Common use of Interpretation of the Contract Clause in Contracts

Interpretation of the Contract. (a) CITY selected CONTRACTOR through a negotiated procurement process rather than an Invitation for Bids (IFB) solicitation. Unlike the IFB, this process allows the CITY and CONTRACTOR to discuss and negotiate a contract at arm’s length prior to entering a final contract that is acceptable to both the CITY and the CONTRACTOR. After negotiation and discussion, CONTRACTOR and CITY have incorporated multiple documents into this Agreement and the meaning of some of the words used in the Agreement may be uncertain, incomplete or duplicative and the Agreement may promise something at one place and take that promise away at another. In sum, the Agreement may contain words and provisions that are susceptible of more than one meaning so that reasonable persons of average intelligence may fairly and honestly differ in their construction of the words and provisions. It is the intent of the CITY and the CONTRACTOR that the CITY’s taxpayers receive the benefit or advantage in the construction and interpretation of this Agreement, regardless of the normal judicial rules of contract construction even if the construction and interpretation of the Agreement will cost the CONTRACTOR more money and time. CITY and CONTRACTOR agree that CITY’s Manager of Procurement Services shall resolve all disagreements as to the meaning of this Agreement or any ambiguity in this Agreement, in favor of the CITY and its taxpayers even if it will cost the CONTRACTOR more money and time. The decision of CITY’s Manager of Procurement shall be final and conclusive if the Manager of Procurement Services acted in good faith.

Interpretation of the Contract. (a) CITY selected CONTRACTOR through a negotiated procurement process rather than an Invitation for Bids (IFB) solicitation. Unlike the IFB, this process allows the CITY and CONTRACTOR to discuss and negotiate a contract at arm’s arms length prior to entering a final contract that is acceptable to both the CITY and the CONTRACTOR. After negotiation and discussion, CONTRACTOR and CITY have incorporated multiple documents into this Agreement and the meaning of some of the words used in the Agreement may be uncertain, incomplete or duplicative and the Agreement may promise something at one place and take that promise away at another. In sum, the Agreement may contain words and provisions that are susceptible of more than one meaning so that reasonable persons of average intelligence may fairly and honestly differ in their construction of the words and provisions. It is the intent of the CITY and the CONTRACTOR that the CITY’s taxpayers receive the benefit or advantage in the construction and interpretation of this Agreement, regardless of the normal judicial rules of contract construction even if the construction and interpretation of the Agreement will cost the CONTRACTOR more money and time. CITY and CONTRACTOR agree that CITY’s Manager of Procurement Services shall resolve all disagreements as to the meaning of this Agreement or any ambiguity in this Agreement, in favor of the CITY and its taxpayers even if it will cost the CONTRACTOR more money and time. The decision of CITY’s Manager of Procurement shall be final and conclusive if the Manager of Procurement Services acted in good faith.