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D Award of Contract <br />Proposals will be received by the City for the entire work proposed <br />to be performed. A single contract will be awarded by the City to the <br />lowest responsible bidder as soon as practicable after the opening of the <br />bids and the successful bidder will be notified that his bid has been <br />accepted, by letter mailed to the address as given in the proposal. If <br />funds are not available to do the entire work as per Plans, then the City <br />reserves the right to abandon or cancel any part or portion of work on <br />the project, or to extend some quantities and/or reduce others by making <br />appropriate changes in the Plans and Specifications. Payment for <br />changes will continue to be on a unit basis. <br />E Execution of the Contract <br />The individual, firm or corporation to whom the contract is awarded <br />shall sign four (4) copies of the contract and bond and return them to the <br />Office of the City Manager of the City of Paris within (10) days after <br />they have been received. No proposal shall be considered as binding on <br />the City unless approved by the City Council at a lawful meeting of the <br />City Council. Also, no proposal shall be considered as binding until the <br />successful bidder has executed and filed the contract in quadruplicate <br />together with a satisfactory bond. <br />F Sub-Contract, or Assignment of Contract <br />No portion of the contract shall be sublet, assigned or otherwise dis- <br />posed of, except with the written consent of the City. Written consent <br />to sublet, assign or otherwise dispose of any portion of the contract <br />shall not be construed so as to relieve the Contractor of any respons- <br />ibility for the fulfillment of the contract. <br />G Insurance <br />The Contractor shall not commence work under this contract until he <br />has obtained all insurance required under this paragraph, provided the <br />City with a certificate of Insurance and such insurance has been approved <br />by the City, nor allow any sub-contractor to commence work until all <br />similar insurance required of the sub-contractor has been obtained and <br />approved. <br />The Contractor shall procure and maintain, at his own expense, during <br />the life of this contract, insurance as hereinafter specified. All such <br />insurance shall be subject to the approval of the City of adequacy of <br />protection, and shall include a provision preventing cancellation without <br />ten days prior notice to the City in writing. The liability insurance <br />required is as follows: <br />1. Workmen's Compensation Insurance: The Contractor shall take out <br />and maintain during the life of this contract, Workmen's Compen- <br />sation Insurance for all of his employees employed at the site of <br />the project, and in case any work is sublet, shall require the <br />subcontractor similarly to provide Workmen's Compensation Insurance <br />for all of latter's employees, unless such employees are covered <br />by the protection afforded by the Contractor. <br />I - 2 <br />