Md. Code Regs. 21.07.02.05 - Differing Site Conditions
Mandatory provision for all construction contracts:
"Differing Site Conditions
"(1) The Contractor shall promptly, and
before such conditions are disturbed, notify the procurement officer in writing
of:
(1) subsurface or latent physical
conditions at the site differing materially from those indicated in this
contract, or
(2) unknown physical
conditions at the site of an unusual nature, differing materially from those
ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inhering in work of the
character provided for in this contract. The procurement officer shall promptly
investigate the conditions, and if the procurement officer finds that such
conditions do materially so differ and cause an increase or decrease in the
Contractor's cost of, or the time required for, performance of any part of the
work under this contract, whether or not changed as a result of such
conditions, an equitable adjustment shall be made and the contract modified in
writing accordingly.
"(2)
No claim of the Contractor under this clause shall be allowed unless the
Contractor has given the notice required in (1) above; provided, however, the
time prescribed therefor may be extended by the State.
"(3) No claim by the Contractor for an
equitable adjustment hereunder shall be allowed if asserted after final payment
under this contract."
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