Any clause in a Public Improvement Contract purporting to waive, release, or extinguish the rights of a Contractor to damages resulting from ODOT's unreasonable delay in performing the Contract is void and unenforceable, as against public policy. However, Contract provisions requiring notice of delay, providing for alternative dispute resolution such as arbitration or mediation, providing other procedures for settling Contract disputes, or providing for reasonable liquidated damages, are enforceable.
Or. Admin. Code § 734-010-0420
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.616, 184.619, 279A.065 & 279A.050
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 279C.315