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1003144.4 018549 CTR
Initial Draft for Internal Review
SERVICE CONTRACT
FOR THE
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
OF THE
MONMOUTH COUNTY RECLAMATION CENTER
LEACHATE PRETREATMENT FACILITY
between
THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
AND
[COMPANY]
Dated
______, 2012
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1003144.4 018549 CTR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1DEFINITIONS......
SECTION 1.2INTERPRETATION......
(A)References Hereto......
(B)Gender and Plurality......
(C)Persons......
(D)Headings......
(E)Entire Agreement......
(F)Technical Specifications......
(G)Standards of Workmanship and Materials......
(H)Technical Standards and Codes......
(I)Liquidated Damages......
(J)Causing Performance......
(K)Party Bearing Cost of Performance......
(L)Assistance......
(M)Interpolation......
(N)Prudent Industry Practice and Prudent Engineering and Construction Practice......
(O)Applicability and Stringency of Contract Standards......
(P)Delivery of Documents in Digital Format......
(Q)Severability......
(R)No Third-Party Rights......
(S)References to Pretreatment......
(T)References to Days......
(U)References to Including......
(V)References to Knowledge......
(W)Counterparts......
(X)Governing Law......
(Y)Defined Terms......
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.1REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COUNTY......
(A)Existence and Powers......
(B)Due Authorization and Binding Obligation......
(C)No Conflict......
(D)No Approvals Required......
(E)No Litigation......
SECTION 2.2REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY......
(A)Existence and Powers......
(B)Due Authorization and Binding Obligation......
(C)No Conflict......
(D)No Approvals Required......
(E)No Litigation......
(F)Claims and Demands......
(G)Applicable Law Compliance......
(H)Practicability of Performance......
(I)Patents and Licenses......
(J)Information Supplied by the Company......
(K)Guaranty Agreement......
(L)Required Design-Build Period Insurance......
ARTICLE III
TERM
SECTION 3.1EFFECTIVE DATE AND INITIAL TERM......
SECTION 3.2RENEWAL AND EXTENSION OPTION......
ARTICLE IV
PERMITTING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE DESIGN-BUILD IMPROVEMENTS
SECTION 4.1DESIGN-BUILD WORK GENERALLY......
(A)Commencement of Design-Build Work......
(B)Elements of the Design-Build Work......
(C)Sequencing and Staging of Design-Build Work......
(D)Schedule and Reports......
(E)Monthly On-Site Meetings and Design and Construction Review......
(F)Title and Risk of Loss......
(G)Encumbrances......
(H)Software Programming......
(I)Utilities......
(J)Payment of Costs......
(K)Quality Assurance and Quality Control......
(L)Subcontracts......
(M)Certificates and Reports......
(N)Notice of Default......
(O)Emergency Personnel Access......
SECTION 4.2CONSTRUCTION COMMENCEMENT DATE......
(A)Construction Commencement Date Generally......
(B)Company Obligations......
(C)Establishment of the Construction Commencement Date......
SECTION 4.3SUITABILITY OF DESIGN-BUILD IMPROVEMENT SITES......
(A)Familiarity with the Design-Build Improvement Sites......
(B)Independent Verification......
(C)Design-Build Improvement Sites Access......
(D)County Responsibility for Specified Subsurface Conditions and Regulated Site Conditions......
SECTION 4.4SITE CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DESIGN-BUILD WORK.
(A)General......
(B)Company Obligations with Respect to Specified Subsurface Conditions and Regulated Site Conditions
(C)County Obligations with Respect to Specified Subsurface Conditions and Regulated Site Conditions.
SECTION 4.5COMPANY DESIGN WORK......
(A)Performance of the Design Work......
(B)Design Risk......
(C)County Review and Comment on Design Documents......
(D)Changes to the Technical Specifications......
(E)Documents at the Facility Site......
(F)Licensing Requirements......
SECTION 4.6SECONDARY TECHNICAL CRITERIA......
(A)Relation to the Design and Construction Requirements......
(B)Permissible Variations......
SECTION 4.7CHANGES TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS......
(A)Changes Made at Company Request......
(B)Changes Made due to Uncontrollable Circumstances......
(C)Changes Required by Governmental Bodies......
(D)Changes Required by the County......
SECTION 4.8DESIGN-BUILD WORK CHANGE DIRECTIVES......
(A)Generally......
(B)Disagreement with Terms of a Design-Build Work Change Directive......
SECTION 4.9COMPANY CONSTRUCTION PERMITTING RESPONSIBILITIES......
(A)Applications and Submittals......
(B)Data and Information......
(C)Non-Compliance and Enforcement......
(D)Reports to Governmental Bodies......
(E)Potential Regulatory Change......
(F)Limited Permitting Assistance by the County......
(G)Company Assumption of Permitting Risk......
(H)Uncontrollable Circumstance Relief from Certain Permitting Obligations......
(I)Assumed Approval Issuance Dates......
(J)Failure of a Governmental Body to Comply with Applicable Law......
SECTION 4.10COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW......
(A)Compliance with Applicable Law Generally......
(B)Registration, Licensing and Certification Requirements......
(C)Compliance with Conditions in Governmental Approvals......
(D)Governmental Approvals Necessary for Continued Construction......
(E)Fines, Penalties and Remediation......
SECTION 4.11COMPANY CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE......
SECTION 4.12ENGAGEMENT OF THE COUNTY ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE......
(A)Duties......
(B)Fees......
SECTION 4.13CONSTRUCTION MONITORING, OBSERVATIONS, TESTING AND UNCOVERING OF WORK.
(A)Observations and Design-Build Work Review Protocol......
(B)Company Tests and Inspections......
(C)County Tests, Observations, and Inspections......
(D)Certificates and Reports......
(E)Taking Apart, Uncovering and Replacing Design-Build Work......
SECTION 4.14CORRECTION OF NON-CONFORMING DESIGN-BUILD WORK......
(A)Correction of Non-Conforming Design-Build Work......
(B)Elective Acceptance of Defective Design-Build Work......
(C)Relation to Other Obligations......
SECTION 4.15DELIVERABLE MATERIAL......
SECTION 4.16PERSONNEL......
(A)Personnel Performance......
(B)Design-Build Manager......
(C)County Rights With Respect to Key Personnel......
(D)Labor Disputes......
(E)Prevailing Wage Requirements......
SECTION 4.17DAMAGE TO THE DESIGN-BUILD IMPROVEMENTS DURING THE DESIGN-BUILD PERIOD.
(A)Damage Prevention......
(B)Restoration......
(C)Notice and Reports......
(D)Insurance and Other Third-Party Payments......
(E)Payment for Restoration Work and Uninsured Costs......
SECTION 4.18WARRANTIES......
ARTICLE V
THE SIU PERMIT
SECTION 5.1THE INITIAL SIU PERMIT......
(A)Modification of Initial SIU Permit......
(B)County Assistance......
(C)Relationship to the Contract Standards in Effect as of the Contract Date......
SECTION 5.2SIU PERMIT RENEWALS AND COMPLIANCE......
(A)Company Responsibility for SIU Permit Renewals......
(B)Data and Information......
(C)Non-Compliance and Enforcement......
(D)Reports to NJDEP......
(E)Potential Regulatory Change......
ARTICLE VI
ACCEPTANCE OF THE DESIGN-BUILD IMPROVEMENTS
SECTION 6.1SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION......
(A)Conditions to Substantial Completion......
(B)Notice of Substantial Completion......
SECTION 6.2FINAL PUNCH LIST......
SECTION 6.3COMMISSIONING......
SECTION 6.4ACCEPTANCE TESTING......
(A)Submittal of Acceptance Test Plan......
(B)Notice of Commencement of Acceptance Test......
(C)Conditions to Commencement of the Acceptance Tests......
(D)Conduct of Acceptance Test......
(E)Acceptance......
SECTION 6.5ACCEPTANCE DATE CONDITIONS......
SECTION 6.6ACCEPTANCE TEST REPORT......
SECTION 6.7INTERIM OPERATIONS......
SECTION 6.8CONCURRENCE OR DISAGREEMENT WITH TEST RESULTS......
(A)Acceptance Date Concurrence......
(B)Acceptance Date Disagreement......
(C)Acceptance Date Disagreement......
SECTION 6.9THE SCHEDULED ACCEPTANCE DATE AND DELAY LIQUIDATED DAMAGES...
(A)Schedule for Achieving Acceptance......
(B)Acceptance Prior to Scheduled Acceptance Date......
(C)Acceptance Subsequent to Scheduled Acceptance Date; Delay Liquidated Damages......
SECTION 6.10FAILURE TO ACHIEVE ACCEPTANCE......
SECTION 6.11FINAL COMPLETION......
(A)Requirements......
(B)Failure to Achieve Final Completion......
SECTION 6.12NO ACCEPTANCE, WAIVER OR RELEASE......
SECTION 6.13NO SERVICE FEE PAYMENT DURING START-UP AND TESTING......
SECTION 6.14OVERLAP OF DESIGN-BUILD PERIOD AND OPERATION PERIOD......
ARTICLE VII
FINANCING AND PAYMENT OF THE DESIGN-BUILD PRICE
SECTION 7.1COUNTY FINANCING......
SECTION 7.2DESIGN-BUILD PRICE......
(A)Design-Build Price Generally......
(B)Fixed Design-Build Price......
(C)Fixed Design-Build Price Adjustments......
(D)Limitation on Payments for Costs of the Design-Build Work......
SECTION 7.3PAYMENT PROCEDURE......
(A)Schedule of Values......
(B)Construction Disbursement Procedure......
(C)Disbursement Dispute Procedures......
(D)Retainage......
SECTION 7.4PERMISSIBLE WITHHOLDINGS......
SECTION 7.5FINAL REQUISITION AND PAYMENT......
(A)Final Requisition......
(B)Final Payment......
SECTION 7.6PAYMENT OF SUBCONTRACTORS......
SECTION 7.7CONSTRUCTION BOOKS AND RECORDS; AUDIT......
(A)Construction Books and Records......
(B)Audit Rights and Requirements......
SECTION 7.8TAXES PAYABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGN-BUILD WORK......
ARTICLE VIII
OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
SECTION 8.1COMPANY OBLIGATIONS GENERALLY......
(A)Operation and Management Responsibility......
(B)Transfer and Application of Industry Experience......
SECTION 8.2COUNTY OBLIGATIONS GENERALLY......
SECTION 8.3SERVICE COORDINATION AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION......
(A)Company’s Managed Assets Manager......
(B)Communications and Meetings......
(C)Complaints and Communications......
SECTION 8.4OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL......
(A)Company Responsibility......
(B)Supplements for Capital Modifications......
SECTION 8.5PROCESS CONTROL MANAGEMENT PLAN......
(A)Company Responsibility......
(B)Supplements for Capital Modifications......
SECTION 8.6STAFFING AND PERSONNEL......
(A)Staffing......
(B)Training......
(C)Prevailing Wage Requirements......
SECTION 8.7TRAINING OF COUNTY PERSONNEL......
(A)Emergency Preparedness......
(B)Permanent Operations......
(C)Compensation......
SECTION 8.8UTILITIES......
(A)Electricity and Gas Supply and Consumption Following Acceptance......
(B)Payment for Electricity and Gas Costs......
(C)All Other Utilities......
SECTION 8.9SAFETY AND SECURITY......
(A)Safety......
(B)Security......
SECTION 8.10COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW......
(A)Compliance Obligation......
(B)Sampling, Testing and Laboratory Work......
(C)Investigations of Non-Compliance......
(D)Fines, Penalties and Remediation......
(E)No Nuisance Covenant......
SECTION 8.11OPERATING GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS......
(A)SIU Permit......
(B)All Other Operating Approvals......
(C)Data and Information......
(D)Non-Compliance and Enforcement......
(E)Reports to Governmental Bodies......
(F)Potential Regulatory Change......
SECTION 8.12COUNTY ACCESS TO MANAGED ASSETS......
SECTION 8.13ASSET AND FINANCIAL RECORDS......
(A)Managed Assets Records......
(B)Availability of Managed Assets Records to County......
(C)Record Documents......
(D)Financial Records......
(E)Company Financial Reports......
(F)Inspection, Audit and Adjustment......
SECTION 8.14PERIODIC REPORTS......
(A)Monthly and Quarterly Operations......
(B)Annual Operations and Maintenance Reports......
(C)Default Reports......
(D)Permit Communications and Reports......
SECTION 8.15EMERGENCIES......
(A)Emergency Plan......
(B)Emergency Action......
SECTION 8.16COST REDUCTION AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENT......
ARTICLE IX
PERFORMANCE
SECTION 9.1MANAGED ASSETS PERFORMANCE GENERALLY......
(A)Reliance......
(B)Curtailments and Shutdowns......
(C)Limitations on Company Rights......
SECTION 9.2PRETREATED LEACHATE GUARANTEE......
(A)Generally......
(B)Liquidated Damages for Failure to Comply with the Pretreated Leachate Guarantee......
(C)Indemnity for Loss-and-Expense from Non-Complying Pretreated Leachate......
(D)Change in Law Affecting Pretreated Leachate......
SECTION 9.3ODOR GUARANTEE......
(A)Applicable Law Limits......
(B)Contract Limits......
(C)Odor Control Practices Report......
(D)Preventing Recurrence of Violations......
(E)Odor Incident......
(F)Sustained Odor Condition......
(G)Citations for Odor Incidents......
(H)Liquidated Damages for Odor Citations......
(I)County Monitoring......
(J)Disregarding Prior Odor Citations......
(K)Sustained Odor Condition Determination......
(L)Liquidated Damages for Sustained Odor Condition Determination......
(M)County Termination Rights Based on Odor Citations or a Sustained Odor Condition Determination..
(N)Concurrent Odor Incidents and Sustained Odor Conditions......
(O)Number of Odor Citations and Sustained Odor Condition Determinations......
SECTION 9.4MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF RESIDUALS......
(A)General Obligations......
(B)Sludge Quality......
(C)Storage, Loading and Coordination with the County......
(D)Disposal of Residuals......
(E)Hazardous Materials......
(F)Title to Residuals......
(G)Failure to Comply with the Residuals Quality Guarantee......
(H)Residuals Processing and Management Information......
SECTION 9.5ENVIRONMENTAL GUARANTEE......
SECTION 9.6UPSETS AND NON-COMPLIANT RAW LEACHATE AFFECTING COMPANY COMPLIANCE WITH PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES.
(A)Relief Generally......
(B)Upsets and Non-Compliant Raw Leachate......
(C)Response Measures to Upsets and Non-Compliant Raw Leachate......
(D)Service Fee Impact......
SECTION 9.7TESTING, METERING AND WEIGHING......
(A)Testing......
(B)Metering and Weighing......
SECTION 9.8RELEASES, LEAKS AND SPILLS......
(A)Unauthorized Releases Prohibited......
(B)Notification and Reporting......
(C)Cleanup and Costs......
(D)Indemnification......
SECTION 9.9COUNTY REMEDIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES.
(A)Remedies......
(B)Performance Testing......
(C)Indemnification......
SECTION 9.10ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS......
(A)Compliance Failures......
(B)Liquidated Damages......
ARTICLE X
MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT
SECTION 10.1MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT GENERALLY......
(A)Ordinary Maintenance......
(B)Maintenance and Repair of Site Grounds......
(C)Major Maintenance, Repair and Replacements by the Company......
(D)Annual Cleaning of the Leachate Storage Tank......
(E)Payment for Maintenance, Repair and Replacements......
SECTION 10.2MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PLAN AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.
(A)Maintenance, Repair and Replacement Plan......
(B)Managed Assets Repair and Replacement Schedule......
SECTION 10.3MANAGED ASSETS EVALUATION......
(A)Initial and Final Valuation of Vehicles, Rolling Stock, Spare Parts and Consumables......
(B)Baseline Managed Assets Record......
(C)Final Evaluation of the Managed Assets......
(D)Required Condition of Managed Asset Structures Upon Return to the County......
(E)Required Condition of Managed Asset Equipment Upon Return to the County......
(F)Capital Modifications......
(G)Effect of Election to Renew......
(H)Periodic Inspection of the Managed Assets......
(I)Disputes......
SECTION 10.4PERIODIC MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS......
(A)Annual Maintenance Inspection......
(B)Full-Scale Triennial Inspections......
(C)Remediation......
(D)Unscheduled Inspections......
SECTION 10.5COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM......
(A)Company Responsibility......
(B)County-Directed Changes to CMMS......
SECTION 10.6DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT......
SECTION 10.7WARRANTIES......
SECTION 10.8LOSS, DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO THE MANAGED ASSETS......
(A)Prevention and Repair......
(B)Insurance and Other Third-Party Payments......
(C)Uninsured Costs......
(D)Repair of County and Private Property......
ARTICLE XI
CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS
SECTION 11.1CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS GENERALLY......
(A)Purpose......
(B)County Approval......
(C)Party Responsible for Costs......
(D)Third Party Borrowing or Financing......
(E)Cost Savings......
(F)Report to Governmental Bodies......
SECTION 11.2CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS AT COMPANY REQUEST......
SECTION 11.3MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS.....
SECTION 11.4CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO REMEDY COMPANY BREACH......
SECTION 11.5CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS DUE TO UNCONTROLLABLE CIRCUMSTANCES....
SECTION 11.6CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS AT COUNTY DIRECTION......
SECTION 11.7PRIMARY PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTING CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS......
(A)Primary Implementation Procedure......
(B)Preliminary Company Plan and County Review......
(C)Company Implementation Proposal......
(D)Negotiation and Finalization of Company Implementation Proposal......
(E)Implementation Procedures......
SECTION 11.8ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS.
SECTION 11.9FINANCING CAPITAL MODIFICATIONS......
SECTION 11.10COMPANY NON-IMPAIRMENT RIGHTS......
ARTICLE XII
SERVICE FEE AND OTHER PAYMENTS
SECTION 12.1SERVICE FEE......
SECTION 12.2SERVICE FEE FORMULA......
SECTION 12.3BASE OPERATING CHARGE COMPONENTS......
(A)Formula......
(B)Basis of Fixed Component......
(C)Basis of Variable Component......
SECTION 12.4FIXED COMPONENT......
(A)Generally......
(B)CPI Adjustment Factor......
SECTION 12.5VARIABLE COMPONENT......
(A)Calculation......
(B)Flow Adjustment Element......
SECTION 12.6FLOW ADJUSTMENT FEE......
SECTION 12.7EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS CHARGE OR CREDIT......
(A)Generally......
(B)Treatment of Extraordinary Items Component......
SECTION 12.8BILLING AND PAYMENT......
(A)Billing......
(B)Payment......
(C)County Service Fee Offset Rights......
SECTION 12.9ESTIMATES AND ADJUSTMENTS......
(A)Pro Rata Adjustments......
(B)Budgeting......
(C)Adjustment to Service Fee......
SECTION 12.10ANNUAL SETTLEMENT......
(A)Generally......
(B)Annual Settlement of Electricity and Natural Gas Costs......
SECTION 12.11BILLING STATEMENT DISPUTES......
SECTION 12.12PRIVATE BUSINESS USE RESTRICTIONS......
(A)Payments to Company......
(B)Extraordinary Items of Compensation......
(C)Retesting of the Service Fee......
SECTION 12.13TAXES PAYABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATION SERVICES......
ARTICLE XIII
BREACH, DEFAULT, REMEDIES AND TERMINATION
SECTION 13.1REMEDIES FOR BREACH......
SECTION 13.2EVENTS OF DEFAULT BY THE COMPANY......
(A)Events of Default Not Requiring Previous Notice or Further Cure Opportunity for Termination.....
(B)Events of Default Requiring Previous Notice and Cure Opportunity for Termination......
(C)Other Remedies Upon Company Event of Default......
(D)Relationship to Liquidated Damages......
SECTION 13.3LIMITATION ON COMPANY LIABILITY......
(A)Initial Stated Monetary Limitation......
(B)Relationship to Security for Performance of Design-Build Work......
(C)Stated Monetary Limitation for Contract Years Six through Ten......
(D)Stated Monetary Limitation for Contract Years Eleven through the end of the Term......
SECTION 13.4APPLICABILITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY..
SECTION 13.5EVENTS OF DEFAULT BY THE COUNTY......
(A)Events of Default Permitting Termination......
(B)Notice and Cure Opportunity......
(C)Limitation of Liability Upon County Event of Default......
(D)Payment of Amounts Owing Through the Termination Date......
SECTION 13.6COUNTY CONVENIENCE TERMINATION DURING THE DESIGN-BUILD PERIOD..
(A)Termination Right and Fee......
(B)Payment of Amounts Owing Through the Termination Date......
(C)Delivery of Design-Build Period Work Product to the County......
SECTION 13.7COUNTY CONVENIENCE TERMINATION DURING THE OPERATION PERIOD....
(A)Termination Right and Fee......
(B)Uncontrollable Circumstances......
(C)Payment of Amounts Owing Through the Termination Date and Termination Costs......
SECTION 13.8GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CONVENIENCE TERMINATION......
(A)Termination Fee Payment Contingent Upon Surrender of Possession......
(B)Adequacy of Termination Payment......
(C)Consideration for Convenience Termination Payment......
(D)Completion or Continuance by County......
SECTION 13.9OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION......
(A)Company Obligations......
(B)Hiring of Company Personnel......
(C)Continuity of Service and Technical Support......
(D)Company Payment of Certain Costs......
(E)County Payment of Certain Costs......
(F)Exit Test......
SECTION 13.10SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS UPON TERMINATION......
SECTION 13.11NO WAIVERS......
SECTION 13.12NO CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES......
SECTION 13.13FORUM FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION......
SECTION 13.14NON-BINDING MEDIATION......
(A)Rights to Request and Decline......
(B)Procedure......
(C)Non-Binding Effect......
(D)Relation to Judicial Legal Proceedings......
ARTICLE XIV
INSURANCE, UNCONTROLLABLE CIRCUMSTANCES AND INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 14.1INSURANCE......
(A)Company Insurance......
(B)Insurers, Deductibles and County Rights......
(C)Certificates, Policies and Notice......
(D)Subcontractors......
(E)Maintenance of Insurance Coverage......
(F)Compliance with Insurance Requirements......
(G)Property Insurance......
SECTION 14.2UNCONTROLLABLE CIRCUMSTANCES......
(A)Relief from Obligations......
(B)Notice and Mitigation......
(C)Conditions to Performance, Price and Schedule Relief......
(D)Schedule Relief during the Design-Build Period......
(E)Limitations on Relief for Naturally Occurring Events Outside the State......
(F)Change in Law Pertaining to Taxes......
(G)Capital Modifications......
(H)Acceptance of Relief Constitutes Release......
SECTION 14.3INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY......
ARTICLE XV
SECURITY FOR PERFORMANCE
SECTION 15.1GUARANTOR......
(A)Guaranty Agreement......
(B)Material Adverse Change to the Financial Condition of the Guarantor......
(C)Credit Enhancement Upon a Material Adverse Change......
(D)Guarantor Annual Reports......
SECTION 15.2BONDS......
(A)Performance and Payment Bonds......
(B)Operations Performance Bond......
(C)Monitoring of Sureties......
SECTION 15.3COSTS OF PROVIDING SECURITY FOR PERFORMANCE......
(A)Generally......
(B)Release of Operations Performance Bond......
ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 16.1OWNERSHIP OF THE MANAGED ASSETS......
SECTION 16.2RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES......
SECTION 16.3LIMITED RECOURSE TO COUNTY......
SECTION 16.4PROPERTY RIGHTS......
(A)Protection from Infringement......
(B)Substitutes for Deliverable Material, Process or Equipment......
(C)Intellectual Property Developed by the Company......
SECTION 16.5CONTRACT REPRESENTATIVES......
(A)Company’s Senior Supervisors......
(B)County’s Contract Representative......
(C)County Approvals and Consents......
SECTION 16.6INTEREST ON OVERDUE OBLIGATIONS......
SECTION 16.7NEGOTIATED FIXED PRICE WORK......
(A)Fixed Design-Build Price and Fixed Component of the Service Fee......
(B)Negotiated Lump Sum Pricing of Work for Which the County is Financially Responsible......
SECTION 16.8COST SUBSTANTIATION OF WORK ALREADY PERFORMED......
(A)Cost Substantiation Generally......
(B)Costs Requiring Cost Substantiation......
(C)Cost Substantiation Certificate......
(D)Technical Services......
(E)Mark-Up......
(F)Allowable Design-Build Work Costs......
(G)Evidence of Costs Incurred......
SECTION 16.9SUBCONTRACTORS......
(A)Use Restricted......
(B)Limited County Review and Approval of Permitted Subcontractors......
(C)Subcontract Terms and Subcontractor Actions......
(D)Indemnity for Subcontractor Claims......
(E)Assignability......
SECTION 16.10NEW JERSEY BUSINESS REGISTRATION......
SECTION 16.11NO DISCRIMINATION......
SECTION 16.12LABOR RELATIONS DISPUTES......
(A)Labor Relations......
(B)Labor Disputes......
SECTION 16.13ACTIONS OF THE COUNTY IN ITS GOVERNMENTAL CAPACITY......
(A)Rights as Government Not Limited......
(B)No County Obligation to Issue Governmental Approvals......
SECTION 16.14ASSIGNMENT......
(A)By the Company......
(B)By the County......
SECTION 16.15CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION......
(A)Administrative Communications......
(B)Contract Administration Memoranda......
(C)Procedures......
(D)Effect......
SECTION 16.16AMENDMENT AND WAIVER......
(A)Service Contract Amendments......
(B)Procedure......
(C)Waiver......
SECTION 16.17CONFIDENTIALITY......
(A)Confidential Nature of Information......
(B)Limitation on Use and Disclosure......
(C)Security Plan......
(D)Survival......
SECTION 16.18COMPLIANCE WITH MATERIAL AGREEMENTS......
SECTION 16.19BINDING EFFECT......
SECTION 16.20NOTICES......
(A)Procedure......
(B)Company Notice Address......
(C)County Notice Address......
SECTION 16.21NOTICE OF LITIGATION......
SECTION 16.22FURTHER ASSURANCES......
APPENDICES
(1)Descriptionof the Sites
(2)Technical Specifications
(3)General Design-Build Work Requirements
(4)Design-Build Work Review Procedures
(5)Anticipated Governmental Approvals
(6)Acceptance Test Procedures and Standards
(7)Schedule of Values and Maximum Drawdown Schedule
(8)General Operations and Maintenance Requirements
(9)Supplemental Performance Guarantee Requirements
(10)Managed Asset Evaluation Protocol
(11)Example Service Fee
(12)Maximum Electricity and Gas Utilization Guarantees
(13)Exit Test Procedures and Standards
(14)Insurance Requirements
(15)Key Personnel and Approved Subcontractors
(16)Equal Employment Opportunity and ADA Provisions
(17)Prevailing Wage Provisions and Wage Rate Determination
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
(1)New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Significant Indirect User Permit No. NJ0051608 issued by NJDEP.
TRANSACTION FORMS
A.Form of Guaranty Agreement
B.Form of Performance Bond
C.Form of Payment Bond
D.Form of Operations Performance Bond
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1003144.4 018549 CTR
SERVICE CONTRACT
FOR THE
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
OF THE
MONMOUTHCOUNTY RECLAMATION CENTER
LEACHATE PRETREATMENT FACILITY
THIS SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE MONMOUTH COUNTY RECLAMATION CENTER LEACHATE PRETREATMENT FACILITY (this “Service Contract”) is made and entered into as of this ___ day of ______, 2012, between the County of Monmouth, a political subdivision of the State of New Jersey (the “County”), and ______, a ______organized and existing under the laws of the State of ______and authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey (the “Company”).