RFP_250036_Insurance_Indemnification_Memo.docx
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- Solicitation number
- 250036
- Issued by
- Orange County, California
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This is an interoffice memorandum from the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Risk Management department regarding insurance and indemnification requirements for RFP 250036, which seeks a qualified consultant to provide the OC Streetcar Ridership Marketing and Customer Communications Program. The project is budgeted at $200,000 for a two-year initial term. The memo transmits standard insurance requirements and indemnification language for review and approval prior to procurement solicitation. No specific response dates, site visits, or bidders' conferences are mentioned in this document.
The consultant selected for this engagement must procure and maintain comprehensive insurance coverage throughout the contract term, including Commercial General Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 general aggregate, Automobile Liability with combined single limits of $1,000,000, Workers' Compensation as required by California law with Waiver of Subrogation, Employers' Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per accident and per disease, and Professional Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 if the consultant is required to be licensed or certified. Proof of insurance must be provided within ten calendar days of contract execution and prior to work commencement, with the Orange County Transportation Authority designated as additional insured on general liability and automobile liability policies. The consultant is responsible for ensuring all subconsultants maintain equivalent coverage and include OCTA as additional insureds. The consultant shall indemnify and hold harmless OCTA from all claims, damages, bodily injuries, and property losses arising from the consultant's negligent acts, omissions, or willful misconduct in performing the agreement.
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INTEROFFICE MEMO
Date November 3, 2025
To: Regie Peaslee, Risk Management
From: Michael Cardozo, CAMM
Subject: RFP 250036
Below please find a copy of the insurance limits and indemnification language for your review. The selected consultant shall provide OC Streetcar ridership and customer communications program. This effort is time and expense budgeted for $200,000 for two (2)-year term.
Please review the below standard insurance requirements and indemnification language and advise to the acceptability for this procurement.
INSURANCE
CONSULTANT shall procure and maintain insurance coverage in full force and effect during the entire term of the Agreement. Coverage shall be full coverage and not subject to self-insurance provisions. CONSULTANT shall provide the following insurance coverage:
Commercial General Liability, to include Products/Completed Operations, Independent Contractors’, Contractual Liability, Advertising (if applicable to Scope of Work) and Personal Injury Liability, and Property Damage with a minimum limit of $1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 general aggregate and $2,000,000 Products/Completed Operations aggregate;
Automobile Liability Insurance to include owned, hired and non-owned autos with a combined single limit of $1,000,000 for each accident;
Workers’ Compensation with limits as required by the State of California including a Waiver of Subrogation in favor of AUTHORITY, its officers, directors and employees; and Employers’ Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per accident, $1,000,000 policy limit-disease, and $1,000,000 policy limit employee-disease.
Professional Liability with minimum limits of $1,000,000 only if the CONSULTANT is required by contract or law to be licensed or specially certified and AUTHORITY is relying on performance based on that specialty license or certification.
Proof of such coverage, in the form of a certificate of insurance and an insurance policy blanket additional insured endorsement, designating AUTHORITY, its officers, directors and employees as additional insureds on general liability and automobile liability, as required by Agreement. Proof of insurance coverage must be received by AUTHORITY within ten (10) calendar days from the effective date of the Agreement and prior to commencement of any work. Such insurance shall be primary and non-contributive to any insurance or self-insurance maintained by AUTHORITY. Furthermore, AUTHORITY reserves the right to request certified copies or review all related insurance policies, in response to a related loss.
CONSULTANT shall also include in each subcontract, the stipulation that subconsultants shall maintain insurance coverage in the amounts required of CONSULTANT as provided in the Agreement. Subconsultants will be required to include AUTHORITY as additional insureds on the Commercial General Liability, and Auto Liability insurance policies.
Insurer must provide AUTHORITY with at least thirty (30) days’ prior notice of cancellation or material modification of coverage, and ten (10) days’ prior notice for non-payment of premium.
CONSULTANT shall submit required insurance certificates to AUTHORITY’s insurance tracking contractor, InsureTrack. CONSULTANT shall respond directly to InsureTrack’s request for updated insurance certificates and other insurance-related matters by email to octa@instracking.com.
CONSULTANT shall include on the face of the certificate of insurance, the following information:
The Agreement Number C- and, the Contract Administrator’s Name, For Certificate Holder: The Orange County Transportation Authority, its officers, directors, employers and agents, c/o InsureTrack, P.O. Box 60840 Las Vegas, NV 89160.
1. INDEMNIFICATION
CONSULTANT shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless AUTHORITY, its officers, directors, employees and agents (indemnities) from and against any and all claims (including attorneys' fees and reasonable expenses for litigation or settlement) for any loss or damages, bodily injuries, including death, damage to or loss of use of property caused by the negligent acts, omissions or willful misconduct by CONSULTANT, its officers, directors, employees, agents, subconsultants or suppliers in connection with or arising out of the performance of this Agreement.
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