The contractor must provide all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision for the project. The contractor is responsible for all injuries to persons and damages to property. The contractor must provide a performance surety bond. The parish reserves the right to make changes to the work.
Monthly certificates for partial payment, in a form approved by the parish, shall be transmitted to the parish upon receipt from the contractor and acceptance by the parish. When the contract price is less than five hundred thousand dollars 500, 000, these certificates shall be equal to ninety percent 90 of both the work performed and materials stored at the site.
The contractor warrants that all materials and equipment will be new unless otherwise specified and that all work will be of good quality and free from faults or defects and in accordance with the requirements of the contract documents. All unsatisfactory work, all faulty or defective work and all work not conforming to the requirements of the contract documents at the time of acceptance shall be considered defective.
Failure to complete or deliver within the time specified or to provide the services as specified in the bid or response will constitute a default and may cause cancellation of the contract. Where the parish has determined the contractor to be in default. the parish reserves the right to purchase any or all products or services covered by the contract on the open market and to charge the contractor with the cost in excess of the contract price.
Each respondent shall visit the site of the proposed work and fully acquaint itself with all surface and subsurface conditions as they may exist so that it may fully understand this quote request. Respondent shall also thoroughly examine and be familiar with drawings, specifications, and contract documents.
Samples of materials furnished under the contract shall be submitted for approval to the parish when and as directed. Whenever a material or article required is specified or shown on the plans by using the name of a proprietary product or of a particular manufacturer or contractor, any material or article which shall perform adequately the duties imposed by the general design will be considered equal, and satisfactory, providing the material or article so proposed is of equal substance and function and that all technical data concerning the proposed substitution be approved by the parish prior to the submission of a quote.
