Particular Methods of Procurement of Consultants’ Services 1. Quality- and Cost-based Selection. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 below, consultants’ services shall be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of Quality and Cost-based Selection.
Other Methods of Procurement of Consultants’ Services The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than Quality and Cost-based Selection, which may be used for consultants’ services. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used.
(a) Quality-based Selection (b) Selection under a Fixed Budget
CONDITIONS FOR EMERGENCY/HURRICANE OR DISASTER - TERM CONTRACTS It is hereby made a part of this Invitation for Bids that before, during and after a public emergency, disaster, hurricane, flood, or other acts of God that Orange County shall require a “first priority” basis for goods and services. It is vital and imperative that the majority of citizens are protected from any emergency situation which threatens public health and safety, as determined by the County. Contractor agrees to rent/sell/lease all goods and services to the County or other governmental entities as opposed to a private citizen, on a first priority basis. The County expects to pay contractual prices for all goods or services required during an emergency situation. Contractor shall furnish a twenty-four (24) hour phone number in the event of such an emergency.
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.
The Advisers Services (a) DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES. The Adviser shall act as investment adviser with respect to the Funds. In such capacity, the Adviser shall, subject to the supervision of the Board, regularly provide the Funds with investment research, advice and supervision and shall furnish continuously an investment program for the Funds, consistent with the respective investment objectives and policies of each Fund. The Adviser shall determine, from time to time, what securities shall be purchased for the Funds, what securities shall be held or sold by the Funds and what portion of the Funds' assets shall be held uninvested in cash, subject always to the provisions of the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, By-Laws and its registration statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") under the 1940 Act, and under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), covering Fund shares, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), and to the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Funds, as each of the same shall be from time to time in effect. To carry out such obligations, the Adviser shall exercise full discretion and act for the Funds in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the Funds themselves might or could do with respect to purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with respect to all other such things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions. No reference in this Agreement to the Adviser having full discretionary authority over each Fund's investments shall in any way limit the right of the Board, in its sole discretion, to establish or revise policies in connection with the management of a Fund's assets or to otherwise exercise its right to control the overall management of a Fund.
Unbundled Network Terminating Wire (UNTW) 2.8.3.1 UNTW is unshielded twisted copper wiring that is used to extend circuits from an intra-building network cable terminal or from a building entrance terminal to an individual End User’s point of demarcation. It is the final portion of the Loop that in multi-subscriber configurations represents the point at which the network branches out to serve individual subscribers.
2.8.3.2 This element will be provided in MDUs and/or Multi-Tenants Units (MTUs) where either Party owns wiring all the way to the End User’s premises. Neither Party will provide this element in locations where the property owner provides its own wiring to the End User’s premises, where a third party owns the wiring to the End User’s premises.
SERVICES BY CONSULTANT The Consultant shall provide the professional services as defined in this Agreement and as necessary to accomplish the scope of services attached hereto as Attachment B and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full. The Consultant shall furnish all services, labor, and related equipment to conduct and complete the work, except as specifically noted otherwise in this Agreement.
Inspection of Services Subcontractor shall make the Services accessible at all reasonable times for inspection by the Contractor. Subcontractor shall, at the first opportunity, inspect all material and equipment delivered to the job site by others to be used or incorporated in the Subcontractor’s Services and give prompt notice of any defect therein. Subcontractor assumes full responsibility to protect the work done hereunder until final acceptance by the Contractor or any authorized third (3rd) party.
Information and Services Required of the Owner The Owner shall provide information with reasonable promptness, regarding requirements for and limitations on the Project, including a written program which shall set forth the Owner’s objectives, constraints, and criteria, including schedule, space requirements and relationships, flexibility and expandability, special equipment, systems, sustainability and site requirements.
Consultants’ Services All consultants’ services required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Financing shall be procured in accordance with the requirements set forth or referred to in Sections I and IV of the Consultant Guidelines, and with the provisions of this Section.
