Specifications include, but are not limited to: The services to be provided are all those professional services customarily provided by a financial advisor to a governmental entity of a size and scope commensurate to that of the County and shall include advice and assistance with respect to debt financing and other financial issues contemplated by the County including: (a) assistance in determining the amount, size and timing of borrowings contemplated by the County for its own capital program and as a conduit for other borrowings; (b) assistance in formulating the credit structure, maturity schedule, call provisions and other terms and conditions of debt offerings, as required for any other offering; (c) assistance in deciding whether each issue can and/or should be sold on a negotiated, competitive, or private placement basis; (d) preparation of necessary legal documents concerning debt transactions; (e) examination of various debt financing alternatives, including variable rate debt, interest rate swaps and other derivative products (if and when they become feasible under State statute); (f) preparation of official statements including ongoing updating of demographic data and financial statistics included therein; (g) preparation of Local Finance Board applications for financings and presentation of such applications to the Board; (h) preparation and presentation of timely and adequate information on proposed financings to the bond rating agencies to obtain the most favorable rating for each financing; to include assistance in maintaining a regular relationship between the County and the rating agencies for purposes of improving the process of obtaining ratings; (i) evaluation of the terms and recommendations to the County for acceptance, rejection or renegotiation with respect to sale bids or final pricing as applicable; (j) coordination of such matters as bond registration, printing, investment of proceeds and other matters related to the settlement and delivery of bonds and notes; (k) preparation and presentation of timely and adequate information on proposed financings to institutions providing credit enhancements; (l) determining if there are any benefits of utilizing credit enhancement to lower debt service cost; (m) attendance at meetings with County staff on an as-needed basis to discuss upcoming financings and assist in development and implementation of new financing programs; (n) assistance in the development of a comprehensive arbitrage rebate planning and filing program for the County; (o) review of the quality of the security proposed for each debt financing; (p) assistance in the preparation and review of reports of accountants, engineers and other consultants to ensure that such reports adequately address technical, economic and financial risk factors affecting the legality and/or marketability of proposed issued; (q) coordination of the activities of professionals on the financing team for a transaction, including preparation of schedules; (r) assistance in the selection of and negotiation with investment banks as to the terms of any agreement for provisions of underwriting services;