2006 S Assessor - Business Personal Property Audit Contract/Agreement

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I ~ ~~ -~ AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES This ag Bement (hereafter "agreement") is made this _ 2/ ~ day of _ d~~'2006 between Evans & Ass`~ciaLes Consulting G~up, Inca North Carolina Corporation, hereafter called the "Consultant", and Orange County, North Carolina, hereafter called the "County" WHEREAS, the County wishes to engage Consultant to provide the Orange County Tax Assessor with cost-effective business property and other related tax audit services (hereafter the "Project") in compliance with the North Carolina Machinery Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-2`71, et seq., and as set forth in the C:ounty's "Request for Proposal, Business Personal Property Auditing" issued November 9, 2005 (hereafter "the RFP") and the Consultant's Proposal dated November 28, 2005, {hereafter "the Proposal"), which RFP and Proposal are collectively attached and incorporated herein as Schedule A; WHEREAS, Consultant proposes to supply a team cf professional tax audit consultants to conduct the Project thereafter "Project Team"); NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual covenants herein, agree as follows: ARTICLE I - SCOPE OF SERVICES OF CONSULTANT 1.1 Consultant agrees to timely perform professional services and deliver deliverables in connection with the Project, including the provision of business personal property audits, instruction and consulting services related thereto, as requested by the County, and pursuant to the standards set forth and specified in Schedule A. 7_.2 Ail work shall be done in a good and professional manner. Consultant is responsible for the professional quality, accuracy and timely completion and submission of all. deliverables and services related to the Project. Consultant shall, without additional compensation, correct or revise any errors, omissions, or other deficiencies in its deliverables and other services. The approval of deliverables furnished under this contract shall not in any way relieve the Consultant of responsibility for the accuracy of its work. The review, approval, acceptance or payment for any of the services shall not be construed as a waiver of any rights that the County. may have arising out of the Consultant's performance of this agreement.