012300MSBA Accelerated Repair Program
RK Finn/Ryan Road and Leeds Elementary Schools
Northampton, Massachusetts
Alternates
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SECTION 01 23 00 ALTERNATES
ALTERNATES PART 1 -GENERAL
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS
A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary
Conditions and other Division 1 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.
1.2 SUMMARY
A. This Section includes administrative and procedural requirements for alternates.
1.3 DEFINITIONS
A. Alternate: An amount proposed by bidders and stated on the Bid Form for certain work defined
in the Bidding Requirements that may be added to or deducted from the Base Bid amount if
Owner decides to accept a corresponding change either in the amount of construction to be
completed or in the products, materials, equipment, systems, or installation methods described
in the Contract Documents.
1. The cost or credit for each alternate is the net addition to or deduction from the Contract
Sum to incorporate alternate into the Work. No other adjustments are made to the
Contract Sum.
1.4 PROCEDURES
A. Coordination: Modify or adjust affected adjacent work as necessary to completely integrate work
of the alternate into Project.
1. Include as part of each alternate, miscellaneous devices, accessory objects, and similar
items incidental to or required for a complete installation whether or not indicated as part
of alternate.
B. Notification: Immediately following award of the Contract, notify each party involved, in writing,
of the status of each alternate. Indicate if alternates have been accepted, rejected, or deferred
for later consideration. Include a complete description of negotiated modifications to alternates.
C. Execute accepted alternates under the same conditions as other work of the Contract.
D. Schedule: A Schedule of Alternates is included at the end of this Section. Specification Sections
referenced in schedule contain requirements for materials necessary to achieve the work
MSBA Accelerated Repair Program
RK Finn/Ryan Road and Leeds Elementary Schools
Northampton, Massachusetts
Alternates
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described under each alternate.
PART 2 -PRODUCTS (Not Used)
PART 3 -EXECUTION
3.1 SCHEDULE OF ALTERNATES
A. Base bid shall include all work shown on the contract documents. The scope of the work for the
Gymnasium Roof Area E at the RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary School shall be broken out and
be identified as a deduct alternate to the base bid in the bid forms.
B. Alternate No. 1. –This deduct Alternate applies to the RK Finn Ryan Road Elementary School
only and includes the deduct Alternate for the work described in the documents for the
Gymnasium Roof Area E. Which includes complete removal of two (2) existing roofing systems, a
built-up bituminous roof system with an overlay of rigid insulation and EPDM adhered membrane.
The new roof system at this area will include a .090 fully adhered EPDM membrane, over a 1/2"
H.D. cover board over tapered insulation over 2 layers of 2" of polyisocyanurate (staggered
installation) over vapor-barrier and existing metal deck. Refer to section 07 53 23 - ROOFING and
the drawings for additional information.
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