Section 00800 - Supplementary General Conditions

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00800 - 7/13 SGC 10.3 FIELD ORDERS AND SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS: A. The Contract Administrator, through ENGINEER, shall have the right to approve and issue Field Orders setting forth written interpretations of the intent of the Contract Documents and ordering minor changes in Work execution, providing the Field Order involves no change in the Contract Price or the Contract Time. B. ENGINEER shall have the right to approve and issue Supplemental Instructions setting forth written orders, instructions, or interpretations concerning the Contract Documents or its performance, provided such Supplemental Instructions involve no change in the Contract Price or the Contract Time. SGC-10.4 CHANGE ORDERS: A. Changes in the quantity or character of the Work within the scope of the Project which are not properly the subject of Field Orders or Supplemental Instructions, including all changes resulting in changes in the Contract Price, or the Contract Time, shall be authorized only by Change Orders approved in advance and issued in accordance with the provisions of the Miami-Dade OWNER Procurement Code, as amended from time to time. B. CONTRACTOR shall not start work on any changes requiring an increase in the Contract Price or the Contract Time until a Change Order setting forth the adjustments is approved by the OWNER. Upon receipt of a Change Order CONTRACTOR shall promptly proceed with the work set forth within the document. C. In the event satisfactory adjustment cannot be reached for any item requiring a change in the Contract Price or Contract Time, and a Change Order has not been issued, OWNER reserves the right at its sole option to either terminate the Contract as it applies to the items in question and make such arrangements as may be deemed necessary to complete the disputed work; or submit the matter in dispute to ENGINEER as set forth in Paragraph 9.8 in the General Conditions hereof. During the pendency of the dispute, and upon receipt of a Change Order approved by OWNER, CONTRACTOR shall promptly proceed with the change in the Work involved and advise the ENGINEER and Contract Administrator in writing within seven (7) calendar days of CONTRACTOR's agreement or disagreement with the method, if any, provided in the Change Order for determining the proposed adjustment in the Contract Price or Contract Time. D. On approval of any Contract change increasing the Contract Price, CONTRACTOR shall ensure that the performance bond and payment bond are increased so that each reflects the total Contract Price as increased. E. Under circumstances determined necessary by OWNER, Change Orders may be issued unilaterally by OWNER. SGC-10.5 VALUE OF CHANGE ORDER WORK: A. The value of any work covered by a Change Order or of any claim for an increase or decrease in the Contract Price shall be determined in one of the following ways: