WILLDAN HOMELAND SOLUTIONS, A DIVISION OF WILLDAN GROUP INC. -2012

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A- 2012 -218 L r r CONSULTANT AGREEMENT OCR 2 a 202 HIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 151h day of October, 2012 by and between Willdan Homeland Solutions, a California corporation (hereinafter "Consultant "), and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California (hereinafter "City "). RECITALS A. City, acting through the Santa Ana Police Department in its capacity as a Core City and lead agency for the Anaheim / Santa Ana Urban Area under the FYI I Urban Areas Security Initiative ( "UASI "), has applied for, received and accepted a grant from the Federal Department of Homeland Security acting through the State of California, Emergency Management Agency. Said grant will enhance countywide emergency preparedness to prevent, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism by providing funding for equipment, planning, training, exercises and technical assistance, hereinafter referred to as "the Grant." B. The City desires to contract with an expert in designing, developing and implementing homeland security training and exercise programs. C. Consultant represents that it has the necessary skills and experience to provide the training and exercises programs for a community response approach, including emergency operations management, mass casualty incident and on -scene incident management, with proven tactics and techniques for first responders. D. Consultant has submitted a Proposal which identifies the scope, tasks and general time lines for providing the services and the costs thereof. E. In undertaking the performance of this Agreement, Consultant represents that it is knowledgeable in its field and that any services performed by Consultant under this Agreement will be performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably be expected from a professional consulting firm in the field. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and respective promises, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: SCOPE OF SERVICES Consultant shall provide a Multi -year Training and Exercise Plan (MTEP) incorporating the whole community approach in accordance with Consultant's Proposal, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated by reference. As set forth in the Proposal, Consultant will provide Project Management for all aspects of the MTEP. All services required hereunder shall conform in all respects to standards for such training issued by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security. The parties anticipate that additional training may be planned and executed during the term of this Agreement. The City Manager and Chief of Police for the City of Santa Ana are hereby authorized to approve such additional training, in writing, as they determine will fulfill the objectives of the Grant. 2. COMPENSATION a. City agrees to pay, and Consultant agrees to accept as total payment for its services, the rates