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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 – 57 <br />final. If there is a decrease in the cost or time required to perform the Work, failure of <br />the Contractor to notify the City’s Representative of the differing site condition shall not <br />affect the City’s right to make an adjustment in the Contract Sum or Contract Time. <br />Additionally, no Contract Claim or adjustment of Contract Sum or Contract Time shall be <br />allowed unless the Contractor has followed the procedures provided for in this Contract, <br />including, but not limited to, furnishing timely Notice of the event and its effect on <br />Contract Time and Contract Sum as required herein. <br />Contractor shall in no event be entitled to a Contract Claim or adjustment of Contract <br />Sum or Contract Time based on an allegation that the pre-existing subsurface or latent <br />physical conditions at the site differ materially from those indicated in this Contract <br />unless Contractor establishes that it reasonably relied on the conditions indicated in this <br />Contract when making its bid, that the actual conditions encountered on the site differed <br />materially from those indicated in this Contract, and that such materially-different <br />conditions were not foreseeable at the time of its bid. <br />1-05 CONTROL OF WORK <br />1-05.1 Authority of the Engineer <br />Delete 1-05.1 and substitute the following: <br />1-05.1 City <br />(******) <br />The City, and the City’s Representative, shall have the authority to act as the sole judge of <br />the Work and materials with respect to both quantity and quality as set forth in the Contract. <br />It is expressly stipulated that the Plans, Specifications and other Contract Documents set <br />forth the requirements as to the nature of the completed Work and do not purport to control <br />the method of performing Work except in those instances where the nature of the completed <br />Work is dependent on the method of performance. <br />The City has the authority to act, do, perform, and make all decisions and actions authorized <br />by the Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, Change Orders, progress payments, <br />contract decisions, acceptability of the Contractor's Work, and early possession. The City <br />has the authority to accept or reject requests for progress payments that have been submitted <br />by the Contractor and recommended by the City’s Representative. The City has the authority <br />to make determinations of the acceptability of the Work. The City also has the authority to <br />accept or reject the City’s Representative's recommendations regarding retention of defective <br />Work. <br />1-05.1(2) Requests for Information (RFI) <br />No Claim shall be allowed because of ambiguities in the Contract if: <br />1. The Contractor discovers an ambiguity but fails to notify the City, or <br />2. The Contractor failed to discover a patent ambiguity that would be discovered by a <br />reasonably prudent Contractor. <br />If the Contractor discovers an ambiguity in the Contract or desires an explanation or <br />interpretation of the Contract, the Contractor shall request the explanation or interpretation <br />in writing by way of a Request for Information (RFI). The RFI shall clearly define the <br />ambiguity and have enough detail for the Engineer to provide an explanation or interpretation. <br />If such detail is not provided, the Engineer will return the RFI as incomplete. Should the RFI <br />require a change to the Contract, the Contractor will indicate in the RFI that it includes a <br />request for change (RFC). <br />A RFI shall not be used nor constitute a notice required in accordance with Sections 1-04.5 <br />and 1-04.7. The Contractor may submit an RFI for the one of following reasons: