# Attachment A

The following information should be included in the Contract Documents:

Table 1 - Item A

Recommended Plans and Specifications examination sites include:

> Intermountain Contractor, 1743 Alexander Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
>
> Intermountain Contractor, 313 East 1200 South Orem, Utah
>
> Mountainlands Area Plan Room, 1128 South State Street, Orem, Utah
>
> Mountainlands Area Plan Room, 3560 South 583 West Salt Lake City, Utah
>
> Associated General Contractors, 1135 South West Temple, Salt Lake
> City, Utah

Recommended refund for the non-bidder is one third the new Contract
Document price

Table 1 - Item 8 *No longer an Rural Development Requirement*

Information to be used to complete "Notice of Requirement for
Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Employment Opportunity Goals", for
**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ County**:

Goals for minority participation in each trade are **\_\_\_\_\_ %.**

Goals for females are 6.9%.

Table 1 Item 10

> Rural Development regulations prohibit payment of interest to
> contractor on retainage. The Bid Documents should contain a
> Contractor\'s Waiver, as follows:
>
> Rural Development guidelines, 1942.18(n)(10), and 1780.76(j) prohibits
> Contractors from receiving benefits (interest) on moneys held as
> retainage. These guidelines are in conflict with the provision of Utah
> House Bill No. 388, 1983 General Session, which provides that contract
> funds retained to insure performance shall be invested in an interest
> bearing account for the benefit of the contractor. The contract
> documents shall contain a contractor waiver statement. The waiver
> should state:
>
> **Contractor\'s Waiver of Interest on Retainage**
>
> I
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_(bidder)
>
> agree to waive and does hereby waive all his rights under the
> provision of House Bill No. 382, 1999 General Session (Interest on
> Retainage).
>
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
>
> Signature Date
>
> (SEAL - if BID is by a corporation)
>
> Attest \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Table 1 - Item 11

> Contract Documents should contain the following guidance concerning
> use of Agency name:
>
> \"The contract documents may refer to Farmers Home Administration
> (FmHA) or Rural Economic and Community Development (RECD). Whenever
> FmHA or RECD is mentioned, it shall now mean the United States of
> America or USDA Rural Development as appropriate.\"

Table 1 Item 12

When the contract documents have been prepared using facsimiles of
Government forms, the following Certification of true and accurate
Government facsimile forms should be included in the contract documents:

> Certification of Government Documents
>
> I,
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
> do hereby certify that all
>
> *(Print Name of Project Engineer)*
>
> Government Contract Documents represented in these Specifications and
> Contract Documents are true and accurate facsimiles of the represented
> Government documents or any changes to original text, or content and
> or meaning are clearly identified.
>
> Project Engineer
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
>
> Date \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Copies of all required contract documents are available from the USDA
Rural Development State Office, Salt Lake City. Contact the State
Engineer, Jim Bulkeley at (801) 524-4327 or email
jim.bulkeley@ut.usda.gov