Specifications include, but are not limited to: The intent of the contract is to provide all duties necessary to maintain the Nightmute Airport during the term of this contract. Work may consist of routine winter maintenance as specified in the scope of this contract by a Department of Transportation Representative which includes but not limited to airport area maintenance, preventative maintenance on Department owned equipment, building structures, roadways and bridges located on airport property unless otherwise designated. During the course of this agreement and in accord with the terms of this contract, the Contractor will coordinate with and take direction from the Department Representative or his/her designee for the area identified within this contract. This is an integrated contract between the Department and the Contractor. This contract may only be amended by a change order solely initiated by the State of Alaska. This contract isseverable, if one provision of this contract isfound to be unenforceable; it shall not relieve the Contractor from performing all other provisions of this Contract. (II) CONTRACTOR CONFROMITY Each page of the Contract Technical Specifications must be initialed by the Contractor showing that they have read, understand and will comply with the terms of the contract. Any page that is not initialed shall be addressed with the Contractor for verification that an error was not made. If the Contractor refuses to initial any page of these specifications this may be cause for the Department to reject the bid. (III) ALTERATION OF WORK AND QUANTITIES AKDOT reserves the right to make alterations of work and quantities as necessary or desirable to complete the work originally intended in an acceptable manner. Alterations of work and quantities that are within the original scope of the contract shall be covered by “Change Orders”. Should the alteration of work not be part of the original scope of work, such excess altered work shall be covered by a Supplemental Agreement. The Contractor and the Department Representative shall agree on a cost for the excess altered work. If the Contractor and the Department are unable to agree on a unit adjustment, the AKDOT reserves the right to make other arrangements for its completion. (IV) EXTRA WORK Should the contract require the Contractor to perform an item of work for which no basis of payment has been provided in the original contract, previously issued change orders or supplemental agreements, the same shall be called Extra Work. Extra Work that is within the general scope of the contract shall be covered by written change order. Change orders for such extra work shall contain agreed unit prices for performing the change order work in accordance with the requirements specified in the order. Extra work that is necessary for acceptable completion of a project, but is not within the original scope of work shall be covered by a Supplemental Agreement. Any claim for payment of extra work that is not covered by a change order or a supplemental agreement shall be rejected by AKDOT.
