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• • • SECTION 3 - AWARD AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT CONTRACT CONSIDERATION_OF PROPOSALS - After the proposals are opened and read, the figures will be extended and/or totaled in accordance with the bid prices of the acceptable proposals and the totals will be compared and the results of such comparison shall immediately be made public. In the comparison of bids, words written it the proposals will govern over figures and unit prices will govern over totals. Until the award of the contract, however, the right will be reserved to reject any and all proposals and to waive any defects as may be deemed best for the interest of the County. 3 42, _ _REJECTION OF PROPOSALS - Any and all proposals may be rejected if they show any non-compliance with applicable law, alteration of form, additions not called, conditional bids, incomplete bids, uninitialled erasures, other defects, or if the prices are obviously unbalanced, or if sufficient funds are not available to prosecute the work. The Engineer reserves the right to waive any informalities to bids received, when such is found to be in the best interest of the County. When proposals are signed by an agent, other than the officer or officers of a corporation authorized to sign the proposal on its behalf or a member of a co -partnership, a Power of Attorney must be on.file with the Department of Public Works prior to opening of bids, or it shall be submitted with the proposal, otherwise, the proposal will be rejected as irregular and unauthorized. AWARD OF CONTRACT__- The award of contract, if it be awarded, will be made within sixty (60) consecutive calendar days after the opening of the proposals to the lowest responsible bidder (including the alternate or alternates which may be selected by the Engineer in the case of alternate bids) whose proposal complies with all the requirements prescribed, but in no case will an award be made until all necessary investigations are made. The Engineer may at his discretion, after determining the lowest responsible bidder, negotiate with such bidder to reduce the scope of work and to award the contract at a price which reflects the reduction in the scope of work (Act 92/S.L.H. 1969). No contract will be awarded to any person or firm suspended under the provisions of Chapter 104 and Chapter 444, Hawaii Revised Statute, as amended. The contract will be drawn on the forms shown in Appendix A, which will be furnished by the Engineer. 3.2L RETURN OF PROPOSAL GUARANTIES - Within ten (10) consecutive calendar days after the award of the contract, the Department will return the proposal guaranties accompanying such of the proposals as are not to be considered in making the award. All other proposal guaranties will be held until the contract has been fully executed and a satisfactory contract bond posted, after which time they will be returned to the respective bidders whose proposals they accompanied. 3.5 REQUIREMENT 0F CONTRACT BOND - The bidder to whom the contract is awarded shall file a guaranty of the faithful performance of said contract, a good and sufficient written bond, this bond and any justification thereto shall conform to the provisions of Sections 78-20, 103-34 to 103-38 inclusive and 507-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, unless otherwise provided for in the special provisions of the project specification. Section 3 Page 10