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SCOPE OF SERVICES  \nConsultant shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to perform the services described in Attachment A, hereinafter collectively referred to as the \"Services\", and within any time frames as may be specified in Attachment A. The Consultant shall not, however, have any obligation to commence any of the Services until the Consultant receives written notice to proceed from MARC specifying a commencement date for the Services (the \"Commencement Date\"), and any time frames specified in Attachment A shall commence on, and run from, the Commencement Date.  \n2.  TIME OF PERFORMANCE  \nThe Consultant shall begin performance of service upon issuance of a written “Notice to Proceed”by MARC, and shall work diligently to perform all services and meet all deadlines as described in Attachment A to MARC's reasonable satisfaction by [month][day],[year] .  \n3. UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS  \nIf the completion of any of the Services shall be unavoidably delayed, MARC shall extend the time for completion of this Agreement for not less than the number of days the Consultant was excusably delayed. A delay is unavoidable only if the delay is not reasonably expected to occur in connection with or during the Consultant's performance of the Services, is not caused directly or substantially by error or negligent acts of the Consultant, or is a force majeure event. The  \nConsultant shall give MARC prompt written notice of any such unavoidable delay, and a description of the cause or causes for such delay.  \n4.  COMPENSATION  \nA.  Payment-MARC shall pay the Consultant the actual cost incurred for performance of the Services plus a fixed fee of $ [fixed fee] (the \"Fixed Fee\") . The maximum compensation paid by MARC to the Consultant for all of the Services shall not exceed $ [project total] . Payments to the Consultant shall be made in accordance with Attachment B.  \nActual costs are defined as:  \ni. Actual payroll salaries paid to employees with respect to time that they devote to the Services, plus  \nii. An amount estimated at [fringe]% of actual salaries for payroll additives, including payroll taxes, holiday, vacation, and sick leave pay, insurance benefits, retirement and incentive pay, plus  \niii. An amount estimated at [overhead]% of actual salaries for general administrative overhead based on the Consultant's system for allocating indirect cost in accordance the Consultant's past practices, plus  \niv. Other costs directly attributable to the Services but not included in any of subparagraphs i through iii above, such as vehicle mileage, meals, lodging, printing, and computer time, plus  \nv. 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