Upon condition the Contractor faithfully performs its obligations herein, District agrees to authorize and request payment to Contractor (subject to the terms and conditions of the Contract Documents) the sum of __________________________ Dollars ($__________).
3. CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACTOR’S LICENSE
Contractor shall hold a valid C-10, Electrical Contractor’s License issued by the Contractor’s State License Board.
4. DATE FOR COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION
Contractor shall commence work on the Project on the date specified as the Project start date in the Notice to Proceed and complete the Project by February 28, 2013, including schedule limitations as noted in project specifications. Any variation, extension, or conflict regarding these timelines shall be requested in writing to the District in advance of the requested schedule variance.
5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
Time is of the essence. If the work is not completed in accordance with Article 4 above, it is understood that District will suffer damage. It being impractical and infeasible to determine the amount of actual damage, in accordance with Government Code section 53069.85, it is agreed that Contractor shall pay to District as fixed and liquidated damages, and not as a penalty, the sum of
$500 for each calendar day of delay until work is completed and accepted. This amount shall be deducted from any payments due or to become due to Contractor. Contractor and Contractor Surety shall be liable for the amount thereof. Time extension may be granted by the District as provided in the General Conditions. If the District accepts any work or makes any payment under this Contract after a default by reason of delays, the payment or payments shall in no respect constitute a waiver or modification of any Contract provisions regarding time of completion and liquidated damages.
6. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW
Each and every provision of law and clause required by law to be inserted shall be deemed to be inserted herein and the Contract shall be read and enforced as though it were included herein. If through mistake or otherwise any such provision is not inserted, or is not currently inserted, then upon application of either party, the Contract shall forthwith be physically amended to make such insertion or correction.
7. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
The Contractor will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the District, its governing board, officers, agents, trustees, and employees against and from any and all liability for damages on account of injury to or death of persons or damage to property or delay or damage to another contractor resulting from or arising out of or in any way connected with the performance by the Contractor of this Contract and reimburse the District for all costs, attorney’s fees, expenses and loss incurred by it in consequence of any claims, demands, and causes of action which may be brought against it arising out of the performance by the Contractor of this Contract. This indemnification shall be in addition to the other indemnification provisions contained in the Contract Documents.
Contractor shall provide the insurance set forth in the General Conditions. The amount of general liability insurance shall be $1,000,000.00 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage and the amount of automobile liability insurance shall be $1,000,000.00 per accident for bodily injury and property damage combined single limit.
8. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The Contract Documents constitute the entire agreement between the parties, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreement between the parties, oral or written, including the District’s award of the Project to Contractor, unless such agreement is expressly incorporated herein. The District makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, not specified in the Contract Documents. The Contract Documents are intended as the complete and exclusive statement of the parties’ agreement pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1856.
9. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS
This Contract may be executed in counterparts such that the signatures may appear on separate signature pages. A copy, or an original, with all signatures appended together, shall be deemed a fully executed Contract.
10. BINDING EFFECT
Contractor, by execution of this Contract, acknowledges that Contractor has read this Contract and the other Contract Documents, understands them, and agrees to be bound by their terms and conditions. The Contract Documents shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Contractor and the District and their respective successors and assigns.
11. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of the Contract Documents shall be held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof. The Contract Documents shall be governed by the laws of the State of California and venue shall be in the appropriate Superior Court in Sacramento County, California.
12. AMENDMENTS/CHANGE ORDERS
The terms of the Contract Documents shall not be waived, altered, modified, supplemented or amended in any manner whatsoever except by written agreement, signed by the parties and approved or ratified by the Governing Board.
13. ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
The Contractor shall not assign or transfer by operation of law or otherwise any or all of its rights, burdens, duties or obligations without the prior written consent of the surety on the payment bond, the surety on the performance bond and the District.
14. WRITTEN NOTICE (LEGAL)
Written notice shall be deemed to have been duly served if delivered in person to the individual or member of the firm or to an officer of the corporation for whom it was intended, or if delivered at or sent by registered, certified, or overnight mail to the last business address known to the person who gives the notice.
NOTE: Contractor must give the full business address of the Contractor and sign with Contractor’s usual signature. Partnerships must furnish the full name of all partners and the Agreement must be signed in the partnership name by a general partner with authority to bind the
partnership in such matters, followed by the signature and designation of the person signing.
The name of the person signing shall also be typed or printed below the signature.
Corporations must sign with the legal name of the corporation, followed by the name of the state of incorporation and by the signature and designation of the chairman of the board, president or any vice president, and then followed by a second signature by the secretary, assistant secretary, the chief financial officer or assistant treasurer. All persons signing must be authorized to bind the corporation in the matter. The name of each person signing shall also be typed or printed below the signature. Satisfactory evidence of the authority of the officer signing on behalf of a corporation shall be furnished upon request.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, District and Contractor have caused this Contract to be signed as of the day and year first above written.