Substitute Material or Equipment. If it is indicated in the Specifications that the XXXX may furnish or use a substitute that is equal to any material or equipment specified, and if the XXXX wishes to furnish or use a proposed substitute, he/she shall make written application to the Library’s Project Manager for acceptance of such a substitute, certifying in writing that the proposed substitute will perform adequately the duties imposed by the general design, be similar and of equal substance to that specified and be suited to the same use and capable of performing in an efficient and economic manner as that specified. The application will include sufficient information to allow the Library’s Project Manager to evaluate the substitutions. The application will state the extent, if any, to which the review, acceptance, furnishing and installation of the proposed substitute will prejudice XXXX'x completion of the Work within the Contract Time(s). If the cost of the review of the substitution is greater than that of the originally specified item, the XXXX will reimburse the Library for all costs. Library may require XXXX to furnish at XXXX'x expense a special performance guarantee or other Surety with respect to any substitute. The benefit of lower cost items shall be shared between the Library and XXXX as specified in the Instructions to FRIMs. No substitute shall be ordered or installed without the written acceptance of the Library’s Project Manager who shall be the sole judge of acceptability.
