Interwest Construction Inc. 12/17/2025

CITY OF EVERETT SPECIAL PROVISIONS Water Main Replacement “Y” – Ph 2 Div 1 – GEN REQUIREMENTS October 2025 Work Order No. UP 3814 SP-87 Category 2: Sensitive information Category 2: For official use only / disclosure permissible by law. 4. Demonstrated Lack of Available Approved Programs. Correspondence from State-approved Apprentice Training Programs, confirming there are no programs that train for the scopes included/anticipated on the project. Contractor and state programs to submit training program detail needs and details that could be used for future program creation. 5. Funding Precedent. Documentation that shows conflicting, more restrictive, or precedent requirements for other training on the Project. Examples include, but are not limited to, Tribal Employment Rights (TERO), Federal Training Hours, or Special Training that affect the ability to use state- registered apprentices. 6. Warranty Work. Documentation from Original Equipment Manufacturers, or similar, confirming that work performed must only be completed by certified journey-level installers or risk voiding warranty, or similar. 7. Other Effort. The Contractor may submit other evidence, documentation, or rationale for not being able to achieve the required Apprentice Utilization that are not covered in the other efforts named. Other efforts will still need to be corroborated by an independent, knowledgeable third-party. Contractors may receive a GFE credit for graduated Apprentice hours through the end of the calendar year for all projects worked on as long as the Apprentice remains continuously employed with the same Contractor/subcontractor the Apprentice was working for when the Apprentice graduated. If an Apprentice graduates during employment on a project of significant duration, the Apprentice may be counted towards a GFE credit for up to one year after the Apprentice’s graduation or until the end of the project (whichever comes first). Determination of whether Contract requirements were met in good faith will be made by subtracting the hours from the journeyman total reported hours for the project and adding them to the apprentice hour total. If the new utilization percentage meets the Contract requirement, the Contractor will be reported as meeting the requirement in good faith. Approving Good Faith Efforts The City will review submitted Good Faith Efforts and issue a determination. The Engineer may request additional information, documentation, evidence or similar in order to approve such efforts. A determination by the Engineer is final. The approved Good Faith Efforts will be loaded into the PWIA system by the Contracting Agency. Payment Payment will be made for the following Bid Item(s): “Apprentice Utilization Incentive,” by lump sum. An incentive $5,000 will be assessed with the Final Payment for Contractors who meet the Apprentice Utilization Requirement without a reduction by Good Faith Effort. For the purpose of providing a common proposal for all bidders, the City has entered this amount in the proposal to become a part of the total bid by the Contractor. “Apprentice Utilization Penalty,” by calculation. Apprenticeship Hours will be measured for each hour of work performed by an apprentice as shown on the Monthly Apprentice Utilization Report, based on certified payrolls or the affidavits of wages paid, whichever is least. The percentage is not rounded up.