Consultant Services 3.1.1 The A/E may provide a portion of the Services through one or more Consultants, provided, however, that the A/E shall remain responsible for all of the A/E’s duties and obligations under this Agreement. 3.1.2 By appropriate written agreement, the A/E shall require each Consultant, to the extent of the Consultant’s portion of the Services, to be bound to the A/E by the terms of this Agreement, and to assume toward the A/E all of the obligations and responsibilities that the A/E assumes toward the Contracting Authority and Owner. 3.1.2.1 The A/E shall not retain any Consultant on terms inconsistent with this Agreement. 3.1.2.2 All agreements between the A/E and a Consultant shall identify the Contracting Authority and Owner as the agreement’s intended third-party beneficiaries. 3.1.2.3 Upon the request of the Contracting Authority or Owner, the A/E shall submit to the Contracting Authority and Owner a copy of the agreement between the A/E and each Consultant. 3.1.3 The A/E shall obtain the Contracting Authority’s written approval before engaging any Consultant not named in the Agreement. The A/E shall not employ any Consultant against whom the Contracting Authority has a reasonable objection. The Contracting Authority’s approval or disapproval of any Consultant, however, will not relieve the A/E of the A/E’s full responsibility for performance of the Services. 3.1.4 The A/E shall not remove any Consultant from the Project or reduce the extent of any Consultant’s participation in providing the Services without the Contracting Authority’s prior written consent. The A/E shall not permit any Consultant to replace any previously identified team member except with the Contracting Authority’s prior written consent unless the Consultant ceases to employ that person. On notice from the Contracting Authority, the A/E shall immediately and permanently remove from the Project any Consultant or person under a Consultant’s control whose performance is not satisfactory to the Contracting Authority. 3.1.5 The Contracting Authority may communicate with any Consultant either through the A/E or directly with the Consultant, but the Contracting Authority may not modify the agreement between the A/E and any Consultant. The Contracting Authority will advise the A/E with reasonable promptness of direct communication with any Consultant. 3.1.6 The A/E hereby assigns to the Contracting Authority each Consultant’s agreement provided that the assignment is effective only after the Contracting Authority terminates this Agreement in whole or in part and only for those agreements that the Contracting Authority accepts by notifying the Consultant and A/E in writing. The Contracting Authority may re-assign accepted agreements. 3.1.6.1 If the Contracting Authority terminates this Agreement in part, the Contracting Authority may (1) take assignment of any entire Consultant’s agreement affected by the termination or (2) take partial assignment of only the portion of any Consultant’s agreement associated with the terminated part of this Agreement.