HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-11-28 - Request for Qualifications - Tukwila Middle Housing: Analysis, Public Involvement and Code DevelopmentCITY OF TUKWILA
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
PLANNING CONSULTING SERVICE
TUKWILA MIDDLE HOUSING - ANALYSIS, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AND CODE
DEVELOPMENT
Due: Monday, November 28, 2022, by 5:00 PM (PST)
The purpose of this request is to solicit Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from qualified
consultants to assist the City in developing analysis that will lead to more local housing type
options and housing supply, as well as a greater range of housing affordability. This project
aims to: analyze and consider the feasibility of adopting policies and code language that would
allow a range of higher density housing types in single family zoned areas of the City; conduct
extensive public outreach on housing issues to the general public and community based
organizations in the City; and provide input on a process to analyze impacts from inequitable
historic and existing regulatory decisions, and propose solutions to remedy past wrongs. This
work must be completed no later than June 30, 2023.
Please review the full RFQ following this notice for details.
Proposers are encouraged, but not required, to attend the Pre -Submittal Meeting, which will be
held on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams by dialing
1 253-292-9750 and using phone conference ID: 245 576 207#, or via this link
Click here to join the meeting (Meeting ID: 286 518 621 724, Passcode: rM3e64).
Interested firms must submit their SOQ no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 28,
2022. SOQ responses shall include one pdf file of the proposal submitted to:
https://app.sintelforms.com/link/anon?f=3v4jn0xtp9
Submittals must be received at the above address by the deadline. No submittal will be
accepted after this date and time. The City will not be liable for delays in delivery of proposals
due to any technological issues. Please reference the RFQ title on all communication and
mailing labels. Any questions regarding this project should be directed to Nancy Eklund, Long
Range Planning Manager at Nancy.Eklund@TukwilaWA.gov. Only email inquiries will be
accepted.
Published Seattle Times: November 7, 2022 and November 14, 2022
Published Daily Journal of Commerce: November 7, 2022 and November 14, 2022
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
Planning Consulting Services
Tukwila Middle Housing:
Analysis, Public Involvement, and Code Development
Due: Monday, November 28, 2022, by 5:00 PM1
Section 1. General Information
A. General Information
The City of Tukwila (the "City") is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQs)
from a qualified multidisciplinary consultant team (which may be a single firm or a
consultant team consisting of individuals and/or firms with specialized expertise)
to complete a planning project to analyze middle housing in Tukwila, and to
coordinate a public engagement process. The work proposed for this SOQ is a
portion of the work required for the City's Periodic Update to the Tukwila
Comprehensive Plan and is a portion of the scope identified in a grant received
from the Washington Department of Commerce. The work completed must be
completed by the June 30, 2023, deadline, and must comply with state, regional,
and local requirements.
It is the City's intent to select a planning consulting team based on qualifications,
abilities, past performance, and availability to complete the work within the
timeframe specified. Once the City has reviewed the qualifications, one or more
firms may be requested to provide additional information and/or participate in an
interview process. Review of the SOQs and the final selection will be performed
by a committee comprised of City staff and others. Short-listed applicants will be
invited to interview as described below.
For other information about the grant agreement or any questions, contact Nancy
Eklund via email at Nancy.Eklund@TukwilaWA.gov.
1 See Section 1.G.
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B. Background
The City applied for and received a Middle Housing Grant from the Washington
Department of Commerce. That grant requires the City to:
• Analyze historic and existing racial equity in the City's housing and
regulatory framework, and to develop associated anti -displacement
policies;
• Analyze and prepare a recommendation for the City Council to consider
whether it should adopt policies and code language to allow "Middle
Housing" on at least 30 percent of the lots (or the area) currently zoned as
single family residential; and
• Contract with and complete outreach to numerous community-based
organizations in order to bring historically underrepresented voices into
discussions about housing needs and supply.
The City has also submitted a grant application for a Washington Department of
Commerce Periodic Update Grant for cities planning under the Growth
Management Act. Commerce has not yet forwarded the contract for that grant to
the City, however, once received and approved by the Tukwila City Council, the
City will again seek a consultant to address that scope of work. The full
Comprehensive Plan periodic update must be completed by December 31, 2024.
C. Project Description
The project developed must be consistent with the Growth Management Act
(GMA) and the terms of the contract with the Department of Commerce, as well
as regional guidance from Vision 2050, the King County Countywide Planning
Policies, and local input. The work to be performed by the consultant includes,
but is not limited to:
• Project management and conceptualization
• Public and stakeholder coordination and engagement, including the
development of engagement materials and tools
• Project feasibility analysis services
• Graphics, mapping and collecting background information
• Code and other regulatory development updates to implement
recommendations
These tasks involve the specific activities:
Public Engagement - Coordinate and support a robust public participation
process for this periodic update, consistent with the City's Equity Policy..
• Strategize and implement a community engagement plan.
• Subcontract with Community Based Organizations ;0
• Conduct public engagement activities (with City support).
• Develop Public Engagement Plan.
• Summarize Public Engagement Results.
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Racial Equity Report & Housing Policy Review (The consultant will provide input
on this process and will strategize distribution of labor for this task with City staff,
and in coordination with Commerce Technical Staff.)
• Access supports from Commerce technical assistance staff.
• Identify local policies and regulations that result in racially disparate
impacts, displacement, and exclusion in housing, including zoning that
may have a discriminatory effect, disinvestment, and infrastructure
availability.
• Identify areas that may be at higher risk of displacement from market
forces that occur with changes to zoning development regulations.
• Evaluate displacement risk of very low-, low-, and moderate -income
households.
• Evaluate displacement risk of individuals from racial, ethnic, and religious
communities which have been subject to discriminatory housing policies in
the past.
• Develop policies and regulations to address and begin to undo the
impacts of local policies and regulations that result in racially disparate
impacts, displacement, and exclusion in housing.
• Develop anti -displacement strategies, including strategies to minimize
displacement of low-income residents resulting from redevelopment.
• Develop anti -displacement policy documents that include a schedule of
programs and actions to implement the anti -displacement strategies
including a timeline.
• Preparing Zoning Code amendments to address proposed changes to
housing standards in Tukwila.
• Graphics, mapping, and collecting background information.
• Develop racial equity analysis report.
• Develop Proposed Housing Element policy updates, including policies to
address anti -displacement.
Middle Housing Staff Report and Zoning Code Amendments - Analyze the
feasibility of allowing middle housing types to be located on at least 30 percent of
single family zoned parcels (or area) within the City, including providing
recommendations on how to create housing density in residential areas within a
1/2 mile walkshed of the Link Light rail transit hub and other transit areas.
• Review and evaluate the current housing element and other policies to
support middle housing.
• Review buildable lands report and current residential land uses for
potential to allow middle housing, or where station areas or higher
intensity uses might be defined, or where commercial areas might be
converted for residential or mixed use development.
• Review current programs, development regulations, impact fees, system
development charges, and permitting processes as to how they might
encourage or discourage the development of multiunit housing. Consider
also how building code requirements impact development of multi -unit
housing structures.
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• Identify conditions and incentives that encourage or deter development
community from building missing middle housing in Tukwila.
• Identify bonus densities and incentives for affordable housing to
accompany changes in zoning that can increase density.
• Identify various homeownership options that can be readily utilized and
promoted to incorporate into the development of missing middle housing
types.
• Gather data, analyze and review to understand the realistic potential of
the various changes. Examine existing financial feasibility analysis
addressing development of various housing typologies in various zones to
identify opportunities and potential gaps of understanding.
• Complete Middle housing staff report identifying changes needed to
support middle housing in Tukwila, including recommended changes to
policies, regulations, fee structures, incentives, and permitting procedures
to be considered with periodic update.
• Complete Draft ordinance to increase density in proximity to transit nodes
and authorizes middle housing types and ADUs on lots currently zoned as
single family.
All project work and deliverables must be completed by June 30, 2023. The
Contract resulting from this RFP shall remain in effect until completion and final
payment of the services described in the Contract, unless terminated earlier in
accordance with the City's contractual policies.
D. Communications — Requests for Information, Clarifications, and Addenda
Questions regarding the submittal process and/or the technical aspects of the
project should be directed to the City's Project Manager listed below in Section
1.E. Only email inquiries will be accepted. Please place "Middle Housing RFQ
Question" in the subject line. Any oral communications will be considered
unofficial and non-binding on the City.
Responses will be provided via email by the City's Project Manager and will be
shared with all firms that attend the virtual Pre -Submittal Meeting (see Section F
below for information on Pre -Submittal Meeting) or who contact the City's project
Manager at Nancy.Eklund@TukwilaWA.gov. Responses will be circulated to all
as received and answered. Questions submitted after November 18, 2022, may
not receive a response.
E. Project Manager Contact Information
Nancy Eklund, AICP
Long Range Planning Manager
City of Tukwila Department of Community Development
6300 Southcenter Boulevard, Suite 100
Tukwila, Washington 98188
Nancy.Eklund(a�TukwilaWA.gov, 206/433-7141
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F. Pre -Submittal Meeting
Proposers are encouraged, but not required, to attend the Pre -Submittal Meeting,
which will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. via Microsoft
Teams by dialing 1 253-292-9750 and using phone conference ID: 245 576
207#, or via this link2 - Click here to join the meeting (Meeting ID: 286 518 621
724, Passcode: rM3e64). City staff will be available at the meeting to discuss the
submittal process and the technical aspects of the project.
G. Due Date, Time, Location, and Quantities
The City must receive Statements of Qualification no later than 5:00 PM on
Monday, November 28, 2022. SOQ responses shall include one electronic
copy (in pdf file format) submitted to the following link:
https://app.sintelforms.com/link/anon?f=3v4inOxtp9
No submittal will be accepted after this date and time. The City will not be liable
for delays in delivery of proposals due to any technological issues. Please
reference the RFQ title on all communications. Please plan accordingly to meet
the submittal deadline.
Upon submittal of each Statement to Qualifications, the system will automatically
send a receipt email bearing the time/date stamp of when the SOQ was
received.
H. Size Limitation on the Qualifications
The Qualifications (in electronic format) may not exceed 15 single -sided pages,
exclusive of covers, section dividers, or appendices. The Qualifications may be
printed with double -sided pages, but no more than the first 15 sides of text and
graphics will be considered (see also Section 3.a). The Qualifications must be in
a single file. The Qualifications may be presented in either portrait or landscape
orientation. Except for charts, exhibits and other illustrative and graphical
information, all information must be sized for 8.5" x 11" paper. Charts, exhibits
and other illustrative and graphical information may be sized for 8.5" x 14" or 11"
x 17" paper. With the exception of charts and graphs, all text must be in an 11 -
point font size or larger with margins no less than 1". Text within charts and/or
graphs may be smaller than 11 point but must be an easily readable size font
and type.
The front cover of each copy of the Qualifications must be labeled with the name
and address of the lead Consultant, along with the project title: "Tukwila Middle
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Housing: Analysis, Public Involvement, and Code Development" and the date of
submittal.
I. Terms and Conditions
The City reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel this RFQ, issue a new
Request for Qualifications, reject any or all Qualifications, seek or obtain data
from any source that has the potential to improve the understanding and
evaluation of the responses to this RFQ, seek and receive clarifications to
Qualifications, and waive any informalities in considering and evaluating the
Qualifications.
This RFQ does not commit the City to enter into a contract or proceed with the
procurement of the project. The City assumes no obligations, responsibilities,
and liabilities, fiscal or otherwise, to reimburse all or part of the costs incurred by
the parties responding to this RFQ. All such costs shall be borne solely by each
Submitter.
Materials submitted in response to this competitive procurement shall become
the property of the City and will not be returned. These materials will become
public documents subject to public disclosure with limited exceptions. The
Washington State Public Disclosure Act (RCW 42.17) requires public agencies in
Washington to promptly make public records available for inspection and copying
unless they fall within the specified exemptions contained in the act or is
otherwise privileged. Qualifications submitted under the SOQ process shall be
considered public documents and with limited exceptions, submittals that are
recommended for contract award will be available for inspection and copying by
the public. All submittals received will remain confidential until the City and the
successful Submitter sign the agreements resulting from this advertisement.
The City of Tukwila, in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
(Section 504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), commits to
nondiscrimination on the basis of disability, in all its programs and activities. This
material can be made available in an alternate format by emailing Nancy Eklund
at nancy.eklund(a)tukwilawa.gov or by calling 206-433-7141.
The City of Tukwila, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78
Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations,
Department of Transportation, subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21,
nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of
Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all respondents that it
will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this
advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full
opportunity to submit Qualifications in response to this invitation and will not be
discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in
consideration for an award.
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Section 2. Schedule of Process
A. Preliminary Schedule
The City anticipates the following project milestone dates. This schedule is
subject to revision at any time.
Event
Date
RFQ Release
November 7, 2022
PreSubmittal Meeting
November 10, 2022
Submittals Due
November 28, 2022
Submittal Evaluation Complete
November 30, 2022
Finalist Interviews (if necessary)
December 14, 2022
Selection
December 16, 2022
Contract scope and budget development
December 27, 2022
City Council authorizes contract execution
Mid -January 2023
1) If the City awards a firm the contract to provide planning services, the
successful firm shall be issued a written Notice of Intent to Award. The
successful firm shall execute an agreement acceptable to the City within thirty
(30) days from the date of Notice of Intent to Award. Failure by the successful
firm to execute an agreement within the stipulated 30 -day period shall
constitute non-conformance with the SOQ, allowing the City to unilaterally
withdraw and terminate such intent to award, unless there is a negotiated and
written extension of the period.
2) The City reserves the right to award the contract to the next most qualified
firm if the successful firm does not execute a contract within the 30 days from
the date of the Notice of Intent to Award.
Section 3. Qualifications and Selection Process
This section describes specific information that must be included in the
Qualifications. Qualifications must follow the outline presented below. Provide
brief, concise information that addresses the requirements of the project
consistent with the evaluation criteria described in this RFQ.
A. Content of Qualifications Sections
Follow the outline presented below, which has been created to organize
Qualifications and facilitate the evaluation. Sections for the Qualifications shall be
as described below, numbered, and titled as follows. An appendix with full
resumes is allowed and will not be counted in the overall page count. The
appendix material may or may not be considered as part of the selection
process. The information required in the following sections will be used in the
qualitative assessment of the Qualifications.
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Section 1: Introduction
The Qualifications shall include an introduction stating the business name,
address, and roles of the Submitter and any sub-consultant(s). The introduction
shall identify one contact person and his or her address, telephone numbers, and
email address. This person shall be the single point of contact on behalf of the
Submitter, responsible for correspondence to and from the organization and the
City. The City will send all project -related communications to this one contact
person.
Section 2: Team and Key Personnel Experience and Capacity
Provide information on the following:
a) Major Team Members
• A listing of all firms on your team, the type(s) of services that each Team
Member will provide, and the number of years each Team Member has
been providing those services.
• A list of up to three projects that have been completed within the last five
years that have elements that are significantly similar to those of the
Project, and demonstrate the expertise and experience required for the
Project. Include client/organization name(s) and contact information, the
work/services provided on the project(s), project dates.
b) Organizational Structure
• A proposed organizational chart, identifying key personnel by name, with
lines identifying participants and their reporting relationships.
c) Key Personnel
• Experience and qualifications for each proposed key person.
• Examples of work on projects that have elements that are significantly
similar to those of the Project.
• Availability of each key person sufficient to ensure capacity to meet project
milestones and deliverables.
• For the Project Manager - up to three project examples that demonstrate
her/his experience as a Project Manager with the following items:
Project schedule
Scope of work
Budget control
Successfully managing changes that arose throughout the life of the
project.
d) DBE/WMBE
• Identify the firm's DBE/WMBE status and provide a summary of the firm's
history of collaborating with DBE/WMBE firms as part of your team on
previous similar projects. Describe approach to maximize their
participation.
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Section 3: Organizational Approach
Provide, at a conceptual level, your team's approach to the project.
a) Work Plan
• Describe your team's proposed work plan for this project.
• Describe each of the elements of the proposed work plan for this project
and who is involved with the decision-making process for the development
of the work plan.
b) Project Management
• Describe your team's process/concept for managing scope, schedule, and
budget.
• Describe how the team organization provides clear levels of authority,
responsibility, and decision making.
• Describe your team's communication structure both for the internal project
team and for communication with the City.
• Describe how you will meet the Project's administrative requirements.
c) Schedule and Budget Control
• Estimate the team's effort and demonstrate how the desired work can be
completed in the timeline presented in this SOQ.
• Provide a high-level budget breakdown, including level of effort/projected
costs for each component of the project (public engagement, racial equity
report & housing policy review, middle housing staff report, and zoning code
amendments, etc.).
• Identify any key issues and critical milestones for the project.
• Describe how the team organization will monitor and control the project
costs to complete the project under budget and on or ahead of schedule.
d) Quality Control
• Describe how the team will maintain quality control for engineering,
environmental documentation, regulatory processes, and public outreach.
e) Public Engagement
• Describe your team's approach to and methods for engagement with
stakeholders, tribes, agency staff, and the public - especially with
populations that are diverse and/or that have barriers to participation.
Appendix A: Resumes of Key Personnel
Limit resumes of Key Personnel to two pages each.
Appendix B: Client References
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B. Selection Process and Schedule
The City is using a two-step process to select a consultant team to deliver the
project. The first step will be evaluating Consultant Qualifications. Upon
completion of the evaluation and scoring of submitted Qualifications, the City will
notify Submitters of the Consultants that have been short-listed, or of a decision
not to issue a short-list or to interview.
The second step in the selection process will be interviewing teams. The City will
interview up to three qualified Consultants that submit Qualifications.
Consultant Evaluation Criteria
Submittals will be evaluated by a Selection Committee based upon the
responsiveness of the submittal to this SOQ and how well the qualifications of
the team meet the needs of the City. Evaluations will be based on the same
criteria outlined herein, which may be weighted by the City in any manner it
deems appropriate.
• Team's experience developing and implementing projects of this type.
• Demonstrated understanding of middle housing and related code
development.
• Creative approaches to working with the public and ability to garner
meaningful participation, particularly from historically disadvantaged
groups.
• Demonstrated understanding of Racial Equity & Displacement Analysis,
as described by the Washington Department of Commerce and in the
scope of work, and development of policies and regulations that begin to
undo the impacts of these practices. (Portions of this task will be taken on
by City Staff and Washington Department of Commerce technical staff)
• Project Manager/Team Lead's overall experience managing projects and
processes of this type, and availability to immediately begin work and
work within tight deadlines.
• Past performance and references.
Evaluation of responses to this RFQ will be based only on the information
provided in the SOQ package, and if applicable, during an interview and
reference review process. Scoring from the short -listing process will be brought
forward to the final scoring of the interviewed Submitters. The following criteria
will be used to evaluate and rank responses:
Step 1: Evaluation of Qualifications
Criteria Possible Points
Project Understanding and Approach 20
Qualifications/Expertise of Project Manager 20
Qualifications/Expertise of Team 30
Approach to and Methods for Public Engagement 30
Step 1 Total 100 points
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Step 2: Final Selection
Score from Step 1 50%
Interview 50%
Should a tie result from the scoring process, selection of the winning Consultant
will be based on results of reference checks on past projects.
Section 4. Administrative Information
1) Minority-owned and Women -owned Business Enterprises: The City strongly
encourages minority owned and women owned businesses, socially and
economically disadvantaged business enterprises, and small businesses to
respond to this RFQ, to participate as partners, or to participate in other business
activity in response to this RFQ.
2) Basic Eligibility: Any successful firm must be licensed to do business in the State
of Washington, the City of Tukwila and must have a state Unified Business
Identifier (UBI) number. In addition, the successful firm must not be debarred,
suspended, or otherwise ineligible to contract with the City.
3) Payment Requirements: Firms should be aware that the City will only make
payments on invoices after the work being billed has been completed and will
pay reimbursable expenses to the firm only upon receipt of an itemized invoice
for the reimbursable expenses. No advance payments will be made to the firm
and the firm must have the capacity to meet all project expenses in advance of
payments by the City.
4) Approval of Consultants: The City retains the right of final approval of any
consultant of the selected firm who must inform all consultants of this provision.
5) Documents Produced: All documents produced under contract to the City must
be submitted to the City in a digital format that meets the City's requirements
(typically, in Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat and/or AutoCAD or GIS products),
and in the event of public meeting presentation materials, as a hard copy. All
documents shall become the exclusive property of the City.
6) Civil Rights: The City of Tukwila embraces civil rights and equal opportunity. If
any events occur involving the firm or subcontractors that would violate those
rights, then the firm shall take full responsibility for said actions.
7) Insurance: Successful consultant will be expected to enter into a standard City of
Tukwila Consultant Agreement that includes the standard general insurance
requirements as follows:
The Consultant shall procure and maintain for the duration of the Agreement,
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
Consultant, its agents, representatives, or employees. Consultant's maintenance
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of insurance as required by the agreement shall not be construed to limit the
liability of the Consultant to the coverage provided by such insurance, or
otherwise limit the City's recourse to any remedy available at law or in equity.
Minimum Amounts and Scope of Insurance: Consultant shall obtain insurance of
the types and with the limits described below:
a) Automobile Liability insurance with a minimum combined single limit for bodily
injury and property damage of $1,000,000 per accident. Automobile Liability
insurance shall cover 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.
b) Commercial General Liability insurance with limits no less than $2,000,000
each occurrence, $2,000,000 general aggregate. Commercial General
Liability insurance shall be at least as broad as ISO occurrence form CG 00
01 and shall cover liability arising from premises, operations, stop -gap
independent contractors and personal injury and advertising injury. The City
shall be named as an additional insured under the Consultant's Commercial
General Liability insurance policy with respect to the work performed for the
City using an additional insured endorsement at least as broad as ISO
endorsement form CG 20 26.
c) Workers' Compensation coverage as required by the Industrial Insurance
laws of the State of Washington.
d) Professional Liability with limits no less than $2,000,000 per claim and
$2,000,000 policy aggregate limit. Professional Liability insurance shall be
appropriate to the Consultant's profession.
8) City Full Availability of Contractor Limits: If the Contractor maintains higher
insurance limits than the minimums shown above, the City\ shall be insured for
the full available limits of Commercial General and Excess or Umbrella liability
maintained by the Contractor, irrespective of whether such limits maintained by
the Contractor are greater than those required by this Contract or whether any
certificate of insurance furnished to the City evidences limits of liability lower than
those maintained by the Contractor.
9) Other Insurance Provision: The Consultant's Automobile Liability and
Commercial General Liability insurance policies are to contain or be endorsed to
contain that they shall be primary insurance with respect to the City. Any
Insurance, self-insurance, or insurance pool coverage maintained by the City
shall be excess of the Consultant's insurance and shall not be contributed or
combined with it.
10)Acceptability of Insurers: Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current
A.M. Best rating of not less than A: VII.
11)Verification of Coverage: Consultant 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 insurance
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requirements of the Contractor before commencement of the work. Upon request
by the City, the Consultant shall furnish certified copies of all required insurance
policies, including endorsements, required in this Agreement and evidence of all
subcontractors' coverage.
12)Notice of Cancellation: The Consultant shall provide the City with written notice of
any policy cancellation, within two business days of their receipt of such notice.
13)Failure to Maintain Insurance: Failure on the part of the Consultant to maintain
the insurance as required shall constitute a material breach of contract, upon
which the City may, after giving five business days' notice to the Consultant 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, offset against funds due the Consultant from the
City.
Section 5. Publication
This RFQ shall be published in Seattle Times and The Daily Journal of Commerce.
Published Seattle Times: November 7, 2022 and November 14, 2022
Published Daily Journal of Commerce: November 7, 2022 and November 14, 2022
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