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2 <br />FY 98 <br />Agreement to Provide <br />Professional Accounting Services to <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this day of , 1998 and effective <br />immediately by and between DMG-MAXIMUS, INC. (hereinafter called the "Consultant") <br />and Orange County, State of North Carolina (hereinafter called the "County"), <br />WITNESSETH THAT: <br />WHEREAS, the County has programs which it operates with Federal funding, and <br />WHEREAS, the County supports these programs with support services paid from <br />County appropriated funds, and - <br />WHEREAS, the Federal government and the State will pay a fair shaze of these costs <br />if supported by an approved cost allocation plan, and <br />WHEREAS, the Consultant is staffed with personnel knowledgeable and experi- <br />enced in the requirements of developing and negotiating such governmental cost allocation <br />plans, and <br />WHEREAS, the County desires to engage the Consultant to assist in developing a <br />plan which conforms to Federal requirements and will be approved by their representatives <br />NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: <br />1. Employment of Consultant. The County agrees to engage the Consultant and the <br />Consultant hereby agrees to perform the following services. <br />2. Scope of Services. The Consultant shall do, perform and carry out in a good and <br />professional manner the following services: <br />a. Development of a central services cost allocation plan which identifies the <br />various costs incurred by the County to support and administer Federal <br />programs. This plan will contain a determination of the allowable costs of <br />providing each supporting service such as purchasing, legal counsel, dis- <br />bursement processing, etc. <br />b. Prepaze indirect cost proposals for federal grants as necessary. <br />c. Negotiation of the completed cost allocation plan with the representatives of <br />the State or Federal government, whichever is applicable. <br />1 <br />