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ThisOperation and Maintenance Contract is entered by and between:
AND
WHEREAS:
1. DEFINITIONSAND INTERPRETATIONS
1.1. Definitions
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"Change in Law" means the occurrence of any of the following,
subsequent to the date of this Contract:
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turbines; (b) in respect of either Party (i) any person or its Affiliates
or a promoter, director or partner of such person who has been
convicted for any criminal offence involving dishonesty or
corruption or has been debarred from dealing in securities in the
capital markets by the Securities and Exchange Board of India or
is in the caution list of the Reserve Bank of India or has been
barred from performing obligations similar to those contained in
this Contract in any jurisdiction; and (ii) any person or its Affiliate
which has pending litigation with the party in any jurisdiction;
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or municipal government or quasi-government, ministry,
governmental department, government authority, commission,
board, bureau, agency, instrumentality, executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative body or any other state utility
having or purporting to have jurisdiction over the Project, Project
Site or any portion thereof and performance of the obligations
and exercise of rights of the Parties in accordance with this
Contract, or any matter arising from or in connection with this
Contract;
"High Wind Season" shall mean the period of the year from April
to September;
"Low Wind Season" shall mean the period of the year from
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October to March;
"SBAR" means the State Bank of India base rate used for the
purposes of interest rate determination under this Contract, from
time to time, in accordance with Reserve Bank of India norms;
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Schedule 1 of this Contract;
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set of three blades, tubular towers, transformer, lighting
protection, cables, lifts, control panels, indoor switchgear and
aviation lights (if required) in accordance with the Technical
Specifications;
1.2. Interpretation
(a) The words importing the singular shall mean the plural and
vice versa; and words importing the masculine shall include
the feminine and neuter and vice-versa.
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{i} Unlessotherwise provided, whenever provision is made for
the giving or issuingof any notice, endorsement, consent,
approval, permission, certificate or determination by any
person, such notice, etc., shall be reasonably given, shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and
3. TERM
3.2. The Parties agree that, 3 {three} months prior to the expiry of the
Term, the Owner shall intimate the Contractor of its intention to
extend the Term and thereafter the Partiesshall mutually discuss
the terms of such extension.
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The Contractor shall provide all such assistance in the last 3
(three) months of the Term. The Owner is entitled, at its own
discretion, to deploy another contractor during this period of 3
(three) months. However, the Contractor shall remain liable for
the guarantees and warranties provided for in this Contract
during this 3 (three) months period.
3.5. Following the expiry of the Term or the termination of this Contract
as per Clause 20 and subject to Clause 3.4 above, the Contractor
shall co-operate with the Owner to ensure the smooth and
efficient hand over of the Project Site to the Owner and remove
all its Equipment and any material owned by it from the Project
Site, including any plant, machinery and Spare Parts, within a
reasonable time period. The Contractor shall ensure that all
manuals, logs and records of the Equipment, including the WTG's,
DP Yards and 33kV line, and any other document pertaining to
the Project are handed over to the Owner, including Intellectual
Property Rights,if any, owned by the Contractor, but required for
the operation and maintenance of the Project, are licensed to
the Owner for the life of the Project, irrevocably, non- exclusively,
and free of charge. Said license may be assigned only together
with the Project. The Owner shall be entitled to grant a sublicense
of such Intellectual property Rights to third party contractors for
the limited purpose of operation and maintenance of this Project.
Upon the expiry of the Term or termination of this Contract, the
Contractor shall also provide the following: (i) all records,
manuals, handover notes, SCADA system, etc and ensure the
integration of the SCADA of the contractor with the current
system; and (ii) availability of Spare Partsat a market price.
4.1. The Services in respect of Wind Farm and the Wind Farm Level
Infrastructure, at the Project Site, shall be performed by the
Contractor, free of cost for a period of 10 (ten) months from the
date of Commissioning of the relevant WTG ("Free O&M Period").
4.2.
("InterimFee"). The Contractor shall raise a separate invoice for
the Interim Fee after the Free O&M period of the last WTG, and
the Owner shall pay within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of
receipt of such invoice. In the event that the period between the
Commissioning of the first WTG and the last WTG of the Project
exceed by a period of 90 (ninety) days, the Parties shall mutually
discuss and agree upon an extended interim period or revise the
terms of this Contract in relation to such interim period.
4.3. The Operation and Maintenance Price per WTG ("Operation and
Maintenance Price" or "O&M Price") shall be given in the table
below:
4.4. The Operation and Maintenance Price isexclusive of all the Taxes.
Any Tax, fee or charge that may be imposed by any Government
Authority in respect of the Owner's WTGsduring the term shall be
borne by the Owner.
4.5. Invoices for the Operation and Maintenance Price shall be raised
by the Contractor quarterly in advance, and for other amounts
payable by the Owner under this Contract as and when such
liability of the Owner arises,as mutually agreed upon.
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amount along with applicable interest, after the completion of
30 (thirty) days from the date on which interest is payable, the
Owner reserves the right to issue a notice for termination of the
O&M Services.
4.7. In the event that either party finds any discrepancy in any invoice
or claim raised by the other party, the receiving party shall be
entitled to give a written notice of such discrepancy and the
reasons thereof, to the issuing party, within a period of 5 (five)
BusinessDays from the date of receipt of such invoice.
4.8. The receiving party shall, in such an event, pay such part of the
invoice value as is not discrepant and withhold that part of the
invoice value which is discrepant ("Discrepant Amount"), till such
time that the discrepancy is resolved between the Parties.
Notwithstanding the above, when the issuing party receives a
notice in relation to Discrepant Amounts, it shall not in any
circumstances discontinue the performance of its obligations
under this Contract.
5. TERMS OF PAYMENT
5.1. Subject to Clause 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 above, the Owner shall make
undisputed payments to the Contractor within 15 (fifteen)
BusinessDays from the date of receipt of the Contractor's invoice
in original. For the first quarter of every financial year, the O&M
Price shall be paid after the finalization of the Resource
Availability, in accordance with the terms of this Contract.
5.2. The invoice shall be raised as per the format mutually agreed.
5.3. In the event the Owner defaults on the payment of the O&M
Price, as agreed under Clause supra, the Owner shall pay default
interest at the rate of SBAR,prevailing on the date of such default
on the due payments calculated from the due date up to the
actual date of realisation by the Contractor of the said payments
("Default Interest").
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of the applicable withheld Taxes and works contract tax, as
applicable.
6. SUBCONTRACTING
6.2. Nothing in the Contract shall create any obligation on the part of
the Owner to pay to, or to see to the payment of any sums to
any sub-contractor, unless specifically agreed by both the
Parties. The Contractor shall be responsible in all aspects and at
all times for any and all sub-contractors' acts or omissions.
8. CONTRACTOR'S OBLIGATIONS
8.1. Access
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regarding scheduling and forecasting shall be borne by the
Owner. Furtherthe Owner will be responsible for UICharges or any
other applicable charges.
The Contractor shall obtain and maintain at the Owner's cost, all
Government Approvals as may be applicable from time to time
for the operation of the Project and the WTGsin accordance with
Applicable Laws and the terms of this Contract.
8.3. Except as set forth in Clause 8.4, the Owner shall, during the Term
of this Contract, without the prior written consent of the
Contractor, except as set forth in Clause 8.4, neither procure any
services from any contractor other than the Contractor nor
perform any services on the Wind Farm by itself.
8.4. The Owner may procure the Servicesfrom a party (or, in the case
of sub-clause (a) below, the Contractor itself) other than the
Contractor (such Person, a "Replacement/Additional
Contractor") in the following circumstances:
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9.1. The Owner shall have the right to appoint an Owner's Engineer
and the Owner's Consultants, to inspect the operation and
maintenance of the Wind Farm, at its own cost. The Owner's
Engineer and the Owner's Consultants, as appointed by the
Owner shall have a right for monitoring of operations and
maintenance of the Project, on behalf of the Owner, to ensure
that the Contractor's standard practices are followed, the
Contractor's stipulated qualities are maintained, the O&M
Manual, the O&M Plan and Quality, Health, Safety and
Environment Plans are followed. The Owner's Engineer shall
engage in monitoring of the Project activities during the term of
this Contract However, such Owner's Engineer shall adhere to the
Contractor's Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Plan and
shall not hinder the Servicesand performance of WTG.
9.2. The Owner's Engineer shall have full authority to act on behalf of
the Owner, at all times during the term of this Contract. With
regard to all technical matters, the Contractor shall perform its
obligations in accordance with this Contract.
9.4. The Owner's Engineer and the Owner's Consultants shall not be a
Disqualified Third Party.
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11. WARRANTIES
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% Resource Availability = ----------------------------------------------
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Where
K = No. of WTGs
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YR = = Total Time = No. of days under consideration X 24 (Le. hours
in a day) = 8784 hrsin case of leap years, and 8760 hrs otherwise
A Force Majeure Event shall not relieve a Party from any liability
for an obligation which arose before the occurrence of that
event, nor does that event affect the obligation to pay money in
a timely manner which matured prior to the occurrence of that
event.
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(f) conditions caused by the proven wrongful acts of the
Party claiming Force Majeure Event;
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be mutually discussed between the parties. O&M
Contractor has to demonstrate and prove that the
sudden stoppage or tripping has been caused by
external grid conditions.
TNA = Time Not Available means the number of hoursin which the
WTG is not operative due to reasons other than covered in
ExclusionEvents,Grid Failure and Force Majeure. Except that the
specific hours during which a WTGisnot operating or not ready to
operate due to a fault within the Equipment covered by the
Resource Availability Warranty will not be allocated as an
exclusion to the availability simply because of a coincidence of
such conditions unlessit is proven that the exclusion provided for
in this Contract was the cause of the fault within the equipment
covered by the availability warranty.
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of calculation of contractual availability as a reduced number
proportional to the ratio of the de-rated capacity of the WTG
compared to the nominal capacity of the WTG,regardless of the
prevailing wind conditions, as per the following formula:
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I [YR-( TNA2)]
k=l
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Contractor against claim to be raised by the Contractor and
mutually agreed with the Owner.
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The Contractor to stabilize the WTGwithin 30 (thirty) days from the
COD of the respective WTG ("Stabilization Period") and the
guaranteed Resource Availability during this period would be
90%.
(The numbers used in the following example are solely for the
purpose of illustration)
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Liquidated damages will be: 5,435 x INR5.00/- (selling rate to SEB)
= INR27175/-
Total Liquidated damages payable is INR27,175/-
(d) The liability for the Free O&M Period shall be calculated on
the basis of the O&M Price for the third year.
In the event that the annual Reactive Power drawn for the
Wind Farm exceeds 4% of total units generated by down
the Wind Farm per annum ("Reactive Power Warranty"),
and the Owner isrequired to pay penalty or any charges to
any relevant government authority for the excess Reactive
Power drawl over 4%,then the Contractor will compensate
the Owner for such excess reactive power drawn at the
prevailing rate charged by SEB / DISCOM, at actuals
("Reactive Power Liquidated Damages"), subject to
maximum cap of 10%of annual O&M expenses
(The numbers used in the following example are solely for the
purpose of illustration)
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I KWh Export: 2000000 units
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year/( 1-transmission loss for the nth year) * PPA tariff
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I [YR-(GF1+GF2+GF3+FM+TNA)]
k-1
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[YR-(GF2+GF3+FM)]
k=l
Where
K = No. of WTGs
GF1, GF2 and GF2 are Grid Failure hours, as defined below:
GF3 - <Grid Failure> =Hours lost due to Failure of Internal Grid and
pooling substation
A Force Majeure Event shall not relieve a Party from any liability
for an obligation which arose before the occurrence of that
event, nor does that event affect the obligation to pay money in
a timely manner which matured prior to the occurrence of that
event.
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3) Ambient temperature out of the range set out in the
Technical Specifications
12. INSURANCE
12.1. During the Term, the Owner shall take the third party insurance
and general insurance covering risk related to fire and special
perils, natural calamities and Force Majeure events, burglary and
theft policy to sufficiently cover the risksin respect of the WTG.
12.2. The Contractor shall on sans recourse basis, provide the Owner
with all necessary documents (including FIR,if applicable) in a
timely manner, and assist and cooperate with the Owner in
complying with the insurance policies and assistin claiming under
the said insurance policies in accordance with this Contract.
12.3. The Contractor is and shall not be responsible for any short
settlement of claim by the insurance company and the Owner
shall pay to the Contractor, for the Services and the Spare Parts
utilized therefore, based on the invoice raised by the Contractor
in full, except for any insurance claim rejected or short settled due
to reasons attributable to the Contractor for breach of its
obligations contained herein, or for equipment defects, will be
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corrected by the Contractor at its own cost, less the short
settlement. The Owner shall have no responsibility in this regard. It
is clarified that the Contractor shall immediately commence the
rectification work without waiting for the insurance Claim
settlement. Any dispute between the parties to be addressed
through Clause 25.
13. NOTICES
13.1. All notices to be given under this Contract shall be sent to the
Owner or the Contractor, as the case may be, at the addresses
set forth below or to such other addresses as notified from time to
time by the Parties to each other, by hand, registered post,
electronic mail or facsimile:
To the Owner:
Attention:
Address:
To the Contractor:
Attention:
Mr. P Rajenthiran,
AVP - Services
Address:
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Tamil Nadu, India.
Fax:+91 44 0060661/62
(a) if sent by hand, when the notice has been put in the course
of delivery and isout of sending party's control; and
14.1. In the event that after the date of this Contract, there is a
Change in Law, in India, that affects any of the terms of this
Contract, including:
14.3. The Parties shall negotiate with a view to agree upon the
Contractor's quotation and the financial impact on the Owner.
Such agreement shall be confirmed by the Owner's
representative in a variation order ("Variation Order") identifying
the value of the change and the agreed financial impact on the
Owner. The Parties agree that any changes to the O&M Price
shall be limited to the actual and verifiable increase or decrease
in Costs, directly and reasonably increased by the Contractor,
solely due to the relevant event and the Contractor shall take all
best efforts to minimisesuch increases.
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Owner's representative in the same manner as applicable to any
payment in accordance with this Contract.
15. INDEMNITY
15.2. On receipt of any notice of a Claim from any third party, which
would entitle any Party ("Indemnified Party") to Claim
indemnification from the other Party ("Indemnifying Party") of a
claim for indemnification, is to be made by an Indemnified Party,
the Indemnified Party shall within a reasonable time after the
Indemnified Party has knowledge of any fact, condition or event
which would give riseto claims or lossesfor which indemnification
may be sought, provide a written notice of the same to the
Indemnifying Party along with all the documents available with it
in respect of the said Claim specifying in detail the Claim, the
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amount claimed by the third party, the date on which the Claim
arose and the nature of the default to which such item is related
(including a reference to the applicable provision of this
Contract) and the Indemnifying Party shall settle the claim
accordingly. The failure of any Indemnified Party to give timely
notice hereunder shall not affect the rights of indemnification
hereunder. The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to but not
obliged to participate in and control the defence of any such
suit, action or proceeding at its own expense or direct the
Indemnified Party to defend such Claim, at the cost of the
Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party elects to control the
defence of any such suit, action or proceeding, the Indemnified
Party shall render all necessary assistance including grant of
access to premises and personnel and to relevant documents
and records that it possessesor controls to the extent required by
the relevant adjudicatory authorities or is necessary for the
purposes of investigating the matter and enabling the
Indemnifying Party to take the action referred to in this Clause
15.2.The Indemnifying Party may also request the Indemnified
Party, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party to dispute, resist,
appeal, compromise, defend, remedy or mitigate the matter or
enforce against the third party, the Indemnifying Party's rights in
relation to the matter and in connection with proceedings
related to the matter or use reputable advisers and lawyers
chosen by the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnified Party shall not
settle any such suit,action or proceeding without the prior written
consent of the Indemnifying Party.
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(e) TransmissionLossWarranty
(e) its obligations under this Contract are valid and binding
and are enforceable against it in accordance with the
terms of this Contract; and
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proceedings by, with or before any Governmental
Authority or any other Person, now pending or threatened
against it or any of its Affiliates, which, if adversely
determined, could reasonably be expected to have an
adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under
the Contract; and
19.1. The term 'Force Majeure Event' as employed herein shall mean
acts of God, strikes,lockouts (except for any strike or lock out any
the Contractor's or Subcontractor's Facility) or other industrial
disturbances, acts of public enmity, wars, blockades,
insurrections, mass hostilities (whether war be declared or not),
terrorism, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquakes,
explosions,fires (excluding those occasioned by a Party and/or its
employees/contractors due to non-exercise of reasonable
business prudence by the Party), storms, floods or other similar
events posing a safety concern and/or preventing transportation,
handling and actual erection of the WTGsby usage of the crane,
wind speed above 10 mis, washouts, arrests and/or restraints,
acts of civil commotion, quarantine restrictions,to the extent such
events satisfythe following conditions:
(a) such that the Affected Party has been unable to overcome
or prevent despite exercise of reasonable care and due
diligence where such event could have been prevented
by the Affected Party; and
19.2. A Force Majeure Event shall not relieve a Party from any liability
for an obligation which arose before the occurrence of that
event, nor does that event affect the obligation to pay money in
a timely manner which matured prior to the occurrence of that
event.
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(c) increased costs of the performance of a Party's obligations
hereunder, including costs of equipment, material or labor;
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20. TERMINATION
20.2. Termination
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(a) Upon termination of this Contract under this Clause for
breach or Default by the Contractor, the Contractor shall
refund to the Owner, such sums paid in advance along
with any unadjusted amounts recoverable from the
Contractor as per the terms and conditions of this
Contract, by the Owner, within 15 (fifteen) days; after the
said period of 15 (fifteen) days, interest at the SBIBase Rate
plus half percent (O.5%) shall be payable till the date of
repayment, after deducting such amounts that may be
due to the Contractor for the Services performed till the
date of such termination.
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21. CONFIDENTIALITY
21.2. The confidentiality obligation shall not apply to any disclosure (i)
of information that is in or enters the public domain through no
fault of the receiving Party; (ii) of information that was in the
possession of the receiving Party prior to receipt under this
Contract (unlesssuch information was issued or received subject
to a confidentiality obligation); or (iii) which is required by law or
order of any Governmental Authority; or (iv) isindependently and
completely developed by the receiving Party or, as the case may
be, any Affiliate, employee, representative or consultant of the
receiving Party apart from the disclosure hereunder (v) of
information that is made available to the lenders to the Project or
any of the consultants of the Owner or the Contractor advising in
relation to the Project; provided that the receiving Party shall give
the other Party prior written notice of and an opportunity to
object to such disclosure to the extent possible.
21.4. The receiving Party shall return to the disclosing Party all
Confidential Information upon written request or upon expiration
or termination of this Contract and shall certify in writing that it has
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done so.
22. ASSIGNMENT
22.1. The Partiesagree that they shall not to assign their rights under this
Contract without the prior written consent of the other party,
except when such assignment is {i} to Affiliates {ii} by assignment /
mortgage / charge by Owner of its rights, interests, obligations or
liabilities under this Contract in favour of its lenders including
banks and/or financing institutions or other financing parties or
their agents or trustees for the project; provided that no party
shall be entitled to assign of this Contract to a person who is a
Disqualified Third Party.
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23. CHANGE IN CONTROL
(a) such Party shall notify the Change in Control to the other
Party within 7 (Seven) BusinessDays of the occurrence
thereof;
24.1. The governing law of this Contract shall be the laws of the
Republic of India.
24.3. The courts at Delhi shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any
matter in respect of this Contract.
25. DISPUTERESOLUTION
25.4. While any Dispute under this Contract is pending, the Partiesshall
continue to perform all of their respective obligations under this
Contract without prejudice to the final determination in
accordance with the provisionsunder this Clause 25.
26.1. The Contractor hereto shall comply with all labour laws as
applicable in relation to obligation under this Contract. The
Contractor will provide all relevant documents necessary to
establish compliance with provident fund legislations, employee
state insurance legislationsand any other applicable labour laws
in relation to its obligations under this Contract within time period
allowed by the relevant Government Authorities.
26.2. The Contractor will indemnify the Owner for all liabilities, penalties
or demands raised by relevant authorities for non compliance
by the Contractor of provident fund legislations,employee state
insurance legislations and other applicable labour laws. This
obligation shall continue till the time relevant authorities may
request the records from the Owner under Applicable Law.
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27.1. The Contractor confirms that all available/applicable Intellectual
Property Rights, in relation to the Services, are owned by or
licensed to the Contractor, including the Intellectual Property
Rights developed by the Contractor in the process of providing
the Services.
(b) such rights to use or license does not violate or infringe any
third party Intellectual Property Rights;
(d) it has all rights and licenses necessary to grant the Owner a
license to use the Intellectual Property Rights in relation to
the O&M Services or shall procure a license of such
Intellectual Property Rights as may be necessary from
the manufacturer of relevant equipment/service/software
from the concerned manufacturer/service provider for the
Term unlessterminated earlier at no cost to the Owner, as
per Good-Industry Practices.
28.2. The Contractor confirms that the Owner shall have access to
the Wind Farm Level Infrastructure with respect to the Owner's
WTGs. Any change in such rights of the Owner during the Term,
shall be undertaken on mutually agreed terms.
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28.3. If the Contract is not renewed on expiration of the Term, the
Contractor shall still continue to operate and maintain the
Wind Farm Level Infrastructure for a fee to be mutually agreed
between the Parties, but which shall be reasonable by market
standards.
29. GENERALPROVISIONS
29.2. Waiver: The failure by either Party at any time to enforce any of its
powers, remedies or rights under this Contract will not constitute a
waiver of such powers, remedies or rights or affect the Party's
rights to enforce those powers, remedies or rights at any time. Nor
does any single or partial exercise of any power, remedy or right
preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any
other power, remedy or right under this Contract. No waiver shall
be effective unless in writing and duly executed by the
representatives of the parties hereto.
29.3. Variations to this Contract: The terms of this Contract may only be
varied by written contract between the Parties. No variation of
this Contract will be valid unlessit is in writing and signed by or on
behalf of each Party.
29.9. Further assurance: Each Party must do, sign, execute and deliver
and must procure that each of its employees and agents does,
signs, executes and delivers all deeds, documents, instruments
and acts reasonably required of it or them to carry out and give
full effect to this Contract and the rights and obligations of the
Partiesunder it.
a Party declares that the attorney has no notice of the revocation
or suspension of the power of attorney under the authority of
which the attorney executes this Contract.
29.11. Costs: Each Party must bear and is responsible for its own costs in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, and
performance of this Contract.
29.13. Headings and Titles: The headings and titles in this Contract are
for convenience only and shall not be deemed part thereof or be
taken into consideration in the interpretation or construction of
this Contract.
29.16. Agency: ThisContract shall not constitute any Party as the legal
representative or agent of the other Parties, nor shall any Party
have the right or authority, to assume, create or incur any liability
or obligation, express or implied, against, in the name of, or on
behalf of, the other Parties.
deemed to constitute the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have caused this Contract to be signed
by their duly authorised representatives on the date, month and year
first above written.
(1)
(2)
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SCHEDULE 1
1. SCOPE OF SERVICES
1.1. The Contractor shall, one month prior to the Commissioning Date
of the first WTG,inspect, examine and acquire actual knowledge
of the prevailing conditions at the Project Site and satisfy itself
regarding the condition of the Project Site. On and from the
Commissioning Date of the first WTG, the Contractor undertakes
to perform Services as per the terms of this Contract.
1 .4. Operations
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b. No claim shalllie against the Owner by any employee and
labour engaged by the Contractor and their
sub-contractor's, suppliers, as the case maybe or any
person claiming on their behalf against the Owner, in
respect of any right or benefit due to them in connection
with any statutory obligation including their employment,
as applicable.
1.5. Maintenance
a. Preventive Maintenance
At least 30 to the
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Maintenance schedule ("Preventive Maintenance
Calendar"), along with the O&M plan, for the upcoming
calendar year in accordance with the O&M Manual. The
Contractor undertakes to make reasonable efforts to
schedule Preventive Maintenance during Low Wind
Season.
b. Corrective Maintenance
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consumables and tools & tackles on a regular basis
at site in order to meet the Resource Availability
Warranty, the Machine Availability Warranty and
minimize downtime of the Internal and External grid.
The quantities are specified as per the attached
Recommended Spare Parts List (or "RSPL") in
Schedule 1O.
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1.6. Detailed Scope of Service: The Contractor shall perform the
following scope of services ("Scope of Service" or "Services") in
relation to the operation of the Wind Project:
c. security for the wind farm as per the plan agreed by the
Contractor and Owner;
g. generation certificates;
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DISCOM/CEIG/SLDC/AP TRANSCO/NEDCAPor any other
relevant government Authority for:
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i. Coordination with forecasting agency
m. Technical Services
2. Other Terms
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anticipated Services on the WTGsat the Project Site, on a
quarterly basis,during the relevant year.
3. Responsibilities of Contractor
3.1. The Contractor shall, at its own cost, arrange to provide watch
and ward (24 (twenty four) hours per day, 7 (seven) days per
week) for the Wind Farm from the Effective Date and throughout
the Term.
3.2. The Contractor shall follow-up with the STUfor taking monthly
reading of energy generated and supplied to the Grid from the
meter/s maintained by the STU and facilitate in obtaining
necessary power production reports / certificates.
3.3. The Contractor shall provide daily, monthly, half yearly and yearly
generation reports for the Wind Farm.
3.4. The Contractor shall hold the following meetings with the Owner's
representative/s to ascertain any concerns that may be
conveyed by the Owner's representative/s and to appraise the
Owner's representative/s of the status of the Wind Farm:
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a. daily meeting: plan of day meeting at site, including but
not limited to discussion of quality health safety
environment issues and unscheduled and corrective
maintenance activities. Thisshould furnish all the details of
Breakdown (timing, duration, machine parts/components
changed, if any, and Corrective action)
3.5. The Contractor shall at all reasonable times allow persons duly
authorized by the Owner including but not limited to the officials
of the insurance company of the Owner, the Owner's Engineer
and the Owner's Consultants, with prior intimation, to inspect and
examine any of the WTGs and provide to such personnel all
information necessary for their assessment.However, the Owner,
the Owner's Engineer and the Owner's Consultants shall adhere
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3.6. 1 (One) month prior to the expiry of the Term of the Contract, the
Contractor shall co-operate with the Owner for inspection of
each WTGand record the condition thereof.
4. Reportsand Notifications
The Contractor shall provide the Owner with the following reports
and shall comply with the reporting requirements set out
hereunder:
(f) The Owner can access the generation reports in the latest
version of the Contractor's customer portal using user
identification and password assigned to the Owner. The
data in this system will be updated on a daily basis (24Hrs).
Also the Contractor shall provide the real time viewing
access of the Wind Farm, through the latest version of the
customer portal of the Contractor. Useridentification and
password shall be provided by the Contractor.
(g)
to comply with requests from State utility or other purchaser
of electricity generated from the Project, on a best efforts
basis.
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