Common use of County Approval Clause in Contracts

County Approval. Unless the Form Contracts are utilized for the Project with no material modification or an existing municipal contract is approved by County for use pursuant to Section 3.3, Municipality must obtain written approval from the County Attorney’s Office for Municipality’s contract(s) with Contractor and with Consultant prior to utilization of the contracts for the Project (and prior to publication of the solicitation, if the contract is included in the solicitation). In addition to the provisions required to be included in Municipality’s contracts with Contractor and with Consultant pursuant to Section 8.1 or Section 10.5, Municipality’s contracts must also include the provisions listed in Section 3.5.3 and Section 3.5.4, as applicable, in the form stated in the Form Contracts. Any material modification to any required contractual provision must be approved in advance by the County Attorney’s Office; no subsequent material change to the contract(s) for the Project may be made without written approval from the County Attorney’s Office. Municipality agrees and acknowledges that County’s approval of any contracts with Contractor or Consultant, including without limitation the Form Contracts, is solely for purposes of protecting County’s interests; County approval of any such contract does not constitute a legal opinion, including without limitation as to the legal sufficiency of the contract, for use or reliance by Municipality or any third party and shall not be the basis for any claim or liability against County or asserted to avoid any reimbursement or other obligation of Municipality under this Agreement. Municipality shall provide at least twenty (20) days’ written notification to the Contract Administrator and the County Attorney’s Office prior to award of the contract to Contractor or Consultant, as applicable, which notice must include a copy of the competitive solicitation (or other applicable procurement document) for the Project, the responsive submission by the proposed Contractor or Consultant, the proposed contract amount for the Project, the proposed contract, and the date on which Municipality intends to award the contract. County may disapprove the proposed contract: (a) for failure to comply with any requirement of this Agreement; (b) if the contract price exceeds or is materially inconsistent with the Funding Schedule (absent good cause, as determined by Contract Administrator); or (c) after consultation with Project Manager, for any other good cause as determined in the sole discretion of the Contract Administrator. If County disapproves any proposed contract, County must provide notice of such disapproval within twenty