01230 Options.DOC

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SECTION 01230 - OPTIONS

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including Sections A through M of the Contract and other Division 1 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section includes administrative and procedural requirements for alternates.

1.3 DEFINITIONS

A. Option: 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 Owner decides to accept a corresponding change either in the amount of construction to be completed or in the products, materials, equipment, systems, or installation methods described in the Contract Documents.

1. Options described in this Section are part of the Work only if enumerated in the Agreement.

2. The cost or credit for each Option is the net addition to or deduction from the Contract Sum to incorporate 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 work of the alternate into Project.

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

B. Notification: Immediately following award of the Contract, notify each party involved, in writing, of the status of each option. Indicate if options have been accepted, rejected, or deferred for later consideration. Include a complete description of negotiated modifications to options.

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

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

PART 2 - PRODUCTS (Not Used)

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS;

A. Option No. 1.

1. Base Bid: Provide autoclaves as indicated on Sheets A1.0 and A1.1 and as specified in Section "11605 – LABORATORY EQUIPMENT."

2. Option: Provide “Chilled Water Recirculation (Conservation System) GP24” as provided by Primus or manufacturer’s equal water conservation system. Provide the option installed complete.

END OF SECTION 01230

RML AUTOCLAVE REPLACEMENT ( NIH-NIAID RML ( HAMILTON, MT

OPTIONS 01230 - 2