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Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines 2.3.5 TITLE Adequate documents for registering the bus in (Procuring Agency to insert its jurisdiction) shall be provided to the Procuring Agency at least (number) working days before each bus is released to the common carrier driveaway or to the Procuring Agency's drivers. Upon acceptance of each bus, the Contractor warrants that the title shall pass to the Procuring Agency free and clear of all encumbrances. 2.4 PAYMENT The Procuring Agency shall pay and the Contractor shall accept the amounts set forth in the price schedule as full compensation for all costs and expenses of completing the Work in accordance with the Contract, including but not limited to all labor and material required, overhead, expenses, storage and shipping, risks and obligations, taxes (as applicable), fees and profit, and any unforeseen costs. NOTE: The advanced payment option may be used to advance funds to the contractor whether payment is otherwise due on progress completed or on delivery (see options below). (a) (Guideline option omitted) (b) ADVANCE PAYMENT OPTION (The following optional provision is a guideline for drafting any advance payment option that might be included.) The Procuring Agency shall pay to the Contractor twenty percent (20%) of the total amount of the price schedule within 30 (thirty) calendar days after the issuance of the notice of award and upon receipt of Contractor's invoice and provision by the Contractor the evidences of insurance required by "Insurance" (Section 2.7.1) and Performance Bond specified by "Performance Bond" (Section 2.7.2). The Advance Payment shall be refunded to the Procuring Agency as prorata credits against future invoices, whereas each prorata credit is calculated as the same percentage that the invoice amount (not discounted for any liquidated damages) is of the total amount of the price schedule, or, in the event that the Contract is terminated for any reason, as a direct payment. NOTE: Three alternatives for payment are provided: (a) Payment Upon Delivery (b) Payment Upon Delivery with Retention, and (c) Progress Payments. The progress payment alternative is a model that the Procuring Agency may use as a guideline in drafting such payment provision. (a) Delivery Payment All payments shall be made as provided herein, less any (b) Delivery Payment with Retention All payments shall be made as provided herein, (c) Progress Payments (Include the following provision if progress payments are to be made.) NOTE: The following is a model clause that the Procuring Agency can use as a guideline in preparing any progress payment provision. If progress payments are to General Contractual Provisions 74 10/18/07
Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines additional moneys withheld as provided below and less any amounts for liquidated damages in accordance with "Liquidated Damages" (Section 2.3.4). less a withholding of two percent (2%) plus any additional moneys withheld as provided below and less any amounts for liquidated damages in accordance with "Liquidated Damages" (Section 2.3.4). The Procuring Agency shall make payments for buses at the unit prices itemized in the Price Schedule within 30 (thirty) calendar days after the delivery and acceptance of each bus and receipt of a proper invoice. In the event that the bus does not meet all requirements for acceptance the Procuring Agency may, at its exclusive option, "conditionally accept" the bus and place it into revenue service pending receipt of Contractor furnished materials and/or labor necessary to effectuate corrective action for acceptance. For any conditionally accepted bus the payment shall be reduced by an amount to be withheld, and paid upon corrective action by the contractor, equal to twice the estimated cost for parts and labor for the corrective action. The Procuring Agency shall make payments for spare parts and/or equipment at the unit prices itemized in the price schedule within 30 (thirty) calendar days after the delivery and acceptance of said spare parts and/or equipment and receipt of a proper invoice. The Procuring Agency shall make a final payment for all withholding within 30 (thirty) calendar days of receipt of a final proper invoice and the following: be included, security for the progress payments of Milestone No. 1 to the Contractor should be required of the Contractor through a Performance Bond. The bond amount should not be less than the Procuring Agency's financial exposure for cumulative payments for Milestone No. 1 and any advance payment. All payments shall be made as provided herein, less any moneys to be withheld as provided below and less any amounts for liquidated damages in accordance with "Liquidated Damages" (Section 2.3.4). The Procuring Agency shall make progress payments to the Contractor for buses in accordance with the performance milestones set forth below. Title to material included in any progress payment request shall pass to the Procuring Agency upon payment by the Procuring Agency. Said title shall be free of all encumbrances. However, such transfer of title shall not relieve the Contractor of its responsibility for the furnishing, installation, fabrication or inclusion of said materials as a deliverable element of buses procured in accordance with the requirements of the Contract. The (suggested) performance milestones and payment limits shall be as follows: 1. The Procuring Agency shall make payments for buses at forty percent (40%) of the unit price(s) for each bus(es) itemized in the price schedule upon verification by the Procuring Agency’s Inspector that said bus(es) have had the front and rear axles installed in the manufacturing cycle at the Contractor’s plant and within 30 (thirty) calendar days of receipt of a proper invoice. Invoices submitted under this milestone shall include a listing of all major components and component serial numbers that shall be the same as in the final bus record. General Contractual Provisions 75 10/18/07
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