Sample Contract.docx

The following pages include a sample contract that will become finalized based on selection by Jackson County Board of Commissioners. Please execute as part of your bid package submission

CONTRACT

This Agreement made and entered into this _____ Day of ___________ , Two Thousand and Twenty Six, BETWEEN

PROJECT: SR 332 School Frontage Improvements and Boone Road/Wehunt Road Roundabout

WITNESSETH: That said Contractor has agreed, and by these presents does agree, with the said County, for the consideration herein mentioned and under the provisions of the Invitation To Bid (ITB) as required by the Specifications to furnish all equipment, tools, material, skill and labor of every description necessary to carry out and complete in a good, firm and substantial and workmanlike manner, proposal made by the Contractor, the Advertisement, the Instructions to Bid, Special Terms and Conditions and this Agreement, including all work outlined in the Scope of Service and listed in the conditions, provisions and specification to wit:

ARTICLE 1

The Contract Documents

The Contract Documents consist of this Agreement, the Invitation to Bid (ITB) 260048, the Contractor’s Response to ITB 260048, Drawings, Specifications, and Addenda issued prior to execution of this Agreement and all Change Orders issued subsequent thereto. These form the Contract, and all are as fully a part of the Contract as if attached to this Agreement or repeated herein.

ARTICLE 2

The Work

The Contractor shall perform all work required by the Contract Documents for:

SR 332 School Frontage Improvements and Boone Road/Wehunt Road Roundabout

All Work performed under this contract is subject to inspection by Georgia DOT and Jackson County. It shall be the Contractor’s responsibility to coordinate with the above for inspection services. All Work shall be performed in accordance with current state and local laws and regulations for the State of Georgia.

ARTICLE 3

Time of Commencement and Completion

The Work to be performed under this Contract shall begin within ten (10) days after the Contractor has received the Notice to Proceed (NTP) and will be completed within 330 days of starting the project.

ARTICLE 4

Contract Price

The Owner shall pay the Contractor, for the performance of the Work completed and approved by the engineer as provided in the Conditions of the Contract (less 5% retainage), ________________ in current funds, as calculated by the unit prices provided in the Contractor’s response to the ITB. This price shall remain fixed during the entire length of the original contact period or until the satisfactory completion of all of the projects listed in the ITB. The Scope of Service as outlined ITB shall only be modified by a Change Order approved by all Parties. Each Change Order that is approved by Owner and Contractor will detail any unit price changes that are calculated according to the conditions outlined in the ITB.

ARTICLE 5

Payment

Payment for the Work as described in Article 4 above, shall be made monthly only for the portion of Work that is completed and inspected by the engineer during the month (less 5% retainage). Payment will be made within thirty (30) days after the completion of the Work, provided that the Contractor fully performed in accordance with the Contract Documents. The Contractor shall complete and submit an invoice for the monthly payment to the Jackson County Government, Attention: Accounts Payable, 4965 Jackson Parkway, Jefferson, Georgia 30549. Jackson County reserves the right to request proof of performance of all work completed under this contract.

ARTICLE 6

Georgia Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 Contractor agrees and acknowledges that compliance with the requirements of the Georgia Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 are conditions of this Contract. The Contractor Affidavit and Agreement executed by Contractor pursuant to O.C.G.A. §13-10-91(b)(1) is hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference and made a part of this Contract. By the execution of this Contract, the Contractor affirms that the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 Contractor Affidavit submitted with the response to ITB 260048 is still valid, that the Contractor’s Federal Work Authorization Number has not changed, that the Contractor will utilize the Federal Work Authorization Program during the duration of this contact, that the Contractor will ensure that all subcontractors and sub-subcontractors working on the Project covered by this Contract are participating in the Federal Work Authorization Program and have completed the Subcontractors and/or Sub-subcontractor Affidavit, and that the Contractor will advise the Owner of hiring a new subcontractor and/or sub-subcontractor and will provide the Owner with a Subcontractor/Sub-subcontractor Affidavit attesting to the subcontractor’s/sub-subcontractor’s name, address, user identification number, and date of authorization to use the Federal Work Authorization Program within five (5) days of hiring before the subcontractor/sub-subcontractor begins working on the Project. The Contractor understands and will ensure that all subcontractors and sub-subcontractors understand that knowingly and willfully making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement in an affidavit submitted in compliance with O.C.G.A. §13-10-91 shall be guilty of a violation of Code Section §16-10-20 and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided for in such Code Section. Additionally, any contractor and/or sub-contractor convicted for false statements based upon a violation of this Code Section shall be prohibited from bidding on or entering into any public contract for twelve (12) months following the conviction

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Contract on the date first written above.

OWNER: CONTRACTOR:

Jackson County Board of Commissioners Company’s Legal Name

ATTEST: ATTEST:

Commission Expires: Commission Expires:

SEAL SEAL

SR 332 School Frontage Improvements & Boone Rd./Wehunt Rd. Roundabout T24-075B | ITB 260048 | 04-2026 Sample Contract