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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.665 Original ContractWITNESSETH: 1. Scone of Work. PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT First Street Stormwater Separation, Project WW03 -2010 rcJ This Contract is made and entered into in duplicate this d day of re 6r lac v 2 by and between the City of Port Angeles, a non charter code city of the State of Washington, hereinafter referred to as "the City and Rohe coosTr_uc.-ric t'or T Lkk a \■ik tkt. Col .p A hereinafter referred to as "the Contractor Whereas, the City desires to have certain public work performed as hereinafter set forth, requiring specialized skills and other supportive capabilities; and Whereas, the Contractor represents that it is qualified and possesses sufficient skills and the necessary capabilities to perform the services set forth in this Contract. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms, conditions, and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: The Contractor shall do all work and furnish all tools, materials, and equipment in order to accomplish the following project: in accordance with and as described in: A. this Contract, and B. the Project Manual, which include the attached plans, Specifications, Special Provisions, submittal requirements, attachments, addenda (if any), Bid Form, Performance and Payment Bond, and C. the 2010 Standard Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction prepared by the Washington State Department of Transportation, as may be specifically modified in the attached Specifications and/or Special Provisions, hereinafter referred to as "the standard specifications and D. the most current edition of the City of Port Angeles' Urban Services Standards and Guidelines, and shall perform any alterations in or additions to the work provided under this Contract and every part thereof. The Contractor shall provide and bear the expense of all equipment, work, and labor of any sort whatsoever that may be required for the transfer of materials and for constructing and completing the work provided for in this Contract, except as may otherwise be provided in the Project Manual. I 2. Time for Performance and Liauidated Damages. A. Time is of the essence in the performance of this Contract and in adhering to the time frames specified herein. The Contractor shall commence work within ten (10) calendar days after notice to proceed from the City, and said work shall be physically completed within 149 calendar days after said notice to proceed, unless a different time frame is expressly provided in writing by the City. B. If said work is not completed within the time for physical completion, the Contractor may be required at the City's sole discretion to pay to the City liquidated damages as set forth in the Project Manual, for each and every day said work remains uncompleted after the expiration of the specified time. 3. Compensation and Method of Payment. A. The City shall pay the Contractor for work performed under this Contract as detailed in the bid, as incorporated in the Project Manual. B. Payments for work provided hereunder shall be made following the performance of such work, unless otherwise permitted by law and approved in writing by the City. No payment shall be made for any work rendered by the Contractor except as identified and set forth in this Contract. C. Progress payments shall be based on the timely submittal by the Contractor of the City's standard payment request form. D. Payments for any alterations in or additions to the work provided under this Contract shall be in accordance with the Request For Information (RFI) and/or Construction Change Order (CCO) process as set forth in the Project Manual. Following approval of the RFI and/or CCO, the Contractor shall submit the standard payment request form(s). E. The Contractor shall submit payment requests with a completed Application for Payment form, an example of which is included in the Attachments to this Contract. This form includes a lien waiver certification and shall be notarized before submission. Applications for payment not signed or notarized shall be considered incomplete and ineligible for payment consideration. The City shall initiate authorization for payment after receipt of a satisfactorily completed payment request form and shall make payment to the Contractor within approximately thirty (30) days thereafter. 4. Independent Contractor Relationship. The relationship created by this Contract is that of independent contracting entities. No agent, employee, servant, or representative of the Contractor shall be deemed to be an employee, agent, servant, or representative of the City, and the employees of the Contractor are not entitled to any of the benefits the City provides for its employees. The Contractor shall be solely anci entirely responsible for its acts and the acts of its agents, employees, servants, subcontractors, or representatives during the performance of this Contract. The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for payment of all wages and salaries and all federal, state, and local taxes or II -2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 contributions imposed or required, including, but not limited to, unemployment insurance, workers compensation insurance, social security, and income tax withholding. 5. Prevailing Wage Reauirements. The Contractor shall comply with applicable prevailing wage requirements of the Washington State Department of Labor Industries, as set forth in Chapter 39.12 RCW and Chapter 296 -127 WAC. The Contractor shall document compliance with said requirements and shall file with the City appropriate affidavits, certificates, and/or statements of compliance with the State prevailing wage requirements. The Washington State Prevailing Wage Rates For Public Works Contracts, Clallam County, incorporated in this Contract have been established by the Depaituient of Labor Industries and are included as an Attachment to this Contract. The Contractor shall also ensure that any subcontractors or agents of the Contractor shall comply with the prevailing wage and documentation requirements as set forth herein. 6. Indemnification and Hold Harmless. A. The Contractor shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the City, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers against and from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses, or suits, including attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the performance of this Contract, except for injuries and damages caused by the sole negligence of the City. B. Should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that this Contract is subject to RCW 4.24.115, then, in the event of liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damages to property caused by or resulting from the concurrent negligence of the Contractor and the City, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers, the Contractor's liability hereunder shall be only to the extent of the Contractor's negligence. It is further specifically and expressly understood that the indemnification provided herein constitutes the Contractor's waiver of immunity under Industrial Insurance, Title 51 RCW, solely for the purposes of this indemnification. This waiver has been mutually negotiated by the parties. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or termination of this Contract. 7. Insurance. The Contractor shall procure, and maintain for the duration of the Contract, insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damage to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder by the Contractor, their agents, representatives, employees or subcontractors. Failure by the Contractor to maintain the insurance as required shall constitute a material breach of contract upon which the City may, after giving five working days notice to the Contractor to correct the breach, immediately terminate the Contract or at its discretion, procure or renew such insurance and pay any and all premiums in connection therewith, with any sums so expended to be repaid to the City on demand, or at the sole discretion of the City, off set against funds due the Contractor from the City. A. Minimum Scope of Insurance The Contractor shall obtain insurance of the types described below: Automobile Liability insurance covering all owned, non owned, hired and leased vehicles. Coverage shall be written on Insurance Services Office (ISO) form CA 00 01 or a substitute form providing equivalent liability coverage. If necessary, the policy shall be endorsed to provide contractual liability coverage ii. Commercial General Liability insurance shall be written on ISO occurrence form CG 00 01 and shall cover liability arising from premises, operations, stop gap liability, independent contractors, products completed operations, personal injury and advertising injury, and liability assumed under an insured contract. The Commercial General Liability insurance shall be endorsed to provide the Aggregate Per Project Endorsement ISO form CG 25 03 11 85. There shall be no endorsement or modification of the Commercial General Liability insurance for liability arising from explosion, collapse or underground property damage. The City shall be named as an insured under the Contractor's Commercial General Liability insurance policy with respect to the work performed for the City using ISO Additional Insured endorsement CG 20 10 10 01 and Additional Insured- Completed Operations endorsement CG 20 37 10 01 or substitute endorsements providing equivalent coverage. iii. Workers' Compensation coverage as required by the Industrial Insurance laws of the State of Washington. iv. Builders Risk insurance covering interests of the City, the Contractor, Subcontractors, and Sub contractors in the work. Builders Risk insurance shall be on a all -risk policy form and shall insure against the perils of fire and extended coverage and physical loss or damage including flood and earthquake, theft, vandalism, malicious mischief, collapse, temporary buildings and debris removal. This Builders Risk insurance covering the work will have a deductible of $5,000 for each occurrence, which will be the responsibility of the Contractor. Higher deductibles for floor and earthquake perils may be accepted by the City upon written request by the Contractor and written acceptance by the City. Any increased deductibles accepted by the City will remain the responsibility of the Contractor. The Builders Risk insurance shall be maintained until final acceptance of the work by the City. B. Minimum Amounts of Insurance The Contractor shall maintain the following insurance limits: i. Automobile Liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage of $1,000,000 per accident. ii. Commercial General Liability insurance shall be written with limits no less than $3,000,000 each occurrence, $3,000,000 general aggregate and a $3,000,000 products completed operations aggregate limit. II -4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I iii. Builders Risk insurance shall be written in the amount of the completed value of the project with no coinsurance provisions. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C. Other Insurance Provisions The insurance policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions for Automobile Liability and Commercial General Liability insurance. i. The Contractor's insurance coverage shall be primary insurance with respect to the City. Any insurance, self insurance, or insurance pool coverage maintained by the City shall be in excess of the Contractor's insurance and shall not contribute with it. ii. The Contractor's insurance shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not be cancelled or reduced as to coverage by either party, except after forty -five (45) days prior written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to the City. D. Acceptability of Insurers Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best rating of not less than A: VII. E. Verification of Coverage The Contractor shall furnish the City with original certificates and a copy of the amendatory endorsements, including but not necessarily limited to the additional insured endorsement, evidencing the Automobile Liability and Commercial General Liability insurance of the Contractor before commencement of the work. Before any exposure to loss may occur, the Contractor shall file with the City a copy of the Builders Risk insurance policy that includes all applicable conditions, exclusions, definitions, terms and endorsements related to this proj ect. F. Contractor's Insurance For Other Losses The Contractor shall assume full responsibility for all loss or damage from any cause whatsoever to any tools, Contractor's employee owned tools, machinery, equipment, or motor vehicles owned or rented by the Contractor, or the Contractor's agents, suppliers or subcontractors as well as to any temporary structures, scaffolding and protective fences. G. Waiver of Subrogation The Contractor and the City waive all rights against each other, any of their subcontractors, lower tier subcontractors, agents and employees, each of the other, for damages caused by fire or other perils to the extent covered by Builders Risk insurance or other property insurance obtained pursuant to the Insurance Requirements Section of this Contract or other property insurance applicable to the work. The policies shall provide such waivers by endorsement or otherwise. II -5 8. Compliance with Laws. A. The Contractor shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including regulations for licensing, certification, and operation of facilities and programs, and accreditation and licensing of individuals, and any other standards or criteria as set forth in the Project Manual. B. The Contractor shall pay any applicable business and permit fees and taxes which I may be required for the performance of the work. C. The Contractor shall comply with all legal and permitting requirements as set forth in the Project Manual. 9. Non discrimination. The parties shall conduct their business in a manner which assures fair, equal and nondiscriminatory treatment of all persons, without respect to race, creed, color, sex, Vietnam era veteran status, disabled veteran condition, physical or mental handicap, or national origin, and, in particular: A. The parties will maintain open hiring and employment practices and will welcome applications for employment in all positions from qualified individuals who are members of the above stated minorities. B. The parties will comply strictly with all requirements of applicable federal, state or local laws or regulations issued pursuant thereto, relating to the establishment of nondiscnminatory requirements in hiring and employment practices and assuring the service of all patrons and customers without discrimination with respect to the above stated minority status. 10. Assignment and Subcontractors. A. The Contractor shall not assign this Contract or any interest herein, nor any money due to or to become due hereunder, without first obtaining the written consent of the City. B. The Contractor shall not subcontract any part of the services to be performed hereunder without first obtaining the consent of the City and complying with the provisions of this section. C. In the event the Contractor does assign this contract or employ any subcontractor, the Contractor agrees to bind in writing every assignee and subcontractor to the applicable terms and conditions of the contract documents. D. The Contractor shall, before commencing any work, notify the Owner in writing of the names of any proposed subcontractors. The Contractor shall not employ any subcontractor or other person or organization (including those who are to furnish the principal items or materials or equipment), whether initially or as a substitute, against whom the Owner may have reasonable objection. Each subcontractor or other person or organization shall be identified in wnting to the Owner by the II 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Contractor prior to the date this Contract is signed by the Contractor. Acceptance of any subcontractor or assignee by the Owner shall not constitute a waiver of any right of the Owner to reject defective work or work not in conformance with the contract documents. If the Owner, at any time, has reasonable objection to a subcontractor or assignee, the Contractor shall submit an acceptable substitute. E. The Contractor shall be fully responsible for all acts and omissions of its assignees, subcontractors and of persons and organization directly or indirectly employed by it and of persons and organizations for whose acts any of them may be liable to the same extent that it is responsible for the acts and omissions of person directly employed by it. F. The divisions and sections of the specifications and the identifications of any drawings shall not control the Contractor in dividing the work among subcontractors or delineating the work to be performed by any specific trade. G. Nothing contained in the contract documents shall create or be construed to create any relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Owner and any subcontractor or assignee. Nothing in the contract documents shall create any obligation on the part of the Owner to pay or to assure payment of any monies due any subcontractor or assignee. H. The Contractor hereby assigns to the City any and all claims for overcharges resulting from antitrust violations as to goods and materials purchased in connection with this Contract, except as to overcharges resulting from antitrust violations commencing after the date of the bid or other event establishing the price of this Contract. In addition, the Contractor warrants and represents that each of its suppliers and subcontractors shall assign any an4,all.such claims for overcharges to the City in accordance with the terms of this provision. The Contractor further agrees to give the City immediate notice of the existence of any such claim. In addition to all other obligations of the contractor, if the contractor does employ any approved subcontractor, the contractor shall supply to every approved subcontractor a copy of the form, provided in the project manual, to establish written proof that each subcontract and lower -tier subcontract is a written document and contains, as a part, the current prevailing wage rates. The contractor, each approved subcontractor and each approved lower -tier subcontractor shall complete and deliver the form directly to the City. 11 Contract Administration. This Contract shall be administered by Pottle_ S. tegv. on behalf of the Contractor and by Michael Szatlocky, PE on behalf of the City Any written notices required by the terms of this Contract shall be served or mailed to the following addresses: Contractor: City: 12. Interpretation and Venue. This Contract shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. The venue of any litigation between the parties regarding this Contract shall be Clallam County, Washington. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Contract to be executed the day and year first set forth above. CONTRACTOR: QbAfl Cot4ST¢ r By: Name of Contr By: Title: J�N rey M. Kanye President CITY OF PORT ANGELES Approved as to F Attest: City of Port Angeles P.O. Box 1150 321 East Fifth Street Port Angeles, WA 98362 -0217 City Manage City Attorney TO Columbia Bank Kent Branch ESCROW AGREEMENT for RETAINED PERCENTAGE First Street Stormwater Separation, Project WW03 -2010 Escrow No.: 7O ch'ZZD 7/ City of Port Angeles Contract No. WW03 -2010 Completion Date: 7/31/11 THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT is for the investment of the retained percentage of the above contract, in accordance with chapter 60 28 of the Revised Code of Washington. It is limited to FDIC insured Washington State Chartered Banks who are covered by the State of Washington Public Deposit Protection Act. Road Construction The undersigned. Northwest, Inc. (as "Contractor"), has directed the CITY OF PORT ANGELES (as "City to deliver to you its warrants which shall be payable to you and/or the contractor. The warrants are to be held and disposed of by you in accordance with'the following instruction: INSTRUCTIONS 1 Upon delivery the warrants shall be endorsed by you and forwarded to the City for collection. You shall use the monies to purchase i nvestments selected by the Contractor and approved by the City. You may follow the last written direction received by you from the Contractor, for each purchase, provided the direction otherwise conforms with this agreement. Acceptable investments are A Bills, certificates, notes or bonds of the United States, B Other obligations of the United States or its agencies, C Obligations of any corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States; D. Indebtedness of the Federal National Mortgage Association E Time deposits in commercial banks; F. Other investments, except stocks selected by the Contractor, subject to express prior wntten consent of the City. 2. The investments shall be in a form which allows you alone to reconvert them into money if you are required to do so by the City 3 The investments must mature on or prior to the date set for the completion of the contract, including extension there of or thirty (30) days following the final acceptance of the work 4 When interest on the investments accrues and is paid, you shall collect the interest and forward it to the Contractor unless otherwise directed by the Contractor 5 You are not authorized to deliver to the Contractor all or any part of the investments held by you pursuant to this agreement (or any monies denved from the sale of such investments, or the negotiation of the City's warrants) except in accordance with the written instructions from the City Compliance with such instructions shall relieve you of any further liability related thereto. 6. In the event the City orders you, in wnting, to reconvert the investments and return all monies, you shall do so within thirty (30) days of receipt of the order. 7 The Contractor agrees to compensate you for your services in accordance with your current published schedule of applicable escrow fees Payment of all fees II -10 shall be the sole responsibility of the Contractor and shall not be deducted from any monies placed with you pursuant to this agreement until and unless the City directs the release to the Contractor of the investments and monies held hereunder, whereupon you shall be entitled to reimburse yourself from such monies for the entire amount of your fee 8 This agreement shall not be binding until signed by both parties and accepted by you 9 This document contains the entire agreement between you, the Contractor. and the City, with respect to this Escrow, and you are not a party to, nor bound by any instrument or agreement other than this You shall not be required to take notice of any default or any other matter, nor be bound by nor required to give notice or demand, nor required to take any action whatever except as herein expressly provided You shall not be liable for any loss or damage not caused by your own negligence or willful misconduct CONTRACTOR FederalJ,ax -Lp No By. r Jeffrey PO Box Title Address By Title DATE: Address DISTRIBUTION. City Clerk Financial Institution Contractor File Copy 13 4247149 Kanyer /President 188 Renton, WA 98057 Z -Z -1/ DATE. CITY OF PORT ANGELES BANK B id Title OCt-'t �2-►� 504 West Meeker St Kent, WA 98032 >r..LsAiLc.2 ce A 4 L- -4iuQ5 THE ABOVE ESCROW AGREEMENT R CEIVED AND ACCEPTED on the 2 day of r 20 11