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received from firms whose names are not recorded by the Owner or the Engineer <br />as having secured documents for this Contract will be rejected. <br />1.12 MODIFICATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS <br />A. Bids may be modified or withdrawn by an appropriate document duly executed (in <br />the manner that a Bid must be executed) and delivered to the place where Bids are <br />to be submitted at any time prior to the opening of Bids. <br />B. If, within two business days after Bids are opened, any Bidder files a duly signed, <br />written notice with Owner and promptly thereafter demonstrates to the reasonable <br />satisfaction of Owner that there was a material and substantial mistake in the <br />preparation of its Bid, that Bidder may withdraw its Bid and the Bid security will <br />be returned. Thereafter, that Bidder will be disqualified from further bidding on <br />the work to be provided under the Contract Documents <br />1.13 OPENING OF BIDS <br />Bids will be opened and (unless obviously non-responsive) read aloud publicly. An <br />abstract of the amounts of base Bids and major alternates (if any) will be made available <br />to Bidders after the opening of Bids. <br />1.14 BIDS TO REMAIN SUBJECT OF ACCEPTANCE <br />All bids will remain subject to acceptance for ninety days after the day of the Bid <br />opening, but the Owner may, in its sole discretion, release any Bid and return the Bid <br />security prior to that date. <br />1.15 AWARD OF CONTRACT <br />A. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any and all <br />informalities not involving price, time, or changes in the work, and to negotiate <br />contract terms with the Successful Bidder, and the right to disregard all non- <br />conforming, non-responsive, unbalanced, or conditional Bids. Also, Owner <br />reserves the right to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would <br />not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to the Bidder. <br />Discrepancies in the multiplication of units of work and unit prices will be <br />resolved in favor of the unit prices. Discrepancies between the indicated sum of <br />any column of figures and the correct sum thereof will be resolved in favor of the <br />correct sum. Owner reserves the right to cancel the award of any Contract at any <br />time before the execution of such Contract by all parties without any liability to <br />the Owner. For and in consideration of the Owner considering Bids submitted, the <br />Bidder, by submitting its Bid, expressly waives any claim to damages, of any kind <br />whatsoever, in the event the Owner exercises its right to cancel the award in <br />accordance herewith. <br />00100-6 <br />