18. Upon completion of the Project, the parties, through their respective representatives designated hereunder, will secure a bona fide bid for each item or group of items of equipment or tools purchased by the Joint Venture, from one or more reputable equipment dealers, and each of the parties shall have the right to purchase any item or group of items, at the highest prices bid therefore by such dealers, provided that neither party without the consent of the other shall be entitled to purchase a greater percentage of such equipment or tools than the percentage of its interest in the Joint Venture. If more than one party shall desire the same item or items of equipment or tools, at a price(s) so determined, and a mutually satisfactory adjustment is not effected by agreement between or among them, then such item or items of equipment or tools, in like manner as items thereof not desired by the parties, shall be disposed of, by sale, for the best price obtainable, to outsiders.