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CITY OF EVERETT SPECIAL PROVISIONS <br /> <br />Water Main Replacement “Y” – Ph 2 Div 1 – GEN REQUIREMENTS October 2025 <br />Work Order No. UP 3814 SP-58 <br />Category 2: Sensitive information <br />Category 2: For official use only / disclosure permissible by law. <br />Revise the seventh paragraph of 1.04.2 to read as follows: <br />In case of any ambiguity or dispute over interpreting the Contract, the Engineer’s <br />decision will be final as provided in 1-05.1 AUTHORITY OF THE ENGINEER. <br />1-04.3 Reference Information <br />Revise 1-04.3 to read as follows: <br />Reference Information provided to the Contractor is not part of the Contract. The City of <br />Everett does not guarantee the accuracy of the Reference Information and is not <br />responsible for the content of the Reference Information in any manner. Any use of <br />Reference Information by the Contractor is done solely at the Contractor’s risk. <br />1-04.4 Changes <br />Delete 1-04.4 and substitute the following: <br />1-04.4 Changes <br />1-04.4(1) City’s Right to Direct Changes to the Work <br />(******) <br />The City reserves the right to change the Work at any time. Such changes shall not <br />invalidate the Contract nor release the Surety, and the Contractor agrees to perform the <br />Work as changed. Among others, these changes and alterations may include: <br />1. Deleting or omitting any part of the Work, Equipment, or material to be provided <br />under this Contract, <br />2. Increasing or decreasing quantities, <br />3. Altering Specifications, designs, or both, <br />4. Altering the way the Work is to be done, <br />5. Adding new Work or Extra Work, <br />6. Altering facilities, Equipment, materials, services, or sites, provided by the City, <br />and <br />7. Ordering the Contractor to accelerate or Delay the Work. <br />If the Contractor and City do not agree upon scope of Work changed or adjustment to <br />the Contract Sum and Contract Time, the City may, at its sole option, unilaterally direct <br />the Contractor to implement City directed change by notice. The City shall not pay or be <br />responsible or liable for changes implemented by the Contractor without explicit notice <br />from the City to proceed. <br />1-04.4(2) Extra Work <br />(******) <br />At its sole option, the City may (1) perform Extra Work itself, (2) employ others to do it, <br />(3) direct the Contractor to perform the Extra Work at existing unit Bid price, (4) direct <br />the Contractor to perform the Extra Work at a mutually agreed upon price, or (5) direct <br />the Contractor to perform the Extra Work on a Force Account basis. <br />1-04.4(3) Change Orders <br />(******) <br />Changes to the Work may result in an increase or decrease in Contract Sum, as provided <br />in 1-09.4 Equitable Adjustment. Requests for an increase in Contract Time shall be made <br />as provided in 1-08.3 PROGRESS SCHEDULE as applicable. Substantial changes in <br />Contract Time, Contract Sum or Work will often be negotiated and agreed between the <br />Contractor and City before the City directs the Contractor to proceed with the change.