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CITY OF EVERETT SPECIAL PROVISIONS <br />LS47-Beverly Lake Sewer Replacement Division 1 – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS January 30, 2025 <br />WO No – UP3529 SP – 84 <br />and adding them to the apprentice hour total. If the new utilization percentage meets the Contract <br />requirement, the Contractor will be reported as meeting the requirement in good faith. <br /> <br />Approving Good Faith Efforts <br />The Contracting Agency will review submitted Good Faith Efforts and issue a determination. The <br />Engineer may request additional information, documentation, evidence or similar in order to <br />approve such efforts. A determination by the Engineer is final. The approved Good Faith Efforts <br />will be loaded into the PWIA system by the Contracting Agency. <br /> <br />Payment <br />Payment will be made for the following Bid Items: <br />“Apprenticeship Incentive”, by calculation <br />An incentive of $5000 will be assessed with the Final Payment for Contractors who meet the <br />Apprentice Utilization Requirement without a reduction by Good Faith Effort. For the purpose of <br />providing a common proposal for all bidders, the Contracting Agency has entered an amount in <br />the proposal to become a part of the total bid by the Contractor. <br /> <br />“Apprenticeship Penalty”, by calculation. <br />Apprenticeship Hours will be measured for each hour of work performed by an apprentice as <br />shown on the Monthly Apprentice Utilization Report, based on certified payrolls or the affidavits <br />of wages paid, whichever is least. The percentage is not rounded up. For the purpose of providing <br />a common proposal for all bidders, the Contracting Agency has entered an amount in the proposal <br />to become a part of the total bid by the Contractor. <br /> <br /> <br />When the Contractor fails to meet the Apprenticeship goal of 15%, a penalty will be assessed for <br />each hour that is not achieved, unless a Good Faith Effort is approved by the Contracting Agency. <br /> <br />Apprenticeship Utilization Penalty will be calculated as described below: <br /> <br />Percent of goal met Penalty per hour <br />of unmet goal <br />100% $0.00 <br />90% to 99% $2.00 <br />75% to 89% $3.50 <br />50% to 74% $5.00 <br />1% to 49% $7.50 <br />0% $10.00 <br /> <br />The Contractor shall include all related costs in the unit Bid prices of the Contract, <br />included but not limited to implementing, developing, documenting, and <br />administering an apprenticeship utilization program, recording and reporting hours <br />and all other costs to comply with this provision.