Common use of Scope of Contractor’s Services Clause in Contracts

Scope of Contractor’s Services. 3.1 The Contractor shall perform all services identified and itemized in Exhibit I: “Scope of Contractor’s Services” which is attached hereto and incorporated and made part of this Contract. 3.2 The Contractor shall begin work under this Contract within ten (10) working days after the delivery of the Notice to Proceed to the Contractor. The time of beginning, rate of progress and date of completion are considered essential elements of the Contract. 3.3 If the Contractor shall be unavoidably delayed in the beginning or during the course of fulfilling the requirements of this Contract by reason of excessive storms or floods, or by an act of Providence, or by general strikes, or by court injunction, or by stopping of work by the City because of an emergency or public necessity, or by reason of alterations ordered by the City, the Contractor shall have no valid claim for damages on account of any cause or delay; but he shall, in such case, be entitled to such an extension of the time limits specified in subsection 3.1 herein, as the City shall adjudge to be just and reasonable, provided, however, that formal claim for such extension shall be made in writing by the Contractor within one (1) week after the date upon which such alleged cause for delay shall have occurred. 3.4 The Contractor shall make alterations to the Scope of Services and related work under this Contract, as the City may expressly order in writing. Compensation for such alterations shall be determined by unit prices stipulated in the proposal hereof where appropriate, or by lump sum or unit prices mutually agreed upon at the time by the City and the Contractor. 3.5 No claim against the City on account of alterations shall be valid unless such work has been previously ordered in writing and unless such claim has been presented for payment as soon as practicable after the completion of such work and before the determination of the final actual amount.