1. cps is appointed to render the grant payment services specified in and in accordance with the slas in the provinces with effect from 1st april 2009 to 31st march 2010 ; 2. the parties agree that pending the conclusion of the consolidated agreement, all the terms and conditions contained in the slas shall apply equally herein to each province in respect of which the applicable sla has been concluded and shall be incorporated herein as if specifically recorded save as amended hereby ; 3. cps agrees to invoice sassa on a cost per recipient basis in all its provinces in accordance with annexure a. such a modification must result in the lowering of the overall fees payable by sassa to cps ; 4. sassa confirms that the grant recipient number is [ * * * ] ( [ * * * ] ) as specified in the socpen payment file for the month of december 2008. this number shall be the guaranteed recipient baseline for the purposes of this agreement and the consolidated agreement ; 5. subject to the provisions of paragraph 4, the parties agree that any additional grant recipient numbers in excess of the guaranteed recipient baseline shall result in cps reducing the service fee to be charged to sassa in accordance with the formula contained in annexure a attached hereto ; 6. the parties agree to negotiate in good faith and endeavour to conclude the consolidated agreement by no later than 30th april 2009 ; 7. sassa agrees that cps will no longer be required to contribute to the social responsibility funds ( rdp ) ; 8. sassa agrees to pre - fund grant payments in all provinces and to advance such funds to cps at least 48 ( forty - eight ) hours prior to the commencement of the applicable payment cycle effective from the may 2009 payment cycle. furthermore, cps undertakes to refund sassa on all interest earned on the amount pre - funded to cps ; 9. this agreement is binding between the parties up until such time that the parties sign the consolidated agreement. the parties agree that failure to conclude the consolidated agreement shall not affect the validity of this agreement ; 10. if any provision contained in the slas is inconsistent with the provisions of the public finance management act no 1 of 1999, the sassa act no 9 of 2004 and the social assistance act no 13 of 2004, then in such an event such provision shall be deemed severable from the remainder of this agreement provided that should such occurrence has a material negative effect on cps net income. in