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Page 5 of 25 A. Budget. Budgetary amounts, excluding taxes, will be established for each Task Order executed under the Agreement. Consultant will make reasonable efforts to complete the work within the budget and will keep the Owner informed of progress toward that end so that the budget or work effort can be adjusted if found necessary. Consultant is not obligated to incur costs beyond the indicated budgets, as may be adjusted, nor is the Owner obligated to pay Consultant beyond these limits. When any budget has been increased, Consultant’s costs expended prior to such increase will be allowable to the same extent as if such costs had been incurred after the approved increase. B. Hourly Rates. Hourly rates are those hourly rates charged for work performed on the Project by Consultant’s employees of the indicated classifications. These rates include all allowances for salaries, overhead, fees, and expenses, but do not include allowances for subcontracts, outside services allowed by this Agreement, or travel expenses from the Fargo-Moorhead area required to perform the work authorized by a Task Order. Consultant’s hourly rates include Consultant’s personal travel to and from the Fargo-Moorhead area and Consultant’s interests outside of North Dakota. 13. INVOICING AND PAYMENT. A. Consultant must submit invoices to the Owner on the fifteenth (15th) day of each month for all services provided and allowed expenses incurred during the preceding month. Consultant’s Project Manager must personally review each invoice before it is sent to the Owner to determine its accuracy and fairness, and to ensure the invoice complies with the requirements in this Agreement. Each invoice will be entered into the Aconex system and processed by the Owner for the following month. B. Consultant must submit each original invoice to: APInvoicesFMDiv@ch2m.com, copied to paulsenj@fmdiversion.gov. C. Consultant’s invoices must be detailed and precise. Consultant’s invoices must clearly indicate fees and expenses incurred for the current billing period month and include at least the following information: (1) Consultant’s name and address; (2) Consultant’s federal employer identification number; (3) Unique invoice number; (4) Billing period; (5) Description of activities performed; (6) Work order number associated with each activity, in accordance with the Task Order Budgetary Breakdown; (7) Name, billing rate, and hours worked by each person involved in each activity, in accordance with and as necessary per the Task Order Budgetary Breakdown; (8) Total amount of fees and costs “billed to date,” including the preceding month; (9) Preferred remittance address, if different from the address on the invoice’s coversheet; and