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12. Preference For Goods and Services. <br /> 12.1. Contractor shall use recyclable products to the maximum extent economically <br /> feasible in the performance of the contract work set forth in this document. <br /> Recycled products include all materials, goods and supplies, not less than 50 <br /> percent of the total weight of which consists of secondary and post consumer waste <br /> with not less than 10 percent of its total weight consisting of post consumer waste, <br /> as well as any product that could have been disposed of as a solid waste, having <br /> completed its life cycle as a consumer item, but otherwise refurbished for reuse <br /> without substantial alteration of the product's form. <br /> 12.2. In performance of the Work, Contractor shall prefer materials that have been <br /> manufactured or produced in the state of Oregon, if price, fitness, availability and <br /> quality are otherwise equal. <br /> 13. Foreign Contractor. If Contractor is not domiciled in or registered to do business in the <br /> state of Oregon, and the Contract Sum exceeds $10,000, City shalt not make final payment <br /> to Contractor until Contractor complies with the requirements of ORS 279.021(2xa) and <br /> provides City with copies of all forms provided to the Department of Revenue. <br /> 14.Other Obligations. Pursuant to the provisions of ORS 279.312, Contractor shall: <br /> 14.1. Make payment promptly, as due, to all persons supplying to Contractor labor or <br /> material for the prosecution of the Work. <br /> 14.2. Pay all contributions or amounts due the Industrial Accident Fund from Contractor <br /> incurred in the performance of the Work. <br /> 14.3. Not permit any lien or claim to be filed or prosecuted against the City or any <br /> subdivision or agency or employee thereof on account of any labor or materials <br /> furnished pursuant to the contract. <br /> 14.4. Pay to the Oregon Department of Revenue all sums withheld from employees <br /> pursuant to ORS 316.167. <br /> 15. Payment of Medical Care. Contractor shall promptly pay as due to any person, <br /> partnership, association or corporation furnishing medical, surgical and hospital care or <br /> other needed care and attention, incident to sickness or injury, to the employees of <br /> Contractor, all sums which Contractor agrees to pay for such services and all money and <br /> sums which Contractor collected or deducted from wages of its employees pursuant to any <br /> law, contract or agreement for the purpose of providing or paying for such service. <br /> 16. Maximum Hours. Contractor shall not require or permit any person to labor more than the <br /> hours permitted under ORS 279.334. <br /> 17. Rate of Pay. Contractor shall pay as the minimum hourly rate of wage not less than the <br /> prevailing rate of wage set forth in the specifications for this contract, pursuant to the <br /> provisions of ORS 279.348 to 279.380. Contractor or its surety shall file, and Contractor <br /> shall require every subcontractor or its surety to file, a statement with the City, in writing, in a <br /> form prescribed by the Oregon Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries (Labor <br /> Commissioner), certifying the hourly rate of wage paid each classification of workers <br /> Public Improvement Contract (Comp) -Page 4 <br /> <br /> (Revised April 1998) <br /> <br />