A sum specified by EPIC WATER AUTHORITY included within the [[Contract Price]] to reimburse Contractor for actual purchase/furnished cost of required permits, materials, equipment, or other designated items that are to be furnished and incorporated into the Work, as provided in the [[Contract Documents]]. Although the scope or the required quantity of any portion of the Work covered by a Cash Allowance is sufficiently detailed in the [[Contract Documents]], it is understood that the required materials, equipment, or other designated items are either of uncertain purchase cost at the time the Agreement is executed or are yet to be specified in more detail by the [[Contracting Officer]]. Any remaining balance of the Cash Allowance upon completion of the Work shall be retained by EPIC WATER AUTHORITY and not paid to Contractor.