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U4L Page 2 SERVICE AGREEMENT II. SERVICE PROVIDED: Contractor agrees to provide the following service to the County: (a) Contractor will correctly mail,.by First -Class mail, food stamp coupons (hereafter called coupons) to clients desig- nated by the County at the addresses furnished to the Con- tractor by the State. (b) Contractor will, within 24 -hours of receipt of the same from the County, make any and all changes of the mailing lists to comply with the applicable changes submitted to ensure the correct mailing to clients at changed and corrected addresses. (c) The Contractor will complete and deliver a monthly FNS -250 report to the County for certification and forwarding to the State Office. The Contractor will complete a daily Cashier's Reconciliation Report (CDRR) and forward same to the County along with a copy of the issuance register. The Contractor shall also provide to the County such information needed by the County to complete reports as may be required. (d) In order to deter thefts, Contractor will stagger the dates of mailing of coupons by date and zip code according to in- structions from the County. (e) Performance of service will be conducted in a manner to ensure the confidentiality of information, data, instruments, docu- ments, studies, and reports given to Contractor to use or pre- pare for the County. III. LIABILITY: Inasmuch as the County is liable to the State of North Carolina for any unauthorized coupon issuances or coupon thefts and for any coupon shortages or losses for whatever cause, including, but not limited to, loss due to erroneous mailings, the Contractor agrees that it shall be liable to the County in like manner and amount and shall hold the County harmless from claims of the State arising from any such cause; the Contractor further agrees: (a) That it will maintain in full ford: and effect during the term of this contract, or any renewal or extension thereof, such in- surance or bond, and in such amount, as the County /City may re- quire to indemnify the County /City against any theft of coupons while they are in the actual or constructive possession of the Contractor, its agents and employees, and against any loss or shortage of coupons or other loss arising out of any act or omission of the Contractor, its agents and employees. (b) That if the County /City suffers any loss of any shortage or reduction in coupons by reason of any act or omission of the Contractor, its agents or employees, the County /City, at its election, may recover the value of its losses by requiring that the Contractor pay the amount of such loss or by deduct- ing the amount of such loss from service payments due the Contractor under this contract or both; but in no event shall the amount recovered by the County /City hereunder exceed its losses.