GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE PROPOSAL 7.1 At the conclusion of the Design Development phase the Contractor shall prepare and submit a Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal to Owner based on the Design Development phase documents and review comments. The GMP shall be delivered to the Owner within three (3) weeks of the Design Development review meeting or a date established by the Owner. The GMP Proposal must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines established by Owner and delivered in the format specified by Owner in Exhibit “E” attached to this Agreement. Owner, at its sole option and discretion, may specify different requirements for the GMP Proposal. Contractor shall not withdraw its Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal for ninety (90) days following submission to Owner.
7.2 In developing the GMP Proposal, Contractor shall coordinate efforts with A/E to identify qualifications, clarifications, assumptions, exclusions, value engineering and any other factors relevant to establishment of a GMP. Contractor shall review development of the GMP Proposal with Owner on an ongoing basis to address clarifications of scope and pricing, distribution of contingencies, schedule, assumptions, exclusions, and other matters relevant to the establishment of a GMP.
7.3 The GMP Proposal must include a written description of how it was derived that specifically identifies the clarifications and assumptions made by Contractor in the GMP and the monetary amounts attributable to them. The GMP Proposal shall include, without limitation, a breakdown of Contractor’s estimated General Conditions Costs and estimated Cost of the Work organized by trade and Masterformat 2004; contingency amounts; the Construction Phase Fee; and the proposed Contract Time, including dates for Notice to Proceed, Substantial Completion and Final Completion. Notwithstanding the breakdown of Contractor’s estimated costs, there are no line item guaranteed maximum amounts except for general conditions.
7.4 The Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal shall allow for reasonably expected changes and refinements in the Drawings and Specifications through completion of the Construction Documents, except for material changes in scope.
7.5 The GMP Proposal shall include a Contractor’s Contingency amount.
7.6 Included with its GMP Proposal, Contractor shall provide three complete, bound sets of the drawings, specifications, plans, sketches, instructions, requirements, materials, equipment specifications and other information or documents that fully describe the Project as developed at the time of the GMP Proposal and that are relevant to the establishment of the GMP. The bound supporting documents shall be referenced in and incorporated into the GMP Proposal.
7.7 The GMP Proposal and all supporting documents shall identify and describe all items, assumptions, costs, contingencies, schedules and other matters necessary and relevant for proper execution and completion of the Work and for establishment of the GMP. The GMP Proposal and the supporting documents are complementary and, in the event of an irreconcilable conflict between or among them, the interpretation that provides for the higher quality or quantity of material and/or workmanship shall prevail over all other interpretations.
7.8 In submitting the GMP Proposal, Contractor represents that it will provide every item, system or element of performance that is identified, shown or specified in the GMP Proposal or the supporting documents, along with those necessary or ancillary materials that are reasonably inferable and equipment for their complete operating installation, unless specifically accepted in writing by Owner. Upon Owner’s written acceptance of the GMP Proposal, Contractor shall not be entitled to any increase in the GMP due to the continued refinement of the Construction Documents or the absence or addition of any detail or specification that may be required in order to complete the construction of the Project as described in and reasonably inferable from the GMP Proposal or the supporting documents used to establish the GMP.
7.9 The GMP Proposal shall adopt and incorporate all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all attachments to this Agreement. Any proposed deviation from the terms and conditions of this Agreement must be clearly and conspicuously identified to Owner in writing and specifically accepted in writing by Owner. In the event of a conflict between any term of the GMP Proposal that was not clearly and conspicuously identified and approved by Owner and the terms of this Agreement and its attachments, the terms of the Agreement and its attachments shall control.
7.10 Owner may accept or reject the Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal or attempt to negotiate its terms with Contractor. Upon acceptance by Owner of the GMP Proposal in writing, both parties shall execute the GMP Proposal which shall become part of this Agreement. If Owner rejects the GMP Proposal or the parties are unable or unwilling to agree on a GMP, Owner may terminate this Agreement.
7.11 Following Owner’s acceptance of the GMP Proposal, Contractor shall continue to monitor the development of the Construction Documents so that, when complete, the Construction Documents adequately incorporate and resolve all qualifications, assumptions, clarifications, exclusions and value engineering issues identified in the GMP Proposal. During the Construction Documents stage, Contractor and A/E shall jointly deliver a monthly written status report to Owner describing the progress on the incorporation of all qualifications, assumptions, clarifications, exclusions, value engineering issues and all other matters relevant to the establishment of the GMP into the Construction Documents.
7.12 Contractor shall be entitled to an equitable adjustment of the GMP if it is required to pay or bear the burden of any new federal, state, or local tax, or any rate increase of an existing tax, except taxes on income, adopted through statute, court decision, written ruling, or regulation taking effect after acceptance of the GMP Proposal. This equitable adjustment does not apply to tax increases borne solely by Subcontractors.
7.13 The parties may agree to convert the GMP to a lump sum contract amount at any time after Contractor has received bids or proposals from trade Contractors or Subcontractors for the performance of all major elements of the Project. In proposing a lump sum amount, Contractor shall consider the buyout savings, any unused contingency amounts and the trade package contracts that have not been finalized. In preparing a lump sum conversion proposal, Contractor must provide the following information:
7.13.1 The stage of completion of the Project;
7.13.2 The trade packages that have been completely bought out;
7.13.3 The trade packages remaining that have not been bought out;
7.13.4 A complete line item breakdown of the calculations used to establish a lump sum amount based on the GMP Schedule of Values;
7.13.5 An accounting of all savings amounts that are to be returned to Owner as part of the lump sum calculation; and
7.13.6 Any other Project information requested by Owner.
7.14 Contractor shall document the actual Cost of the Project at buyout as compared to the Guaranteed Maximum Price Proposal and shall report this information to Owner monthly and with Contractor’s recommendation for selection of a bid/proposal for each subcontracting package.
7.15 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Contractor shall have no liability for delay or liquidated damages if the parties are unable to reach an agreement on the GMP.
Contract Price and Payment In consideration of the Contractor's due and proper performance of its obligations under the Contract, the Contractor may charge the Authority or, as the case may be, any Beneficiary the Contract Price in accordance with this Clause 6. The only sums payable by the Authority or any Beneficiary to the Contractor for the provision of the Services shall be the Contract Price. All other costs, charges, fees and expenses of whatever kind arising out of or in connection with the Contract shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. In accordance with the Contract, where the Contractor is required to provide Deliverables, the Authority or any Beneficiary shall be entitled to withhold payment of the Contract Price pending receipt and acceptance of the Deliverables in accordance with the Specification. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Authority or any Beneficiary and the Contractor, within 15 days of the end of each calendar month, the Contractor shall invoice the Authority or, as the case may be, any Beneficiary for any Services provided by the Contractor in that calendar month. Such invoice shall be rendered on the Contractor's own invoice form clearly marked with the Authority’s or the Beneficiary's order number (if any). Invoices must show the period to which they relate and the aspects of the Services for which payment is claimed together with the agreed charging rates and any other details the Authority or the Beneficiary may require. Failure to provide such information will entitle the Authority or the Beneficiary to delay payment of the Contract Price until such information is provided. Subject to Clauses 6.3 and 6.6, the Authority or any Beneficiary shall pay any invoice submitted by the Contractor in accordance with Clause 6.4 within 30 days of receipt by the Authority or the Beneficiary of such invoice. The Authority or the Beneficiary shall pay such invoice(s) by BACS (Bank Automated Clearing System) if it so chooses or any alternate means as agreed between the Authority or the Beneficiary and the Contractor. The Authority and any Beneficiary shall be entitled to deduct from any monies due or to become due to the Contractor any monies owing to the Authority or the Beneficiary from the Contractor. Where the performance of the Contractor does not meet the required standard then a deduction as set out in the Specification or as agreed by the Parties may be made. Except where otherwise stated in the Order, the Contract Price is exclusive of VAT which shall be payable, if applicable, by the Authority or any Beneficiary in addition to such Contract Price. The invoice provided to the Authority or any Beneficiary by the Contractor in accordance with Clause 6.4 shall show the VAT calculations separately. The Contractor will keep accurate books and records in relation to the provision of the Services in accordance with sound and prudent financial management. All such books and records shall be made available to the Authority at regular intervals of not less than quarterly. In the event of the Authority or any Beneficiary breaching Clause 6.5, the Contractor shall be entitled to charge interest on the outstanding amount owed by the Authority or such Beneficiary in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. Subject to Clauses 6.12 and 6.13, the Contract Price shall not be subject to any increase whatsoever by the Contractor during the Contract Period. In the event that the Contract is varied under Clauses 22 or 23 in such a way as to affect the Contract Price and if agreement between the Parties cannot be reached on the adjustment to the Contract Price within 3 months both Parties shall jointly act to resolve the dispute in accordance with Clause 24. If the adjusted Contract Price is not so agreed or certified until after such variation has taken effect, the Authority or any Beneficiary shall continue to pay the Contractor at the rate current prior to the variation but shall pay to the Contractor or be entitled to recover from the Contractor as the case may be such sum if any as is equal to the difference between the amount which should have been paid in accordance with the adjusted Contract Price and the amount which was actually paid. In the event that the Contract ends or is terminated otherwise than at the end of a complete year, the sum payable by the Authority or any Beneficiary under Clause 6 shall be one twelfth of the annual sum which would otherwise have been payable for the complete year for each completed month.
