Get CSI Substitute Request Form After Bid

If you're submitting a product that has not been specified, a substitution request form must be submitted with product documentation to assist the design professionals' review process. The review will determine compliance with what has been specified and the design intent of the project.

Substitutions: Changes in products, materials, equipment, and methods of construction required by Contract Documents proposed by Contractor after award of Contract are considered to be requests for substitutions.

Three part Bid means the pre-qualification bid, technical and financial bids.

Bid Alternates are for specific work or materials of a construction project that are not included in the base bid price. Campus Project Managers are encouraged to instruct Architect/Engineer (A/E) to incorporate alternates into bid documents when possible.

Substitutions for Convenience means changes proposed by Contractor or Town that are not required in order to meet other Project requirements, but which may offer advantage to Contractor or Town.

The use of another brand (referred to as a substitution or proposed equal in the Contract Documents, when a bidder or the contractor seeks to have a different brand of material or apparatus than that specified approved by the Owner for use in the Project) may be requested as provided in the Instructions to Bidders.