Transporter staff.
5.12
will monitor performance of Transporter on the basis of KPI – (Key Performance Indicators) and service level Agreements (SLA) as per Annexure B of this agreement. Any non-conformance on the above would be dealt with very strictly and will lead to negative rating on Transporter’s performance.
6. Performance of Work 6.1
The Transporter shall obtain and maintain at its own cost and expense during the Term of this Agreement all permits, registrations, licenses, approvals authorizations, insurance policies and consents necessary for carrying on the business of Transport and shall furnish to with evidence of such permits, registrations, licenses, approvals authorizations, policies and consents / information which may request.
6.2
Transporter shall be responsible to comply with The Carriage by Road Act, 2007, as amended, The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended, Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 as amended and in case of transport of dangerous and hazardous goods Rule 132 to 137 of Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 in particular and any other laws effecting the transport of Goods as envisaged under this Agreement.
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6.3
Transporters shall load /deliver Goods as per the instructions of from depots or any other nominated locations using the shortest possible route as specified by from time to time. The Transporter must ensure all consignments are delivered within the lead times defined for each route. would impose penalty equivalent to detention charges for any shipment which is delayed for greater than 2 days above the defined lead times.
6.4
The Transporter shall provide the number of truck/tankers as may be required by on any day/dates. The Transporter shall also ensure that the truck/tankers are placed by 2 P.M or at such time indicated by representative at respective loading point
6.5
The Transporter shall take reasonable steps to provide safe and secure storage of Goods while in transit and further shall take steps to prevent deterioration/ contamination/ adulteration of Goods until delivery.
6.6
The Transporter shall issue Lorry Receipt, giving full details of the Goods and the quantity after loading of the materials in truck/tankers and after due weighment.
6.7
The Goods shall be weighed by the Transporter after loading. The Transporter shall be responsible for any discrepancy in weight of the Goods delivered. Any shortages would be recovered from Transporter. Shortages/ damages/ leakages due to fault of Transporter shall be fully recovered from the Transporter for the value of shortage/ damage/ leakage including the excise duty and taxes and proportionate freight costs.
6.8
The Transporter shall neither trans-ship nor load any other materials in the truck/tankers carrying the Goods during transit and in case if the same is found, the Transporter shall be entirely responsible for any damage/ shortage or loss of Goods in transit in case. The Transporter shall not have any lien on Goods in transit for transportation charges payable by to the Transporter under this Agreement .The Transporter shall act as a carrier and shall neither be entitled to mortgage or dispose off the Goods in his /its custody for carriage in any manner whatsoever.
6.9
After the truck/tankers are loaded, weighed and dispatched, the Transporter shall ensure that the Goods are delivered along with the documents under clear receipt to the intended destination. The Transporter shall take the acknowledgement at the destination for delivery of the Goods, on delivery challan / L.R. which shall be submitted to . The Transporter shall be responsible for safe custody and security of the Goods and its delivery. The transporter must ensure that the vehicles reach the destination latest by 14:00 hours failing which no detention charges for that particular day would be payable if the vehicle reaches after 14:00 hrs.
6.10
In case of loss of Cenvat copy of Invoice, the Transporter shall submit FIR & Affidavit at the time of unloading the material. An amount equivalent to the Cenvat / Sales Tax shall be withheld till its clearance from the Excise Authority.
6.11
The Transporter shall ensure all Daily / Monthly reports as required by within the defined timelines.
6.12
The Transporter shall collect all the documents like excise documents (Cenvat copy of Invoice), road permits duly filled etc. before leaving the factory /warehouse and shall be responsible for its safe keeping and delivery at destination. In case the original excise documents (Cenvat copy of Invoice) are misplaced or lost during transit, reserves the right to recover all losses/damages incurred/arising due to loss of the said documents. Transporter should not leave the premises with the loaded vehicle without complete set of documents from Authorities.
6.13
Transporter would be required to preserve all the copies of LR and customer acknowledgement for at least up to three years from the date of delivery and agree to provide the copies as and when requested by
6.14
Transporter shall immediately inform of any ina in accordance with the allocated delivery schedule.
6.15
All operational communications by Transporter shall be directed in the first place to Supply Chain Transport Operations.
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is submitted
ity to pick up or deliver goods
’s
6.16
During the term of the Agreement, if the Transporter is for any reason unable to provide services to , may obtain all or part of services in any way it considers appropriate including through its own internal arrangement by engaging other transporters. If the total cost to of obtaining such services is higher than the charges that would have applied under this agreement, then Transporter will immediately on demand pay such additional cost to .
6.17
may at any time and in any location, and giving such notice if any as it considers appropriate, audit Transporter and its agents/supervisors to establish whether transporter is complying with this agreement.
7. Insurance and Security & Transit Loss 7.1
Transporters shall at all times carry the following insurances 7.1.1
A valid policy of insurance under 141 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989.
7.1.2
In case of transport of hazardous substances defined under the Environment Protection Act,1986, policy issued under the Public Lia ity Insurance Act,1991 to cover a sum of Rs.5,00,00,000/- (Rupees Five Crore only ) for one accident and Rs. 15,00,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Crores only) in the aggregate.
7.1.3 Any other insurance policy as required by applicable laws and regulations.
7.2
Each policy shall include an indemnity to policy applies.
for any action of transporter to which the
7.3
In the event of road accident or theft, Transporter must arrange for FIR /Spot survey and other necessary documents related to insurance claim / Custom & Excise formalities. In respect of all material damage & short / non delivery claims, Transporter shall inform to and undertake all such obligations required for filing of the claim. Currently, has a comprehensive Insurance policy covering stocks in Storage and stocks in transit, anywhere in Indian Territory. However in case of transit losses, less than Rs.30000/has policy not to lodge with claim from insurance company but same will be deductible from your transportation ls.
7.4.
The Transporter further agrees that in the event of non-settlement of claim by the insurance company due to the failure of submission of certain documents, including damage certificate which are required to be furnished by the Transporter, the amount equivalent to the unsettled amount, shall be recoverable by from the Transporter.
7.5
Notwithstanding the above, the Transporter would be entirely responsible for the lia ity / consequences of any infringement under The Carriage by Road Act, 2007, as amended, The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended and the applicable Rules thereof or any other laws effecting the transport of Goods as envisaged under this Contract.
7.6
shall be entitled to recover losses from the pending ls of the Transporter in the event of any damage default / pilferages / shortage of Goods by the Transporter. Transit loss of up to 0.5 % of goods transported (Only in case of Liquid Cargo) would be allowed. would be entitled to recover the losses in excess of aforesaid limit of 0.5 % from Transporter.
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Transporters Charges
8.1.
shall pay Transporter for the services the charges, plus any applicable value added tax Transporter has calculated and agreed such charges on the basis of all its cost associated with performing the services and all its obligations under this Agreement.
8.2.
Charges would be paid on the basis of trip rates as per Annexure A of this agreement and any other freight rates which are mutually agreed and conveyed in writing to transporter from time to time.
8.3.
Diesel Escalations on Transporter charges would be mutually agreed from time to time.
8.4.
Transporter would not claim any charges from agreement or has not been accepted by in writing.
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other than mentioned in this
8.5.
The Transporter shall submit all the ls together with acknowledged copy of Delivery Challan / Lorry Receipt confirming receipt of the Goods in good condition and weight as recorded in the Delivery Challan / Lorry Receipt at the destination. The Transporter shall raise ls Lorry Receipt wise and two or more Lorry Receipts can be allowed to be clubbed in one l. The Transporter shall provide scanned copies of the Lorry Receipt (both sides) whenever the same is requested.
8.6.
The Transporter must ensure their outstanding statement is emailed by the 5 th of every month.
8.7.
Every quarter the Transporter must submit a NIL Balance bond on Rs.100/- non judicial stamp paper as per the format provided by
8.8.
The ls complete in all respects shall be processed for payments, else shall be returned to the Transporter for re-submission. The Transporter must ensure a soft copy of the l statement is submitted to the Operations team as per the required format. All ls must be submitted as per the format required by .
8.9.
The payment of the accepted their due submission. However with proper justification for the delay and
8.10.
may deduct from any amount due any withholding tax or other deduction required by law and any other monies due from transporter to on any account whatsoever.
ls shall be made no earlier than thirty (30) days of ls more than six months old can be accepted only decision is final.
9. Ethics 9.1
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Transporter acknowledges that activity.
9.2
expects Transporter to maintain consistently high standard of integrity in all its business relationships with and to the highest possible standards of all professional competence in all its activities. During supplying services to , Transporter agrees that it shall not knowingly take any action which violates the code of ethics which Transporter acknowledges as received and understood. No employee or officer is authorized to propose to transporter or approve conduct inconsistent with the code of ethics.
9.3
shall have the right to terminate or suspend at any time during such suspension, terminate this agreement and any other agreement or business relationships with Transporter if Transporter is in material breach of the code of ethics and Transporter fails to remedy such breach after written notification by within the cure period specified by
Lia 10.1
ity and indemnity Transporter shall (without the need for proof of negligence or fault) indemnify, defend and hold and its respective officers, directors, employees and representatives harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, actions, damages, lia ities, penalties, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs) (collectively, Losses) including and/or resulting from any: (a) (b) (c) (d)
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has a code of ethics which applies to all its business and
willful misconduct or negligent acts or omissions of Transporter its Driver, employees and agents leading to losses to Goods; any failure of Transporter to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement; a breach of any of the representations, warranties and/or covenants on the part of the Transporter contained herein; Violation by Transporter of any of its statutory obligations or violation of laws, rules or regulations by the Transporter.
Termination 11.1
If any of the events referred to in clause 11.2 occur to one party, the other party may by written notice either 11.1.1 Terminate this agreement or any part of it or
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11.1.2 Suspend performance of this agreement or any part of it and any time during such suspension terminate this agreement or any part of it. 11.2
The events referred to in clause 11.1 are 11.2.1 Either party (being an individual), commits any act of bankruptcy or (being a partnership) any of the partners commits any act of bankruptcy or (being a company) has a receiver, administrator or similar appointed or goes into liquidation. 11.2.2. Either party commits any breach of any material provision of this agreement and fails to remedy or stop the breach within a cure period specified in writing by the other party, which must be reasonable period. 11.2.3 Transporter or any of its drivers employees or agents engage in any act of dishonesty, serious misconduct or serious neglect of duty or breach of confidentiality or refuse to comply with any reasonable instructions or directions given by . 11.2.4 There is change in ownership or control of transporter.
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11.3
If an event of force majeure affects operations under this agreement for more than thirty days either party may by written notice terminate this agreement.
11.4
Termination will be without prejudice to any accrued rights of either party.
11.5
may also terminate this Contract by giving One month’s notice without assigning any reason. Upon receipt of termination notice, the Transporter shall continue to render the services up to the effective date of termination.
Acknowledgment by Transporter. 12.1
Transporter declares and agrees that under this agreement, it is an independent transporter and neither it nor any driver employee, agent or subcontractor of it is an employee, partner or joint venture with .
12.2
Transporter acknowledges that this agreement confers no exclusive rights upon it and may engage other transporters to deliver and collect goods for it and that is under no obligation to provide transporter with continuous work or with any particular level of work.
12.3 Transporter acknowledges that neither transporter nor any transporters drivers, employees agents or sub transporters have any right or claim against arising in connection with services, for any employment related benefit such as but not limited to wages, salaries, fees, compensation for injury or death, tax, insurance, leave pension and superannuation, contributions or benefits, or any payments or benefits under any industrial award. 12.4
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Transporter shall indemnify against any claim (including all legal and other costs, lia ities, fines, awards and damages related to such claim) by Transporter or any of the Transporters current or former drivers, employees’ agents or subcontractors in relation to employee benefits arising in connection with the services.
Force Majeure 13.1
A party shall not be liable for failing to perform its obligations under this agreement and any such obligations shall be suspended, to the extent such failure arises from circumstances beyond its reasonable control (including but not limited to civil unrest, strikes, quarantine, act of god, disruption of public services or of utilities including electricity and transport, action or inaction of public authority) provided that party 13.1.1 Immediately notifies the other party in writing of the such existence of such circumstances and the anticipated duration and effect and provides timely updates any significant changes or developments and 13.1.2 takes all reasonable steps to mitigate and avoid the impact of such circumstances, and to recommence performance of its obligations as soon as reasonably practicable.
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Confidentiality 14.1 Both parties shall keep confidential and not disclose the commercial terms of this agreement. 14.2 Transporter acknowledges that in the course of performance of the services it may acquire commercial information relating to and its goods and business transporter shall keep all such information in the strictest confidence and will not disclose that information directly or indirectly to anyone not use it for its own benefit or for the benefit of any third party, or for any purpose other than in performance of this agreement. 14.3
Clause 14.1 and 14.2 shall not apply to the information which is in public domain other than through reach of this clause 14 or which is required to be disclosed by law.
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has entered into this agreement after assessing the capa ities of the transporter and this agreement is personal to transporter and cannot be assigned or sub contracted in whole or part by transporter. Provided however that this shall not prevent the Transporter from using Third party owned vehicles and independent drivers for performing services subject to their complying with the requirements and norms of .
16 Governing laws and dispute resolution 16.1
This agreement shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of India
16.2
If there is dispute under this agreement, the parties shall first try to resolve it at an appropriate level within each organization, and either party may at any time give notice to the other setting out the nature of dispute and requiring it to be considered by senior executives of each party.
16.3
A party may not commence legal proceedings against the other before the end of the 28 days period.
16.4
During any dispute under this agreement, both parties shall continue to perform their respective obligations.
16.5
The parties agree that the Court at Mumbai will have exclusive jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to this agreement.
17 Miscellaneous 17.1 This agreement supersedes all previous understandings and/or agreements, oral and/or written, between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and contains the entire understanding of the Parties as to the subject matter hereof. 17.2 All notices and communications from transporter under this agreement shall be sent to Sr. Manager – Logistics Procurement India Limited, Plot No. T-12, TTC Industrial Area, Turbhe, Navi Mumbai
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have set their hands to this agreement the day, month and year first hereinabove written. SIGNED & DELIVERED for & on behalf of India Limited
Authorized Signatory
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in the presence of
SIGNED & DELIVERED for & on behalf of the within named
Authorized Signatory
in the presence of
ANNEXURE A – Transportation Charges
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Annexure B – Service Levels & KPI – Bulk Transportation
1. Booking Request: Vehicle booking request will be sent by email. Transporter is expected to act on this promptly without any phone reminder. 2. Vehicle Placement: The Transporter shall place the number of vehicles as may be required by on any day. a. For non-dedicated tankers being, transporter should ensure that for all vehicle requests given by 7 p.m. are placed within 48 hours or as specified in the booking request. b. For dedicated vehicles, tankers should be placed immediately after return journey. c. For dedicated vehicles, maximum 2 days per month would be given for vehicle preventive maintenance and statutory compliance, which should be carried out while tanker is on return journey. 3. Risk Purchase - During the term of the Agreement if the Transporter is, for any reason, unable to provide desired vehicles to , will impose penalty of 2500 INR per day till the time vehicle is placed. may obtain all or part of services in any way it considers appropriate including through its own internal arrangement by engaging other transporters. If the total cost to of obtaining such services is higher than the charges that would have applied under this agreement, would debit the differential cost to transporter for obtaining such services. 4. Adherence to delivery lead time a. Transporters shall deliver goods to customers, depots or any other nominated locations using the shortest possible approved route or as specified by from time to time. The Transporter must ensure all consignments are delivered as per the lead times defined for each route (neither early nor late) – Refer Annexure C attached for lead time. All transit times are excluding loading day. b. A deviation from agreed lead time will be considered as “service incident”. 5. Leakage / Spillage / Pilferage / In-transit damage – a. expects NIL leakages, spillage, pilferage and in-transit damages.
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b.
shall be entitled to recover losses from the pending ls of the Transporter in the event of any shortage / leakage / weighbridge errors / transit losses from the Transporter. Transit loss of up to 0.5 % would be allowed and in case of losses more than 0.5%, would be entitled to recover entire losses from transporter.
c.
In case of material rejection by customer due to pilferage / adulteration, a penalty of 5% of invoice value or actual material value, whichever is higher, will be levied on transporter. This penalty will increase by 5% for every subsequent case of pilferage / adulteration during the tenure of the contract. Also freight charges for this trip will not be paid and transporter will have no claim on the goods.
d. In the event of road accident, damages up to Rs.30000/- would be recovered from transporter. Also transporter would provide the following documents -- FIR / panchnama, original LR, Damage / shortage certificate from transporter and acknowledge the monetary claim sent by . In case of failure to provide the documents, will recover entire amount from transporter. 6. Gate Check Compliance – All vehicles placed by transporter should comply with ’s gate check requirements (sample gate check list attached as annexure). Failure of compliance and rejection thereafter will be considered as a “service incident”. 7. Consignee/Customer complaints – would not tolerate any complaints from consignee pertaining to driver behavior and disciplines. Any damages done to any property due to negligence of driver while inside premises or customer’s premises would be recovered from transporter. 8. Document Accuracy – Transporter has to submit the daily report of all in-transit & completed dispatches every morning by 11 a.m. as per format. Transporter should ensure the accuracy of the provided data.
9. POD/LR submission a. Soft copy of acknowledged LR for all deliveries should be made available to within 15 days of delivery by email. In case transporter fails to provide LR copy within 15 days, would impose penalty of Rs.500/b. Original copy of the endorsed LR must be sent along with l. In case of misplacement or loss of POD, would impose penalty of Rs.1000/- and would settle the transportation l only after bond is submitted by transporter along with photocopy of LR duly acknowledged by customer. 10.
l Submission: Transporter should submit the l to as per the frequency & submission date fixed by . The l should be accompanied by the soft copy as per the format. reserves the right to change the format as per the requirements.
11. Nil Balance Confirmation: The Transporter must ensure their outstanding statement is emailed by the 5th of every month. Also transporter must quarterly submit a NIL Balance bond on Rs.100/- non judicial stamp paper as per the format provided by within 5 days of beginning of every quarter. 12. Express services: may ask customized services as & when required for fulfilling customer request. a. Tracking services: For all bulk tankers, GPS tracking device is mandatory and would be entitled to reject the vehicle for not having the device and invoke risk purchase clause as per above. b. Double Driver: Extra driver for the vehicle must be available based on request with clear understanding that night driving is not allowed. Additional cost of _______INR per day will be given subject to fulfilling below criteria: Standard Lead time(days)
Lead time reduction by Extra driver
0-3
0
4-7
1
8-10
2
11
11-14
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13. Penalty for service incident: For each “service incident”, transporter will be penalized 1000 INR.
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