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Proposal for Façade Consulting
<br />Orange County Public Library
<br />137 W. Margaret Lane
<br />Hillsborough, NC 27278
<br />BECS #20250754
<br />January 16, 2026
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<br />BECS is now a Lerch Bates Company
<br />Firm License Number: P-2493 WeAreBECS.com · LerchBates.com and all claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, or expenses, including aƩorneys’ fees, which result or arise from, or relate
<br />to Client, or an agent or employee acƟng on behalf of Client, accompanying BECS’s employees or consultants at any Ɵme
<br />during BECS’s onsite acƟviƟes.
<br />7.17.3. Further, Client agrees to indemnify and hold harmless BECS, its employees, and its consultants from and against any and
<br />all claims, demands, losses, damages, costs, or expenses, including aƩorneys’ fees, which are asserted by any other party,
<br />firm, or individual and which are alleged to result from or be related to this Agreement or the services hereunder, and
<br />which exceed the sum of $50,000.00 or BECS’s fee for the services hereunder, whichever is greater.
<br />7.18. MediaƟon:
<br />7.18.1. The Client and BECS agree that all disputes between them arising out of or relaƟng to this Agreement, or the Project shall
<br />be submiƩed to nonbinding mediaƟon as a pre-condiƟon to liƟgaƟon or arbitraƟon.
<br />7.18.2. The Client and BECS further agree to include a similar mediaƟon provision in all agreements with independent contractors
<br />and consultants retained for the Project and to require all independent contractors and consultants also to include a similar
<br />mediaƟon provision in all agreements with their respecƟve subcontractors, subconsultants, suppliers, and fabricators.
<br />7.19. CollecƟon Costs: Should liƟgaƟon or arbitraƟon be necessary to collect any porƟon of amounts due BECS for work on the Project,
<br />BECS shall also be enƟtled to all costs of collecƟon, including reasonable aƩorneys’ and expert fees and costs.
<br />7.20. Extent of Agreement: This agreement, when executed by authorized representaƟves of both BECS and Client, consƟtutes the
<br />Contract between the parƟes hereto and all prior representaƟons or agreements, oral or wriƩen, not expressly incorporated
<br />herein, are superseded.
<br />7.21. This Agreement shall be governed by the state laws of the local BECS office, and all acƟons pertaining to or arising out of this
<br />Agreement shall be filed in the county of the local BECS office.
<br />7.22. If applicable, BECS and Client hereby incorporate the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a), and 29
<br />CFR § 471. These regulaƟons prohibit discriminaƟon against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or
<br />individuals with disabiliƟes and prohibit discriminaƟon against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual
<br />orientaƟon, gender idenƟty or naƟonal origin. Moreover, these regulaƟons require that covered enƟƟes take affirmaƟve acƟon
<br />to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientaƟon, gender idenƟty,
<br />naƟonal origin, protected veteran status or disability.
<br />7.23. This proposal expires thirty (30) days from the submission date.
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<br />Docusign Envelope ID: 48513E52-49F8-4485-A0EA-CA6398A3A6E9
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