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<br />.j 1"1 C' 1 <br />",JUl <br /> <br />'-160~ (1-69) <br />S"ppl~ment 10 SF 23-,1, and SF 19-A <br />Bwe." of R..c1am."o" <br />(Co".tcucllDnj <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SUPPLEMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS AND <br />LABOR STANDARDS PROVISIONS <br /> <br />GENERAL PROVISIONS (Standard Fonn 23-A, June 1964 Edition), <br /> <br />a. Clause No.3. - -Clause No.3, entitled IIChanges,l1 is deleted from Standard Form 23-A <br />and the following clause is substituted therefor: <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />3. CHANGES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(a) The Contracting Officer may, at any time, without notice to the sureties, by <br />written order designated or indicated to be a change order. make any change in the <br />work within the general scope of the contract. Including but not limited to changes: <br />(i) in the specifications (including drawings and designs); <br />(ii) in the method or manner of performance of the work; <br />(iii) in the Government-furnished facilities, equipment. materials, services, or <br />site; 0"1' <br />(iv) directing acceleration in the performance of the work. <br />(b) Any other written order or an oral order (which terms as used in this para- <br />graph (b) shall include direction, instruction, interpretation, or determination) from <br />the Contracting Officer, which causes any such change, shall be treated as a change <br />order under this clause, provided that the Contractor gives the Contracting Officer <br />written notice stating the date, circumstances, and source of the order and that the <br />Contractor regards the order as a change order. <br />(c) Except as herein provided, no order, statement, or conduct of the Contracting <br />Officer shall be treated as a change under this clause or entitle the Contractor to an <br />equitable adjustment hereunder. <br />(d) If any change under this clause causes an increase or decrease in the Contrac. <br />torls cost of. or the time required for, the performance of any part of the work under <br />this contract, whether or not changed by any order. an equitable adJustment shall be <br />made and the contract modified in writing accordingly: Provided, however, That <br />except for claims based on defective specifications, no claim for any change under (b) <br />above shall be allowed for any costs incurred more than 20 days before the Contractor <br />gives written notice as therein required: And provided further, That in the case of <br />defective specifications for which the Government is responsible, the equitable adjust- <br />ment shall include any increased cost reasonably incurred by the Contractor in attempt- <br />ing to comply with such defective specifications. <br />(e) If the Contractor intends to assert a claim for an equitable adjustment under <br />this clause. he must, within 30 days after receipt of a written change order under (a) <br />above or the furnishing of a written notice under (b) above, submit to the Contracting <br />Officer a written statement setting forth the general nature and monetary extent of <br />such claim, unless this period is extended by the Government. The statement of claim <br />hereunder may be included in the notice under (b) above. <br />(f) No claim by the Contractor for an equitable adjustment hereunder shall be <br />allowed if asserted after final payment under this contract. <br /> <br />b. Clause No.4. --Clause No.4, entitled "Changed Conditions, II is deleted from Standard <br />Form 23-A and the following clause entitled "Differing Site Conditions, II is substituted <br />therefor: <br /> <br />4. DIFFERING SITE CONDITIONS <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(a) The Contractor shall promptly. and before such conditions are disturbed. notify <br />the Contracting Officf'r in writing of: (1) Subsurface or latent physical conditions at the <br />site differing materially from those indicated in this contract, or (2) unknown physical <br />conditions at the site, of an unusual nature, differing materially from those ordinarily <br />encountered and generally recognized as inhering in work of the character provided for <br />in this contract. The Contracting Officel~ shall promptly investigate the conditions, and <br />if he finds that such conditions do materially so differ and cause an increase or decrease <br />in the Contractorls cost of, or the time required for, performance of any part of the <br />work under this contract, whether or not changed as a result of such conditions, an <br />equitable adjustment shall be made and the contract modified in writing accordingly. <br />(b) No claim of the Contractor under this clause shall be allowed unless the Con- <br />tractor has given the notice required in (a) above; provided, however, the time pre- <br />scribed therefor may be extended by the Government. <br />(c) No claim by the Contractor for an equitable adjustment hereunder shall be <br />allowed if asserted after final payment under this contract. <br /> <br />n <br />