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individually, Exhibit A or Exhibit B). The parties agree that the fully loaded hourly rates <br />and staff hours shown in Exhibit B are the basis to be used for billing purposes and that <br />Consultant's compensation is the total lump sum as set forth in paragraph 5.1. <br />Consultant's services will be performed in a timely, efficient, cost effective manner. In the <br />performance of professional services, the Consultant will use that degree of care and skill <br />ordinarily exercised by other similar professionals in the field under similar conditions in <br />similar localities. The Consultant will use due care in performing its services and will have <br />due regard for acceptable engineering standards and principles. Consultant's standard of <br />care shall not be altered by the application, interpretation, or construction of any other <br />provision of this Agreement. <br />1.3 To facilitate efficient completion of the work, Consultant and COUNTY will <br />work together to develop prioritization and grouping of items listed in Exhibit A. Scopes <br />of work will be developed and authorized through individual work orders. Where the term <br />"Work Order" is used herein, it is intended to mean that formal document that is dated; <br />serially numbered; and executed by both the COUNTY and the Consultant by which the <br />COUNTY accepts Consultant's proposal for specific services and Consultant indicates a <br />willingness to perform such specific services for the terms and under the conditions <br />specified in this Agreement. Each Work Order must be fully executed by the COUNTY <br />prior to issuance of the related Notice -to -Proceed. <br />1.4 Additional services which would increase, decrease or which are otherwise <br />outside the scope of Services or level of effort contemplated by the Exhibits shall be <br />Services for which the Consultant must obtain the prior written approval of the COUNTY <br />as provided by this Agreement. All terms for the performance of such Services must be <br />agreed upon in a written document prior to any deviation from the terms of the Agreement, <br />and when properly authorized and executed by both the Consultant and the COUNTY <br />shall become an amendment to the Agreement. <br />1.5 A Work Order shall not give rise to any contractual rights until it meets <br />the foregoing requirements. Each written Notice -to -Proceed and specific Work Order, <br />as approved by the COUNTY, shall be an addendum to this Agreement. Nothing <br />contained in any Work Order shall conflict with the terms of this Agreement, and the <br />terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to be incorporated into each individual <br />Work Order as if fully set forth therein. <br />1.6 A schedule of current hourly billing rates is set forth in Exhibit B attached <br />to this Agreement and made a part hereof by this reference. These hourly billing <br />rates will remain effective for the duration of this Agreement. <br />2. COUNTY OBLIGATIONS. <br />2.1 The COUNTY will provide the Consultant with a copy of any preliminary <br />data or reports available as required in connection with the work to be performed under <br />