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City of Bowling Green Professional Consultant/Services Provider – P2A

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT/SERVICE PROVIDER – P2A

STANDARD HOLD HARMLESS & INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE,

AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FORM

I. PROFESSIONAL HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE

Professional Consultant/Service Provider agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the City of Bowling Green, its elected and appointed officials, officers, employees and agents (“City”) in interest from all claims, damages, losses and expenses including court costs, attorneys' fees, arising out of or resulting, directly or indirectly, from the Professional Consultant/Service Provider’s (or Professional Consultant/Service Provider’s subcontractor’s) performance or breach of the contract, including claims resulting from negligent acts, errors or omissions. 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

Professional Consultant/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 Professional Consultant/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 Professional Consultant/Service Provider evidencing proof of coverage.

Prior to commencing work, the Professional Consultant/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 Professional Consultant/Service Provider’s indemnification requirements, it is agreed that Professional Consultant/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 Professional Consultant/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 contractual liability, bodily injury and property damage combined at a minimum of $2,000,000 for each occurrence; personal and advertising injury of $2,000,000 any one person or organization and $2,000,000 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.

4. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE - With a $2,000,000 Limit of Liability per occurrence and a minimum $2,000,000 per annual aggregate. Any stated per project or per location limit shall not be less than the per occurrence limit of $2,000,000. This requirement applies to professional services performed by Engineers and Architects.

Commercial General Liability 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 Professional Consultant/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 Professional Consultant/Service Provider entering into this contract for service including the insured’s general supervision of the premises owned, occupied or used by the Professional Consultant/Service Provider entering into this contract and ongoing operations as well as completed operations and work performed by Professional Consultant/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 Professional Consultant/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.

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

Insurance Company/Agent Information*

Professional Consultant’s Insurance Company Name:

Professional Consultant’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)*

Professional Consultant’s Insurance Company Name:

Professional Consultant’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

MyCOI Registration

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

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY

Professional Consultant Company Name:

First and Last Name of Consultant Contact:

E-Mail Address: Phone #

Address:

City Employee Contact:

Automated Notifications of COI Expiration/Renewal

MyCOI will monitor the Consultant’s COI and will provide Consultant or Consultant’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, Consultant 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.

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 Consultant. The City shall not be obligated to review such insurance certificates, policies and endorsements, or to advise Consultant of any deficiencies in such documents, and such receipt shall not relieve the Consultant from or be deemed a waiver of the City’s right to insist on strict fulfillment of Consultant’s obligations herein.

OSHA/EPA Regulatory Compliance The Consultant entering into a contract agrees to comply with all applicable Federal and State OSHA/EPA laws, rules and regulations. The Consultant 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/Risk Manager.

Authorized Service Provider (Consultant) 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.