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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Section 600 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS (USC) January 1, 202 4 VOLUME 3 690-2 MATERIALS. Materials shall be as specified in the special specifications.
690-3 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS. The extent of work and construction requirements will be
covered by special specifications in the contract documents.
690-4 METHOD OF MEASUREMENT. As specified in the special specifications.
690-5 BASIS OF PAYMENT. As specified in the special specifications.
SECTIONS 691 THRU 695 - (VACANT) SECTION 696 - CONTRACTOR CHARGES (for Construction’s use only)
696-1 DESCRIPTION. This section will provide for the accounting of charges assessed against the
Contractor in accordance with the contract documents.
696-2 MATERIALS. None specified.
696-3 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS. The Department may assess the Contractor charges for
Engineering Charges and/or Liquidated Damages against monies due the Contractor in accordance with §108 -03 Failure to Complete Work On Time, or may make other charges in accordance with the contract. These charges will be assessed using the contract pay items in this section.
696-4 METHOD OF MEASUREMENT. These contract pay items will not be shown in the itemized
proposal. Contractor charges will be measured on a Dollars -Cents basis.
696-5 BASIS OF PAYMENT. Should the Contractor be assessed charges, the amounts will be
accounted for using the contract pay items in this section. Assessed charges will be deducted from a contract payment processed after the determination that charges will be made, or, if the C ontractor is not due monies sufficient to recover the assessed charges, the State may utilize other methods of recovery. Payment will be made under: Item No. Item Pay Unit 696.01 Engineering Charges Dollars Cents 696.02 Liquidated Damages Dollars Cents 696.03 Contractor Charges – Other Dollars Cent s SECTION 697 - FIELD CHANGE PAYMENT (Last Revised January , 2020)
697-1 Description
697-1.01 General. The Field Change Payment (FCP) provides a contract contingency allowance for the
timely payment of authorized extra work that was completed to fulfill the intent of the contract documents.
697-1.02 Eligible Work. Only the following extra work will be eligible for FCP item payments:
A.Work within the scope of the contract.
B.Completed additional quantities of existing contract items of work processed as unit bid prices:
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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Section 600 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS (USC) January 1, 202 4 VOLUME 3
1.Up to 200% of original contract quantity for Minor Items of work.
2.More than 200% of a Minor Item original contract quantity that results in an increase less than $5,000.00 from the original contract amount.
3.Up to 125% of original contract quantity for Major Items of work.
C.Completed additional quantities of existing contract items that have exceeded the threshold quantities, but have unit bid prices that are acceptable by comparison to the Weighted Average Awarded Prices or the Average of the Three Lowest Bidders.
D.Completed additional quantities of existing contract items that have exceeded the threshold quantities, which requires the use of new item numbers, and renegotiated prices that are acceptable by comparison to the Weighted Average Awarded Prices or the Aver age of the Three Lowest Bidders.
E.Completed quantities of new contract items of work with Agreed Prices that are acceptable by comparison to the Weighted Average Awarded Prices.
F.Fuel, Asphalt, or Steel Adjustment items calculated for eligible work completed.
697-2 MATERIALS. None specified.
697-3 CONSTRUCTION DETAILS. None specified.
697-4 METHOD OF MEASUREMENT. The unit price shown in the proposal for this item will be
considered as the unit price bid and shall not be altered in any manner. Should the amount shown be altered, the figure entered will be disregarded and the original unit price will be used to dete rmine the total amount bid for the contract.
697-5 BASIS OF PAYMENT. All work to be paid under the FCP item must receive prior authorization
in conformance with §104 -02 Changes, Contingencies, Extra Work and Deductions. Disputed work, force account work, work associated with §104 -10 Value Engineering Change Proposals, or payments for time-related provisions are not eligible for FCP item payment. FCP item payments will be determined from the quantities and unit prices of eligible work that have been completed. Work for which FCP item payments are processed will be paid in accordance with the specifications governing the work. Prior to processing the final agreement, the FCP item payments will be reconciled through an Order - on-Contract, such that the amount of FCP item payments is converted to the corresponding quantities of the pertinent contract pay items. When the amount of F CP item payments is transferred to the appropriate items, the remaining amount of FCP funds will be deleted. Payment will be made under: Item No. Item Pay Unit 697.03 Field Change Payment (FCP) Dollars -Cents SECTION 698 - PRICE ADJUSTMENTS (Last Revised September, 20 21)
Source: New York Standard Specifications, 2024 Edition. Pages 817–817 of 1,264.