Mandatory provision for all contracts. It shall be in substantially the same form as follows:

“Delays and Extensions of Time” "The Contractor agrees to prosecute the work continuously and diligently and no charges or claims for damages shall be made by it for any delays or hindrances from any cause whatsoever during the progress of any portion of the work specified in this Contract. “Time extensions will be granted only for excusable delays that arise from unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor, including but not restricted to, acts of God, acts of the public enemy, acts of the State in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, acts of another Contractor in the performance of a contract with the State, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, or delays of subcontractors or suppliers arising from unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of either the Contractor or the subcontractors or suppliers.”

Authority: Election Law Article, §§14-101—14-108; General Provisions Article, §§5-101 and 5-503; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101, 13-211, 13-217—13-219, 13-221—13-223, 13-317, 15-226 ,16-202, 17-401, 17-402, and 19-114; Annotated Code of Maryland; Chs. 588, 589, and 630, Acts of 2017; Ch. 403, Acts of 2019

Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

Regulation .09A amended effective May 6, 1985 (12:9 Md. R. 816)

Chapter revised effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .03 amended effective August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221)

Regulation .05 amended effective October 2, 2000 (27:19 Md. R. 1730); July 9, 2001 (28:13 Md. R. 1216)

Regulation .06B amended effective May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)

Regulation .08 amended effective December 25, 2000 (27:25 Md. R. 2284); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449); March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .11 amended effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .11A amended effective November 22, 1993 (20:23 Md. R. 1086)

Regulation .12A amended effective November 22, 1993 (20:23 Md. R. 1086); May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)

Regulation .14 amended effective May 13, 2013 (40:9 Md. R. 789); July 15, 2019 (46:14 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .16 amended effective May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)

Regulation .18 amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .19 amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .20 amended effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 79); December 25, 2000 (27:25 Md. R. 2284); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .25 amended effective October 1, 1990 (17:19 Md. R. 2322); August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221); August 8, 2011 (38:16 Md. R. 946); May 13, 2013 (40:9 Md. R. 789)

Regulation .25C amended effective March 11, 2019 (46:5 Md. R. 310)

Regulation .25D amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .26 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 8, 1997 (24:18 Md. R. 1294); emergency status rescinded effective October 16, 1997 (24:23 Md. R. 1608)

Regulation .26 adopted effective March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 562)

Regulation .26A amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449); March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .26B amended effective March 5, 2012 (39:4 Md. R. 338)

Regulation .27 adopted effective July 15, 2019 (46:14 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .28 adopted effective July 15, 2019 (46:14 Md. R. 623)

Regulation .29 adopted effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .30 adopted effective June 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 643)

Regulation .31 adopted effective September 18, 2023 (50:18 Md. R. 800)

Regulation .31 amended effective March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)