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Contract Documents, together with all costs associated with existing change orders and other <br /> additions or modifications to the construction services work provided under the Contract <br /> Documents <br /> 5.2 Pay Requests Each request for a progress payment shall be submitted on the application for <br /> payment form supplied by OWNER and the application for payment shall contain the <br /> CONTRACTOR's certification All progress payments will be on the basis of progress of the <br /> work measured by the schedule of values established, or in the case of unit price work based <br /> on the number of units completed After fifty percent (50%) completion, and pursuant to <br /> Florida Statutes section 218 735(8)(d), the CONTRACTOR may submit a pay request to the <br /> County as OWNER for up to one half (1/2) of the retainage held by the County as OWNER, <br /> and the County as OWNER shall promptly make payment to the CONTRACTOR unless such <br /> amounts are the subject of a good faith dispute; the subject of a claim pursuant to Florida <br /> Statutes section 255 05(2005), or otherwise the subject of a claim or demand by the County <br /> as OWNER or the CONTRACTOR. The CONTRACTOR acknowledges that where such <br /> retainage is attributable to the labor, services, or materials supplied by one or more <br /> subcontractors or suppliers, the Contractor shall timely remit payment of such retainage to- <br /> those subcontractors and suppliers Pursuant to Florida Statutes section 218.735(8) (c) <br /> (2005), CONTRACTOR further acknowledges and agrees that: 1) the County as OWNER <br /> shall receive immediate written notice of all decisions made by CONTRACTOR to withhold <br /> retainage on any subcontractor at greater than five percent (5%) after fifty percent (50%) <br /> completion, and 2) CONTRACTOR will not seek release from the County as OWNER of the <br /> withheld retainage until the final pay request. <br /> 53 Paragraphs 5 1 and 5.2 do not apply to construction services work purchased by the County <br /> as OWNER which are paid for, in whole or in part, with federal funds and are subject to <br /> federal grantor laws and regulations or requirements that are contrary to any provision of the <br /> Local Government Prompt Payment Act. In such event, payment and retainage provisions <br /> shall be governed by the applicable grant requirements and guidelines. <br /> 5.4 ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL PAYMENT- Upon receipt of written notice that the work is <br /> ready for final inspection and acceptance, the ENGINEER will promptly make such <br /> inspection and when the ENGINEER finds the work acceptable under the terms of the <br /> Contract and the Contract fully performed, the ENGINEER will promptly issue a final <br /> completion certificate stating that the work provided for in this Contract has been <br /> completed, and acceptance by the OWNER under the terms and the conditions thereof is <br /> recommended and the entire balance found to be due the CONTRACTOR, will be paid to <br /> the CONTRACTOR by the OWNER following County Commission approval of the final <br /> Contract payment. <br /> 5.5 Acceptance of Final Payment as Release The acceptance by the CONTRACTOR of final <br /> payment shall be and shall operate as a release to the OWNER from all claims and all <br /> liability to the CONTRACTOR other than claims in stated amounts as may be specifically <br /> excepted by the CONTRACTOR for all things done or furnished in connection with the <br /> work under this Contract and for every act and neglect of the OWNER and others relating <br /> to or arising out of the work. Any payment, however, final or otherwise, shall not release <br /> the CONTRACTOR or its sureties from any obligations under the Contract Documents or <br /> the Payment and Performance Bonds. <br /> 00530-4 <br />