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attorney's fees, costs and expenses of any kind or nature in any manner caused, occasioned, or
contributed to in whole or in part by reason of any negligent act, omission, or fault or willful
misconduct, whether active or passive, of Professional Engineer or of anyone acting under its
direction or control or on its behalf in connection with or incidental to the performance of this
contract. Professional Engineer’s indemnity and hold harmless obligations, or portions thereof,
shall not apply to liability caused by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the party
indemnified or held harmless.
FISCAL CONTINGENCY All payments under this contract are contingent upon the availability to the
City of Nashua of the necessary funds. This contract shall terminate and the City of Nashua's
obligations under it shall be extinguished at the end of any fiscal year in which the City of Nashua
fails to appropriate monies for the ensuing fiscal year sufficient for the performance of this contract.
Nothing in this contract shall be construed to provide Professional Engineer with a right of payment
over any other entity. Any funds obligated by the City of Nashua under this contract that are not
paid to Professional Engineer shall automatically revert to the City of Nashua’s discretionary
control upon the completion, termination, or cancellation of the agreement. The City of Nashua
shall not have any obligation to re-award or to provide, in any manner, the unexpended funds to
Professional Engineer. Professional Engineer shall have no claim of any sort to the unexpended
funds.
COMPENSATION Review by the City of Nashua of Professional Engineer's submitted monthly
invoice forms and progress reports for payment will be promptly accomplished by the City of
Nashua. Hf there is insufficient information, the City of Nashua may require Professional Engineer
to submit additional information. Unless the City of Nashua, in its sole discretion, decides
otherwise, the City of Nashua shall pay Professional Engineer in full within 30 days of approval
of the submitted monthly invoice forms and progress reports.
. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS Professional Engineer, at all times, shall fully and
completely comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws, statutes, regulations,
ordinances, orders, or requirements of any sort in carrying out the obligations of this contract,
including, but not limited to, all federal, state, and local accounting procedures and requirements,
all immigration and naturalization laws, and the Americans With Disabilities Act. Professional
Engineer shall, throughout the period services are to be performed under this contract, monitor for
any changes to the applicable laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances, orders, or requirements, shall
promptly notify the City of Nashua in writing of any changes to the same relating to or affecting
this contract, and shall submit detailed documentation of any effect of the change in terms of both
time and cost of performing the contract.
NONDISCRIMINATION If applicable or required under any federal or state law, statute, regulation,
order, or other requirement, Professional Engineer agrees to the following terms. Professional
Engineer will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of
physical or mental handicap in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant for
employment is qualified. Professional Engineer agrees to take affirmative action to employ,
advance in employment, or to otherwise treat qualified, handicapped individuals without
discrimination based upon physical or mental handicap in all employment practices, including but
not limited to the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, advertising,
layoff, termination, rates of pay, or other forms of compensation and selection for training,
including apprenticeship.
Without limitation of the foregoing, Professional Engineer's attention is directed to “Title 41°Public
Contracts and Property Management” C.F.R. Subtitle B “Other Provisions Relating to Public
Contracts” Section 60 “Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment,
Department of Labor” which, by this reference, is incorporated in this contract.
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