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CHAPTER 7 CONTRACTING FOR REHABILITATION WORK 7.1 Form Of Contract The construction contract will consist cfa document signed by the contractor and accepted by the applicant upon approval of the rehabilitation/reconstruction. The contract shall contain a bid and proposal by the contractor as well as specifications for the work to be done. 7.2 Use Of Alternatives The contract document may provide for alternates by which the bidder, as part of his bid and proposal, offers increases or decreases to the lump sum contract price to cover alternates for work to be performed. 7.3 Selection Of Contractor The program administrator will perform outreach/notification of work to contractors. Contractors will make application on forms provided by the City. Work and banking references will be checked. TDHCM HOME office will be contacted in order to determine if contractor has been debarred from State and Federal projects. Contractors on bidders list will be selected by owner as applications become eligible. The contractor, using owner/mgr, developed write-up will walk through unit in order to prepare his bid. At a subsequent meeting with staff, the Contractor will present his bid. Bids within 15% of staff estimate will be accepted. Contracts may also be competitively bid. Approved contractors who fail to bid on units selected, and/or continue to demonstrate unrealistically high bids or who demonstrate an unwillingness or inability to perform work as required, will be removed fi.om the list. New contractors, when making application during program, will be added to approved contractor's list and be offered a unit when selected by owner. After the successful completion of their first contract, more than one unit may be assigned to a contractor at one time. -14-