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workmanship. At no expense to the City, the Contractor shall correct any and <br /> all apparent and latent defects that are required under state or federal law. <br /> 13. CHANGE ORDERS <br /> 13.1 Changes in the quantity or character of Services or to the contract amount shall be <br /> authorized only by change orders approved in advance and issued in accordance <br /> with the provisions of this Agreement. <br /> 13.2 All changes to the Services or the construction schedule must be pre-approved in <br /> writing by the City Manager or his designee in accordance with the value of the <br /> change order or the calculated value of the time extension. All change orders must <br /> be pre-approved in writing by the City Manager or his designee. <br /> 13.3 Contractor must submit claims for increased costs because of a change in scope of <br /> Services, whether for the purchase order amount or contractor's handling, labor, <br /> installation, overhead, and profit. Contractor shall submit claims within fourteen <br /> (14) days of receipt of the change order or construction change directive authorizing <br /> work to proceed. The City or its designee will reject claims submitted later than <br /> fourteen (14) clays after such authorization. Contractor also agrees to the following <br /> conditions: <br /> • Do not include Contractor's or subcontractor's indirect expense in the change <br /> order cost unless it is clearly shown that the nature or extent of work has changed <br /> from what could have been foreseen from information in the contract documents. <br /> • No change to Contractor's indirect expense is permitted for selection of higher or <br /> lower priced materials or systems of the same scope and nature as originally <br /> indicated. <br /> 13.4 On the City's approval of a proposal request, the City or its designee will issue a <br /> change order for signatures of the City and the Contractor. Contractor shall not <br /> be authorized to proceed with any additional changes in the quantity or character <br /> of Services without this written authorization from the City. <br /> 14. DEFECTIVE WORK <br /> 14.1 The City or its designee shall have the authority to reject or disapprove work <br /> which is found to be defective. If defective work is found, Contractor shall <br /> promptly either correct all defective work or remove such defective work and <br /> replace it with non-defective work. Contractor shat! bear all direct and indirect <br /> costs of such removal or corrections of the defective work. <br /> 14.2 Should Contractor fail or refuse to remove or correct any defective work or to <br /> make any necessary repairs in accordance with the requirements of this <br /> Agreement within the time indicated in writing by the City or its designee, the <br /> City shall have the authority to cause the defective work to be removed or <br />