Indemnification_2026_Consultant.doc
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- Attached to
- Professional Engineering Services for Bridge Rehabilitation at Oakbridge Blvd. Bridge Nos. 164504 and 164505
- Solicitation number
- 2026-RFQ-135
- Issued by
- Polk County, Florida
About this file
This is an indemnification agreement document associated with the City of Lakeland's solicitation for professional engineering services related to bridge rehabilitation at Oakbridge Boulevard Bridge Nos. 164504 and 164505 in Florida. The document establishes the indemnification requirements and obligations that selected consulting firms must comply with throughout the engagement. The indemnification clause outlines the consultant's responsibility to protect and hold harmless the City of Lakeland and its officials, employees, and agents from claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising from the consultant's negligence, errors, omissions, or violations of law in performing the professional engineering services.
The indemnification terms apply to all work performed under the contract for bridge inspection and rehabilitation services. The consultant is required to maintain appropriate insurance coverage and assume liability for any third-party claims resulting from the consultant's performance or failure to perform contracted services. These indemnification provisions are standard requirements under Florida Statute 287.055 (Consultants' Competitive Negotiations Act) and are binding conditions of the contract award. The agreement ensures that the City of Lakeland is protected from financial and legal exposure related to the consultant's professional activities during the project delivery and completion phases.
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Hold Harmless/Indemnification
Consultant To the fullest extent permitted by laws and regulations, and in consideration of the amount stated on any Purchase Order or Task Authorization, the Consultant shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, and its officers and employees, from all liabilities, damages, losses, and costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, to the extent caused by the negligence, recklessness, or intentionally wrongful conduct of the Consultant and other persons employed or utilized by the Consultant in the performance of this Contract.
In any and all claims against the City, or any of its officers or employees, by any person employed or utilized by the Consultant in the performance of this Contract, this indemnification obligation shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation, or benefits payable by or for the Consultant or any other person or organization under workers’ or workmen’s compensation acts, disability benefit acts, or other employee benefit acts, nor shall this indemnification obligation be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of insurance coverage provided by the City, the Consultant, or any other person or organization.
Check One and Complete: It is the express intent of the Consultant that this agreement shall apply for the timeframe or project(s) indicated below.
Timeframe: You may select up to five (5) years. This agreement is applicable to all contracts, purchase orders, and other work performed for the City of Lakeland within the dates specified.
_______________________________ to _______________________________.
(Date) (Date)
(OR)
Project(s): Agreement is limited to Bid # __________________, PO/REQ # _______________, or Contract dated______________.
Subrogation: The Consultant and its Subcontractors shall require their insurance carriers, with respect to all insurance policies, to waive all rights of subrogation against the City, except for “Professional Liability.” In the case of “Professional Liability,” the Consultant and its Subcontractors shall require their insurance carriers to waive all rights of subrogation except in situations where gross negligence is shown on the part of the City.
Release of Liability: Acceptance by the Consultant of the last payment shall be a release to the City and every officer and agent thereof, from all claims and liability hereunder for anything done or furnished for, or relating to the work, or for any act or neglect of the City or of any person relating to or affecting the work unless otherwise specified in a written agreement between Consultant and City at the time of final payment.
Savings Clause:
The parties agree that to the extent the written terms of this Indemnification conflict with any provisions of Florida laws or statutes, in particular Sections 725.06 and 725.08 of the Florida Statutes, the written terms of this indemnification shall be deemed by any court of competent jurisdiction to be modified in such a manner as to be in full and complete compliance with all such laws or statutes and to contain such limiting conditions, or limitations of liability, or to not contain any unenforceable or prohibited term or terms, such that this Indemnification shall be enforceable in accordance with and to the greatest extent permitted by Florida Law.
Name of Organization
BY:
Signature of Owner or Officer
E-Mail Address
STATE OF : ________________________
Organization Phone Number
COUNTY OF: ________________________
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me, by means of physical presence, this _____ day of _____________, 2026.
by ______________________________, of _____________________________________.
Printed Name of Owner / Officer
Corporate or Company Name
If Applicable - DBA’s or Subsidiaries.
He/She is personally known to me or has produced ________________________________ as
State Drivers License Number identification, and did _______ / did not ______ take an oath.
Signature of Person Taking Acknowledgment
Printed Name of Person Taking Acknowledgment
Notary Seal
Revised date: June 3, 2026
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