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<br />amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price
<br />guaranteeing to City the completion and perfonTIance of the Work
<br />covered in such Contract as well as fuli payment of ali suppliers,
<br />material man, laborers, or Sub-Contractors employed pursuant to
<br />this Project. Each Bond shall be with a Surety company meeting
<br />the qualifications of this document. Each Bond shall continue in
<br />effect for one and one half years after final completion and
<br />acceptance of the Work with the liability equal to one hundred
<br />percent (100%) of the Contract Sum. The Performance Bond
<br />shall be conditioned that Contractor will, upon notification by City,
<br />correct any defective or faulty Work or materials which appear
<br />within one and one half years after final completion of the
<br />Contract. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 255.05(1),
<br />Florida Statutes, Contractor shall ensure that the Bond(s)
<br />referenced above shall be recorded in the public records of Miami-
<br />Dade County and provide City with evidence of such recording.
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<br />1.25.1
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<br />Each Bond must be executed by a surety company
<br />authorized to do business in the State of Florida as a
<br />surety, having a resident agent in the State of Florida
<br />and having been in business with a record of
<br />successful continuous operation for at least five (5)
<br />years.
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<br />1.25.2
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<br />The surety company shall hoid a current certificate of
<br />authority as acceptable surety on federal bonds in
<br />accordance with the United States Department of
<br />Treasury Circular 570, current Revisions.
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<br />1.25.3
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<br />The City will accept a surety bond from a company
<br />with a rating B+ or better.
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<br />1.25.4
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<br />Failure of the successful Proposers to execute and
<br />deliver the Agreement and deliver the required bonds
<br />and Insurance Certificates shall be cause for the City
<br />to annul the Notice of Award and declare the Bid and
<br />any security therefore forfeited.
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<br />1.26
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<br />CONTRACTOR'S PRE-START REPRESENTATION
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<br />Contractor represents that they have familiarized themselves with,
<br />and assumes full responsibility for having familiarized themselves
<br />with the nature and extent of the Contract Documents, Work,
<br />locality, and with all local conditions and federal, State and iocal
<br />laws, ordinances, rules and regulations that may in any manner
<br />affect performance of the Work, and represents that they have
<br />correlated their study and observations with the requirements of
<br />the Contract Documents. Contractor also represents that they
<br />have studied all surveys and investigations reports of subsurface
<br />and latent physical conditions referred to in the specifications and
<br />made such additional surveys and investigations as they deem
<br />necessary for the performance of the Work in the Contract
<br />Documents and that they have correlated the results of all such
<br />data with the requirements of the Contract Documents.
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<br />1.27 COMMENCEMENT OF CONTRACT TIME
<br />
<br />1.28
<br />
<br />1.29
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<br />The Contract Time will commence to run on the date stated in the
<br />Notice to Proceed.
<br />
<br />STARTING THE PROJECT
<br />
<br />Contractor shall start to perform their obligations under the
<br />Contract Documents on the date when the Contract Time
<br />commences to run. No Work shall be done at the site prior to the
<br />date on which the Contract Time commences to run, except with
<br />the written consent of the City.
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<br />BEFORE STARTING CONTRACT
<br />
<br />Before undertaking each part of the Work, Contractor shall
<br />carefully study and compare the Contract Documents and check
<br />and verify pertinent figures shown thereon and all applicable field
<br />measurements. They shall at once report in writing to City any
<br />conflict, error, or discrepancy which they may discover; however,
<br />they shall not be liable to City for their failure to discover any
<br />conflict, error, or discrepancy in the Specifications.
<br />
<br />1.30
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<br />PRE-START MEETING
<br />
<br />Within five (5) days after delivery of the executed Agreement by
<br />City to Contractor, but before starting the Work at the site, a Pre-
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<br />1.32
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<br />Start conference will be held to review the above schedules, and
<br />for processing Statement of Services, and to establish a working
<br />understanding between the parties as to the Project. Present at
<br />the conference will be the City representative and the Contractor.
<br />
<br />1.31
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<br />CORRELATION, INTERPRETATION. AND INTENT OF
<br />CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
<br />
<br />It is the intent of the Specifications to describe a complete Project
<br />to be delivered in accordance with the Contract Documents. The
<br />Contract Documents comprise the entire Agreement between the
<br />City and the Contractor. They may be altered only by a
<br />Modification. The Contract Documents are complementary; what
<br />is called for by one is as binding as if called for by all. If
<br />Contractor finds a conflict, error or discrepancy in the Contract
<br />Documents, they shall call it to the City's attention in writing at
<br />once and before proceeding with the Work affected thereby. The
<br />various Contract Documents shall be given precedence in case of
<br />conflict, error or discrepancy, as follows: Change Orders,
<br />Supplemental General Conditions, Agreement Modifications,
<br />Addenda, Special Conditions, Instructions to Proposers, General
<br />Conditions, and Specifications. If the requirements of other
<br />Contract Documents are more stringent than those of the
<br />Supplemental General Conditions, the more stringent
<br />requirements shall apply. The words "furnish" and "furnish and
<br />install", "install", and "provide" or words with similar meaning
<br />shall be interpreted, unless otherwise specifically stated, to mean
<br />"furnish and install complete in piace and ready for service".
<br />Miscellaneous items and accessories which are not specifically
<br />mentioned, but which are essential to produce a complete and
<br />properly operating installation, or usable structure or plant,
<br />providing the indicated function, shall be furnished and installed
<br />without change in the Contract Price. Such miscellaneous items
<br />and accessories shall be of the same quality standards, including
<br />material, style, finish, strength, class, weight and other applicable
<br />characteristics, as specified for the major component of which the
<br />miscellaneous item or accessory is an essential part, and shall be
<br />approved by the City before installation. The above requirement
<br />is not intended to include major components not covered by or
<br />inferable from the Specifications. The Work of all trades under
<br />this Contract shall be coordinated by the Contractor in such
<br />manner as to obtain the best workmanship possible for the entire
<br />Project, and all components of the Work shall be installed or
<br />erected in accordance with the best practices of the particular
<br />trade.
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<br />CONTRACTOR'S LIABILITY INSURANCE
<br />
<br />Contractor shall provide and maintain in force until all the Work to
<br />be performed under this Contract has been completed and
<br />accepted by City (or for such duration as is otherwise specified
<br />hereinafter), the insurance coverage set forth in section 2.0
<br />paragraph 2.B
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<br />1,33 CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY
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<br />The Contractor shall have the following responsibilities:
<br />
<br />1.33.1
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<br />The Contractor will not employ any Sub-Contractor,
<br />against whom the City may have reasonable
<br />objection, nor will the Contractor be required to
<br />employ any Sub-Contractor who has been accepted
<br />by the City, unless the City determines that there is
<br />good cause for doing so.
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<br />1.33.2
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<br />The Contractor shall be fully responsible for all acts
<br />and omissions of their Sub-Contractors and of
<br />persons and organizations directly or indirectly
<br />employed by them and of persons and organizations
<br />for whose acts any of them may be liable to the same
<br />extent that they are responsible for the acts and
<br />omissions of persons directly employed by them.
<br />Nothing in the Contract Documents shall create any
<br />contractual relationship between City or Contractor
<br />and any Sub-Contractor or other person or
<br />organization having a direct contract with Contractor,
<br />nor shall it create any obligation on the part of City to
<br />payor to see to payment of any persons due any
<br />Sub-Contractor or other person or organization,
<br />except as may otherwise be required by law. City
<br />may furnish to any Sub-Contractor or other person or
<br />organization, to the extent practicable, evidence of
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