Attachment_-_Insurance_Requirement.pdf

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3-Year Water System Leak Detection Services
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RFP194078
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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 that establishes mandatory insurance coverage standards for contractors engaging in the 3-Year Water System Leak Detection Services contract. The document specifies that contractors must obtain and maintain comprehensive insurance coverage throughout the entire contract term at their sole expense through insurance companies with an AM Best's Key Rating of A-:VII or higher and licensed to transact business in California. Required coverage types include 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 for bodily injury, property damage, and combined coverage, Automobile Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $1,000,000 aggregate across all coverage types, and Professional Liability including Errors and Omissions with $1,000,000 minimum limits for all damages. Award of the contract is contingent upon full compliance with these insurance requirements.

The City of Palo Alto must be named as an additional insured on all policies with the exception of Workers' Compensation, Employer's Liability, and Professional Insurance coverage. Contractors must include a Contractual Liability Endorsement providing insurance coverage for indemnification obligations to the City. Insurance afforded to additional insureds must be primary coverage with respect to claims arising from the contractor's operations and must include cross-liability provisions. Certificates of Insurance evidencing required coverage must be submitted to purchasingsupport@cityofpaloalto.org. Contractors must provide at least thirty (30) days' written notice to the City before cancellation of any policy for reasons other than non-payment of premium, and at least ten (10) days' notice for cancellations due to non-payment of premium.

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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

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

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY,

YES INCLUDING, ERRORS AND

OMISSIONS, MALPRACTICE (WHEN

APPLICABLE), AND NEGLIGENT

PERFORMANCE

ALL DAMAGES

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@CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG

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@CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG

mailto:PURCHASINGSUPPORT@CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG

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

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