R2012-116 ACCEPTING THE BID AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS The following Standard Specifications shall be used for this project: The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) "Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction", current edition. The City of Decatur, Department of Public Works, Engineering Division "Construction Standards", dated January 1, 2003. ' "Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois", current edition. The"Illinois Urban Manual"current version in effect on the date of invitation for bids SP-1 DESCRIPTION OF WORK The proposed improvement, 2012 Miscellaneous Storm and Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project, designated as City Project 2012-09, consists of installing new manholes, inlets, and repairing damaged sections of sewer as required by the City. Sewer payment schedules have been provided to allow miscellaneous sewer repair work in addition to rapid response sewer ' repair work as requested by the City. Specific miscellaneous work items have not been identified and will be determined by the Engineer upon award of the contract and as required. Approximately two thirds (2/3) of the project is anticipated to be of an emergency (rapid response) nature. The contractor will be expected to be on-call to perform all requested rapid response sewer work for the City throughout the duration of this project. SP-2 CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND COMPLETION DATE A completion date of June 1, 2013, has been established for this contract as set forth in ' Section 108 of the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction to complete the sewer work identified in this contract. All applicable provisions of Section 108 shall apply. All miscellaneous sewer repairs shall be completed within 10 calendar days after the Engineer orders the work to be done. Failure to complete miscellaneous repairs within 10 calendar days will result in liquidated damages per calendar day as specified in 108.09 of the ' Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction based on the estimated cost of the identified work. If the quantity or scope of miscellaneous work cannot realistically be completed within 10 calendar days, the Contractor shall provide a schedule for the approval of the Engineer. Upon approval by the Engineer, the schedule will be binding upon the Contractor in accordance with Section 108 of the Standard Specifications. All rapid response sewer repair work identified by the Engineer shall be substantially completed or stabilized to the satisfaction of the City Engineer within 1 working day after the Engineer orders the work to be done. Unless an extension is granted and allocated funds are not expended, this project shall end on June 1,2013. 43