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- A. A Request for Proposals may result in a Contract with a lump sum Contract Price or a fixed Contract Price, as in the case of Competitive Bidding. Alternatively, a Request for Proposals may result in a cost reimbursement Contract with a GMP or some other maximum price specified in the Contract.
- B. Economic incentives or disincentives may be included to reflect stated City purposes related to time of completion, safety or other Public Contracting objectives, including but not limited to, total least cost mechanisms such as Life Cycle Costing.
- C. A Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) may be used as the pricing mechanism for Contracts for CM/GC Services where a total Contract Price is provided in the design phase in order to assist the City in determining whether the project Scope is within the City’s budget, and allowing for design changes during preliminary design rather than after final design services have been completed.
- 1. If this collaborative process is successful, the Contractor shall propose a final GMP, which may be accepted by the City and included within the Contract.
- 2. If this collaborative process is not successful, and no mutually agreeable resolution on GMP can be achieved with the Contractor, then the City shall terminate the Contract. The City may then proceed to negotiate a new Contract (and GMP) with the firm that was next ranked in the original selection process, or employ other means for continuing the project under ORS Chapter 279C.
- D. When cost reimbursement Contracts are utilized, regardless of whether a GMP is included, the City shall provide for audit controls that will effectively verify rates and ensure that costs are reasonable, allowable and properly allocated.