DUTY OF CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE PROPOSAL FOR CHANGES. 4.3.1 A Field Order may request the Contractor to supply the Department with a proposal for an adjustment to the contract time or contract price for the work described therein. Any such request for a proposal shall not affect the duty of the Contractor to proceed as ordered with the work described in the Field Order.
4.3.2 The Project Manager from time to time may issue a Bulletin to the Contractor requesting price and / or time adjustment proposals for contemplated changes in the work. A Bulletin is not a directive for the Contractor to perform the work described therein.
4.3.3 Within seven (7) days after receipt of a Bulletin or Field Order containing a request for proposal, the Contractor shall submit to the Project Manager a detailed written statement setting forth all charges the Contractor proposes for the change and the proposed adjustment of the contract time, all properly itemized and supported by sufficient substantiating data to permit evaluation. No time extension will be granted for delays caused by late Contractor pricing of changes or proposed changes. If the project is delayed because Contractor failed to submit the cost proposal within the seven (7) days, or longer as allowed by the Project Manager, liquidated damages will be assessed in accordance with Section 7.26, FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE WORK ON TIME.
4.3.4 No payment shall be allowed to the Contractor for pricing or negotiating proposed or actual changes. No time extension will be granted for delay caused by late Contractor pricing of changes or proposed changes.
4.3.5 The Chairman may accept the entire proposal, or any discreet cost item contained within the proposal or the proposed adjustment to contract time by a notice in writing to the Contractor delivered to the Contractor within thirty (30) days after receipt of the proposal. The written acceptance by the Chairman of all or part of the Contractor’s proposal shall create a binding agreement between the parties for that aspect of the change.
4.3.6 If the Department refuses to accept the Contractor’s entire proposal, the Chairman may issue a Field Order for the work; or if a Field Order has already been issued, the Department may issue a supplemental Field Order establishing the remaining adjustments to contract price and/or contract time for the ordered changes. If the Contractor disagrees with any term, condition or adjustment contained in such Field Order or supplemental Field Order, it shall follow the protest procedures set fo...
