orders, and any addition, deletion or modification that affects the nature, quantity, <br />degree, or scope of the Goods or Services or improvements to be provided under a <br />contract or the time of performance or price or that affects any provision concerning <br />the rights or obligations of a party. <br />16.3 .2 WSR. <br /> No amendment will be binding on the <br />RITING AND IGNATURE EQUIREMENTS <br />city unless set forth in writing and signed by an official who is duly authorized to <br />bind the city in the manner described by the amendment. <br />16.3 .3 AIP. <br /> Except in connection with a contract renewal <br />MENDMENTS THAT NCREASE RICE <br />or extension, no contract may be amended to increase the Contract Price unless the <br />increase is directly related to an increase in the quantity or types of Goods or Services <br />to be provided, a betterment in the quality of Goods or materials to be provided, or to <br />compensate the contractor for delays occurring after the execution of the contract for <br />which the city is responsible. Amendments that increase the Contract Price are further <br />limited as follows: <br />16.3 .3 .1 UnitPrice Established. <br /> Amendments that increase the quantity of Goods or <br />Services to be provided under the contract and for which unit prices were <br />established in the original contract (for example, by weight, volume, itemized <br />equipment price lists, or hourly fees) shall be permitted without limitation, so <br />long as the increase does not exceed the solicitation threshold for that class of <br />contract. <br />16.3 .3 .2 UnitPrice Not Established. <br /> Amendments that increase the Contract Price and <br />that are not described in subsection 16.3.3.1 may not, in the aggregate, increase <br />the total amount to be paid under the contract by more than twenty–five percent <br />(25%) of the original Contract Price, so long as the increase does not exceed the <br />solicitation threshold for that class of contract. <br />16.3 .3 .3 Amendments in Excess <br />.The Purchasing Agent has discretion to approve <br />amendments in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the original contract and <br />beyond the solicitation threshold if it is determined that the amendment is <br />required due to an unforeseen circumstance that could not be reasonably <br />estimated for the original contract and it is in the city’s best interest. <br />16.3 .4 T. <br /> The time of performance under a contract, or the term of an expiring contract, <br />IME <br />may not be extended by amendment except as provided in the original contract or on <br />a temporary basis as provided in Section 4.8. <br />EACWCWS. <br />16.4 <br />XTENSION NDOMPENSATION HEN ONSTRUCTIONORKUSPENDED <br />If a construction contract is not terminated but work under the contract is suspended by an <br />order of the city for any reason considered to be in the public interest other than a labor <br />dispute or any third-party judicial proceeding relating to the work other than a suit or action <br />filed in regards to a labor dispute, the contractor is entitled to a reasonable extension of the <br />Article 16 Contract Administration Page 81 <br />Exhibit A to Administrative Order No. 44-08-06-F <br /> <br />