1. The Architectural Firm will provide basic architectural services to the City of Union City such as providing preliminary evaluations of projects, review alternative approaches to design and construction of projects, preparing drawings and specifications for projects and setting forth in detail the requirements for construction costs. 2. The Architectural Firm shall have experience with preparing necessary bidding information, bidding forms, the conditions of a contract, and the form of agreement between the City and the Contractor. 3. Attend meetings of the City upon request. 4. Handle any other matters requiring the expertise of an architect as directed by the City. 5. The vendor shall provide monthly billing statements that include a brief statement showing the original amount of the Contract, any increases established by amendment to the Contract, the amount previously billed under the Contract, and the total amount of unbilled funds remaining available under the Contract, and the total amount of unbilled funds remaining available under the Contract after deduction of the most recent amount billed. A copy of each billing statement shall be made available to the State Fiscal Oversight Officer upon request.