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I I 1 on the project site before the Contractor has established and made known procedures I 2 for removal of injured persons to a hospital or a doctor's care. 3 4 The Contractor shall have sole responsibility for the safety, efficiency, and adequacy of I 5 the Contractor's plant, appliances, and methods, and for any damage or injury resulting 6 from their failure, or improper maintenance, use, or operation. The Contractor shall be 7 solely and completely responsible for the conditions of the project site, including safety 8 for all persons and property in the performance of the work. This requirement shall 9 apply continuously, and not be limited to normal working hours. The required or implied 10 duty of the Engineer to conduct construction review of the Contractor's performance ii 11 does not, and shall not, be intended to include review and adequacy of the Contractor's 111 12 safety measures in, on, or near the project site. 13 14 1 15 1=07:2 ]] 16 1-07.2 State Taxes 17 I 18 Delete this section, including its sub-sections, in its entirety and replace it with the following: 19 20 1-07.2 State Sales Tax I 21 (June 27, 2011 APWA GSP) 22 23 The Washington State Department of Revenue has issued special rules on the State I 24 sales tax. Sections 1-07.2(1) through 1-07.2(3) are meant to clarify those rules. The 25 Contractor should contact the Washington State Department of Revenue for answers to 26 questions in this area. The Contracting Agency will not adjust its payment if the 27 Contractor bases a bid on a misunderstood tax liability. I28 29 The Contractor shall include all Contractor-paid taxes in the unit bid prices or other 30 contract amounts. In some cases, however, state retail sales tax will not be included. II 31 Section 1-07.2(2) describes this exception. 32 33 The Contracting Agency will pay the retained percentage (or release the Contract Bond 34 if a FHWA-funded Project) only if the Contractor has obtained from the Washington 35 State Department of Revenue a certificate showing that all contract-related taxes have 36 been paid (RCW 60.28.051). The Contracting Agency may deduct from its payments to I 37 the Contractor any amount the Contractor may owe the Washington State Department of 38 Revenue, whether the amount owed relates to this contract or not. Any amount so 39 deducted will be paid into the proper State fund. I 40 41 1-07.2(1) State Sales Tax— Rule 171 42 I 43 WAC 458-20-171, and its related rules, apply to building, repairing, or improving streets, 44 roads, etc., which are owned by a municipal corporation, or political subdivision of the 45 state, or by the United States, and which are used primarily for foot or vehicular traffic. 46 This includes storm or combined sewer systems within and included as a part of the I 47 street or road drainage system and power lines when such are part of the roadway 48 lighting system. For work performed in such cases, the Contractor shall include 49 Washington State Retail Sales Taxes in the various unit bid item prices, or other contract I I 4151 STREET TO WMVD FREIGHT CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS FED AID#STPUL-9931(012); PW#3472 SP-33 February 10,2016