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SECTION 01 23 00 - ALTERNATES

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and Requirements of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and other Division 1 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. This Section includes administrative and procedural requirements for alternates.

1.3 DEFINITIONS

A. Alternate: An amount proposed by bidders and stated on the Bid Form for certain work defined in the Bidding Requirements that may be added to or deducted from the Base Bid amount if the

Government decides to accept a corresponding change to the requirements described in the

Contract Documents.

1. The cost or credit for each alternate is the net addition to or deduction from the Contract

Sum to incorporate the alternate into the Work. No other adjustments are made to the

Contract Sum.

1.4 PROCEDURES

A. Coordination: Modify or adjust affected adjacent work as necessary to completely integrate the work of the alternate into Project.

1. Include as part of each alternate, all miscellaneous devices, accessory objects, and similar items incidental to or required for a complete installation whether or not indicated as part of alternate.

2. Integrate design and construction requirements fully for each alternate consistent with the

Contract Documents.

B. Notification: Immediately following award of the Contract or Task Order, the Contracting

Officer shall notify the Contractor, in writing, of the status of each alternate. The Government shall accept alternates only at the time of the award. The Contracting Officer shall indicate if alternates have been accepted or rejected. The notification shall include a complete description of any negotiated modifications to alternates.

C. Execute accepted alternates under the same conditions as other work of the Contract.

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D. Schedule: A Schedule of Alternates is included at the end of this Section. Specification Sections referenced in schedule contain the contract requirements for materials, equipment, and labor necessary to achieve the work described under each alternate.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS (Not Used)

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 SCHEDULE OF ALTERNATES – See specific Task Order Request for Proposal for full description of the additive alternate requirements of the initial task order.

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