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• • • SECTION 6 - CONTROL OF MATERI t LS AND EQUIF ENT 6.1 MATERIALS AND EQUI PMEJT - There will be no County -owned materials or equipment supplied the Contractor, unless so provided for in the plans and specifications for the project. 6.2 SUBSTITUTION OF LSAT { ALS ANBD E(UIH - (a) BeforeB d ORening - In any section of the specifications and/or plans where one or more manufacturers' brand names of materials or equipment is specified to indicate a quality, style, appearance or performance, the Bidder will base his bid on one of the specified brand names, except that where such certain brands are specified, alternate brands may also be qualified if found equal or better by submitting a request to the Engineer for review and approval at the earliest date possible but in any event such request shall be submitted not later than ten (10) days before the opening date of bids, not including the date of bid opening. If the substitution requests are hand carried, the bearer shall be sure that the envelope containing the request or the request itself is time stamped by the receptionist. If the request is mailed, the hour of posting must be stamped by the postal authorities and be prior to 12 midnight of the Monday preceding the week of the bid opening. Commercial meter stamp on mailed notices will not be accepted should the mailed requests arrive after the deadline described above. It shall be the responsibility of the Bidder to submit in five (5) copies, sufficient evidence such that a determination can be made by the Engineer that the alternate brands are qualified. The evidence submitted shall be accompanied by a cover letter of transmittal which shall give a list of the evidence submitted and list specifically the items for which the substitution is requested as shown in the following format: SPECIFIED SUBSTITUTE OR SECTION ITEM __BRAND ALTERNATIVE BRANT? This privilege to submit further evidence does not apply to requests which are rejected due to non-compliance with specification require- ments. Once a substitution for an item is rejected due to non-' _ compliance with the specifications and not due to insufficient evidence, the date of the initial request for substitution cannot be applied to a subsequent request on the same item. Substitution requests not complying with the above requirements will be denied. Substitution requests sent to other agencies Section 6 Page 26