action ina timely manner. The City and Service Provider also agree to attend all meetings called
by the City or Service Provider to discuss the work under the Contract, and that Service Provider
may elect to conduct and record such meetings and shall later distribute prepared minutes of the
meeting to the City.
7, DISCOVERY OF CONFLICTS, ERRORS, OMISSIONS, AMBIGUITIES, OR DISCREPANCIES.
The City shall furnish to Service Provider all information and technical data in the City’s
possession or contra] reasonably required for the proper performance of the services. Service
Provider shall be entitled to reasonably rely without independent verification upon the
information and data provided by the city or obiained from generally accepted sources within the
industry, except to the extent such verification by Service Provider is expressly required as a
defined part of the Services.
Service Provider will endeayor in good faith, as needed, to obtain from the appropriate
authorities their interpretation of applicable codes and standards and will apply its professional
judgment in interpreting the codes and standards as they apply to the Project at the time of
performance of the Services. Notwithstanding the above, the Parties agree that, as the Project
progresses, such codes or standards may change or the applicability of such codes or standards
may vary from Service Providers original interpretation through no fault of Service Provider and
that additional costs necessary to conform to such changes or interpretation during or after
execution of the Services will be subjected to an equitable adjustment in the Compensation and
Project Schedule.
All future questions Service Provider may have concerning interpretation or clarification of this
contract shall be submitted in within 10 calendar days of their arising. The contract shall state
clearly and in full detail the basis for Service Provider’s question or portion. The City
representative shall render a decision with 15 calendar days. The City’s decision on the matter is
final. At all times, Service Provider shall carry on the work under this contract and maintain
and complete work in accordance with the requirement of the contract or determination of the
City. Service Provider is responsible, pursuant to the standard of care, for requesting clarification
or interpretation in the event it discovers a conflict, error or omission or discrepancy in the
contract documents, and is liable for its direct costs or expense to the extent caused by its failure
to do so.
Service Provider shail be responsible for its performance and that of Service Provider's lower-
tier subcontractors and vendors,
8, TERMINATION OF CONTRACT
A. TERMINATION, ABANDONMENT, OR SUSPENSION AT WILL. The City, in its sole
discretion, shail have the right fo terminate, abandon, or suspend al! or part of the project and
contract at will. Ifthe City chooses to terminate, abandon, or suspend all or part of the project, it
shall provide Service Provider 10 day’s written notice of its intent to do so.
[f all or part of the project is suspended for more than 90 days, the suspension shall be treated as
a termination at will of all or part of the project and contract.
Upon receipt of notice of termination, abandonment, or suspension at will, Service Provider
shall:
