01330_SUBMITTALS__PROPOSALS.DOC

SECTION 01330

SUBMITTALS & PROPOSALS

GENERAL

Proposals and submittals shall be provided in separate documents.

1. PROPOSALS

Documents that include proposed deviations from the contract are not by definition submittals, they are by definition proposals. All proposals shall be identified as proposals. Where the contractor intends to deviate from a specified requirement, the contractor shall clearly mark that document as a PROPOSAL.

2. SUBMITTALS

The contractor shall provide submittals as required in the Maryland State Specification, and in these specifications.

2.1 SUBMITTAL REVIEW

Prior to submitting them to the Government, the contractor shall review and certify in writing that what is being submitted meets the requirements specified.

3. SIGNED CERTIFICATRION: Each submittal shall be signed by an official of the company and shall contain the name and address of the Contractor, the material manufacturer, and the project name. Copies of laboratory reports submitted shall contain the name and address of the testing laboratory, and the dates of the tests to which the reports apply.

4. NUMBER TO BE PROVIDED: Four sets of signed shop drawings, plant and material lists, catalog cuts, equipment lists, etc, shall be provided not less than three weeks prior to procurement of such materials, equipment, etc.

5. Government approval of submittals shall not be construed as relieving the Contractor from meeting specified requirements.

6. Submittals not called for by the government require no action by the government.

7. SAMPLES: Samples required by the government shall be:

7.1 Properly identified and labeled for ready identification

7.2 Be certified in writing by the contractor as meeting the specified requirements.

7.3 Be stored at the job site until all work has been completed and accepted by the Contracting Officer.

7.4 May be retained by the government; or the contractor shall remove any samples, as required by the contracting officer.

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