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5. COMPENSATION <br />5.1 The COUNTY shall pay to the CONSULTANT a mutually agreed upon lump sum or <br />maximum amount not -to -exceed professional fee for -each task in the Work Order, to be paid in <br />monthly installments or on a deliverable basis, all as set forth in a Work Order. Duly certified <br />invoices, in triplicate phased as per the Work Order, shall be submitted to the County Project <br />Manager, in detail sufficient for proper prepayment and post payment audit. Upon submittal of a <br />proper invoice the County Project.Manager will determine if the tasks or portions thereof have <br />been satisfactorily completed. Upon a determination of satisfactory completion, the County Project <br />Manager will authorize payment to be made. All payments for services shall be made to the <br />CONSULTANT by the COUNTY in accordance with the Florida Prompt Payment Act, as may be <br />amended from time to time (Section 218.70, Florida Statutes, et seq.). Payment for Purchase <br />Orders will be included in the proposal for Purchase Order. <br />5.1.1 The CONSULTANT shall include on the invoices any identifiable per diem, meals <br />and lodgings, taxi fares and miscellaneous travel -connected expenses for CONSULTANT's <br />personnel subject to the limitations of F. S. section 112.061, as may be amended from time <br />to time. Travel expenses, if any, shall not be on a direct pay basis by the COUNTY. <br />Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CONSULTANT acknowledges and agrees that it will not <br />be reimbursed for any travel within Indian River County, both after a CONSULTANT arrives <br />from outside of Indian River County, and where a CONSULTANT maintains an. officein Indian <br />River County. <br />5.1.2 The. COUNTY shall make direct payment of all permit- fees paid to regulatory <br />agencies for approvals directly attributable to the Services under the Project. These permit <br />fees do not include those permits required for any construction contractor. <br />5.2 The COUNTY may at any time notify the CONSULTANT of requested changes to the <br />Services under an existing Work Order, and thereupon the COUNTY and the CONSULTANT <br />shall execute a mutually agreeable amended Work Order or a new Work Order. <br />5.3 The COUNTY shall have the sole right to reduce or eliminate, in whole or in part, any <br />portion of the Services under any Work Order at any time and for any reason, upon written <br />notice to the CONSULTANT specifying the nature and extent of the reduction. In such event, <br />the CONSULTANT shall be paid for the Services already performed and also for the Services <br />remaining to be done and not reduced or eliminated, upon submission of invoices as set forth <br />in thisAgreement. <br />5.4 The COUNTY may, at any time and for any reason, direct the CONSULTANT to <br />suspend Services, in whole or in part under this Agreement. Such direction shall be in writing, <br />and shall specify the period during which Services shall be stopped. The CONSULTANT <br />shall resume its Services upon the date specified, or upon such other date as the COUNTY <br />may thereafter specify in writing. Where the COUNTY has suspended the Services under <br />this Agreement for a period in excess of six (6) months, the compensation of CONSULTANT <br />for such suspended Services may be subject to modification. The period during which the <br />Services are stopped by the COUNTY shall be added to the time of performance of this <br />Agreement. <br />19 <br />9 <br />