Implementation and Review The Parties shall consult annually, or as otherwise agreed, to review the implementation of this Chapter and consider other matters of mutual interest affecting trade in services. (10) 10 Such consultations will be addressed under Article 170 (Free Trade Commission) of Chapter 14 (Administration of the Agreement).
EVALUATION AND MONITORING The ORGANIZATION agrees to maintain books, records and other documents and evidence, and to use accounting procedures and practices that sufficiently and properly support the complete performance of and the full compliance with this Agreement. The ORGANIZATION will retain these supporting books, records, documents and other materials for at least three (3) calendar years following the year in which the Agreement expires. The COUNTY and/or the State Auditor and any of their representatives shall have full and complete access to these books, records and other documents and evidence retained by the ORGANIZATION respecting all matters covered in and under this Agreement, and shall have the right to examine such during normal business hours as often as the COUNTY and/or the State Auditor may deem necessary. Such representatives shall be permitted to audit, examine and make excerpts or transcripts from such records, and to make audits of all contracts, invoices, materials, and records of matters covered by this Agreement. These access and examination rights shall last for three calendar years following the year in which the Agreement expires. The COUNTY intends without guarantee for its agents to use reasonable security procedures and protections to assure that related records and documents provided by the ORGANIZATION are not erroneously disclosed to third parties. The COUNTY will, however, disclose or make this material available to those authorized by/in the above paragraph or permitted under the provisions of Chapter 42.56 RCW without notice to the ORGANIZATION. The ORGANIZATION shall cooperate with and freely participate in any other monitoring or evaluation activities pertinent to this Agreement that the COUNTY finds needing to be conducted.
Examination and Review (i) After receipt of the Closing Statement, the Seller shall have thirty (30) days (the “Review Period”) to review the Closing Statement. During the Review Period, the Seller and the Seller’s accountants shall have full access to the books and records of the Company through the Closing Date, and work papers prepared by, the OpCo Buyer or the OpCo Buyer’s accountants to the extent that they relate to the Closing Statement and to such historical financial information (to the extent in the OpCo Buyer’s possession) relating to the Closing Statement as the Seller may reasonably request for the purpose of reviewing the Closing Statement and to prepare a Statement of Objections (defined below), provided, however, that such access shall be in a manner that does not interfere with the normal business operations of the OpCo Buyer or the Company.
(ii) On or prior to the last day of the Review Period, the Seller may object to the Closing Statement by delivering to the OpCo Buyer a written statement setting forth the Seller’s objections in reasonable detail, indicating each disputed item or amount and the basis for the Seller’s disagreement therewith (the “Statement of Objections”). If the Seller fails to deliver the Statement of Objections before the expiration of the Review Period, the Closing Statement and the Post-Closing Adjustment, as the case may be, reflected in the Closing Statement shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Seller and shall be final and binding on the Seller and the OpCo Buyer. If the Seller delivers the Statement of Objections before the expiration of the Review Period, the OpCo Buyer and the Seller shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections within thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Statement of Objections (the “Resolution Period”), and, if the same are so resolved within the Resolution Period, the Post-Closing Adjustment and the Closing Statement with such changes as may have been previously agreed in writing by the OpCo Buyer and the Seller shall be final and binding.
(iii) If the Seller and the OpCo Buyer fail to reach an agreement with respect to all of the matters set forth in the Statement of Objections before the expiration of the Resolution Period, then any amounts remaining in dispute (“Disputed Amounts”) shall be submitted for resolution to the office of the Independent Accountant or, if the Independent Accountant is unable to serve, the OpCo Buyer and the Seller shall appoint by mutual agreement the office of an impartial nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants other than any accountants previously engaged by the Seller or the OpCo Buyer (unless such previously engaged accountants are agreed to by the OpCo Buyer and the Seller, the “Independent Accountant”) who, acting as experts and not arbitrators, shall resolve the Disputed Amounts only and make any adjustments to the Post-Closing Adjustment, as the case may be, and the Closing Statement. The Seller and the OpCo Buyer agree that all adjustments shall be made without regard to materiality. The Independent Accountant shall only decide the specific items under dispute by the Seller and the OpCo Buyer and its decision for each Disputed Amount must be within the range of values assigned to each such item in the Closing Statement and the Statement of Objections, respectively.
(iv) The fees and expenses of the Independent Accountant shall be paid by the Seller, on the one hand, and by the OpCo Buyer, on the other hand, based upon the percentage that the amount actually contested but not awarded to the Seller or the OpCo Buyer, respectively, bears to the aggregate amount actually contested by the Seller and the OpCo Buyer.
(v) The Independent Accountant shall make a determination as soon as practicable within thirty (30) days (or such other time as the Seller and the OpCo Buyer shall agree in writing) after its engagement, and its resolution of the Disputed Amounts and its adjustments to the Closing Statement or the Post-Closing Adjustment, absent fraud or manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding upon the Seller and the OpCo Buyer.
Evaluation, Testing, and Monitoring 1. The System Agency may review, test, evaluate and monitor Grantee’s Products and services, as well as associated documentation and technical support for compliance with the Accessibility Standards. Review, testing, evaluation and monitoring may be conducted before and after the award of a contract. Testing and monitoring may include user acceptance testing. Neither the review, testing (including acceptance testing), evaluation or monitoring of any Product or service, nor the absence of review, testing, evaluation or monitoring, will result in a waiver of the State’s right to contest the Grantee’s assertion of compliance with the Accessibility Standards.
2. Grantee agrees to cooperate fully and provide the System Agency and its representatives timely access to Products, records, and other items and information needed to conduct such review, evaluation, testing, and monitoring.
Monitoring and Review The Provider agrees to allow access to the Department for purposes of monitoring and review. This access includes but is not limited to client records, fiscal records, staffing records, policy and procedural manuals, facilities, staff, and children in care of the Department. The Department will conduct quality reviews, which may include site-based quality review visits.