23 - Solid Waste Specialists Agreement

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT This PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into by and between the CITY OF PARIS (the "City"), a home rule municipal corporation situated in Lamar County, Texas and SOLID WASTE SPECIALISTS ("Consultant"). 1. SCOPE OF SERVICES. Consultant hereby agrees to provide the City with professional services for the purpose of the services outlined in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated for all purposes incident to this Agreement. More specifically describing the services to be provided hereunder. Contractor will prepare the Request for Proposal and the Contract to indicate that the City is to be reimbursed for the Fee for Services in accordance with the terms of this Contract. The documents will state that full reimbursement must be received by the City within forty-five (45) days after the award of the contract. 2. TERM. This Agreement shall commence upon execution by the parties, ("Effective Date") and terminate upon completion of the work specified, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Articles 6 and 8 herein shall survive the term of this agreement. Consultant represents that it can complete the project within six (6) months after data is supplied to Consultant for the existing Commercial and Industrial account base that will be utilized to prepare the RFP 3. COMPENSATION. This is a fixed-price contract. The City shall pay Consultant an amount not to exceed thirty- nine thousand nine hundred forty and no/100s dollars ($39,940.00) in accordance with the fee schedule incorporated herein as Exhibit B, and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, in exchange for completion of all tasks and delivery of all services listed in Exhibit A, Scope of Services. In the event of partial performance, the City shall pay Consultant for only the itemized tasks completed and delivered. Consultant shall not perform any additional services for the City not specified by this Agreement unless the City requests and approves in writing the additional services and costs for such services. The City shall not be liable for any additional expenses of Consultant not specified by this Agreement unless the City first duly approves such expenses in a contract amendment executed by the City Manager or the City Manager's designee. The Consultant shall submit payment invoices to the City. Invoices shall contain a detailed breakdown to include: task or deliverables to the City and date provided for the billing period, the amount billed for each task or deliverable, and the total amount due. Payment for services rendered shall be due within thirty (30) days of the uncontested performance of the particular services so ordered and receipt by City of Consultant's invoice for payment of same. In the event of a disputed or contested billing, only that portion so contested may be withheld from payment, and the undisputed portion will be paid. No interest will accrue on any contested portion of the billing until mutually resolved. City will exercise reasonableness in contesting any billing or portion thereof. Professional Services Agreement Page 1 of 15