Additional terms used in these Instructions to Contractor are defined as follows: UNDERGROUND FACILITIES - All pipes, conduits, ducts, cables, fiber optic cables, wires, service connections, manholes, closeouts, valves, vaults, pull boxes, tanks, tunnels, culverts or other such facilities or attachments, and encasements containing such facilities privately or publicly owned which have been installed underground to furnish any of the following services or materials: electricity, gas, steam, liquid petroleum products, street lighting, telephone or other communications, cable television, sewage and drainage removal, traffic or other control systems, or water. WORK - The entire completed construction or the various separately identifiable parts thereof required to be furnished under the contract documents. Work includes and is the result of performing or furnishing labor and furnishing and incorporating materials and equipment into the construction, and performing or furnishing services and furnishing documents, all as required by the contract documents. AWARD OF CONTRACT The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, non-responsive, unbalanced or conditional bids, and to reject the bid of any Contractor if the City believes that it would not be in the best interest of the City to make an award to that Contractor, whether because the bid is not responsive or the Contractor is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fail to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the City. SALES TAXES The City is exempt from Ohio State sales and use taxes on the materials and equipment to be incorporated into the work. Said taxes shall not be included in the bid price. The contractor shall contact the City Auditor's Office at 440-326-1530 for completion of the tax-exempt forms required for the project. SUBMISSION OF BIDS Bids shall be submitted at the time and place indicated in the Invitation to Contractors or as indicated by the Engineer and shall include the name and address of the Contractor. Bids may be sent through the mail, via email or delivered by another delivery system. The Contractor will be notified if a bid is received after the deadline for delivery of bids, and that bid will not be considered for the project. INSURANCE Insurance Coverage Requirements. Contractor agrees to procure and maintain during the term of this Agreement insurance in the types and amounts shown below. a) Worker's Compensation in full compliance with the requirements of the State of Ohio. Warranty the contractor hereby warrants that the services will not infringe, misappropriate or violate any intellectual property or any other right of any person or entity. the services will be performed professional and workmanlike manner, consistent with industry standards. the services will be performed in strict accordance with the highest standards of care, skill, diligence and professional competence applicable to suppliers/contractors engaged in providing similar services in the Lorain county area. the contractor has the requisite skill and staff to perform the services required hereunder fully, in a timely and efficient manner. the contractor will perform the services in accordance with all applicable laws.