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301 South Bronough St., Ste 300 • P.O. Box 1757 • Tallahassee, FL 32302-1757
(850) 222-9684 • Suncom 278-5331 • Fax (850) 222-3806
CONTRACT TO PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES
FOR TELECOMUNICATIONS COST RECOVERY
AND/OR FUTURE SAVINGS TO THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA.
THIS CONTRACT, entered into this -391-� day o t✓ 2009, by and between Florida
League of Cities, Inc. a Florida corporation (hereinafter referred to as "FLC") and the Town of Gulf
Stream, Florida, a Municipal Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida (hereinafter
referred to as "the Town").
WHEREAS, the Town desires to engage FLC and its agents to review telecommunications vendor
billings for the purpose of disclosing overcharges due to billing errors and/or identifying cost-saving
strategies for the purpose of securing future savings,
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:
Employment of FLC. The Town agrees to engage FLC and FLC agrees to perform the services as
outlined herein. When used in this contract, the term "FLC" includes FLC and its agents, officers,
subcontractors, and employees. For purposes of this contract, subcontractors shall mean
CostChecks Auditing Services, LLC (CostChecks). It is understood that FLC may utilize one or
more third parties to assist in providing such services.
2. Scope of Services. FLC will review the Town's telecommunications billings to find sensible
ways to reduce costs, such as identifying past and/or current overcharges, or proposing cost -
savings actions or strategies to the Town. Upon finding any overcharges, FLC will work with the
Town, providing information as needed, to help the Town secure from the vendor a reasonable and
appropriate refund or credit for past overcharges, as well as a correction of current charges.
During the course of its work, FLC will use those audit measures it deems necessary and
appropriate under the circumstances. The parties agree that a review by FLC, however diligent
that review may be, cannot serve as a guarantee that all billing errors have been discovered or that
all possible cost-saving strategies have been uncovered and proposed to the Town. The Town and
FLC therefore agree that FLC will not be liable for undiscovered billing errors or cost-saving
strategies.
A signed Letter of Authorization must accompany this Agreement on the city's letterhead, which
enables FLC/CostChecks to obtain vendor records pertaining to this engagement.
3. Time of Performance. FLC's services will commence within 30 days of notice to proceed.
Initial performance of service usually consists of filing Letters of Agency with appropriate vendors
and obtaining Customer Service Records, when necessary. FLC will perform and complete its
services as expeditiously as reasonably possible under the circumstances. Both parties recognize
that delays by vendors and other obstacles may, from time to time, impede FLC from completing
its services as quickly as it would intend.
4. Confidentiality Asreement. The Town and FLC agree that, if required, they will enter into a
mutually acceptable confidentiality agreement protecting the confidentiality of certain proprietary
information to the extent allowed by Florida Law and the Town's charter.
5. Compensation. The Town agrees to pay FLC forty five percent (45%) of any refund or credit it
receives as a result of FLC's actions. The fee for refunds or credits is payable upon invoicing by
FLC, subsequent to the Town's receipt of the refund or credit.
The Town also agrees to pay each month for twelve (12) months forty five percent (45%) of any
monthly savings achieved as a result of FLC's actions, or the implementation of any FLC proposal.
Such savings shall be clearly documented in writing and may include, but are not limited to, cost
reductions resulting from the correction of billing errors, rate or classification changes, changes in
contract terms, changes in network configuration, and elimination of unwanted services.
If the Town incurs expenses in implementing any FLC proposal, the Town will not be required to
pay fees owed to FLC until the Town first achieves an accrued cost -savings equal to the
implementation costs. Thereafter, the twelve (12) month billing period referenced hereinabove
shall begin.
To avoid unnecessary bookkeeping, and for the mutual convenience of the Town and FLC, any
item of future savings which generates fees of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) or less will be
payable in its entirety at the beginning of the 12 -month period rather than in monthly increments
throughout the 12 -month term.
The proposals presented to the Town by FLC are meant to be sensible and beneficial. The parties
agree that the Town is in the best position to judge those qualities of a cost-saving proposal.
Accordingly, the Town is under absolutely no obligation to implement any proposal submitted by
FLC and agrees to accept or reject any proposal within a reasonable time (not to exceed 45 days).
If the Town rejects any proposal, the Town owes no fee for any savings that would have resulted
from the rejected proposal. If, however, the Town implements the rejected proposal within
eighteen (18) months, it agrees to pay FLC its full fee as stated above.
Any debits or charges to the Town for past under billings and/or any increases in future costs
resulting from current or past under billings will not be deducted from any fee as defined above.
During the period of this audit agreement, should any in-house review, town action, or any other
vendor, business, or entity conduct a similar analysis or audit, FLC is still entitled to the above -
stated fees for refunds, credits, or cost -savings realized by the town.
This contract may be terminated by either party upon (30) day written notice.
Upon termination of this contract, if any amounts owing to FLC remain unpaid, or if an issue
initiated or recommended by FLC remains unresolved, the Town agrees to compensate FLC as
described above with regard to the unpaid amounts, as well as to the resolution of such issue. This
provision is intended to allow for unavoidable delays caused either by the Town, telecom vendors,
or regulatory and legal agencies which are outside of FLC's control.
6. Method of payment. FLC will compute fees as outlined in this contract and submit invoices to
the Town for the correct amount. The Town agrees to pay all correct invoices within 30 days of
receipt. All invoices not paid within 30 days of the invoice date will be subject to a monthly
interest charge of 1'/z percent of the unpaid balance.
7. Changes. Any changes in this contract must be incorporated into a written amendment and signed
by both parties.
8. Principal -Independent Contractor. The relationship of FLC to the Town shall be that of an
independent contractor. No other employer-employee relationship between the parties is created
by this contract. By entering into this contract with the Town, FLC and the Town acknowledge
that FLC will, in the performance of its duties and under this contract, be acting as an independent
contractor and that no officer, independent contractor or employee of FLC or the Town will be for
any purpose an employee of the other and that no officer, independent contractor, employee of
FLC is entitled to any of the benefits and privileges of a city employee or officer under any
provision of Florida law.
9. Services and Materials to be Furnished by the Town. The Town agrees to make available to
FLC copies of bills, contracts, and other such materials as may be reasonably requested to carry
out the duties of this contract in an excellent manner. FLC may make reasonable requests for a
temporary work space or for the periodic assistance of an employee. Since the Town wishes for
FLC to be successful in its efforts, it agrees to fulfill such requests to the extent it can reasonably
do so.
10. Indemnification. Each party shall be responsible, in accordance with Florida law, for its own
acts, and will be responsible for all damages, costs, fees, and expenses which arise out of the
performance of this contract and which are due to that party's own negligence, tortious acts and
other unlawful conduct and the negligence, tortious acts and other unlawful conduct of its
respective agents, officers, and employees. In the absence of negligence, tortious acts and other
unlawful conduct in FLC's performance hereunder, the Town shall, to the extent permitted under
Florida law, defend, indemnify and hold FLC free and harmless from and against any claims,
demands, or action brought by third parties which are related in any way to the Town's
implementation of FLC proposals.
11. Limitations of Liability. The Town agrees that FLC's total aggregate limit of liability to the
Town hereunder (whether contract, statutory, in tort, or otherwise) for damages on any one or
more or all claims (regardless of the number of different or other claims, claimants, or
occurrences) shall not exceed the total of professional fees paid under this contract. The Town
agrees that FLC shall not be liable to the Town for any indirect, incidental, special, or
consequential damages, any lost profits or any claim or demand against the Town by any other
party, arising out of or in connection with the performance of services hereunder.
12. Matters to be Disregarded. The titles of the several sections, subsections, and paragraphs set
forth in this contact are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall be disregarded in
construing or interpreting any of the provisions of this contract.
13. Completeness of Contract. This contract and any additional or supplementary document or
documents incorporated herein by specific reference contain all the terms and conditions agreed
upon by the parties hereto, and no other contracts, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter
of this contract or any part thereof shall have any validity or bind any of the parties hereto.
14. Applicable law. This contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Florida.
15. Notices. Any notices, bills, invoices, or reports required by this contract shall be sufficient if sent
by the parties in the United States mail, postage paid, to the address shown below:
William H. Thrasher
Town Manager
Town of Gulf Stream
100 Sea Road
Gulf Stream, Florida 33483
Mr. Ken Small
Technical Services Manager
Florida League of Cities
P.O. Box 1757
Tallahassee, FL 32302-1757
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town and FLC have executed this contract as of the date first
written above.
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15. Notices. Any notices, bills, invoices, or reports required by this contract shall be sufficient if sent
by the parties in the United States mail, postage paid, to the address shown below:
William H. Thrasher
Town Manager
Town of Gulf Stream
100 Sea Road
Gulf Stream, Florida 33483
Mr. Ken Small
Technical Services Manager
Florida League of Cities
P.O. Box 1757
Tallahassee, FL 32302-1757
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town and FLC have executed this contract as of the date first
written above.
TOWN OF GULF SREAM, FLORIDA
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FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, INC.
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LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION
To whom it may concern:
The Florida League of Cities is currently performing a review of our telecommunications
network. We are hereby authorizing them to act as our consultant in these matters.
Please give the League your full cooperation in providing them with any information
pertaining to billing records, customer service records, and any other information or
materials they may request concerning any telecommunications services billed to any of
our locations.
Your assistance is greatly apps •fated. F�"
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Account numbers, if necessary, are provided on an attached sheet.