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      <title xtrc="GSAR" class="- topic/title ">
         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">552.270-4</ph> Definitions.</title>
      <conbody class="- topic/body  concept/conbody ">
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">As prescribed in <xref href="GSAM-i1855352.dita#i1855352"
                  outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  class="- topic/xref ">570.703</xref>,
insert the following clause:</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps" class="- topic/p ">Definitions (Sep
1999)</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">The following terms and phrases (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires)
for all purposes of this lease shall have the respective meanings
hereinafter specified:</p>
         <ol id="d898e25" class="- topic/ol ">
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e29" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>
                  
                   “ANSI/BOMA
Office Area (ABOA)” means the area “where a tenant normally houses
personnel, and/or furniture, for which a measurement is to be computed,”
as stated by the American National Standards Institute/Building
Owners and Managers Association (ANSI/BOMA) publication, Z65.1-1996.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e38" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>
                  
                    “Commencement Date”
means the first day of the term.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e47" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(c)</ph>
                  
                    “Contract” and “Contractor”
means “Lease” and “Lessor,” respectively.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e56" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(d)</ph>
                  
                    “Contracting Officer”
means a person with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or
terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings.
The term includes certain authorized representatives of the Contracting
Officer acting within the limits of their authority as delegated
by the Contracting Officer.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e65" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(e)</ph>
                  
                    “Delivery Date” means
the date specified in or determined pursuant to the provisions of
this lease for delivery of the premises to the Government, improved
in accordance with the provisions of this lease and substantially
complete, as such date may be modified in accordance with the provisions
of this lease.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e75" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(f)</ph>
                  
                    “Delivery Time” means
the number of days provided by this lease for delivery of the premises
to the Government, as such number may be modified in accordance
with the provisions of this lease.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e84" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(g)</ph>
                  
                    “Excusable Delays” mean
delays arising without the fault or negligence of Lessor and Lessor’s
subcontractors and suppliers at any tier, and shall include, without
limitation:</p>
               <ol id="d898e90" class="- topic/ol ">
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e94" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>
                        
                           acts
of God or of the public enemy,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e103" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>
                        
                          acts of the United States
of America in either its sovereign or contractual capacity,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e112" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(3)</ph>
                        
                          acts of another contractor
in the performance of a contract with the Government,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e121" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(4)</ph>
                        
                          fires,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e130" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(5)</ph>
                        
                          floods,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e140" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(6)</ph>
                        
                          epidemics,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e149" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(7)</ph>
                        
                          quarantine restrictions,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e158" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(8)</ph>
                        
                          strikes,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e167" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(9)</ph>
                        
                          freight embargoes,</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e176" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(10)</ph>
                        
                          unusually severe weather,
or</p>
                  </li>
                  <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
                     <p id="d890e185" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(11)</ph>
                        
                          delays of subcontractors
or suppliers at any tier arising from unforeseeable causes beyond
the control and without the fault or negligence of both the Lessor
and any such subcontractor or supplier.</p>
                  </li>
               </ol>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e196" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(h)</ph>
                  
                    “Lessor” means the sub‑lessor
if this lease is a sublease.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e205" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(i)</ph>
                  
                    “Lessor shall provide”
means the Lessor shall furnish and install at Lessor’s expense.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e214" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(j)</ph>
                  
                    “Notice” means written
notice sent by certified or registered mail, Express Mail or Comparable
service, or delivered by hand. Notice shall be effective on the
date delivery is accepted or refused.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e223" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(k)</ph>
                  
                    “Premises” means the
space described in this lease.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e233" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(l)</ph>
                  
                    “Substantially complete”
and “substantial completion” means that the work, the common and
other areas of the building, and all other things necessary for
the Government’s access to the premises and occupancy, possession,
use and enjoyment thereof, as provided in this lease, have been
completed or obtained, excepting only such minor matters as do not
interfere with or materially diminish such access, occupancy, possession,
use or enjoyment.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d890e242" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(m)</ph>
                  
                    “Work” means all alterations,
improvements, modifications, and other things required for the preparation
or continued occupancy of the premises by the Government as specified
in this lease.</p>
            </li>
         </ol>
         <p audience="GSAR" outputclass="Endofclause" class="- topic/p ">(End of clause)</p>
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