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4. Award of Agreement(s) and Order Process 4.1 Agreement Awards The City will select the number of Proposers necessary to ensure access to the range and depth of technical specialties needed by the City. 4.2 Order Process When a need for temporary technical contract services or consulting arises, the City may contact any or all of the Vendors (those Proposers selected and awarded an agreement) a. The City will provide the assignment details and necessary qualifications to the Vendor /s and a point -of- contact for the assignment. b. The City's point -of- contact is available to answer any questions a Vendor may have on the assignment, the qualifications and experience /skill level needed, etc. c. The Vendor /s will conduct its search, match, and qualify process (including technical assessment, personality assessment, reference checks, etc) to identify qualified potential candidates. d. The Vendor will provide the City's point -of- contact with resumes of qualified potential candidates. e. The Vendor will provide the City's agreement manager with the proposed bill rate for each potential candidate. f. In the event that none of the Vendors can identify qualified candidates within ten (10) working days, the position may be filled from the open market. g. From the candidates offered by Vendor /s, the City may elect to conduct a telephone or in- person interview with one or more of the potential candidate /s. The City's point -of- contact will get in touch with the Vendor to work out the arrangements. h. The City will select the candidate whose skills and experience best matches the City's needs and who has the lowest total cost to the City. i. When the City has identified a candidate that it wishes to engage and has notified the Vendor, the Vendor will conduct background checks, confirm candidate availability, interest in the engagement and acceptance of the terms R conditions of an engagement with the City. j. Once the Vendor has completed the checks and confirmations, the Vendor will notify the City and final details can be worked out. k. The City agreement manager will send a confirming electronic mail message to the Vendor as final confirmation of the engagement. I. After a candidate has been accepted but prior to beginning the engagement, the Vendor will inform the candidate on the standard of conduct required of those working with the March 2007 21