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8. SUBCONTRACTORS In the event Contractor requires the services of any contractor or professional associate in connection with the Work to be performed under this Contract, the Contractor shall secure the written approval of the County Project Manager before engaging such contractor or professional associate. 9. AUDIT The Contractor agrees that the County or any of its duly authorized representatives shall, until the expiration of three years after payment of funds under this Contract, have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the Contractor involving transactions related to this Contract. The Contractor agrees that payment(s) made under this Contract shall be subject to change for amounts charged thereto which are found on the basis of audit examination not to constitute allowable costs under this Contract. The Contractor shall by check payable to the County the amount of such change in payments. All required records shall be maintained until an audit is completed and all questions arising therefrom are resolved, or three years after completion of the project and issuance of the final certificate, whichever is sooner. 10. PUBLIC RECORDS The Contractor shall allow public access to all documents, papers, letters, or other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and made or received by the Contractor in conjunction with this Contract. ill CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY The Contractor is an independent contractor and is not an employee or agent of the County. Nothing in this Contract shall be interpreted to establish any relationship other than that of an independent contractor, between the County and the Contractor, its employees, agents, subcontractors, or assigns, during or after the performance of this Contract. The Contractor shall take the whole responsibility for the means, methods, techniques, sequences, and production of the Work. The Contractor shall bear all losses resulting to him, or its, on account of the amount or character of the Work, or because of the nature of the ground beneath, in or on which the Work is done is different from what was assumed or expected, or because of bad weather, or because of errors or omissions in his or its bid on the Contract price, or except as otherwise provided in the Contract Documents because of any other cause whatsoever. -4-