Add to Mechanical and Electrical E02 Master Spec Section for Y2K compliance:

Add to Part 1.

I.	WORK INCLUDED

A.	All equipment, hardware, software and firmware product delivered under this contract shall be able to accurately process date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000, and leap year calculations to the extent that other information technology, used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges date/time data with it.

Add following sections prior to Part 2 section of specification

II.	WARRANTY

A.	The Contractor represents and warrants that all equipment, hardware, software, and firmware product delivered under this contract shall be able to accurately process data/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000, and leap year calculations to the extent that other information technology, used in combination with the information technology being acquired, properly exchanges data/time data with it. If the contract requires that specific listed products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty shall apply to those listed products as a system. The duration of this warranty and the remedies available at Syska & Hennessy, Inc., and the Owner for breach of this warranty shall be as defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of the Contractor's standard commercial warranty or warranties contained in this contract, provided that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in such commercial warranty or warranties, the remedies available to Syska & Hennessy and the Owner under this warranty shall include repair or replacement of any product whose non-compliance is discovered and made known to the Contractor in writing within one year after acceptance. Nothing in this warranty shall be construed to limit any rights of remedies Syska & Hennessy, Inc. or the Owner may otherwise have under this contract with respect to defects other than Year 2000 performance.

III.	INDEMNIFICATION

A.	See General Conditions of the Contract for Construction for indemnification provisions.

B.	In addition to the remedies available in this Section, and elsewhere in the Contract, Contractor shall indemnify, defend and hold Syska & Hennessy, Inc. the Owner, and their agents, officers and employees harmless from and against any and all liability, losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees, which any and all of them at any time sustain or incur by reason of any demands, claims, causes of action or legal proceeding arising from the inability or failure of any of the equipment, hardware, software or firmware product to be provided under this Contract to be Year 2000 compliant.

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