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and provided in the format specified by the COUNTY. When all work contemplated under this Agreement is <br />complete, all of the above data shall be delivered to the Owner's Representative. <br />The CONTRACTOR agrees to maintain complete and accurate books and records ("Books"), in accordance <br />with sound accounting principles and standards for all Services, costs, and expenditures under this <br />Agreement. The Books shall identify the Services rendered during each month of the Agreement and the <br />date and type of each Project -related expense. The COUNTY shall have the right at any reasonable time and <br />through any of its designated agents or representatives, to inspect and audit the Books for the purpose of <br />verifying the accuracy of any invoice. The CONTRACTOR shall retain the Books, and make them available to <br />the COUNTY as specified above, until the later of three (3) years after the date of termination of this <br />Agreement, or such longer time if required by any federal, state, or other governmental law, regulation, or <br />grant requirement. <br />The CONTRACTOR shall not assign or transfer any work under this Agreement without the prior written <br />consent of the COUNTY. When applicable and upon receipt of such consent from the COUNTY, the <br />CONTRACTOR shall cause the names of the architectural, engineering and surveying firms responsible for <br />the major portions of each separate specialty of the work to be inserted on the reports or other data. <br />TERM; DURATION OF AGREEMENT <br />This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect for a period of three (3) years after the date of execution <br />thereof, or unless otherwise terminated by mutual consent of the parties hereto, or terminated pursuant to <br />"Termination of Contract" Section, This Agreement may be extended for one additional two (2) year renewal <br />at the discretion of the County. <br />COMPENSATION <br />The COUNTY shall pay to the CONTRACTOR a mutually agreed upon lump sum or maximum amount not -to - <br />exceed professional fee for each task in the Work Order, to be paid upon completion of the Project, all as <br />set forth in a Work Order. Duly certified invoices shall be submitted to the Owner's Representative, in detail <br />sufficient for proper prepayment and post payment audit. Upon submittal of a proper invoice the Owner's <br />Representative will determine if the tasks or portions thereof have been satisfactorily completed. Upon a <br />determination of satisfactory completion, the Owner's Representative will authorize payment to be made. <br />All payments for services shall be made to the CONTRACTOR by the COUNTY in accordance with the Florida <br />Prompt Payment Act, as may be amended from time to time (Section 218.70, Florida Statutes, et seq.). <br />The COUNTY may at any time notify the CONTRACTOR of requested changes to the Services under an <br />existing Work Order, and thereupon the COUNTY and the CONTRACTOR shall execute a mutually agreeable <br />amended Work Order or a new Work Order. <br />The COUNTY shall have the sole right to reduce or eliminate, in whole or in part, any portion of the Services <br />under any Work Order at any time and for any reason, upon written notice to the CONTRACTOR specifying <br />the nature and extent of the reduction. In such event, the CONTRACTOR shall be paid for the Services already <br />performed and also for the Services remaining to be done and not reduced or eliminated, upon submission <br />of invoices as set forth in this Agreement. <br />The COUNTY may, at any time and for any reason, direct the CONTRACTOR to suspend Services, in whole or <br />in part under this Agreement. Such direction shall be in writing, and shall specify the period during which <br />Services shall be stopped. The CONTRACTOR shall resume its Services upon the date specified, or upon such <br />other date as the COUNTY may thereafter specify in writing. Where the COUNTY has suspended the Services <br />under this Agreement for a period in excess of six (6) months, the compensation of CONTRACTOR for such <br />Page 4 of 13 <br />