Attachment G - Sample Construction Contract.pdf

Contract # 069.25 Rev. 2024.11.07 CDD

PITKIN COUNTY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

THIS CONTRACT, made Enter Contract Date by and between the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, 530 E. Main St., Suite #302, Aspen, CO 81611, (hereinafter called the “County”) and Contractor Legal Entity, Contractor Street Address (Include Suite/Unit), City, ST ZIP (hereinafter called the “Contractor”) to perform the following work:

Project Name (“Project”).

I. Term of Contract: The term of this Contract is from Contract Start Date to Contract End Date. Optional Contract Extension

II. Scope of Work and Work Schedule:

A. Scope of Work:

B. All work performed under this Contract shall be done according to the following work schedule:

III. Payment: The County agrees to pay, and the Contractor agrees to accept, in full payment for the performance of this Contract, the total price of spell out number of dollars dollars and spell out number of cents cents ($0.00) in accordance with this Contract, subject to increase or decrease in accordance with the provisions of this Contract; but any payment by the County may be offset by any amount the Contractor owes the County for any reason.

A. Payment Procedures

1) Contractor shall submit applications for payment Choose Invoice

Frequency for work done to date.

2) Progress payments for Contracts exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00)

a. County shall make progress payments, within thirty (30) days of

County’s approval of Contractor’s pay request.

b. In accordance to amend Section 2 Colorado Revised Statutes

(C.R.S.) § 24-91-103, for contracts exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) and if the Contractor is satisfactorily performing this Contract, progress payments shall be in an amount equal to ninety-five percent (95%) of the calculated value of completed Project work. If, in the opinion of the Project Lead and

County, satisfactory progress is not being made on the Project, or if claims are filed under Section C.R.S. § 38-26-107, as amended, County may retain such additional amounts as County may deem necessary to assure completion of the Project or to pay such claims and any Project Lead’s and attorney’s fees reasonably incurred or to be incurred by County in defending or handling such claims. The withheld percentage of the Contract Price shall be retained until the Project is completed satisfactorily and finally accepted by County in accordance with the provisions of this Contract. Progress payments shall not constitute final acceptance of the Project.

3) County shall make final payment, including release of retainage, to Contractor in accordance with this Contract and Section C.R.S. § 38-26- 107, as amended.

IV. Contractor Obligations:

A. Supervision and Superintendence

1) The Contractor shall supervise and direct the Project competently and efficiently devoting such attention thereto and applying such skills and expertise as may be necessary to perform the Project in accordance with this Contract. The Contractor shall be solely responsible for the means, methods, techniques, sequences and procedures of construction. The Contractor shall be responsible to see that the finished Project compiles accurately with this Contract.

2) The Contractor shall appoint and identify to the County and Project Lead, a competent on-site superintendent to be kept on the Project at all times during its progress and who shall not be replaced without written notice to the County and the Project Lead except under extraordinary circumstances. The superintendent will be the Contractor’s representative at the site and shall have authority to act on behalf of the Contractor. All communications given to the superintendent shall be as binding as if given to the Contractor.

B. Subcontractors, Suppliers and Others

1) The Contractor shall not employ any subcontractor, supplier or other person or organization (including those acceptable to the County and the Project Lead, whether initially or as a substitute) against whom the County or the Project Lead may have reasonable objection.

2) The identity of subcontractors, suppliers or other persons or organizations including those who are to furnish the principal items of materials and equipment must be submitted to the County in advance of any work performed or materials supplied under this Contract for acceptance by the County and the Project Lead. No acceptance by the County or the Project Lead of any such subcontractor, supplier or other person or organization shall constitute a waiver of any right of the County or the Project Lead to reject defective Project work.

3) The Contractor shall be fully responsible to the County and the Project Lead for all acts and omissions of the subcontractors, suppliers and other persons and organizations performing or furnishing any of the Project work under a direct or indirect contract with Contractor just as Contractor is responsible for Contractor's own acts and omissions. Nothing in this Contract shall create any Contractual relationship between the County or the Project Lead and any such subcontractor, supplier or other person or organization, nor shall it create any obligation on the part of the County or the Project Lead to pay or to see to the payment of any moneys due any such subcontractor, supplier or other person or organization except as may otherwise be required by laws and regulations.

4) All Project work performed for Contractor by a subcontractor will be pursuant to an appropriate contract between the Contractor and the subcontractor which specifically binds the subcontractor to the applicable terms and conditions of this Contract for the benefit of the County and the Project Lead.

C. Patent Fees and Royalties. The Contractor shall pay all license fees and royalties and assume all costs incident to their use in the performance of the Project or the incorporation in the Project of any invention, design, process, product or device which is the subject of patent rights or copyrights held by others. Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the County and the Project Lead and anyone directly or indirectly employed by either of them from and against all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including attorney's fees and court costs) arising out of any infringement of patent rights or copyrights incidental to the use in the performance of the Project or resulting from the product or device not specified in this Contract, and shall defend all such claims in connection with any alleged infringement of such rights.

D. Permits. Unless otherwise provided in this Contract, the Contractor shall obtain and pay for all construction permits and licenses. The County shall assist the Contractor, when necessary, in obtaining such permits and licenses. The Contractor shall pay all governmental charges and inspection fees necessary for the prosecution of the Project. The Contractor shall pay all charges of utilities for connections to the Project, and the County shall pay all charges of such utility owners for capital costs related thereto such as plant investment fees.

E. Laws and Regulations. The Contractor shall be familiar with and shall comply with all federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations applicable to furnishing and performance of the Project including rules, regulations, and ordinances the County promulgates at any time. Except where otherwise expressly required by applicable laws and regulations, neither the County nor the Project Lead shall be responsible for monitoring the Contractor's compliance with any Laws or Regulations.

F. Taxes. The Contractor shall pay all existing and future applicable federal, state and local sales, consumer, use and other similar taxes whether direct or indirect. Federal excise tax may not apply to materials purchased by the County. The Contract price shall include all other federal, state, and/or local direct or indirect taxes, which do apply. The Contract price shall include the cost of compliance with all other Federal Laws and Regulations at no additional cost to the County (except as provided in this Contract). The Contractor shall not be reimbursed separately for any taxes, which may apply except as provided in this Contract, and the Contractor shall be responsible for all taxes, which may apply. The County is tax exempt from Federal Excise Tax and Colorado State or local sales or use taxes. The Contractor and its subcontractors shall apply to the Colorado Department of Revenue for a Certificate of Exemption indicating that the Contractor or subcontractor's purchase of construction material or building materials is for use in a building, structure, or other public work owned and used by the County.

G. Use of Premises.

1) The Contractor shall confine construction equipment, the storage of materials and equipment and the operations of workers to the Project site and land and areas permitted by this Contract, law, ordinances, and permits.

The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for any damage to any such land or area, or to the County or occupant thereof or of any land or areas contiguous thereto, resulting from the performance of the Project. Should any claim be made against the County or the Project Lead by any such owner or occupant because of the performance of the Project, Contractor shall promptly settle with such other party. The Contractor shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Laws and Regulations, indemnify and hold the County harmless from and against all claims, damages, losses and expenses (including, but not limited to, fees of engineers, architects, attorneys and other professionals and court costs) arising directly, indirectly or consequentially out of any action, legal or equitable, brought by any such other party against the County or the Project Lead to the extent based on a claim arising out of the Contractor's performance of the Project.

2) During the progress of the Project, the Contractor shall keep the premises free from accumulations of waste materials, rubbish and other debris resulting from the Project. At the completion of the Project, the Contractor shall remove all waste materials, rubbish and debris from and about the premises as well as all tools, appliances, construction equipment and machinery, temporary structures, stumps or portions of trees, and surplus materials, and shall leave the site clean and ready for occupancy by the County. The Contractor shall restore to original condition all property not designated for alteration by this Contract.

3) The Contractor shall not load or permit any part of any structure to be loaded in any manner that will endanger the structure, nor shall the

Contractor subject any part of the Project or adjacent property to stresses or pressures that will endanger it.

H. Safety and Protection.

1) The Contractor shall be solely responsible for initiating, maintaining and supervising all safety precautions and programs in connection with the Project. The Contractor shall take all necessary precautions for the safety of, and shall provide the necessary protection to prevent damage, injury or loss to:

a. All employees in the Project area and other persons and organizations who may be affected thereby;

b. All the Project materials and equipment to be incorporated therein, whether in storage on or off the site; and

c. Other property at the site or adjacent thereto, including trees, shrubs, lawns, walks, pavements, road-ways, structures, utilities and underground facilities not designated for removal, relocation or replacement in the course of construction.

2) The Contractor shall be required to assume sole and complete responsibility for job site conditions during the course of construction of the Project, including the safety of all persons who may enter on the job site for any reason and the security of all property located on the job site. This requirement shall apply at all times during the course of the Contract and not only to normal Project work hours.

3) The Contractor shall at all times conduct the Project in such manner as will incur the least practicable interference with traffic and existing utility systems. No section of any road shall be closed to the public, nor any utility system put out of service except after permission, has been granted by the Project Lead. Each item of the Project shall be prosecuted to completion without delay and in no instance will the Contractor be permitted to transfer its forces from an uncompleted Project to a new Project without prior written notification of the Contractor to the Project Lead.

a. Unless this Contract specifically provides for the closing to traffic of any local road or highway while construction is in progress, such road or highway shall be kept open to all traffic by the Contractor.

The Contractor shall also provide and maintain in a safe condition temporary approaches, crossings, or intersections with roads and highways. The Contractor shall bear all expense of maintaining traffic over the section of road affected by the Project to be done under this Contract, and of constructing and maintaining such approaches, crossing, intersections and any necessary features without direct compensation, except as otherwise provided.

b. The Contractor shall provide, erect and maintain all necessary barricades, signs, danger signals and lights to protect the Project and the safety of the public. The Contractor’s responsibility for necessary barricades, signs, and lights shall not cease until the Project has been accepted.

I. Shop Drawings and Samples.

1) After checking and verifying all field measurements and after complying with applicable procedures specified in this Contract, the Contractor shall submit to the Project Lead for review and approval in accordance with the approved schedule of shop drawing submissions, three

(3) copies (unless otherwise specified) of all shop drawings, which will bear a stamp or specific written indication that the Contractor has satisfied the Contractor's responsibilities under this Contract with respect to the review of the submission. All submissions will be identified as the Project Lead may require. The data shown on the shop drawings will be complete with respect to quantities, dimensions, specified performance and design criteria, materials and similar data to enable the Project Lead to review the information as required.

2) The Contractor shall also submit to the Project Lead for review and approval with such promptness as to cause no delay in Project, all samples required by this Contract. All samples will have been checked by and accompanied by a specific written indication that the Contractor has satisfied the Contractor's responsibilities under this Contract with respect to the review of the submission and will be identified clearly as to material, supplier, pertinent data such as catalog numbers and the use for which intended.

3) Before submission of each shop drawing or sample, the Contractor shall have determined and verified all quantities, dimensions, specified performance criteria, installation requirements, materials, catalog numbers and similar data with respect thereto; and reviewed or coordinated each shop drawing or sample with other shop drawings and samples and with the requirements of the Project and this Contract.

4) At the time of each submission, the Contractor shall give the Project Lead specific written notice of each variation that the shop drawings or samples may have from the requirements of this Contract, and, in addition, shall cause a specific notation to be made on each shop drawing submitted to the Project Lead for review and approval of each such variation.

5) Where a shop drawing or sample is required by the specifications, no related Project work shall be commenced prior to the Project Lead’s review and approval of the shop drawing or samples.

6) The cost of furnishing all shop drawings and samples shall be borne by Contractor.

V. Performance and Payment Bond.

A. Contractor shall furnish a performance and payment bond in the amount of one half of the total Contract value for all Contracts over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), as required by C.R.S. § 38-26-105, et seq. all Bonds shall be in the form acceptable to the County. All Bonds signed by an agent must be accompanied by a certified copy of the authority to act.

B. If the surety on any Bond furnished by Contractor is declared bankrupt or becomes insolvent or its right to do business is terminated in any state or it ceases to meet the requirements of paragraph A of this Section, Contractor shall within five (5) days thereafter substitute another Bond and Surety, both of which must be acceptable to the County.

VI. Indemnity.

A. The Contractor agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and, not excluding the County's right to participate, defend the County, its subsidiary, parent, associated and/or affiliated entities, successors, or assigns, its elected officials, trustees, employees, agents, volunteers, and any jurisdiction or agency issuing permits for any work included in the project, hereinafter referred to as indemnitee, from all suits and claims, including attorney's fees and cost of litigation, actions, loss, damage, expense, cost or claims of any character or any nature arising out of the work done in fulfillment of the terms of this Contract or on account of any act, claim or amount arising or recovered under workers' compensation law or arising out of the failure of the Contractor to conform to any statutes, ordinances, regulation, law or court decree. It is agreed that the Contractor will be responsible for primary loss investigation, defense and judgment costs where this Contract of indemnity applies. In consideration of the award of this Contract, the Contractor agrees to waive all rights of subrogation against the County its subsidiary, parent, associated and/or affiliated entities, successors, or assigns, its elected officials, trustees, employees, agents, and volunteers for losses arising from the work performed by the Contractor for the County.

B. The Contractor further shall investigate, process, respond to, adjust, provide defense for and defend, pay or settle all claims, demands, or lawsuits related hereto at its sole expense and shall bear all other costs and expenses related thereto, even if the claim, demand or lawsuit is groundless, false or fraudulent.

C. Accessibility Indemnification Contractor shall indemnify, save, and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties, against any and all costs, expenses, claims, damages, liabilities, court awards and other amounts (including attorneys’ fees and related costs) incurred by any of the Indemnified Parties in relation to Contractor’s failure to comply with §§24-85-101, et seq., C.R.S., or the Accessibility Standards for Individuals with a Disability as established by OIT pursuant to Section §24-85-103 (2.5), C.R.S.

VII. Accessibility.

Contractor shall comply with and the Work Product provided under this Contract shall be in compliance with all applicable provisions of §§24-85-101, et seq., C.R.S., and the Accessibility Standards for Individuals with a Disability, as established by OIT pursuant to Section §24-85-103 (2.5), C.R.S. Contractor shall also comply with all State of Colorado technology standards related to technology accessibility and with Level AA of the most current version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), incorporated in the State of Colorado technology standards.

The County may require Contractor’s compliance to the State’s Accessibility Standards to be determined by a third party selected by the County to attest to Contractor’s Work Product and software is in compliance with §§24-85-101, et seq., C.R.S., and the Accessibility Standards for Individuals with a Disability as established by OIT pursuant to Section §24-85-103 (2.5), C.R.S.

VIII. Insurance. Contractor and subcontractors shall procure and maintain until all of their obligations have been discharged, including any warranty periods under this Contract are satisfied, insurance against claims for injury to persons or damage to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder by the Contractor, its agents, representatives, employees or subcontractors.

The insurance requirements herein are minimum requirements for this Contract and in no way limit the indemnity covenants contained in this Contract. The policies shall include, or be endorsed to include, the following provision: On insurance policies where the County is named as an additional insured, the County shall be an additional insured to the full limits of liability purchased by the Contractor even if those limits of liability are in excess of those required by this Contract.

The County in no way warrants that the minimum limits contained herein are sufficient to protect the Contractor from liabilities that might arise out of the performance of the work under this Contract by the Contractor, its agents, representatives, employees, or subcontractors. The Contractor shall assess its own risks and if it deems appropriate and/or prudent, maintain higher limits and/or broader coverages. The Contractor is not relieved of any liability or other obligations assumed or pursuant to the Contract by reason of its failure to obtain or maintain insurance in sufficient amounts, duration, or types.

Commercial General Liability Completed Operations coverage must be kept in effect for up to three (3) years after completion of the project.

A. Coverage and Limits of Insurance: Contractor shall provide coverage with limits of liability not less than those stated below. An umbrella and/or excess liability policy may be used to meet the minimum liability requirements provided that the coverage is written on a “following form” basis.

1) Statutory Workers’ Compensation: Colorado statutory minimums

a. Policy shall contain a waiver of subrogation against the County.

b. This requirement shall not apply when a contractor or subcontractor is exempt under Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act, AND when such contractor or subcontractor executes the appropriate sole proprietor waiver form.

Minimum Limits:

Coverage A (Workers’ Compensation) Statutory Coverage B (Employers Liability) $ 500,000

$ 500,000 $ 500,000

2) Commercial General Liability – ISO 1CG 0001 form or equivalent (With County named additional insured)

Minimum Limits:

General Aggregate $ 2,000,000 Products/Completed Operations Aggregate $ 2,000,000

Each Occurrence Limit $ 1,000,000 Personal/Advertising Injury $ 1,000,000 Fire Damage (Any One Fire) $ 50,000 Medical Payments (Any One Person) $ 5,000

Coverage to include:

• Premises and Operations

• Explosions, Collapse and Underground Hazards

• Personal / Advertising Injury

• Products / Completed Operations

• Liability assumed under an Insured Contract (including defense costs assumed under contract)

• Independent Contractors

• Designated Construction Projects(s) General Aggregate Limit, ISO CG 2503

(1997 Edition or equivalent)

• Additional Insured—Owners, Lessees or Contractors Endorsement, ISO Form

2010 (2004 Edition or equivalent)

• Additional Insured—Owners, Lessees or Contractors Endorsement, ISO CG 2037

(2004 Edition or equivalent)

• The policy shall be endorsed to include the following additional insured language on the Additional Insured Endorsements specified above: “County, its subsidiary, parent, associated and/or affiliated entities, successors, or assigns, its elected officials, trustees, employees, agents, and volunteers named as an additional insured with respect to liability and defense of suits arising out of the activities performed by, or on behalf of the Contractor, including completed operations”.

3) Auto Liability: Bodily injury and property damage for any owned, hired, and non-owned vehicles used in the performance of this Contract.

Minimum Limits: Statutory Coverage Bodily/Property Damage (Each Accident) $ 1,000,000

4) Contractors Pollution Liability: The County requires this coverage whenever work at issue under this Contract involves potential pollution risk to the environment or losses caused by pollution conditions (including asbestos) that may arise from the operations of the Contractor described in the Contractor’s scope of services. Policy shall cover the Contractor’s completed operations. Contractors Pollution Liability coverage (including Completed Operations) must be kept in effect for up to three (3) years after completion of the project.

Coverage shall apply to sudden and gradual pollution conditions resulting from the escape of release of smoke, vapors, fumes, acids, alkalis, toxic chemicals, liquids, or gases, natural gas, waste materials, or other irritants, contaminants, or pollutants (including asbestos). If the coverage is written on a claims-made basis, the Contractor warrants that any retroactive date applicable to coverage under the policy precedes the effective date of this Contract; and that continuous coverage will be maintained or an extended discovery period will be exercised for a period of three (3) years beginning from the time that work under this Contract is completed.

a. The policy shall be endorsed to include the following as Additional Insureds: “Pitkin County, its subsidiary, parent, associated and/or affiliated entities, successors, or assigns, its elected officials, trustees, employees, agents, and volunteers named as an additional insured with respect to liability and defense of suits arising out of the activities performed by, or on behalf of the Contractor, including completed operations”.

Minimum Limits:

Per Loss $ 1,000,000 Aggregate $ 1,000,000

5) Professional Liability: The Contractor shall maintain Professional Liability covering wrongful acts, errors and/or omissions, including design errors, if applicable, for damage sustained by reason of or in the course of operations under this Contract resulting from professional services provided by the Contractor as part of the Contract. Contractors Professional Liability (Errors and Omissions) policy must be kept in effect during the project and for up to three (3) years after completion of the project.

The policy/coverages shall be amended to include the following:

a. Coverage shall apply for three (3) years after project is complete.

b. Policy is to be on a primary basis; if other professional coverage is carried.

Per Loss $ 1,000,000 Aggregate $ 2,000,000

6) Builders Risk Insurance or Installation Floater – Completed Value Basis Unless otherwise provided, the Contractor shall purchase and maintain, in a company or companies lawfully authorized to do business in the jurisdiction in which the Project is located, Builders' Risk Insurance in the amount of the initial Contract Sum, plus value of subsequent modifications, change orders, and cost of material supplied or installed by others, comprising total value of the entire Project at the site on a replacement cost basis without optional deductibles.

a. Policy must provide coverage from the time any covered property becomes the responsibility of the Contractor, and continue without interruption during construction, renovation, or installation, including any time during which the covered property is being transported to the construction installation site, or awaiting installation, whether on or off site.

b. Such Builders' Risk Insurance shall be maintained, unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents or otherwise agreed in writing by all persons and entities who are beneficiaries of such insurance, until final payment has been made or until no person or entity other than the County’s has insurable interest in the property to be covered, whichever is later.

c. The Builders' Risk insurance shall include interests of the County and if applicable, affiliated or associate entities, the General Contractor, subcontractors and sub-tier contractors in the Project.

d. The Builders' Risk Coverage shall be written on a Special Covered Cause of Loss form and shall include theft, vandalism, malicious mischief, collapse, false-work, temporary buildings, transit, debris removal including demolition, increased cost of construction, architect’s fees and expenses, flood (including water damage), earthquake, and if applicable, all below and above ground structures, piping, foundations including underground water and sewer mains, piling including the ground on which the structure rests and excavation, backfilling, filling, and grading.

e. The Builders’ Risk shall include a Beneficial Occupancy Clause. The policy shall specifically permit occupancy of the building during construction. Contractor shall take reasonable steps to obtain consent of the insurance company and delete any provisions with regard to restrictions within any Occupancy Clauses within the Builder’s Risk Policy. The Builder’s Risk Policy shall remain in force until acceptance of the project by the County.

f. Equipment Breakdown Coverage (a.k.a. Boiler & Machinery) shall be included as required by the Contract Documents or by law, which shall specifically cover insured equipment during installation and testing (including cold and hot testing).

g. The deductible shall not exceed $25,000 and shall be the responsibility of the Contractor except for losses that involve all Acts of God such as flood, earthquake, windstorm, tsunami, volcano, etc.

7) Special Coverages (check as appropriate and insert amount):

a. ☒ Performance Bond $ 0.00

i. ☐ Labor and Material $

ii. ☐ Payment Bond $

b. ☐ Professional Errors and Omissions

c. ☐ Aircraft Liability

d. ☐ Owner’s Protective

e. ☐ Boiler and Machinery

f. ☐ Loss of Use Insurance

g. ☐ Crime, including Employee Dishonesty Coverage, or Fidelity

Bond B. Proof of Insurance:

1) Each insurance policy required by the insurance provisions of this Contract shall provide the required coverage and shall not be suspended, voided or canceled except after thirty (30) days prior written notice has been given to the County, except when cancellation is for non-payment of premium, then ten (10) days prior notice may be given. Such notice shall be sent directly to Pitkin County Procurement 530 E Main Street, Suite #304, Aspen, CO 81611. If the insurance carrier will not provide the required notice, the Consultant/Contractor and or its insurance broker shall notify the County of any cancellation, or reduction in coverage or limits of any insurance within seven (7) days of receipt of insurers’ notification to that effect. Simultaneously with the Certificates of Insurance, the Contractor shall file with the Project Lead a certified statement as to claims pending against the required coverages, reserves established on account of such claims, defense costs expended and amounts remaining on policy limits.

2) In addition, these Certificates of Insurance shall contain the following clauses:

a. The Contractor’s insurance shall be primary and non-contributory with any insurance or self-insurance purchased by the County.

b. The insurance companies issuing the policy or policies hereunder shall have no recourse against the County of Pitkin for payment of any premiums or for assessments under any form of policy.

c. Any and all deductibles or self-insured retentions in the above-described insurance policies shall be assumed by and be for the amount of, and at the sole expense of the Contractor.

d. Location of operations shall be: “all operations and locations at which work for the referenced Project is being done.”

3) Certificates of Insurance for all renewal policies shall be delivered to the Procurement Department at procurement@pitkincounty.com, at least fifteen (15) days prior to a policy’s expiration date except for any policy expiring on the expiration date of this Contract or thereafter.

4) The County reserves the right to request and receive a copy of any policy and any policy endorsement at any time during the term of this Contract.

IX. Exemptions and Preferences.

A. All purchases of construction or building or any other materials for any contract shall not include Federal Excise Taxes or Colorado State or local sales or use taxes.

Pitkin County is exempt from such taxes under registration numbers 98-02624 and 84-78000-5K.

B. Pursuant to state statute and to the extent permitted by law, Colorado labor shall be employed to perform the Project to the extent of not less than eighty percent (80%) of each type or class of labor employed on such project; except for highway construction, which is subject to C.R.S. § 43-2-208, which provides that all laborers shall be bona fide residents of Colorado with a preference to residents of the County where the Project is performed.

X. Protection and Restoration of Property and Landscape; Hazardous Materials.

A. Protection and Restoration of Property and Landscape.

1) The Contractor shall be responsible for the preservation of all public and private property and shall carefully protect from disturbance or damage all land and property, as well as any monuments and property marks until the Project Lead has witnessed or otherwise referenced their location and shall not remove them until directed.

2) The Contractor shall be responsible for all damage or injury to property of any character, during the prosecution of the Project, resulting from any act, omission, neglect, or misconduct in its manner or method of executing the Project, or at any time due to defective Project work or materials, and said responsibility shall not be released until the project shall have been completed and accepted.

3) When or where any direct or indirect damage or injury is done to public or private property by or on account of any act, omission, neglect, or misconduct by the Contractor in the execution of the Project, or in consequence of the non-execution thereof by the Contractor, it shall restore, at its own expense, such property to a condition similar or equal to that existing before such damage or injury was done, by repairing, rebuilding, or otherwise restoring as may be directed, or it shall make good such damage or injury in an acceptable manner.

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4) Materials storage, equipment parking, vehicle parking and stockpiling excavated materials shall be allowed only in those areas designated by the Project Lead.

5) If the Contractor disturbs any of the landscape not called for removal, it shall restore those areas as directed by the Project Lead at the Contractor's expense.

B. Hazardous Materials

1) The County shall not be responsible for the cost of and the removal or cleanup of Hazardous Materials found in any materials brought to the Project site, after the Project site is turned over to the Contractor.

2) The Contractor shall provide the Project Lead with a written certification each time materials or equipment is brought onto the Project site that such materials or equipment do not contain Hazardous Materials.

XI. County Work at the Project Site.

A. The County may perform other work related to the Project at the site by the County’s own forces, have other work performed by utility owners or let other direct contracts therefor which shall contain terms similar to these. The Contractor shall perform and coordinate its activities with other contractors to avoid conflict and minimize disruptions.

B. The Contractor shall afford each utility owner and other contractor who is a party to such a direct contract (or the County if the County is performing the additional work with the County's employees) proper and safe access to the site and a reasonable opportunity for the introduction and storage of materials and equipment and the execution of such work, and shall properly connect and coordinate the work with theirs. The Contractor shall do all cutting, fitting and patching of the Project that may be required to make its several parts come together properly and integrate with such other work. The Contractor shall not endanger any work of others by cutting, excavating or otherwise altering their work and will only cut or alter their work with the written consent of Project Lead and the others whose work will be affected. The duties and responsibilities of Contractor under this paragraph are for the benefit of such utility owners and other contractors to the extent that there are comparable provisions for the benefit of the Contractor in said direct contracts between the County and such utility owners and other contractors.

C. If any part of the Contractor's Project depends for proper execution or results upon the work of any such other contractor or utility owner (or the County), the Contractor shall inspect and promptly report to the Project Lead in writing any delays, defects or deficiencies in such work that render it unavailable or unsuitable for such proper execution and results. The Contractor's failure to report such conditions will constitute an acceptance of the other work as fit and proper for integration with the Contractor's Project except for latent or non-apparent defects and deficiencies in the other work.

XII. Changes in the Project and Use of Change Orders.

A. The County may, from time to time, request changes in the scope of services of the

Contractor to be performed hereunder.

1) The Project Lead shall issue a notice informing the Contractor of a planned change in the Project and requesting the Contractor's detailed price proposal and adjusted schedule of work. The Contractor shall submit a priced proposal for performing the proposed change in the Project within five (5) days of notice or such other time acceptable to both parties. When the Contractor and the County reach agreement on the adjustments to the Contract price and/or Contract time, and changes in the Project, such adjustments shall be promptly recorded in an executed Change Order.

B. All Contractor initiated change requests shall be submitted to the County and the Project Lead in a letter or written notice with the reference notation “Contractor Change Request”. If the Contractor: (i) receives any oral or written instructions, directives or interpretations of Contract Documents, or determinations from the Project Lead or, (ii) identifies what it believes are design errors or omissions in the Contract Drawings or Specifications, or (iii) encounters a differing site condition;

or, (iv) is delayed in the progress of the Project; or, (v) becomes aware of any other matter or circumstance which it believes would require a change in the Contract Price or Contract Time, the Contractor shall give the Project Lead prompt written notice of such matters.

1) All Contractor change requests shall be dated, numbered sequentially, and shall describe the action or event which the Contractor believes may require an extension in time, price or other modification. The Contractor shall also provide descriptions of possible Contractor actions or solutions to minimize the cost of the Contractor change request and, provide an estimate of the adjustment in the Contract Price and/or Contract Time, which it believes is appropriate.

2) Contractor Time Requirements

a. With respect to orders, instructions, directives, interpretations, determinations, or the discovery of any errors or omissions in this Contract, a Contractor change request shall be submitted before the Contractor acts on them, but in no event more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days after they were received or discovered.

b. With respect to any differing site conditions, a Contractor change request shall be submitted before the conditions are disturbed, but in no event more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days after the conditions are first discovered.

c. With respect to delays, a Contractor change request shall be submitted as soon as the Contractor has knowledge of the delay, but in no event more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days therefrom.

d. With respect to any matters or circumstance which the Contractor believes would require a change, including delays, a Contractor change request shall be submitted as soon as the Contractor has knowledge of the matter or circumstance, but in no event more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days after the Contractor becomes aware of such circumstance or matter.

3) Submittal Requirements and Waiver of Claims

a. If the Contractor does not submit a Contractor change request within the time required above, any action by the Contractor related to such order, direction, instruction, interpretation, determination, design error or omission, or other matter, including delays or differing site conditions, will not be considered by the County as a change to the Project and the Contractor waives any claim for an adjustment on the Contract Price or the Contract Time.

b. The Contractor shall, at the time a Contractor change request is submitted provide the Project Lead with a complete and itemized proposal of Contract price and time adjustments. The proposal shall also contain a detailed explanation, citing all applicable provisions in this Contract, which supports the Contractor change request. If the Contractor does not submit its itemized proposal within the time described above or within such extension, which the Project Lead, in his/her discretion may have granted in writing, it waives any claim for an adjustment in the Contract price or Contract time arising out of the act or event described in the Contract change request.

c. If a Contractor change request is denied by the Project Lead, in whole or in part, any claim for an increase in the Contract price or Contract time arising out of the act or event described in the Contractor change request is waived unless the Contractor timely complied with the provisions of paragraphs 2(a-d) of this Section.

XIII. Warranty and Guarantee; Tests and Inspections; Correction, Removal or Acceptance of

Defective Project Work A. Warranty.

1) The Contractor warrants and guarantees to the County that all Project work, whether supplied, furnished, installed, provided, or performed by Contractor, a subcontractor, or supplier, will be in accordance with this Contract and will not be defective and that all Project work shall be performed in a skillful and workmanlike manner. Additionally, the Contractor shall warrant that all equipment which is incorporated into the Project or any subsystem shall be new, free from liens and defects in design, have clear title, be free from faulty materials and workmanship, and shall conform in all aspects to the terms of this Contract, to the drawings issued for manufacture by the Contractor, and shall be in conformance with the those technical specifications provided in Section II (Scope of Work) of this Contract and Contractor's Proposal. Except where longer periods of warranty are indicated for certain items, Contractor warrants Project work, whether furnished, installed, provided, performed or supplied by Contractor, a subcontractor or supplier, to be free from faulty materials and workmanship and that each piece of equipment or any part thereof incorporated into the Project or any subsystem shall conform to the aforementioned warranty and guarantee provisions and be free from failure for a period of not less than Enter Length of Time (Open to Negotiations) from date of Final Payment. Landscaping replacement shall be warranted for two (2) growing seasons.

2) With respect to all warranties, express or implied, from subcontractors, manufacturers, or suppliers for Project work performed and materials furnished under the Contract, the Contractor shall:

a. Obtain all warranties that would be given in normal commercial practice. To the extent that the subcontractor's, manufacturer's, or supplier's, standard warranty exceeds the minimum County requirements as set forth in this Section or elsewhere in this Contract, the subcontractor's, manufacturer's, or supplier's standard warranty shall apply.

b. Require all warranties to be executed, in writing, for the benefit of the County, if directed by the Project Lead; or

c. Enforce all warranties for the benefit of the County, if directed by the Project Lead.

d. Assign all warranties and guarantees in writing to the County upon the request of the County.

B. Access to Project. The Project Lead and the Project Lead’s representatives, other representatives of the County, testing agencies and governmental agencies with jurisdictional interests shall have access to the Project, at any time for their observation, inspecting and testing. Contractor shall provide proper and safe conditions for such access.

C. Tests and Inspections.

1) The Contractor shall cooperate with material testing persons and firms, and for required inspections, and compliance and approval tests for the work performed by the Contractor or its subcontractor.

2) If any laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, code or order of any public body having jurisdiction requires any Project work (or part thereof) to specifically be inspected, tested or approved, the Contractor shall assume full responsibility therefore, pay all costs in connection therewith and furnish the Project Lead the required certificates of inspection, testing or approval. The Contractor shall also be responsible for and shall pay all costs in connection with any inspection or re-testing required in connection with the County’s or the Project Lead’s acceptance of a supplier of materials or equipment proposed to be incorporated in the Project, or of materials or equipment submitted for approval prior to the Contractor's purchase thereof for incorporation in the Project. The cost of all inspections, testing, re-testing and approvals in addition to the above which are required by this Contract shall be paid by the Contractor (unless otherwise specified). The County will conduct and pay for the conformance tests on materials installed in-place, and the Contractor shall pay for re-testing of all failing and non-conforming materials thereafter.

3) All inspections, tests or approvals other than those required by laws, ordinances, rule, regulations, code, or order of any public body having jurisdiction shall be performed by organizations acceptable to the Project Lead.

4) If any Project work (including the work of others) that is to be inspected, tested or approved is covered without written concurrence of the Project Lead, it must be uncovered for observation. Such uncovering and testing when required by the Project Lead shall be at the Contractor's expense.

5) Neither observations by the Project Lead nor inspections, tests or approvals by others shall relieve the Contractor from the Contractor's obligations to perform the Project in accordance with this Contract.

D. Correction or Removal of Defective Work. If required by the Project Lead or the County, the Contractor shall promptly, as directed, either correct all defective Project work, whether or not fabricated, installed or completed, or, if the Project work has been rejected by the Project Lead or the County, remove it from the site and replace it with non-defective Project work. The Contractor shall bear all direct, indirect and consequential costs of such correction or removal (including but not limited to fees and charges of engineers, architects, attorneys and other professionals) made necessary thereby.

E. Correction Period. If within two (2) years after the date of Final Payment or such longer period of time as may be prescribed by laws or by the terms of any applicable special guarantee required by the Contract Documents or by any specific provision of the Contract Documents, any Project work is found to be defective, the Contractor shall promptly without cost to County and in accordance with County's written instructions, either correct such defective Project work, or, if it has been rejected by County, remove it from the site and replace it with non-defective Project work. If the Contractor does not promptly (within seven (7) days from receipt) comply with the terms of such instructions, or in an emergency where delay would cause serious risk of loss or damage, the County may have the defective Project work corrected or the rejected Project work removed and replaced, and all direct, indirect and consequential costs of such removal and replacement (including but not limited to fees and charges of engineers, architects, attorneys and other professionals) will be paid by the Contractor. Contractor shall also pay for any damage to other Project work, other property, or person, which occurred as a result of the defective Project work.

F. County May Correct Defective Work. If the Contractor fails within ten (10) consecutive calendar days after written notice of the Project Lead or the County to proceed to correct and to correct defective Project work or to remove and replace rejected Project work as required by the Project Lead or the County in accordance with paragraph D of this Section, or if the Contractor fails to perform the Project work in accordance with the Contract Documents, or if the Contractor fails to comply with any other provision of the Contract Documents, the County may, after seven (7) days' written notice to the Contractor, correct and remedy any such deficiency. In exercising the rights and remedies under this paragraph the County shall proceed expeditiously to the extent necessary to complete corrective and remedial action. The

County may exclude the Contractor from all or part of the site, take possession of all or part of the Project, and suspend the Contractor's services related thereto, take possession of the Contractor's tools, appliances, construction equipment and machinery at the site and incorporate in the Project all materials and equipment stored at the site or for which the County has paid the Contractor but which are stored elsewhere. The Contractor shall allow the County, the County's representatives, agents and employees such access to the site as may be necessary to enable the County to exercise the rights and remedies under this paragraph.