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10.2 Change Order Defined 10.2.1. Change Order shall mean a written order to the Contractor executed by the City and the Engineer / Architect issued after execution of this Contract, authorizing and directing a change in the Work or an adjustment in the Contract Price or the Contract Time, or any combination thereof. The Contract Price and/or the Contract Time may be changed only by Change Order. 10.3 Changes in the Contract Price 10.3.1. Any change in the Contract Price resulting from a Change Order shall be determined as follows: (a) by mutual agreement between the City and the Contractor as evidenced by (1) the change in the Contract Price being set forth in the Change Order, (2) such change in the Contract Price, together with any conditions or requirements related thereto, being initialed by both parties and (3) the Contractor's execution of the Change Order, or (b) if no mutual agreement occurs between the City and the Contractor, then, as provided in Subparagraph 10.3.2 below. 10.3.2. The Contractor shall be bound by the following conditions and procedures governing additional work under the Contract. 10.3.2.1. Any change order must be recommended by the City's representative and approved by the City before any steps are taken to implement the change order. 10.3.2.2. Should the Contractor commence work without making a claim in writing for unforeseen extra work encountered, it will be construed as an acceptance and agreement that such work is required under the Contract and no further claim for such extras will be considered or allowed by the City. 10.3.2.3. Changes in the Work directed by the Engineer / Architect shall become part of the Contract only by written change order. 10.3.2.4. Information regarding changes in the Work for additional work, credits and adjustments under the Contract shall be promptly transmitted in writing by the Contractor to the Engineer / Architect with full explanations and justifications for consideration in preparing a change order to the Contract. 10.3.2.5. Contractor shall allow twenty-one (21) calendar days for the Engineer / Architect to review and respond to the City on Contractor submitted Requests for Change Order pricing and Contractor submitted pricing for City initiated proposal requests. This review time is only for correctly submitting pricing. Submitted pricing found not to be in correct format, or containing pricing that relates to Work clearly not part of the change, or contains SubContractor pricing not in the correct format, or contains Sub -Contractor pricing that relates to Work clearly not part of the change, will not be reviewed and returned to the Contractor for proper submission and as such, no Contractor claims for delay will be accepted as a result of extended response time due to improper pricing submission. 10.3.2.6. The Engineer / Architect will review properly submitted Contractor pricing and compare submitted pricing with published pricing data contained in the Building Cost Data, Page 24 of 44