Blue Mountain Construction Group, LLC 11/19/2024

CITY OF EVERETT SPECIAL PROVISIONS 3rd Ave Water Quality Facility Division 1 – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS September 20, 2024 WO No – UP3775 SP – 79 the preceding paragraphs of this Section shall be valid and enforceable only to the extent of the Contractor’s negligence or the negligence of its agents and employees. The Contractor shall bear sole responsibility for damage to completed portions of the project and to property located off the project caused by erosion, siltation, runoff, or other related items during the construction of the project. The Contractor shall also bear sole responsibility for any pollution of rivers, streams, ground water, or other waters that may occur as a result of construction operations. The Contractor shall exercise all necessary precautions throughout the life of the Project to prevent pollution, erosion, siltation, and damage to property. The City will forward to the Contractor all claims filed against the City that are deemed to have arisen in relation to the Contractor’s Work or activities under this Contract, and, in the opinion of the City, are subject to the defense, indemnity, and insurance provisions of the Contract Documents. Claims will be deemed tendered to the Contractor and insurer, who has named the City as a named insured or an additional insured under the Contract’s insurance provisions, once the claim has been forwarded via certified mail to the Contractor. The Contractor shall be responsible to provide a copy of the claim to the Contractor’s designated insurance agent who has obtained/met the Contract’s insurance provision requirements. Within 60 calendar days following the date a claim is sent by the City to the Contractor, the Contractor shall notify the City Attorney’s Office of the following: a. Whether the claim is allowed or is denied in whole or in part, and, if so, the specific reasons for the denial of the individual claim, and if not denied in full, when payment has been or will be made to the claimant(s) for the portion of the claim that is allowed, or b. If resolution negotiations are continuing. In this event, status updates will be reported no longer than every 60 calendar days until the claim is resolved or a lawsuit is filed. If the Contractor fails to provide the above notification within 60 calendar days, then the Contractor shall yield to the City sole and exclusive discretion to allow all or part of the claim on behalf of the Contractor, and the Contractor shall be deemed to have WAIVED any and all defenses, objections, or other avoidances to the City’s allowance of the claim, or the amount allowed by the City, under common law, constitution, statute, or the Contract and these Standard Specifications. If all or part of a claim is allowed, the City will notify the Contractor via certified mail that it has allowed all or part of the claim and make appropriate payments to the claimant(s) with City funds. Payments of funds by the City to claimant(s) under this Section will be made on behalf of the Contractor and at the expense of the Contractor, and the Contractor shall be unconditionally obligated to reimburse the City for the “total reimbursement amount”, which is the sum of the amount paid to the claimant(s), plus all costs incurred by the City in evaluating the circumstances surrounding the claim, the allowance of the claim, the amount due to the claimant, and all other direct costs for the City’s administration and payment of the claim on the Contractor’s behalf. The City will be authorized to withhold the total reimbursement amount from amounts due the Contractor, or, if no further payments are to be made to the Contractor under the Contract, the Contractor shall directly reimburse the City for the amounts paid within 30 days of the date notice that the claim was allowed was sent to the Contractor. In the event reimbursement from the Contractor is not received by the City within 30 days, interest shall accrue on the total reimbursement amount owing at the rate of 12 percent per annum calculated at a daily rate from the date the Contractor was notified that the claim was allowed.