Common use of OR EQUAL CLAUSE Clause in Contracts

OR EQUAL CLAUSE. 10.1 Whenever a material, article or piece of equipment is identified in the Bid Project including drawings (design plans) and specifications by reference to manufacturers' or vendors' names, trade names, catalog numbers, or otherwise, it is intended merely to establish a standard; and, unless it is followed by words indicating that no substitution is permitted because of form fit function and quality. Any material, article, or equipment of other manufacturers and vendors which will perform or serve the requirements of the general design will be considered equally acceptable provided the materials, article or equipment so proposed is, in the opinion of the CITY, equal in substance, quality and function.