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This Agreement for Meter Deployment Services (this "Agreement"), dated as of , 2019 (the "Effective Date"), is made and entered into by and between National Metering Serivces, Inc. ("National"), and Indian River County ("IRC"), each of National Metering Service, Inc. and Indian River County sometimes referred to individually as a "Party" and together as the "Parties". ARTICLE 1. BACKGROUND AND BUSINESS OBJECTIVES 1.01 Background. (1) Through the competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process, IRC has selected National to provide the planning, design, deployment, implementation, and acceptance testing of the AMR System within Indian River County's service territory and MDM Portal (collectively, the "AMR Solution") services. 1.02 Business Objectives. IRC and National acknowledge that the specific business objectives of this Agreement are: (1) for National to provide services in connection with the deployment and installation of AMR meters in accordance with an IRC -approved deployment plan and schedule; (2) for National to manage the supply chain for AMR meter deployment from coordination of meter vendor shipments through installation; (3) for National to manage logistics and all equipment associated with AMR meter deployment; (4) for National to manage its personnel in accordance with applicable safety rules; (5) for National to provide all information and performance reporting requirements; and (6) for National to coordinate all customer contact processes and activities. ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 2.01 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit 5. 2.02 Other Terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, those terms, acronyms and phrases utilized in the metrology, communications and/or utilities industries or other pertinent business context shall be interpreted in accordance with their generally understood meaning in such industry or business context. 2.03 Construction. The provisions of Article 1 are intended to be a general introduction to 8