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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGMT - RBF Consulting (Citywide Sewer Capitol Improvement) Aft • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR CITY WIDE SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. SS0901 between ,. i E AL . BF 14, . : y4 City of Seal Beach 211 - 8th Street Seal Beach, CA 90740 RBF Consulting 14725 Alton Parkway Irvine, CA 92618 -2027 (949) 472 -3415 (949) 837 -4122 FAX This Professional Service Agreement ( "the Agreement ") is made as of October 13, 2008 (the "Effective Date "), by and between RBF Consulting ( "Consultant "), a California Corporation, and the City of Seal Beach ( "City "), a California charter city, (collectively, "the Parties "). • RECITALS A. City desires certain professional services. B. Consultant represents that it is qualified and able to provide City with such services. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the Parties' performance of the promises, covenants, and conditions stated herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows. AGREEMENT 1.0 Scope of Services 1.1. Consultant must provide those services ( "Services ") set forth in the attached Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated by this reference. To the extent that there is any conflict between Exhibit A and this Agreement, this Agreement must control. 1.2. Consultant must perform all Services under this Agreement in accordance with the standard of care generally exercised by like professionals under similar circumstances and in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Authority. 1.3. In performing this Agreement, Consultant must comply with all applicable provisions of federal, state, and local law. 1.4. Consultant will not be compensated for any work performed not specified in the Scope of Services unless the City authorizes such work in advance and in writing. The City Manager may authorize payment for such work up to a cumulative maximum of $10,000. Payment for additional work in excess of $10,000 requires prior City Council authorization. 2.0 Term This term of this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall continue for a term of 60 days unless previously terminated as provided by this Agreement. 3.0 Consultant's Compensation City will pay Consultant in accordance with the fee schedule set forth in Exhibit _for Services but in no event will the City pay more than $44,565.00. Any additional work authorized by the City pursuant to Section 1.4 will be compensated in accordance with the rate schedule set forth in Exhibit A, Appendix A. 4.0 Method of Payment 4.1. Consultant must submit to City monthly invoices for all services rendered pursuant to his Agreement. Such invoices must be submitted within 15 days of the end of the month during which the services were rendered and must describe in detail the services rendered during the period, the days worked, number of hours worked, the hourly rates charged, and the services performed for each day in the period. City will pay Consultant within 30 days of 1 of 7 • • • receiving Consultant's invoice. City will not withhold any applicable federal or state payroll and other required taxes, or other authorized deductions from payments made to Consultant. 4.2. Upon 24 hours notice from City, Consultant must allow City or City's agents or representatives to inspect at Consultant's offices during reasonable business hours all records, invoices, time cards, cost control sheets and other records maintained by Consultant in connection with this Agreement. City's rights under this Section 4.2 shall survive for two years following the termination of this Agreement. 5.0 Termination 5.1. This Agreement may be terminated by City, without cause, or by Consultant based on reasonable cause, upon giving the other party written notice thereof not less than thirty 30 days prior to the date of termination. 5.2. This Agreement may be terminated by City upon 10 days' notice to Consultant if Consultant fails to provide satisfactory evidence of renewal or replacement of comprehensive general liability insurance as required by this Agreement at least 20 days before the expiration date of the previous policy. 6.0 Party Representatives 6.1. The City Manager is the City's representative for purposes of this Agreement. 6.2. Eddie Torres is the Consultant's sole representative for purposes of this Agreement. 7.0 Notices 7.1. All notices permitted or required under this Agreement shall be deemed made when personally delivered or when mailed 48 hours after deposit in the U.S. Mail, first class postage prepaid and addressed to the party at the .following addresses: To City: City of Seal Beach 911 Seal Beach Boulevard Seal Beach, California 90740 Attn: City Manager To Consultant: RBF Consulting 14725 Alton Parkway Irvine, CA 92618 -2027 Attn: Eddie Torres 7.2. Actual notice shall be deemed adequate notice on the date actual notice occurred, regardless of the method of service. 2of7 • • 8.0 Independent contractor 8.1. Consultant is an independent contractor and not an employee of the City. All services provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be performed by Consultant or under its supervision. Consultant will determine the means, methods, and details of performing the services. Any additional personnel performing services under this Agreement on behalf of Consultant shall also not be employees of City and shall at all times be under Consultant's exclusive direction and control. Consultant shall pay all wages, salaries, and other amounts due such personnel in connection with their performance of services under this Agreement and as required by law. Consultant shall be responsible for all reports and obligations respecting such additional personnel, including, but not limited to: social security taxes, income tax withholding, unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and workers' compensation insurance. 8.2. Consultant shall indemnify and hold harmless City and its elected officials, officers and employees, servants, designated volunteers, and agents serving as independent contractors in the role of city or agency officials, from any and all liability, damages, claims, costs and expenses of any nature to the extent arising from Consultant's alleged violations of personnel practices. City shall have the right to offset against the amount of any fees due to Consultant under this Agreement any amount due to City from Consultant as a result of Consultant's failure to promptly pay to City any reimbursement or indemnification arising under this Section 5. 9.0 Subcontractors No portion of this Agreement shall be subcontracted without the prior written approval of the City. Consultant is fully responsible to City for the performance of any and all subcontractors. 10.0 Assignment Consultant must not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement whether by assignment or novation, without the prior written consent of City. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void and without effect. 11.0 Insurance 11.1. Consultant must not commence work under this Agreement until it has provided evidence satisfactory to the City that Consultant has secured all insurance required under this Section. Consultant must furnish City with original certificates of insurance and endorsements effecting coverage required by this Agreement on forms satisfactory to the City. The certificates and endorsements for each insurance policy must be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf, and must be on forms provided by the City if requested. All certificates and endorsements must be received and approved by the City before work commences. The City reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, at any time. 11.2. Consultant must, at its expense, procure and maintain for the duration of the Agreement, insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property that may 3 of • arise from or in connection with the performance of this Agreement. Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best's rating no less than A:VIII, licensed to do business in California, and satisfactory to the City. Coverage must be at least as broad as the latest version of the following: (1) General Liability: Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability coverage (occurrence form CG 0001); and (2) Automobile Liability: Insurance Services Office Business Auto Coverage form number CA 0001, code 1 (any auto). Consultant must maintain limits no less than: (1) General Liability: $2,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage and if Commercial General Liability Insurance or other form with a general aggregate limit is used, either the general aggregate limit shall apply separately to this Agreement /location or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit; and (2) Automobile Liability: $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and property damage. 11.3. The insurance policies must contain the following provisions, or Consultant must provide endorsements on forms supplied or approved by the City to state: (1) coverage shall not be suspended, voided, reduced or canceled except after 30 days prior written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to the City; (2) any failure to comply with reporting or other provisions of the policies, including breaches of warranties, shall not affect coverage provided to the City, its directors, officials, officers, (3) coverage must be primary insurance as respects the City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers, or if excess, must stand in an unbroken chain of coverage excess of the Consultant's scheduled underlying coverage and that any insurance or self - insurance maintained by the City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers shall be excess of the Consultant's insurance and must not be called upon to contribute with it; (4) for general liability insurance, that the City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers shall be covered as additional insureds with respect to the services or operations performed by or on behalf of the Consultant, including materials, parts or equipment furnished in connection with such work; and (5) for automobile liability, that the City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers shall be covered as additional insureds with respect to the ownership, operation, maintenance, use, loading or unloading of any auto owned, leased, hired or borrowed by the Consultant or for which the Consultant is responsible. 11.4. All insurance required by this Section must contain standard separation of insureds provisions and must not contain any special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to the City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers. 11.5. Any deductibles or self - insured retentions must be declared to and approved by the City. Consultant guarantees that the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self - insured retentions as respects the City, its directors, officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers. 12.0 Indemnification, Hold Harmless, and Duty to Defend 12.1. Indemnity for Professional Services. In connection with its professional services, Consultant shall defend, hold harmless and indemnify City, and its elected officials, officers, employees, servants, designated volunteers, and those City agents serving as independent contractors in the role of city or agency officials (collectively, "Indemnitees "), with respect to any and all claims, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, costs or expenses (collectively, 4 of 7 • • "Claims" hereinafter), including but not limited to Claims relating to death or injury to any person and injury to any property, to the extent to which they arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of Consultant or any of its officers, employees, subcontractors, or agents in the performance of its professional services under this Agreement, but not to the extent the result of the negligence or willful misconduct of the City or of other third parties not under the control or the supervision of Consultant.. Architect's obligation to defend pursuant to this Section 11.1 shall apply independent of any prior, concurrent or subsequent misconduct, negligent acts, errors or omissions of Indemnitees. Architect shall defend Indemnitees in any action or actions filed in connection with any of said claims with counsel of City's choice, and shall pay all costs and expenses, including all attorneys' fees actually incurred in connection with such defense. 12.2. Other Indemnities. In connection with all Claims not covered by Section 11.1, Consultant shall defend, hold harmless and indemnify the Indemnitees with respect to any and all Claims including but not limited to Claims relating to death or injury to any person and injury to any property, which arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the acts or omissions of Consultant or any of its officers, employees, subcontractors, or agents in the performance of this Agreement. Consultant shall defend Indemnitees in any action or actions filed in connection with any such Claims with counsel of City's choice, and shall pay all costs and expenses, including all attorneys' fees and experts' costs actually incurred in connection with such defense. Architect's duty to defend pursuant to this Section 11.2 shall apply independent of any prior, concurrent or subsequent misconduct, negligent acts, errors or omissions of Indemnitees. Architect shall defend Indemnitees in any action or actions filed in connection with any of said claims, damages, penalties, obligations, or liabilities with counsel of City's choice and shall pay all costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees actually incurred in connection with such defense. 13.0 Equal Opportunity Consultant affirmatively represents that it is an equal opportunity employer. Consultant must not discriminate against any subcontractor, employee, or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, handicap, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, or age. Such non - discrimination includes, but is not be limited to, all activities related to initial employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff, or termination. 14.0 Labor Certification By its signature hereunder, Consultant certifies that it is aware of the provisions of Section 3700 of the California Labor Code that require every employer to be insured against liability for Worker's Compensation or to undertake self - insurance in accordance with the provisions of that Code, and agrees to `comply with such provisions before commencing the performance of the Services. 15.0 Entire Agreement This Agreement contains the entire Agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, understandings, or agreements. This Agreement may only be modified by a writing signed by both parties. 5 of 7 • 16.0 Severability The invalidity in whole or in part of any provisions of this Agreement shall not void or affect the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement. - 17.0 Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. 18.0 No Third Party Rights No third party shall be deemed to have any rights hereunder against either Party as a result of this Agreement. 19.0 Waiver No waiver of any default shall constitute a waiver of any other default or breach, whether of the same or other covenant or condition. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party shall give the other Party any contractual rights by custom, estoppel, or otherwise. 20.0 Prohibited Interests Consultant maintains and warrants that it has not employed nor retained any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for Consultant, to solicit or secure this Agreement. Further, Consultant warrants that it has not paid nor has it agreed to pay any company or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for Consultant, any fee, commission, percentage, brokerage fee, gift or other consideration contingent upon or resulting from the award or making of this Agreement. For breach or violation of this warranty, City has the right to rescind this Agreement without liability. For the term of this Agreement, no member, officer or employee of City, during the term of his or her service with City, shall have any direct interest in this Agreement, or obtain any present or anticipated material benefit arising therefrom. 21.0 Attorneys' Fees If either Party commences an action against the other Party, either legal, administrative or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such litigation shall be entitled to have and recover from the losing Party all of its attorney's fees and other costs incurred in connection with such action. 22.0 Exhibits All exhibits referenced in this Agreement are hereby incorporated into' the Agreement as if set forth in full herein. In the event of any material discrepancy between the terms of any exhibit so incorporated and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. 6 of 7 • • IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, through their respective authorized representatives have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first above written. CITY OF SEAL BEACH CONSULTANT B B David Carmany, City Manager Name: Glenn Lajoie, AICP Attest: Its: Vice President, Planning & 1 Environmental Services i Linda Devine, City Clerk By: Approved as to Form: Name: Cary Armstrong ■ By: CJ ° ` / Its: Senior Vice President Quinn Barrow, City Attorney 7 of 7