Western Railway Tender

Blowing of OFC through HDPE duct & protective work (elicited in above item) already provided. Where it is not feasible to blow OFC due to curves, road/track crossings, bridges or for anyother reason, OFC shall be drawn or laid manually as per standard procedure. All the equipments and machinery required shall be arranged by the contractor at his own cost. In case OFC is to be laid adopting 'Direct in trench' method then this item shall be paid as per accepted rate of this schedule.OFC and HDPE pipe shall be supplied by the railway. Blowing/Laying shall be started from one end and each drum laying shall be monitored after blowing/laying and before leaving the site, trace/cable parameters for all the fiber/ conductors shall be taken from one central location by contractor's engineer with his own OTDR , optic talk set/ measuring equipments with railway engineer.

Laying of half-round RCC pipe after laying the cables in the trenches. (Cable laying is covered separately)

Laying of S&T Cables of various cores/ pairs/ quads in trenches/ GI pipes/ RCC pipes/ DWC pipes/ Trunking. This also includes laying of cables in track crossings & road crossings. Item includes provision of labels of coloured plastic adhesive tapes or any other identifiable material on each cable to give the cable number at each G.P.(Cables will be maggered before and after its laying by contractor under supervision of Railway Representative and he will submit the maggering report of each testing). Length of the cable laid includes the length of the cable coiled for termination purposes.

Blowing of OFC through HDPE duct, where it is not feasible to blowOFC due to curves, road/track crossings, bridges or for any otherreason, OFC shall be drawn or laid manually as per standardprocedure. In case OFC is to be laid adopting 'Direct in trench'method then approval of competent authority will be taken beforelaying. OFC shall be supplied by the railway. Blowing/Laying shall bestarted from one end and each drum laying shall be monitored afterblowing/laying and before leaving the site, trace/cable parametersfor all the fiber/ conductors shall be taken from one central locationby contractor's engineer with his own OTDR , optic talk set/measuring equipment's with railway engineer. All the equipment'sand machinery required shall be arranged by the contractor at his own cost

Laying of half-round RCC pipe after laying the cables in the trenches. (Cable laying is covered separately)