SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURES. 2.3.1 Refer to the UGC for requirements not identified in this Section. 2.3.2 The specified products used in preparing the Contract Documents establish minimum qualities. Substitutions must be at least equal to the minimum qualities for consideration by Owner as an acceptable substitution. The burden of proof of equality rests with the Contractor. The Owner retains sole authority for acceptance of substitutions. 2.3.3 Contractor shall submit all substitution requests within sixty (60) days of the Notice to Proceed for Construction and shall allow a minimum of twenty-one (21) days for review of each substitution by the Architect/Engineer and Owner in addition to the requirements identified in Section 2.2 above. Contractor is solely responsible for allowing sufficient time for substitutions to be considered without affecting Contract Time. 2.3.4 Substitution requests shall include the name of the material or equipment for which it is to be substituted and a complete description of the proposed substitution, including drawings, performance and test data, and other information necessary for an evaluation. Documentation for substitution requests shall show compliance with the following, as applicable:
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