Common use of Contractor must Clause in Contracts

Contractor must. 1. Cover all fees related to labor, courier services, materials (coolers, sample containers (cubitainers), jars, sample bottles, etc.), special equipment and permits (where applicable) needed to provide analytical services. 2. Provide weekend service and operate at extended hours when necessary for special projects, water pollution spill response events, and stormwater runoff sample pick-up including nights and holiday weekends, when necessary, for preliminary analyses. 3. Be available for services, when necessary, when provided an advanced notice by County personnel, on major holiday’s (Thanksgiving week, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day). These rare occasions include storm events or a major water pollution investigation. Contractor is expected to perform essential analyses or sample preparation that will deem the samples suitable for analysis during normal business hours. 4. Accept, on a contractual basis, penalties for not reporting finalized analytical results on or before the 21st day after receipt of samples (48 hour or 7 days for rush samples) from County. Contractor must provide a draft report of analytical results within 1 business day for rush samples. All samples analyses specifically requested for 7 day rush service may be surcharged 30% over the quoted contract price. Must accept penalties for failure to perform within this time period. The County will grant time extensions beyond the reporting time limit to Contractor only on a pre-approved case by case basis. 5. Accept the following analytical quality control provisions and penalties for failure to perform to stated levels of accuracy and precision as listed below: a. Accept quality control provisions b. Accept reporting limit provisions c. Accept penalties for performance failure d. Actual limits and penalties are described in Section F.