C-1.3
GENERAL CONDITIONS
Contract and Contract Documents. The plans, information for bidders, bids,
advertisement for bids, bid payment and performance bonds, Agreements, change orders,
notice to proceed, specifications and addenda, hereinafter enumerated in the Agreement,
shall form part of this Contract and the provisions thereof shall be as binding upon the
parties hereto as if they were herein fully set forth. The table of contents, titles, headings,
running headlines and marginal notes contained herein and in said documents are solely
to facilitate reference to various provisions of the Contract Documents and in no way
affect, limit or cast light on the interpretation of the provisions to which they refer.
Definitions.
2.1 “Addenda” means written or graphic instruments issued prior to the execution of
the Agreement which modify or interpret the Contract Documents, drawings and
specifications, by additions, deletions, clarifications or corrections. Such written or
graphic instruments will be issued no less than five days before the bid opening.
2.2 “Bid” means the offer or proposal of the bidder submitted on the prescribed form
setting forth the prices for the work to be performed.
2.3. “Bidder” means any person, firm or corporation submitting a bid for the work.
2.4 “Bonds” means bid, performance, and payment bonds and other instruments of
security, furnished by the Contractor and his surety in accordance with the Contract
Documents.
2.5 “Change Order” means a written order to the Contractor authorizing an addition,
deletion or revision in the work within the general scope of the Contract Documents, or
authorizing an adjustment in the Contract Price or Contract Time.
2.6 “Contract Documents” means the Contract, including any advertisement for bids,
information for bidders, bid, bid bond, Agreement, payment bond, performance bond,
notice of award, notice to proceed, change orders, drawings, specifications and addenda.
2.7 “Contract Price” means the total monies payable to the Contractor under the terms
and conditions of the Contract Documents.
2.8 “Contract Time” means the number of calendar days stated in the Contract
Documents for the completion of the Work.
2.9 “Contractor” means the person, firm or corporation with whom the Owner has
executed the Agreement.
2.10 “Division” means the state of New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services, Water Division.
