06-11-07 Special Called Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board of Directors

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4. Award: Award will be granted in accordance with this RFP and the City's Purchasing Policy. C. Professional Services Contract: The selected Firm will be required to enter into a professional services contract (the "Contract") with the City. Major elements of the Contract will include: 1. Scope of Services: The City may require that this RFP and the Firm's entire proposal be made an integral part of the resulting contract. This implies that all responses, supplemental information, and other submissions provided by the Firm during discussions or negotiations will be held by the City as contractually binding by the successful Firm. 2. Insurance: Insurance as required by the Director of Finance shall be identified in the Contract. 3. Riqhts of Use I Copvriqht Release: All the creative elements contracted with this project shall become the sole property of the City. This includes (not exclusively) any graphics, source and object code(s), scripts or other programming incorporated in the development of the site. Any graphic files, in both individual form and composite form, will also become property of the City. 4. Termination: If, for any reason, the Firm fails to fulfill in a timely and proper manner his or her obligations under the resulting Contract, or if the Firm violates any of the provisions in the resulting Contract, the City may terminate the contract by giving written notice to Firm of such termination and specify the effective date thereof at least five (5) days before the effective date of such termination. In such event, all finished or unfinished work prepared by the Firm under the Contract may, at the option of the City, become the City's property and Firm may be entitled to receive just and equitable compensation for any satisfactory work. Termination of the Contract pursuant to this paragraph may not relieve the Firm of any liability to City for damage sustained by City because of any breach of Contract by Firm, and City may without any payments to Firm for the purposes of set-off until such as the exact amount of damages due City from Firm is determined. v. QUESTIONS I CLARIFICATIONS A. Question Submittal: All questions must be submitted in writing. No telephone questions will be accepted. All questions must be received no later than Wednesday, September 12th. Feel free to submit questions via the following methods: 1. E-mail to: BlackG@laportetx.qov 2. Fax to: 281-842-1259 B. Question and Answer Summary: Questions will be answered in a timely manner directly to the inquirer. Question and answers of a general nature may be provided in summary format to other RFP potential responders. 15