Common use of Disputed Work Clause in Contracts

Disputed Work. If the Contractor is of the opinion that any work ordered by the Engineer to be done as contract work is extra work and not contract work, or that any order of the Engineer exceeds the work requirements of the provisions of the contract, the Contractor shall promptly, within ten work days of receipt of the order or direction, notify the Engineer in writing of its contentions thereto. The Contractor must progress the work as required and ordered. In the meantime, the Contractor, if it considers the issue unresolved, shall promptly, within ten work days of receipt of the Engineer's written decision, notify the Sponsor in writing with copies to the Engineer, of its contentions relative to the dispute, indicating the substance of previous communication on the issue with the Engineer and its rebuttal of their previous findings. The Sponsor, or its designated representative, shall make a finding thereon and notify the Contractor of same in writing. If such work is determined by the Sponsor or its designee to be extra work pursuant to the provisions of this Section, compensation will be made pursuant to Extra Force Account Work, Dispute Compensation and Record keeping, Part B. In addition, after submitting the required notice specified in this section, the contractor shall complete its dispute submission by complying with Extra Force Account Work, Dispute Compensation and Record keeping, Part (E), Required Content of Dispute Submission, when such information is ascertainable by the contractor and Part (F),