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<br />in accordance with the United States Department of Treasury Circular 570, current Revisions.
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<br />4.4.3. The City will accept a surety bond from a company with a rating B+ or better.
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<br />4.4.4. Failure of the successful Bidder to execute and deliver the Agreement and deliver the required bonds
<br />and Insurance Certificates as stipulated in paragraph 4.3 shall be cause for the City to annul the
<br />Notice of Award and declare the Bid and any security therefore forfeited.
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<br />4.5. Contractor's Pre-Start Representation: Contractor represents that they have familiarized
<br />themselves with, and assumes full responsibility for having familiarized themselves with the nature and extent
<br />of the Contract Documents, Work, locality, and with all local conditions and federal, State and local laws,
<br />ordinances, rules and regulations that may in any manner affect performance of the Work, and represents that
<br />they have correlated their study and observations with the requirements of the Contract Documents.
<br />Contractor also represents that they have studied all surveys and investigations reports of subsurface and
<br />latent physical conditions referred to in the specifications and made such additional surveys and investigations
<br />as they deem necessary for the performance of the Work in the Contract Documents and that they have
<br />correlated the results of all such data with the requirements of the Contract Documents.
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<br />4.6. Commencement of Contract Time: The Contract Time will commence to run on the date stated in
<br />the Notice to Proceed.
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<br />4.7. Starting the Project: Contractor shall start to perform their obligations under the Contract
<br />Documents on the date when the Contract Time commences to run. No Work shall be done at the site prior to
<br />the date on which the Contract Time commences to run, except with the written consent of the City.
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<br />4.8. Before Starting Contract: Before undertaking each part of the Work, Contractor shall carefully
<br />study and compare the Contract Documents and check and verify pertinent figures shown thereon and all
<br />applicable field measurements. They shall at once report in writing to City any conflict, error, or discrepancy
<br />which they may discover; however, they shall not be liable to City for their failure to discover any conflict,
<br />error, or discrepancy in the Specifications.
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<br />4.9. Pre-Start Meeting: Within five (5) days after delivery of the executed Agreement by City to
<br />Contractor, but before starting the Work at the site, a Pre-Start conference will be held to review the above
<br />schedules, and for processing Statement of Services, and to establish a working understanding between the
<br />parties as to the Project. Present at the conference will be the City representative and the Contractor.
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<br />4.10. Correlation, Interpretation, and Intent of Contract Documents: It is the intent of the
<br />Specifications to describe a complete Project to be delivered in accordance with the Contract Documents. The
<br />Contract Documents comprise the entire Agreement between the City and the Contractor. They may be
<br />altered only by a Modification. The Contract Documents are complementary; what is called for by one is as
<br />binding as if called for by all. If Contractor finds a conflict, error or discrepancy in the Contract Documents,
<br />they shall call it to the City's attention in writing at once and before proceeding with the Work affected
<br />thereby. The various Contract Documents shall be given precedence in case of conflict, error or discrepancy,
<br />as follows: Change Orders, Supplemental General Conditions, Agreement Modifications, Addenda, Special
<br />Conditions, Instructions to Bidders, General Conditions, and Specifications. If the requirements of other
<br />Contract Documents are more stringent than those of the Supplemental General Conditions, the more
<br />stringent requirements shall apply. The words "furnish" and "furnish and install", "install", and "provide" or
<br />words with similar meaning shall be interpreted, unless otherwise specifically stated, to mean "furnish and
<br />install complete in place and ready for service". Miscellaneous items and accessories which are not specifically
<br />mentioned, but which are essential to produce a complete and properly operating installation, or usable
<br />structure or plant, providing the indicated function, shall be furnished and installed without change in the
<br />Contract Price. Such miscellaneous items and accessories shall be of the same quality standards, including
<br />material, style, finish, strength, class, weight and other applicable characteristics, as specified for the major
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