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CITY OF EVERETT - CITYWIDE BICYCLE WAYFINDING STATE FUND# HLP-PB21(014) WO#3786 September 25, 2023 24 1-07.GR1 1 1-07 Legal Relations and Responsibilities to the Public 2 3 1-07.1.RTF 4 1-07.1 Laws to be Observed 5 (October 1, 2005 APWA GSP) 6 7 Supplement this section with the following: 8 9 In cases of conflict between different safety regulations, the more stringent regulation shall 10 apply. 11 12 The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries shall be the sole and 13 paramount administrative agency responsible for the administration of the provisions of 14 the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973 (WISHA). 15 16 The Contractor shall maintain at the project site office, or other well known place at the 17 project site, all articles necessary for providing first aid to the injured. The Contractor shall 18 establish, publish, and make known to all employees, procedures for ensuring immediate 19 removal to a hospital, or doctor’s care, persons, including employees, who may have been 20 injured on the project site. Employees should not be permitted to work on the project site 21 before the Contractor has established and made known procedures for removal of injured 22 persons to a hospital or a doctor’s care. 23 24 The Contractor shall have sole responsibility for the safety, efficiency, and adequacy of 25 the Contractor’s plant, appliances, and methods, and for any damage or injury resulting 26 from their failure, or improper maintenance, use, or operation. The Contractor shall be 27 solely and completely responsible for the conditions of the project site, including safety for 28 all persons and property in the performance of the work. This requirement shall apply 29 continuously, and not be limited to normal working hours. The required or implied duty of 30 the Engineer to conduct construction review of the Contractor’s performance does not, and 31 shall not, be intended to include review and adequacy of the Contractor’s safety measures 32 in, on, or near the project site. 33 34 35 1-07.2.RTF 36 1-07.2 State Taxes 37 38 Delete this section, including its sub-sections, in its entirety and replace it with the following: 39 40 1-07.2 State Sales Tax 41 (June 27, 2011 APWA GSP) 42 43 The Washington State Department of Revenue has issued special rules on the State sales 44 tax. Sections 1-07.2(1) through 1-07.2(3) are meant to clarify those rules. The Contractor 45 should contact the Washington State Department of Revenue for answers to questions in 46 this area. The Contracting Agency will not adjust its payment if the Contractor bases a bid 47 on a misunderstood tax liability. 48 49 The Contractor shall include all Contractor-paid taxes in the unit bid prices or other contract 50 amounts. In some cases, however, state retail sales tax will not be included. Section 1-51 07.2(2) describes this exception. 52