Project Name
Project No. ___________
UFC 4-214-02, TEMF, 24 July 03
The D-B Contractor should be responsive to the user's functional needs, often expressed in general
terms of "design intent" in the RFP. The D-B Contractor may be flexible with design details, as long as
they can be accommodated within the cost and time budgets. Therefore, it is essential that channels of
communications and mutual understanding of the other party's needs be facilitated. Partnering can be
very effective toward achieving those goals.
Depending upon the size of the job, partnering can be formal or informal. Larger projects can allow for
the costs associated with a formal process. Note that there are various formats in use for Partnering, with
various cost sharing schemes):
SCR___. PARTNERING FEB 2000
In order to most effectively accomplish this contract, the Government proposes to form a partnership with
the Contractor to develop a cohesive building team. It is anticipated that this partnership would involve
the <NAME THE USING ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER CRITICAL PARTIES HERE>, the Contractor,
primary subcontractors and designers and the Corps of Engineers. This partnership would strive to
develop a cooperative management team drawing on the strengths of each team member in an effort to
achieve a quality project within budget and on schedule. This partnership would be bilateral in
membership and participation will be totally voluntary. Any cost associated with effectuating this
partnership, excluding travel and lodging cost of Government personnel, will be borne by <<SELECT AN
OPTION TO SPECIFY: the Contractor/ each party/ the Government >>. The partnering meetings shall
be held in ......................
(End of Clause)
8. SCR_____ DEVIATING FROM THE ACCEPTED DESIGN (JUN 2002)
(a.) The Contractor must obtain the approval of the Designer of Record and the Government's
concurrence for any Contractor proposed revision to the professionally stamped and sealed and
Government reviewed and concurred design, before proceeding with the revision.
(b.) The Government reserves the right to non-concur with any revision to the design, which may impact
furniture, furnishings, equipment selections or operations decisions that were made, based on the
reviewed and concurred design.
(c.) Any revision to the design, which deviates from the contract requirements (i.e., the RFP and the
accepted proposal), will require a modification, pursuant to the Changes clause, in addition to
Government concurrence. The Government reserves the right to disapprove such a revision.
(d.) Unless the Government initiates a change to the contract requirements, or the Government
determines that the Government furnished design criteria are incorrect and must be revised, any
Contractor initiated proposed change to the contract requirements, which results in additional cost, shall
strictly be at the Contractor's expense.
(e.) The Contractor shall track all approved revisions to the reviewed and accepted design and shall
incorporate them into the as-built design documentation, in accordance with agreed procedures. The
Designer of Record shall document its professional concurrence on the as-builts for any revisions in the
stamped and sealed drawings and specifications.
(End of Clause)
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