1-GENERAL SERVICE PROVIDER - GS1A.docx

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Arboricultural Services
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2026-60
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Union County, Kentucky

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This is a General Service Provider insurance and indemnification requirements form for the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, establishing mandatory insurance and liability standards for service providers entering into contracts with the municipality. The document does not specify a particular service type, project timeline, or contract term, but rather serves as a standardized template applicable to various city service contracts, including the related Arboricultural Services opportunity.

The form mandates comprehensive insurance coverage before work commencement, including Commercial General Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence, Automobile Liability at $1,000,000 combined single limit, and Workers' Compensation at statutory limits with Employers' Liability of $1,000,000 per accident. All policies must be issued by Kentucky-licensed insurance companies with A- or better Best ratings and submitted through the myCOI system for city approval. Service providers must name the City of Bowling Green as an additional insured on a primary, non-contributory basis, maintain coverage on an occurrence basis or claims-made basis with a three-year extended reporting period, and provide 15-day advance notice of policy cancellation or modification. Additionally, service providers are required to hold harmless and indemnify the City for all claims, damages, and expenses arising from the provider's negligent acts or omissions, comply with all applicable OSHA and EPA regulations, and maintain a documented safety policy. The form explicitly clarifies that no employer-employee relationship is created and that city approval of insurance does not relieve the service provider of liability obligations or represent that coverage limits are adequate.

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City of Bowling Green General Service Provider – GS1A

GENERAL SERVICE PROVIDER – GS1A

STANDARD HOLD HARMLESS & INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE,

AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FORM

I. STANDARD HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE

To the extent caused by Service Provider’s negligent acts, errors, or omissions, the Service Provider agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the City of Bowling Green, its elected and appointed officials and officers, employees and agents (“City”) from all liability, claims, damages, losses and expenses, including court costs and attorneys’ fees, arising out of or resulting, directly or indirectly, from the Service Provider’s (or Service Provider’s subcontractor’s) performance or breach of the contract. This Hold Harmless and Indemnification Clause shall in no way be limited by any financial responsibility or insurance requirements and shall survive the termination of this Contract.

II. INSURANCE

The Service Provider shall not commence work under this Contract until all insurance required under the Contract Document has been obtained and copies of policies or certificates thereof are submitted and approved by myCOI and the City of Bowling Green’s Human Resources & Risk Management Department. The Service Provider shall not allow any subcontractor to commence work until the insurance required of such subcontractor has been obtained and copies of Certificates of Insurance retained by Service Provider evidencing proof of coverage.

Prior to commencing work, the Service Provider shall maintain continuous liability coverage written on an occurrence basis or, if a claims made basis, with an extended coverage provision (ERP) option of not less than three years. Coverage will be provided through insurance companies licensed to do business in the State of Kentucky with a Best Rating of A- or better.

Without limiting Service Provider indemnification requirements, it is agreed that Service Provider shall maintain in force at all times during the performance of this agreement the following policy or policies of insurance covering its operations, and require subcontractor, if subcontracting is authorized, to procure and maintain these same policies until final acceptance of the work by the City of Bowling Green. The City of Bowling Green may require Service Provider to supply proof of subcontractor’s insurance via Certificate of Insurance, or at City of Bowling Green’s option, actual copies of policies.

The insurance to be procured and maintained and the minimum Limits of Liability shall be as follows, unless different Limits are specified by addendum to the Contract:

1. COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY – Including bodily injury and property damage combined at a minimum of $1,000,000 for each occurrence; personal and advertising injury of $1,000,000 any one person or organization and $1,000,000 in the aggregate.

2. AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY, insuring all Owned, Non-Owned and Hired Motor Vehicles. The minimum coverage Liability Limit is $1,000,000 Combined Single Limit for any one accident. The Limit of Liability may be subject to increase according to any applicable State or Federal Transportation Regulations.

3. WORKERS' COMPENSATION insuring the employers' obligations under Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 342 at Statutory Limits and EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY - $1,000,000 each accident, $1,000,000 each employee and $1,000,000 policy limit.

Commercial General Liability & Auto Liability policies shall be endorsed to contain the following provisions:

a) “The City of Bowling Green, its elected and appointed officials, employees, agents and successors and volunteers are named “Additional Insured”. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to the “City” and may not include terms which make the coverage excess to other insurance on which the “City” may also qualify as an additional insured.

b) The insurance coverage for the Service Provider entering into a contract shall be on a primary and non-contributory basis for liability arising out of activities performed by or on behalf of the Service Provider entering into this contract for service including the insured’s general supervision of the premises owned, occupied or used by the Service Provider entering into this contract and ongoing operations as well as completed operations and work performed by Service Provider. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its elected and appointed officials, employees, agents and successors and volunteers shall be excess of the Service Provider’s insurance coverage.

c) Any failure to comply with reporting provisions of the policies shall not affect coverage provided to the City, its elected and appointed officials, employees, agents and successors and volunteers.

All Coverage

a) Each insurance policy carrier shall endeavor to provide written notice if the policy is suspended, voided, canceled, non-renewed, reduced in coverage or in limits. Lessee is required to provide 15 day advance written notice to the Lessor if the policy is to be suspended, voided, canceled, non-renewed, reduced in coverage or in limits.

b) Any deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by the City.

c)Certificates of Insurance (COI) as required above shall be furnished to MyCOI
(See attached memorandum which references MyCOI registration and general COI instructions).

DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE TO THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN

MyCOI Registration

So that MyCOI may contact you or your insurance agent, please provide the following information:

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Vendor Company Name:

First and Last Name of Vendor Contact:

E-Mail Address: Phone #

Address:

City Employee Contact:

Automated Notifications of COI Expiration/Renewal

MyCOI will monitor the Vendor’s COI and will provide Vendor or Vendor’s Agent with automated e-mail notification of pending COI expiration/renewal. For policies that are written for a one-time or single job event, Vendor may request to be removed from the MyCOI automated notification schedule and deactivated from the MyCOI system when insurance is no longer required per agreement.

Keep in mind that once deactivated from the MyCOI system, it will be necessary for the Vendor to repeat this process in order to perform services for the City in the future.

Request for deactivation from the MyCOI system will need to go through your City Employee Contact.

Insurance Company/Agent Information*

Vendor’s Insurance Company Name:

Vendor’s Insurance Agent Name:

Agent’s E-Mail Address: Phone #:

Agent’s Address:

Additional Insurance Company/Agent Information* (If more than one Company/Agent for the requested coverage)*

Vendor’s Insurance Company Name:

Vendor’s Insurance Agent Name:

Agent’s E-Mail Address: Phone #:

Agent’s Address:

*If Insurance Agent Information is not provided, MyCOI will contact the Vendor

Miscellaneous Approval of the insurance by the City of Bowling Green shall not in any way relieve or decrease the liability of the Service Provider hereunder. It is expressly understood that the City of Bowling Green does not in any way represent that the specified Limits of Liability or coverage or policy forms are sufficient or adequate to protect the interest or liabilities of the Service Provider. The City shall not be obligated to review such insurance certificates, policies and endorsements, or to advise Service Provider of any deficiencies in such documents, and such receipt shall not relieve the Service Provider from or be deemed a waiver of the City’s right to insist on strict fulfillment of Service Provider’s obligations herein.

OSHA/EPA Regulatory Compliance The Service Provider entering into a contract agrees to comply with all applicable Federal and State OSHA/EPA laws, rules and regulations. The Service Provider entering into the contract shall have a safety policy based upon applicable regulatory standards, a copy of which may be obtained by the City Safety/Training Manager.

Authorized Service Provider (Vendor) Signature: Date:

It is expressly understood that no employer/employee relationship is created by this agreement nor does it cause Service Provider to be an officer or official of the City of Bowling Green. By executing this agreement, the parties hereto certify that its performance will not constitute or establish a violation of any statutory or common law principle pertaining to conflict of interest, nor will it cause unlawful benefit or gain to be derived by either party.

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