2026-098-E-AMS-Building Envelope Consultants and Scientists-Proposal for Façade Consulting at The Gateway Center, Library and West Campus Office Building

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Proposal for Façade Consulting Orange County Public Library 137 W. Margaret Lane Hillsborough, NC 27278 BECS #20250754 January 16, 2026 BECS is now a Lerch Bates Company Firm License Number: P-2493 WeAreBECS.com · LerchBates.com Terms and Conditions 1. Invoice Payment, Interest on Unpaid Amount and Disputed Invoices 1.1. BECS will submit progress invoices which are due upon receipt and considered past due if not paid within thirty (30) days of invoice date. If BECS does not receive payment in full within sixty (60) calendar days of invoice date, invoices will bear interest at one-and-one-half (1.5) percent (or the maximum rate allowable by law, whichever is less) of the unpaid amount per month, which will be calculated from the invoice date. Furthermore, if the Client has not objected to the invoice, as provided for below, and the invoice is more the sixty (60) days outstanding, BECS may proceed immediately to collecƟon of the invoice without mediaƟon as a condiƟon precedent. Payment thereaŌer will first be applied to accrued interest and then to the unpaid principal. 1.2. BECS shall be compensated to the extent that BECS’s services are requested, directed, and provided regardless of project schedule or Client’s billing arrangement with Owner. 1.3. If the Client objects to any porƟon of an invoice, the Client shall noƟfy BECS in wriƟng within fiŌeen (15) calendar days of receipt of the invoice. The Client shall idenƟfy in wriƟng the specific cause of the disagreement and the amount in dispute and shall pay that porƟon of the invoice not in dispute in accordance with the other payment terms of this Agreement. 2. Any dispute over invoiced amounts due which the Client has objected to and cannot be resolved within twenty-five (25) calendar days aŌer presentaƟon of invoice by direct negoƟaƟon between the parƟes shall be resolved in accordance with the following Disputed Invoice ResoluƟon process: 2.1. A demand for mediaƟon shall be made in wriƟng, delivered to the other party to the Agreement, and filed with the person or enƟty administering the mediaƟon. 2.2. The other party shall deliver a wriƩen response to the party demanding mediaƟon within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of the demand for mediaƟon indicaƟng that the other party agrees to mediate. 2.3. Should the other party fail to provide a wriƩen response to the demand for mediaƟon within the seven (7) dayƟme period, the requirement of mediaƟon as a condiƟon precedent under Terms and CondiƟons paragraph A.17 shall be deemed waived, and BECS may proceed directly with the filing of a civil complaint in a court of competent jurisdicƟon. 3. TerminaƟon of Services 3.1. BECS reserves the right to terminate this agreement upon seven (7) days’ advance noƟce in the event Client fails to perform, including failure to make Ɵmely payment of invoices. BECS may, at its opƟon, suspend work in the event payments are not received and will have no liability for any delay caused thereby. 4. Documents 4.1. All documents furnished by BECS are instruments of service and shall remain the sole property of BECS. BECS shall retain all common law, statutory, and other reserved rights, including the copyright thereto. They are to be used only for this project and are not to be modified, distributed, or used for any other project, in whole or in part, except with the wriƩen authorizaƟon of BECS. BECS accepts no liability for any unauthorized use or modificaƟon of these documents. 5. AddiƟonal Services 5.1. BECS’s services exceeding the scope of the basic services will be considered addiƟonal services and will be provided based upon a mutually agreeable fee and terms. 6. Insurance 6.1. See aƩached sample BECS CerƟficate of Insurance. Insurance CerƟficates for this project will be provided to the Client upon execuƟon of this agreement. In the event of insurance cancellaƟon, the Client will be given thirty (30) days’ wriƩen noƟce. 7. BECS ResponsibiliƟes 7.1. ConfirmaƟon of Verbal AuthorizaƟon: UnƟl such Ɵme that a wriƩen agreement is concluded, we will proceed based upon the terms of this proposal, including the Basic Services, CompensaƟon, Reimbursable Expenses, and Terms and CondiƟons therein. If that process is not acceptable to you, please noƟfy BECS Inc. immediately in wriƟng. 7.2. Standard of Care: Services provided by BECS in connecƟon with the Project will be performed consistent with that degree of care and skill ordinarily exercised by members of the same profession pracƟcing simultaneously under similar circumstances. 7.3. Cost EsƟmates: BECS’s opinions of probable cost, if any, will be based on training and experience. However, BECS does not control contractors' labor or materials costs or other condiƟons affecƟng market pricing. Accordingly, BECS does not warrant its opinions, nor will contractors’ actual or quoted costs vary from its opinions of probable cost. 7.4. SubmiƩal Review: BECS review of shop drawings and other submiƩals will be for conformance with the general intent of the BECS documents, and acƟon taken or comments made by BECS shall not create or transfer responsibility for the content of such submiƩals. Responsibility will remain with the contractor or the party preparing said submi Ʃals. 7.5. Review of Pay ApplicaƟons: BECS’s review of the contractor’s applicaƟons for payment, if any, will consƟtute BECS’s opinion based on its review of the work in progress but will neither be a warranty nor a representaƟon that the contractor has appropriately applied payments for any purpose of the contractor’s work. Docusign Envelope ID: 48513E52-49F8-4485-A0EA-CA6398A3A6E9