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MnDOT Contract: 1058084 -3- City-County Payable Standard with Signal necessary to transfer or assign contract rights to the State and to permit subrogation by the State with respect to claims against the County's consultants and contractors. 2.5. Utility Relocation. The State authorizes the County to issue Notices and Orders for utility relocation in accordance with Minnesota Statutes §161.45 and Minnesota Rules Part 8810.3100 through 8810.3600. 3. Contract Award and Construction 3.1. Bids and Award. The County will receive bids and award a construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder (or best value proposer), subject to concurrence by the State in that award, according to the Project Plans. The contract construction will be performed according to the Project Plans. 3.2. Bid Documents Furnished by the County. The County will, within seven days of opening bids for the construction contract, submit to the State's State Aid Agreements Engineer a copy of the low bid and an abstract of all bids together with the County's request for concurrence by the State in the award of the construction contract. The County will not award the construction contract until the State advises the County in writing of its concurrence. 3.3. Rejection of Bids. The County may reject and the State may require the County to reject any or all bids for the construction contract. The party rejecting or requiring the rejection of bids must provide the other party written notice of that rejection or requirement for rejection no later than 30 days after opening bids. Upon the rejection of all bids, a party may request, in writing, that the bidding process be repeated. Upon the other party's written approval of such request, the County will repeat the bidding process in a reasonable period of time, without cost or expense to the State. 3.4. Direction, Supervision, and Inspection of Construction A. The contract construction will be under the direction of the County and under the supervision of a registered professional engineer; however, the State participation construction covered under this Agreement will be open to inspection by the State District Engineer's authorized representatives. The County will give the State Aid Agreements Engineer at Roseville five days' notice of its intention to start the contract construction. B. Responsibility for the control of materials for the contract construction will be on the County and its contractor and will be carried out according to Specifications No. 1601 through and including No. 1609 in the State's current Standard Specifications for Construction. 3.5. Contaminated Soils and Groundwater within the State's Cost Participation Limits A. 24 Hour Notification. The County will notify the State District Engineer's authorized representative a minimum of 24 hours prior to the contractor beginning the excavation and removal of any contaminated soils that have been identified within the Project limits. B. Immediate Notification. The County will notify the State District Engineer's authorized representative immediately upon the contractor encountering contaminated soils and/or groundwater in areas that are within the Project limits. The County will confer with the State as to the handling, disposal, and any other issues related to contaminated materials found on State Right-of-Way or import of materials onto State Right-of-Way. C. Environmental Consultant. The County will provide for an Environmental Consultant to be on site to observe and document the excavation, handling and disposal of contaminated soils that have been identified within the Project limits. If the contractor encounters contaminated materials in areas not previously identified and upon notification by the County to the State, the County hired Environmental Consultant will be provided to collect and analyze soil and/or groundwater samples to determine contaminant levels, work with the landfill for disposal of the soil waste, and provide oversight of any