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I 1 The Contractor shall maintain at the project site office, or other well known place at the , 2 project site, all articles necessary for providing first aid to the injured. The Contractor shall 3 establish, publish, and make known to all employees, procedures for ensuring immediate 4 removal to a hospital, or doctor's care, persons, including employees, who may have been 5 injured on the project site. Employees should not be permitted to work on the project site I 6 before the Contractor has established and made known procedures for removal of injured 7 persons to a hospital or a doctor's care. 8 1 9 The Contractor shall have sole responsibility for the safety, efficiency, and adequacy of the 10 Contractor's plant, appliances, and methods, and for any damage or injury resulting from 11 their failure, or improper maintenance, use, or operation. The Contractor shall be solely and II12 completely responsible for the conditions of the project site, including safety for all persons 13 and property in the performance of the work. This requirement shall apply continuously, and 14 not be limited to normal working hours. The required or implied duty of the Engineer to 15 conduct construction review of the Contractor's performance does not, and shall not, be 16 intended to include review and adequacy of the Contractor's safety measures in, on, or near 17 the project site. I 18 19 20 1-07.2.RTF 21 1-07.2 State Taxes I 22 23 Delete this section, including its sub-sections, in its entirety and replace it with the following: 24 25 1-07.2 State Sales Tax 26 (June 27, 2011 APWA GSP) 27 I 28 The Washington State Department of Revenue has issued special rules on the State sales 29 tax. Sections 1-07.2(1) through 1-07.2(3) are meant to clarify those rules. The Contractor 30 should contact the Washington State Department of Revenue for answers to questions in 31 this area. The Contracting Agency will not adjust its payment if the Contractor bases a bid 32 on a misunderstood tax liability. 33 34 The Contractor shall include all Contractor-paid taxes in the unit bid prices or other contractII 35 amounts. In some cases, however, state retail sales tax will not be included. Section 1- 36 07.2(2) describes this exception. 37 38 The Contracting Agency will pay the retained percentage (or release the Contract Bond if a 39 FHWA-funded Project) only if the Contractor has obtained from the Washington State 40 Department of Revenue a certificate showing that all contract-related taxes have been paid I 41 (RCW 60.28.051). The Contracting Agency may deduct from its payments to the Contractor 42 any amount the Contractor may owe the Washington State Department of Revenue, 43 whether the amount owed relates to this contract or not. Any amount so deducted will be 44 paid into the proper State fund. 45 46 1-07.2(1) State Sales Tax— Rule 171 I 47 48 WAC 458-20-171, and its related rules, apply to building, repairing, or improving streets, 49 roads, etc., which are owned by a municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the state, I 50 or by the United States, and which are used primarily for foot or vehicular traffic. This 51 includes storm or combined sewer systems within and included as a part of the street or 52 road drainage system and power lines when such are part of the roadway lighting system. 53 For work performed in such cases, the Contractor shall include Washington State Retail 54 Sales Taxes in the various unit bid item prices, or other contract amounts, including those 2020 PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE OVERLAY PAGE 16 OF 79 SPECIAL PROVISIONS WORK ORDER 3727 FEBRUARY 20,2020