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DocuSign Envelope ID: DB0158A0-1139-48CD-8576-549C07AE1795 <br /> a. Services to be provided. The Provider shall provide the County with all services <br /> required in Section 3 to satisfactorily complete the Project within the time limitations set <br /> forth herein and in accordance with the highest professional standards. <br /> b. Standard of Care. <br /> i) The Provider shall exercise reasonable care and diligence in performing services <br /> under this Agreement in accordance with the highest generally accepted standards <br /> of this type of Provider practice throughout the United States and in accordance <br /> with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to the <br /> performance of these services. Provider is solely responsible for the professional <br /> quality, accuracy and timely completion and/or submission of all work related to <br /> the Basic Services. <br /> ii) Provider shall be responsible for all errors or omissions of its agents, contractors, <br /> employees, or assigns in the performance of the Agreement. Provider shall <br /> correct any and all errors, omissions, discrepancies, ambiguities, mistakes or <br /> conflicts at no additional cost to the County. <br /> iii) The Provider shall not, except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, <br /> subcontract the performance of any work under this Agreement without prior <br /> written permission of the County. No permission for subcontracting shall create, <br /> between the County and the subcontractor, any contract or any other relationship. <br /> iv) Provider is an independent contractor of County. Any and all employees of the <br /> Provider engaged by the Provider in the performance of any work or services <br /> required of the Provider under this Agreement, shall be considered employees or <br /> agents of the Provider only and not of the County, and any and all claims that may <br /> or might arise under any workers compensation or other law or contract on behalf <br /> of said employees while so engaged shall be the sole obligation and responsibility <br /> of the Provider. <br /> v) Provider agrees that Provider, its employees, agents and its subcontractors, if any, <br /> shall be required to comply with all federal, state and local antidiscrimination <br /> laws, regulations and policies that relate to the performance of Provider's services <br /> under this Agreement. <br /> vi) If activities related to the performance of this Agreement require specific licenses, <br /> certifications, or related credentials Provider represents that it and/or its <br /> employees, agents and subcontractors engaged in such activities possess such <br /> licenses, certifications, or credentials and that such licenses certifications, or <br /> credentials are current, active, and not in a state of suspension or revocation. <br /> vii) In determining the basic services to be provided, should any documents be <br /> referenced in this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall have priority in <br /> any conflict between the terms of referenced documents and the terms of this <br /> Agreement. Should a request for proposals and a proposal be referenced the <br /> terms of the request for proposals shall have priority over the terms of any <br /> proposal. <br /> Revised 1/16 <br /> 2 <br />