00413 - Stipulated Price Bid and Contract Form

Use this Section to prepare the bid form for a small project where the contract is to be based on a stipulatedprice arrangement. This Section provides for the submission of the bid and its acceptance (thus creating a contract) using a single "bid and contract" form. It is intended to simplify, to the extent possible, the process for formalizing a contract. Refer to Section 00511 - Letter of Bid Acceptance (Section Cover Page) for additional information on the contract award process.

This Master Specification Section contains:

.1This Cover Page

.2Specification Section Text

PREPARATION OF STIPULATED PRICE BID AND CONTRACT FORM

Edit Section as follows:

-Insert name and address of location where bids are to be submitted.

-Insert project name and number(s).

-If the Owner must pay GST, i.e. is not a listed tax-free Government of Alberta agency, delete the asterisk [*] following "GST" and delete the certification clause at the bottom of the page. Note that Regional Health Authorities are listed tax-free Government of Alberta agencies and do not pay GST.

-Insert contract completion time.

-Make reference to allowances, if applicable.

-Make reference to any supplements to be submitted with bid form.

-Insert Owner's name in acceptance statement (bottom portion of bid form).

Do not modify text except where indicated by square brackets. Leave blank lines for bidders to fill in.

TO:[

]

PROJECT NAME :[

]

PROJECT NO.:[]

We, the undersigned, hereby agree to carry out the Work of the Contract in accordance with the Bid Documents, for the stipulated price of:

Dollars ($)

total in wordstotal in figures

excluding GST[*], and agree to complete the Work [by []] [within[] [days] [weeks] [months]].

[This bid includes the Allowance[s], and all costs associated therewith, as specified in Section 01212.] [[Section 00440 - List of Subcontractors and Cost Breakdown] [and] [Section 00432 - Alternative Prices] [is] [are] being submitted with this bid.]

This bid is open to acceptance by the Owner until 60 days after the bid closing time. This 'Bid and Contract Form', together with and subject to all the provisions of the Bid Documents shall, when accepted and signed by the Owner, constitute a binding contract between the Contractor and the Owner.

Executed this day of .

BIDDER:

business name (print or type)

address

signature of Bidder's authorized representative

name and status of person signing abovewitness's signature or

(print or type)corporate seal

Accepted and executed this ______day of ______, by an authorized

representative of [ ] (the Owner).

______

signaturewitness's signature

______

name and title

[* The Owner certifies that the purchaser of the goods and services provided under the Contract is a listed tax-free Government of Alberta agency, and is not subject to the federal Goods and Services Tax.]