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Maintenance at his own expense, and the insurances or what remains of them shall be returned to him after deducting the amounts
duly owed by him at the end of the maintenance period and after the contractor has fulfilled his obligations
and the work has been finally received from him.
The contractor must carry out the repairs requested by the Sect within a week from the date of
notifying him in writing. If he fails to perform the work, the Sect shall withdraw the insurances belonging to him
if they are in the form of a bank guarantee, and perform the work at his expense and deduct the amount from him.
16- Notices
The two contracting parties waive the right to send notices from one to the other through
the notary public regarding the affairs of this contract. Every notice sent by one of the parties should
either be delivered to the other party's address or sent to him by registered mail.
17- Labor Laws
The contractor is responsible for applying the Labor Law regarding all labor matters and observing them
regarding official holiday wages, feasts, and compensations, as he is also responsible for accidents that
occur to his employees at the work site, and he must pay all compensations resulting therefrom
as the Sect is not responsible at all regarding the workers.
Withdrawal of work from the contractor and its consequences
a - If the contractor fails to start work promptly upon receiving written notice to that effect.
b - Or if he falls short in performing the execution of works at the required speed.
c - Or if he fails to perform the execution of works in accordance with the contract.
d - Or if he delays in completing the works beyond the deadline specified in the contract.
e - Or if he actually stops work for a period of one week without written permission from the Sect, unless
he proves the existence of force majeure and informs the engineer and the Sect of it immediately and in writing.
f - Or if he fails to supply or install machinery, workers, materials, and equipment that are sufficient and appropriate so that he can
execute the permanent work quickly and without interruption.
g - Or if he commits, personally or through an intermediary, any violation of any of the contract provisions he is bound to implement
or follow up on, and continues in this violation for a period of 14 days (taking into account any special condition
stipulating a shorter period) after being warned in writing by the engineer to rectify this violation.
h - Or if he abandons the work entirely.
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f -- or if the Contractor (whether in Iraq or abroad) becomes bankrupt or if he files
a petition for bankruptcy or his financial insolvency is proven or if he reconciles with his creditors or if the Contractor is a company
and it has been liquidated, whether the liquidation was mandatory or voluntary (unless the liquidation was
voluntary for the purpose of reorganizing the company on foundations decided in writing by the government) or if
the Contractor was a company and it was dissolved or if the Contractor gave, promised, or presented a gift or
an advance, reward, or benefit of any kind to any employee or worker among the employees of the Community
whether he was independent or had any relation to the work subject of this contract, the Community has in any
case of these cases --
1 - To withdraw the execution of the remaining works from the Contractor.
2 - The withdrawal of the execution of the remaining works shall be in accordance with what was mentioned above by sending a written
notice ⟦issued⟧ by the President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community to the Contractor
and this notice shall be valid and effective without taking any legal
or official procedures.
3 - If the Contractor is granted any grace period or indulgence, this shall not reduce or prejudice the rights of
the Community according to this article, and the previous provisions do not affect the right of the Community
to claim the compensations stipulated according to the laws in force.
4 - In the event of withdrawing the work or part of it from the Contractor according to what was previously explained or
according to any other provisions contained in the contract, the Community has, according to its estimation of the cost, the right to
exercise one of the following rights --
a - To carry out by itself at the Contractor's expense the execution of all the works that have
not yet been completed or any part thereof.
b -- To put all or some of the works that have not yet been completed into tender again.
c -- To agree with one of the contractors in a private manner to complete the work.
In all these cases, the Community shall have the right to seize all or some of
the machinery, tools, and materials brought by the Contractor and to use them
in completing the work without being responsible to the Contractor or others
for these machines, tools, and materials, and for any damage or decrease
in value that may occur to them for any reason, and without being responsible also for paying any
amount due for them to another party or paying any wage for them to the Contractor or others.
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The Community shall have the right in any case to seize all or some of the machinery, tools and materials
even after the completion of the work, in order to guarantee its rights, and the contractor must pay to the Community
all the expenses it incurs in this regard in excess of the contract value, and he must compensate it
for all the losses it incurs because of that. The Community may deduct the value of the expenses and losses
referred to from the insurance amount or from the contractor's claims or from any money belonging to him, but if
the work cost less than the contract prices, the difference shall not return to the contractor.
For this purpose, the Community may refrain from paying any amounts that have been granted to him
until these expenses and losses are settled, and the Community may sell the machinery, tools or materials
that the contractor brought without being responsible for any losses incurred by him as a result of
selling them.
In the event that the work is withdrawn from the contractor, an inventory report shall be organized regarding the works, buildings,
tools, equipment and materials that are at the work site and regarding the work that has been completed in a
satisfactory condition, by the Community's responsible engineer, and this inventory shall take place in the presence of the contractor
who must be officially notified to attend, either him or his representative. If the contractor does not attend or does not send
a representative on his behalf, the inventory shall be carried out in his absence.
⟦24 / 10⟧
This inventory shall be established by a report signed by the Community's engineer
and the contractor or his representative. If any dispute or conflict arises regarding the condition of the existing work,
this dispute or conflict and its nature must be established in the aforementioned report.
19- The prices to be set by the contractor include planning the building plot according to the maps
with preparing the ground surface <del>and that</del> by removing debris and transporting it outside (by cars if required)
so that it is disposed of permanently. It also includes cleaning the building and the site after completion of the work
so that it is fit for use immediately before its provisional acceptance by the Community
or the supervising engineer.
20- The Community has the right to carry out any item on its own responsibility by providing materials and labor or
materials only and the contractor carries out the work and the fee shall be as agreed upon if the Community deems
it necessary, but if the Community provides the materials and labor, it shall be at the expense of
the contractor.
21- If new items are introduced that are not mentioned in the contract, they shall be agreed upon by the Community
and its engineer on one hand and the contractor on the other hand. If they do not agree, they may appoint experts
in that, provided that the disagreement on that does not give the contractor any right to delay the work.
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Schedule of Works and Prices
For the construction contract on the land numbered in the neighborhood
Item | Details of Works | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
1 | Earth excavations for foundations
Excavations shall be as per the drawings and shall be
vertical with straight edges and sides, and the bottom of the excavation
level and balanced. Resulting soil from excavation shall be removed
outside the building site. If the contractor exceeds the works
indicated in the plan without the engineer's written
approval, he must backfill the excess excavations
with 1:3:6 concrete at his own expense. | 300 m3 | 170/- | 51000
2 | Paving works with broken bricks
The broken bricks shall be of the solid fired type and with a thickness of
12 cm. The price includes the process of hammering with iron
tampers properly, spraying with water, and grouting
with cement mortar in a ratio of 1 - 5. | 300 m2 | 240/- | 72000
3 | Concrete works <del>unreinforced</del> for foundations
The concrete ratio shall be 1:3:6 of cement,
Habbaniya sand, and washed river gravel
graded in size 1/2 (inch and below, and the
sand must be from Lake Habbaniya sources and it is
not allowed to use river sand at all for any purpose
of construction except with the approval of the engineer. | 300 m3 | 220/- | 68100
4 | Brickwork and cement
The bricks shall be of the fired type and construction shall be done
with cement mortar and Habbaniya sand in a ratio of 1:4
and it is not allowed to use broken or used bricks | 350 m2 | 4150 | 1127500
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Item | Work Details | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
| Continued from Item (4)
The exposed bricks are soaked in water before construction
for a sufficient period of not less than six hours, and all
vertical and horizontal joints are filled with cement mortar. The
process of spraying the walls with water continues for a period of at least seven
days. The price includes all of the above mentioned in a
masterful and good manner. (The Community Engineer has the right
to reject any part of the construction that he does not see as complying with the
technical conditions or because it contains salts). | | |
5 | Damp-proof concrete with Silocrete, 3 inches thick
for the walls.
The mixing ratio shall be 1 = 2 = 4 of cement,
Habbaniya sand, and washed river gravel,
graded in size from 3/4" and below, and the
Silocrete ratio shall be 1-15 of the required water quantity
for making the concrete. The price includes the necessary
wooden formwork. | | 780 / - | 540 46
6 | Damp-proof plaster with Silocrete, 1" thick for walls.
The mixture ratio shall be 1-3 of cement and Habbaniya sand,
and the Silocrete ratio shall be 1-8 of the required water quantity
for the mixture. The level of this damp-proof course is at a height
of five courses above the first concrete damp-proof course,
and the construction between the first and second damp-proof courses shall be
cement construction at a ratio of 1 = 4. | | 290 / - | 860 8
7 | Casting concrete under the tiles with a thickness of 5 cm.
The concrete shall be at a ratio of 1-3-6 cement with
Habbaniya sand and washed river gravel, and the
concrete shall be mixed with Silocrete as stated in ⟦...⟧ | | 490 / - | 600 68
| | | 780 | 1407
Note: The brick specifications ⟦...⟧
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Item | Work Details | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
Continued from Item (10)
Period of 48 hours after pouring and a period of ten days for horizontal
slabs. It must be ensured that the molds are strong and durable, as
the contractor is solely responsible for that. If
the resulting castings do not conform to the maps or
engineering art and construction principles, the contractor in that case
is responsible for repairing them or removing them and pouring them again
as necessity dictates.
⟦This item includes pouring reinforced concrete⟧
⟦for the fence with building steps of the stairs and polishing and grading⟧
11 Asphalt and leveling works
A) First, a layer of asphalt not less than
3/8" thick is placed directly on the roof, extending to the parapet walls
at a height of 8 inches, provided that the asphalt is of the best
types of local asphalt and that an amount of 15 percent
of liquid asphalt is added during the heating of the asphalt. It is not
permissible to use crude oil at all in the asphalt, noting the
overlap of the asphalt sheet on the surfaces by 4 cm
at least over each other.
B) Leveling the surfaces with fine soil whose
fineness matches Al-Habbaniya sand, otherwise the supervising engineer
may reject it. Leveling works are carried out by placing
the soil in layers not exceeding 5 cm, slightly moistened
with water and compacted with hand rammers, provided that the average
thickness of leveling is 10 cm in the middle and 15 cm
near the parapets.
C) The surfaces are asphalted again with a layer not less than
3/8" thick, taking into account what was mentioned in the item above.
14000
254700
412900
1678,280
Saleh Yousef
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Item | Details of Works | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
12 | Rainwater Pipes
The pipes shall be of cast iron with a diameter of 4 inches and shall include
each pipe an elbow at the roof and a base of cast iron or
concrete at the bottom. The elbow must be connected via
a small pipe piece to the concrete basin on the roof
which must have dimensions of 30 cm by 30
cm by 25 cm, provided that the surface of the basin is
at the level of the flashing and the concrete ratio 1:2:4 with
Silocrete material as described with the damp proofing. | ⟦...⟧ L.M | 1.400 | 140.000
13 | Cement Plastering and Gypsum Whitewash for Internal Walls
The joints are first cleaned thoroughly between the bricks
then splashed with cement grout and then plastered with a layer of
cement 1:3. As for the sand, it shall consist of 1:1
of Habbaniya sand and river sand, and the plastering shall be
using rulers and plumb lines, then this plaster is left for a period of
at least seven days, during which it is sprayed continuously with water
then left for a suitable period to dry. Then it is whitewashed after that
with excellent fermented gypsum with a thickness of no less than
1/4 inch, provided that the gypsum is from Mahdi Qanbar
Agha or the Iraqi Building Materials Company - First Class -
and the final whitewash surface must be polished and completely
level and the corners regularly rounded. | 1200 ⟦...⟧ | 0/240 | 288.000
14 | Cement Plastering for External Faces of the Building and Painting with Celocem
The joints are first cleaned thoroughly between the bricks and then
sprayed with water and splashed with cement grout and then plastered
with cement and Habbaniya sand in a ratio of 1:3 and a thickness of no less
than 3/4" provided that the plastering is done with rulers and plumb lines | 850 ⟦...⟧ | 0/490 | 416.500
2046/020
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Item | Work Details | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
| Continued from Item (14) | | |
| And the plaster surfaces must be completely level and smooth. After that, the faces are painted with Celosam in three coats and in the colors selected by the supervising engineer. | | |
15 | Iron windows and ventilators work | | ⟦8000⟧ | ⟦430000⟧
| The windows and ventilators shall be as shown in the blueprints produced by the Iraqi Engineering Products Company, and all windows must be equipped with a handle with a slide. All windows must be fixed with 5/8" rebar and a fly-proof mesh must be installed over all windows from the outside. They must also be equipped with 2mm glass fixed with English putty supplied in sealed drums to the work site. The windows shall be according to the designs and sizes provided by the engineer. | | |
16 | Iron Doors | | ⟦9000⟧ | ⟦75200⟧
| Doors shall be made of new iron according to the measurements and dimensions in the relevant blueprints, provided that the frames are 3" x 3" x 1/4" angle iron fixed well into the walls, and the leaves are 2" x 2" x 1/4" angle iron with 1/8" thick iron plate from the outside, provided that the doors are equipped with foreign locks and handles. The doors shall be double-faced iron plate. Except if the doors are made of iron and glass, in which case the glass division shall be according to the blueprints or instructions provided by the specialized engineer. | | |
Number
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⟦signature⟧
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Item | Details of the ⟦line⟧ works | Quantity and Unit | Pri⟦line⟧ce | Amou⟦line⟧nt
20 | Tiling with plain tiles and gypsum mortar | | |
The tiles shall be of excellent quality, applied with the best | | |
types of gypsum, and grouted with white cement, taking note of | | |
what was stated in item (18). | | 670/- | 600 887
21 | Painting with o⟦line⟧il-based paint | | |
After completing the work, doors and windows and their frames | | |
shall be painted with three coats of oil-based paint in the color | | |
decided by the engineer, provided that the oil paint is of the | | |
liquid type inside sealed drums and is equivalent in quality | | |
to the paints of the British Imperial Chemical Industries | | |
(I.C.I.), provided that the painting is done by brush. | | |
Windows are calculated on one side only. | | 220/- | ... 44
22 | Painting with Emulsion | | |
Supply emulsion from (I.C.I.) company in colors selected | | |
by the supervising engineer, then paint the walls after | | |
cleaning and wiping them well, applying two coats by brush. | | |
The Organization has the right to provide a special painter if | | |
it deems it necessary and if its supervising engineer does not | | |
approve the quality or method of painting. | | 140/- | ... 254
23 | Electrical Installations | | |
The contractor shall perform all required electrical installations. | | |
Wires, pipes, and other electrical fittings shall be of the | | |
G.E.C. type. The point shall be complete in all respects, | | |
including the lamp and the porcelain shade. | | |
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Item | Details of Work | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
| Continuation of Item (23) | | |
| a - Hidden point with non-slotted pipes with threads. | 150 | ... | 75 ...
| b - Visible point | | |
| Note | | |
| A two-way point is considered one and a half points and considering | | |
| The plug, regardless of its type, as half a point. | | |
24 | Ceilings | 2650 | ... | 742 ...
| and shall be made of reinforced concrete according to the maps | | |
| provided by the engineer in terms of thickness and reinforcement | | |
| and the mixing shall be in the ratio of 1 = 2 = 4. | | |
| It is requested to set the unit price as follows to follow up whether | | |
| the sect decided to change the quality of the ceilings:- | | |
| a - Concrete Siporex type ceilings. | 4800 | ⟦...⟧ | 588 ...
| b - If the ceilings were made of Jack arching (Aqqada), knowing | 2750 | ... | 658 ...
| that the steel beams (I-beams) used are | | |
| 6 x 3 placed at a distance of 75 cm from center | | |
| to center, and the price includes the I-beams as well as | | |
| being painted with two coats of anti-rust paint. | | |
| Note | | |
| Ceilings are measured in all cases from inside the rooms | | |
| i.e., net area, while the section resting on the building | | |
| is considered part of the brickwork; therefore, the contractor must | | |
| take that into consideration. | | |
25 | Brickwork and gypsum for plastering | 3500 | -/750 | 275 ...
| See the brickwork specifications mentioned in item (8). | | |
26 | Staircase railing | 7000 | ... | 140 ...
| and shall be based on the best workmanship and quality in terms of | | |
⟦By hand a visible point⟧
⟦2480⟧
⟦3500⟧
⟦7000⟧
2827/220
⟦Yousef Saleh⟧
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Item | Details ⟦line⟧ of Work ⟦line⟧ | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
Continuation of Item (26)
Work and materials; as for heights, design, and measurements,
they can be viewed from the attached maps or at the
engineer of the sect or in the sect's departments.
27 Tiling ⟦line⟧ with glazed tiles for bathrooms
The tile shall be in the color, type, and shape chosen by
the specialized engineer, and it shall be of the English type. Paving
shall be to the highest degree of perfection, and its back must be coated
with Sealocrete Mechanical
keying liquid
according to the specifications of the manufacturing company to prevent it from
falling after application.
28 Digging ⟦line⟧ a sinkhole to a depth of about 3.300 m and a diameter at
the bottom of no less than 2.250 m. Construction shall be
done well with clean bricks and equipped with an English cover
measuring 18" by 18".
Note ⟦line⟧
When building the septic tank, its items are calculated individually
according to the prices set in the bill of quanti⟦line⟧ties
in terms of excavation, construction, and cement plastering
etc....
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Item | Details of Works | Quantity and Unit | Price | Amount
29 | Sanitary Installations | | |
| A - Porcelain Western Toilet :- | ⟦number⟧ / 1 | 17,000 | 17,000
| It must be of the best types available in the | ⟦number⟧ / 2 | |
| markets, equipped with a low water tank, meaning it | | 8,500 | 17,000
| works by a lever without a chain. The | | |
| siphon must be of the type approved by | | |
| the engineer. The cover must be of | | |
| plastic type; the use of a wooden cover is not | | |
| allowed at all. When installing the toilet, the | | |
| (4) inch diameter drainage pipe must be connected to | | |
| the manhole or septic tank as required by | | |
| necessity, with the installation of a 3-inch | | |
| diameter vent pipe rising 50 cm above the | | |
| roof parapets. | | |
| B - Porcelain Eastern Toilet | ⟦number⟧ / 1 | 12,500 | 12,500
| It must be of the best types available | | |
| in the markets, equipped with a high water tank, meaning | | |
| it works with a chain. As for the vent and connection | | |
| to the manhole or septic tank, the points mentioned | | |
| in the previous paragraph must be observed. | | |
| C - Porcelain Washbasin | ⟦number⟧ / 1 | 9,000 | 9,000
| It must be of the best types available | | |
| in the markets, size 20 inches, and must be | | |
| equipped with two plated-type faucets and a trap | | |
| siphon. Faucets are connected with a lead pipe | | |
| then with a 1/2" diameter pipe, and a valve is placed on | | |
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Amount | Price | Quantity and Unit | Details of Work | Item
| | | Continuation of item (29 - C -) |
| | | each pipe in a suitable location. All pipes are placed inside |
| | | the walls or under the tiles and encased in concrete in a |
17,000 | 8,500 | 2 count | good manner. |
| | | D - Porcelain Urinals |
| | | They must be of the best types available in the |
6,000 | 2,000 | 3 count | markets, and the urinals shall be connected with a 2-inch diameter pipe. |
| | | E - Gullies |
| | | Gullies shall be of cast iron with a 4-inch diameter and must |
| | | be fixed with concrete in a good manner. The gullies must |
| | | be connected with a 4-inch diameter cast iron pipe to the outside |
| | | of the building, and the use of locally manufactured cast iron |
45,000 | 45,000 | 1 count | gullies is not permitted. |
| | | F - Roof Water Tank |
| | | The tank must be of sheet iron measuring |
| | | 3 x 3 x 3 feet, equipped with a float valve, and the price |
| | | includes painting with three coats of oil paint by brush, |
| | | and the paint shall be Sealocrete Oil and Acid |
12,000 | 6,500 | ⟦10⟧ | Resisting Paint type. |
| | | G - Digging and constructing manholes |
| | | The base shall be of 1:3:6 concrete over a |
| | | layer of broken bricks, and the manhole walls shall |
| | | be built with bricks and cement at a thickness of 25 |
| | | cm. The internal dimensions of the manholes shall be |
| | | 60 x 60 x 40 cm. The manholes must be equipped |
| | | with a cast iron cover of the English (Airtight) |
| | | type. Also, it must be paved |
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2085 ⟦...⟧
167 429
2957 720
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Amount | Price | Quantity and Unit | Details of ⟦line⟧ works ⟦line⟧ | Item
Continuation of item (z)
The floor of each manhole with cement mortar and Habaniya sand
to direct and drain sewage water properly.
Provided that the inner faces of the walls are plastered with mortar
of cement and sand in a ratio of 1:3.
The contractor must supply and install these tools
and sanitary installations, provided they are of the highest quality
types available in the markets, and the work must be performed
according to the highest technical methods. The price includes all
necessary installations, freshwater pipes,
sewage pipes, and necessary elbows, brass fittings, tees,
traps, valves, and ventilation pipes with a diameter of 3
inches for the toilets, provided that the contractor takes into
account that his price also includes connecting and extending
freshwater pipes to the roof and to the ground
and first floors. It also includes extending sewage pipes
(2 pieces of 4-inch diameter) to the sewage
septic tanks.
48.000 | 15.000 | 3.200 | 20 - Entrance to the house door - according to the design provided by
the engineer, made of teak wood |
80.000 | 80.000 | 1 Ton | 21 - Painted steel I-beams for door and window frames
and includes the ⟦angle bars⟧ as well |
4085.172
Total
167.429
Add 4% unforeseen reserve expenses
⟦...⟧ for emergencies spent as contingencies
4252.159
Grand Total
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Secret tender for the construction of on the land numbered
in district ⟦line⟧
General Conditions ⟦line⟧
1- The bidder must submit cash securities of 5 percent, and these securities may be submitted in
the form of a letter of guarantee from one of the banks to the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
2- The bidder must submit the contract documents in a sealed envelope at or before 12:00 PM of the day
corresponding to 9 / 12 / 1957 to the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, provided that it is written on the envelope
(Secret tender for the construction of )
3- The Community reserves the right not to accept the lowest-priced tenders and has the right to reject any tender without
giving reasons for that.
4- Every tender that is not submitted at the time specified in paragraph (2) above or is not accompanied by the securities
stipulated therein will be neglected.
5- The supervising engineer has the right to change the plans and quantities as he deems appropriate, and the contractor does not
have the right to object to that, and the excess or deficient quantities shall be priced according to the contractor's price in
the bill of quantities.
6- If the contractor delays in completing the work within the period specified by him, he must pay five
dinars (5/- Dinars) daily to the Jewish Community in Baghdad, and any objection submitted
by the contractor regarding his delay in work will be rejected, and these compensations will be deducted from his dues or securities.
7- When the quality of any material present in the bill of quantities is not mentioned, the supervising engineer alone will be
responsible for choosing it as he deems appropriate, and the contractor has no right to object to that at all.
8- The contractor must indicate the period he needs to complete the work, and this period will be taken
into consideration when studying the tender.
9- Bidders must sign all the maps attached to this tender as well as all pages of
the tender and return them within their bid.
10- Materials ⟦line⟧
The contractor must supply all materials necessary for the work fixed in the plans and the price schedule,
and the contractor alone shall be responsible for all materials and tools at the work site and shall be responsible
for every theft or shortage that occurs therein, noting that all materials at the work site are considered
property of the Jewish Community until the completion of the work, and the contractor has no right to remove or dispose of them.
"Continued"
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