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• • • (A major item shall be construed to be any item, the total cost of which is equal to or greater than ten (10) percent of the _total contract price, computed on the basis of the proposal quantity and the contract unit price.) Should it become necessary for the best interest of the County to make changes in excess of that herein specified, the same shall be covered by an amendment. The Contractor shall not start work on any alteration requiring an amendment until the agreement setting forth the adjusted prices shall be executed by the County and the Contractor. Should any of the changes not requiring an amendment be made as provided herein, the Contractor shall perform the work as altered, increased or decreased at the contract unit price or prices. In case a satisfactory adjustment in price canna be reached for any item requiring an amendment, the County reserves the right to terminate the contract as it applies to the items in question or perform this work by force account as outlined in Section 9.4(b) „FORCE ACCOUNT WORK*. or make such arrangements as may be deemed necessary to complete the work. 2. Im�Sum Wo,k - Increases or decreases in projects for which a lump sum price is asked will not be made on the basis of a certain percentage over or under the original lump sum price bid for the project. The cost of increased or decreased work will be determined in accordance with Subsection 4.2(c). (b) Omitted its - Should any contract item of the work be omitted by the Engineer in its entirety, in the absence of a contract change order covering such omission, payment will be made to the Contractor for actual and direct costs, excluding overhead and profit incurred in connection with such omitted contract item if incurred prior to the date of notification in writing by the Engineer of such omission, except as hereinafter provided for costs of handling materials. If acceptable material is ordered by the Contractor for the omitted item prior to the date of notification of such omission by the Engineer and if orders for such material cannot be canceled, it will be paid for at the actual cost to the Contractor, excluding overhead and profit. In such case, the material paid for shall become the property of the County and the cost of any further handling will be paid for as extra work as provided in Subsection 4.2(d). If the material is returnable to the vendor and if the Engineer so directs, the material shall be returned and the Contractor will be paid for charges made by the vendor for returning the materials excluding any markup for overhead and profit to the Contractor. The cost of handling returned material will be paid for as extra work as provided in Subsection 4.2(d). Section 4 Page 14