Town_of_Manchester_Contract_(Blank).pdf

CONTRACT

THIS Contract, made this ________ day of __________________________, 20__, by and between the Town of Manchester, a municipality located within the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, acting through its General Manager, hereinafter called "TOWN," and hereinafter termed the

"CONTRACTOR."

WITNESSETH: That the parties to this Agreement each in consideration of the Agreements on the part of the other herein contained have agreed, and by these presents do hereby agree, the

TOWN for itself, and the CONTRACTOR for himself and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, as follows:

A. That the Contract Documents consist of this Contract, together with all attachments including, but not limited to, the Legal and Procedural Documents, General Conditions, Technical

Specifications, Contract Drawings, Exhibits and Addenda issued before execution of the

Contract, for the Contract, all of which are included as if fully set forth herein;

B. That the CONTRACTOR has informed himself fully in regard to all conditions pertaining to the place where the Work is to be done and other circumstances affecting the Work;

C. That the CONTRACTOR has obtained all the information he needed to enable him to estimate fully and fairly the costs of the Work herein contemplated;

D. That the CONTRACTOR shall furnish all plant, labor, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, other facilities and things necessary for or incidental to properly construct the following:

for the TOWN, in accordance with this Contract, and completing everything required of him under this Contract not later than the time stipulated in the Special Instructions to Bidders and the Form of General Bid.

E. The CONTRACTOR hereby agrees to commence the work under this Contract on the date to be specified in written Notice to Proceed from the TOWN.

F. The TOWN shall pay and the CONTRACTOR shall receive as full compensation for fulfilling everything required of the CONTRACTOR under this Contract, the unit prices and lump sums recorded in the Bid, a copy of which is appended to and is made a part of this

CONTRACT.

G. That the quantities shown in the Bid are approximate only and are solely for the purpose of facilitating the comparison of Bids, that the TOWN shall not be held responsible if these quantities are not even approximately correct, that for all Work upon which unit prices are quoted the CONTRACTOR'S compensation shall be computed upon the Work actually performed, measured by the units of measurement specified, whether greater or less than the quantities as shown in the Bid, and that the unit prices set against the several items cover all incidental services required of the CONTRACTOR under the Contract.

That the CONTRACTOR shall give to the TOWN as liquidated damages, not as a penalty, the sum, if any, as specified in the Special Instruction to Bidders, for each day required by the CONTRACTOR to complete the Work of the Contract beyond the time herein stipulated.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to these present have executed this CONTRACT in the year and day first above mentioned.

(TOWN)

(SEAL) By:

(TITLE)

(CONTRACTOR)

(SEAL) By: _____________________

(TITLE)

IMPORTANT: Execute Acknowledgement of Officer or Agent of Contractor who signs this document (use proper form next page).

(ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PRINCIPAL, IF A CORPORATION)

State of ___________________________)

) SS:

County of _________________________)

On This ________________ Day of _____________________, 20__, before me personally came and appeared _______________________________________________to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that s/he resides at

_______________________________________ and that s/he is the _____________________ of

________________________________________, the Corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that s/he knows the seal of said Corporation; that one of the impressions affixed to said instrument is an impression of such seal; that it was so affixed by order of the

Directors of said Corporation, and that s/he signed his/her name thereto by like order.

(SEAL) ___________________________________

NOTARY PUBLIC

(ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PRINCIPAL, IF A PARTNERSHIP)

State of _____________________________)

County of ___________________________)

On this ___________________ Day of ________________________, 20__, before me personally came and appeared____________________________________________ to me known, and known to me to be, one of the members of the firm of

_________________________________________________, described in and who executed the same as and for the act and deed of said firm.

(SEAL) ___________________________________

(ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PRINCIPAL, IF AN INDIVIDUAL)

State of __________________________)

County of ________________________)

On this _________________Day of _________________________, 20__, before me personally came and appeared__________________________________________ to me known, and to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same.

(SEAL) _________________________________