Specifications - City of Montpelier, Vermont

Title:Montpelier District HeatingCity of Montpelier, VT019110 – General Commissioning RequirementsIssue Date:October 17, 2012Page #:25 of 30C. Failure Due to Manufacturer Defect. The majority of manufacture defects are expected to be identified by the contractor during testing and checkout. If 10% (orthree, whichever is greater) of identical pieces of equipment fail to perform to thecontract documents (mechanically or substantively) due to a manufacturing defect, not allowing it to meet its submitted performance specification, all identicalunits may be considered unacceptable by the engineer or CxA. In such case, thecontractor shall provide the Owner with the following:1. Within one week of notification from the Owner/CM, the contractor ormanufacturer’s representative shall examine all other identical units making a record of the findings. The findings shall be provided to the CMwithin two weeks of the original notice.2. Within two weeks of the original notification, the contractor or manufacturer shall provide a signed and dated, written explanation of the problem,cause of failures, etc., and all proposed solutions. The proposed solutionsshall not significantly exceed the specification requirements of the originalinstallation.3. The engineer will determine whether a replacement of all identical units ora repair is acceptable.4. Two examples, where applicable, of the proposed solution shall be installed by the contractor and the engineer shall be allowed to test the installations for up to one week, upon which the engineer will decide whether to accept the solution.5. Upon acceptance, the contractor and/or manufacturer shall replace or repair all identical items, at their expense. The replacement/repair workshall proceed with reasonable speed beginning within one week fromwhen parts can be obtained.D. Approval. The CxA notes each satisfactorily demonstrated function on the testform. Final approval of the performance test by the Owner is made after reviewby the CxA and CM, following recommendations by the engineer.3.7 DEFERRED TESTINGGENERAL COMMISSIONING REQUIREMENTS 01910 25