Attachment_-_Insurance_Requirement_(1).pdf

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Water System Master Plan State and local contract opportunity
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RFP198186
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Santa Clara County, California

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This is an Insurance Requirements document issued by the City of Palo Alto applicable to contractors providing services for the Water System Master Plan project. The City of Palo Alto Utilities Department is procuring engineering consulting services for a comprehensive water system master plan that includes engineering assessment and capital improvement program planning for the City's potable water system. The project scope encompasses evaluation of water distribution, storage, water supply, distribution piping networks, and potable water facility sites across a 20-year planning horizon, with deliverables including identification of system deficiencies, recommended improvements, and capital improvement program projections for 5, 10, and 20-year periods. The evaluation will address water system capital improvements, system operations, risk and resiliency planning, and hydraulic modeling.

Contractors must obtain and maintain insurance coverage at their sole expense throughout the contract term from AM Best A-:VII or higher-rated companies licensed in California. Required coverage includes Worker's Compensation (statutory limits), Employer's Liability (statutory limits), General Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 aggregate, Automobile Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per person and $1,000,000 per occurrence, and Professional Liability including Errors and Omissions with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence. The City of Palo Alto must be named as an additional insured on all policies except Workers' Compensation, Employer's Liability, and Professional Insurance. Contractors must submit Certificates of Insurance to purchasingsupport@paloalto.gov and provide thirty days' written notice for policy cancellations and ten days' notice for cancellations due to non-payment of premium. Award is contingent upon compliance with all specified insurance requirements.

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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

Rev. August 27, 2019

CONTRACTORS TO THE CITY OF PALO ALTO (CITY), AT THEIR SOLE EXPENSE, SHALL FOR THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNTS FOR THE COVERAGE SPECIFIED BELOW, AFFORDED BY COMPANIES WITH AM BEST’S KEY RATING OF A-:VII, OR HIGHER, LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT INSURANCE

BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AWARD IS CONTINGENT ON COMPLIANCE WITH CITY’S INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, AS SPECIFIED, BELOW:

REQUIRED TYPE OF COVERAGE REQUIREMENT

MINIMUM LIMITS

EACH

OCCURRENCE AGGREGATE

YES WORKER’S COMPENSATION

YES EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY

STATUTORY

STATUTORY

YES GENERAL LIABILITY, INCLUDING

PERSONAL INJURY, BROAD FORM

PROPERTY DAMAGE BLANKET

CONTRACTUAL, AND FIRE LEGAL

LIABILITY

BODILY INJURY

PROPERTY DAMAGE

BODILY INJURY & PROPERTY DAMAGE

COMBINED.

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

YES AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY, INCLUDING

ALL OWNED, HIRED, NON-OWNED

BODILY INJURY

- EACH PERSON

- EACH OCCURRENCE

PROPERTY DAMAGE

BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY

DAMAGE, COMBINED

$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000

$1,000,000

$1,000,000

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY,

YES INCLUDING, ERRORS AND

OMISSIONS, MALPRACTICE (WHEN

APPLICABLE), AND NEGLIGENT

PERFORMANCE ALL DAMAGES $1,000,000

YES THE CITY OF PALO ALTO IS TO BE NAMED AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED: CONTRACTOR, AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE, SHALL OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN, IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TERM OF ANY RESULTANT AGREEMENT, THE INSURANCE COVERAGE HEREIN DESCRIBED, INSURING NOT ONLY CONTRACTOR AND ITS SUBCONSULTANTS, IF ANY, BUT ALSO, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY AND PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE, NAMING AS ADDITIONAL INSUREDS CITY, ITS COUNCIL MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES.

I. INSURANCE COVERAGE MUST INCLUDE:

A. A CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY ENDORSEMENT PROVIDING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CONTRACTOR’S

AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY CITY.

II. CONTACTOR MUST SUBMIT CERTIFICATES(S) OF INSURANCE EVIDENCING REQUIRED COVERAGE AT THE

FOLLOWING EMAIL: PURCHASINGSUPPORT@PALOALTO.GOV

III. ENDORSEMENT PROVISIONS, WITH RESPECT TO THE INSURANCE AFFORDED TO “ADDITIONAL INSUREDS”

A. PRIMARY COVERAGE

WITH RESPECT TO CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE NAMED INSURED, INSURANCE AS AFFORDED BY THIS POLICY IS PRIMARY AND IS NOT ADDITIONAL TO OR CONTRIBUTING WITH ANY

OTHER INSURANCE CARRIED BY OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ADDITIONAL INSUREDS.

B. CROSS LIABILITY

mailto:PURCHASINGSUPPORT@CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG

INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

Rev. August 27, 2019

THE NAMING OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION AS INSUREDS UNDER THE POLICY SHALL NOT, FOR THAT REASON ALONE, EXTINGUISH ANY RIGHTS OF THE INSURED AGAINST ANOTHER, BUT THIS ENDORSEMENT, AND THE NAMING OF MULTIPLE INSUREDS, SHALL NOT INCREASE THE TOTAL

LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY UNDER THIS POLICY.

C. NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

1. IF THE POLICY IS CANCELED BEFORE ITS EXPIRATION DATE FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN THE

NON-PAYMENT OF PREMIUM, THE CONSULTANT SHALL PROVIDE CITY AT LEAST A THIRTY (30)

DAY WRITTEN NOTICE BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF CANCELLATION.

2. IF THE POLICY IS CANCELED BEFORE ITS EXPIRATION DATE FOR THE NON-PAYMENT OF

PREMIUM, THE CONSULTANT SHALL PROVIDE CITY AT LEAST A TEN (10) DAY WRITTEN NOTICE

BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF CANCELLATION.

EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE AND OTHER RELATED NOTICES ARE REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE

CITY OF PALO ALTO SENT TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL:

PURCHASINGSUPPORT@PALOALTO.GOV

mailto:PURCHASINGSUPPORT@CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG

AWARD IS CONTINGENT ON COMPLIANCE WITH CITY’S INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, AS SPECIFIED, BELOW:

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