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City of Tukwila
Contract Number:
6200 Southcenter Boulevard, Tukwila WA 98188
CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
This Agreement is entered into by and between the City of Tukwila, Washington, a non-charter
and Hopelink, hereinafter referred to
as the whose principal office is located at P.O. Box 3577, Redmond WA 98073-3577.
WHEREAS, the City has determined the need to have certain services performed for its citizens
but does not have the manpower or expertise to perform such services; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to have the Contractor perform such services pursuant to certain terms
and conditions; now, therefore,
IN CONSIDERATION OF the mutual benefits and conditions hereinafter contained, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. Scope and Schedule of Services to be Performed by Contractor. The Contractor shall perform
those services described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as if
fully set forth. In performing such services, the Contractor shall at all times comply with all Federal,
State, and local statutes, rules and ordinances applicable to the performance of such services and the
handling of any funds used in connection therewith. The Contractor shall request and obtain prior
written approval from the City if the scope or schedule is to be modified in any way.
2. Compensation and Method of Payment. The City shall pay the Contractor for services rendered
according to the rate and method set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference. The total amount to be paid shall not exceed $55,000.
3. Contractor Budget. The Contractor shall apply the funds received under this Agreement within the
maximum limits set forth in this Agreement. The Contractor shall request prior approval from the City
whenever the Contractor desires to amend its budget in any way.
4. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall be in full force and effect for a period commencing
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, unless sooner terminated under the provisions hereinafter
specified.
5. Independent Contractor. Contractor and City agree that Contractor is an independent contractor with
respect to the services provided pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
considered to create the relationship of employer and employee between the parties hereto. Neither
Contractor nor any employee of Contractor shall be entitled to any benefits accorded City employees
by virtue of the services provided under this Agreement. The City shall not be responsible for
withholding or otherwise deducting federal income tax or social security or contributing to the State
Industrial Insurance Program, or otherwise assuming the duties of an employer with respect to the
Contractor, or any employee of the Contractor.
6. Indemnification. The Contractor shall defend, indemnify and hold the Public Entity, its officers,
officials, employees and volunteers harmless from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or
suits including attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the performance of this Agreement,
except for injuries and damages caused by the sole negligence of the Public Entity.
Should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that this Agreement is subject to RCW 4.24.115,
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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 Public Entity, its
officers, officials, employees, and volunteers, t
. 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 Agreement.
7. Insurance. The Contractor 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 Contractor, their agents, representatives, employees or
subcontractors.
herein shall not be construed to limit the liability of the Contractor to the coverage provided by such
in
A. Minimum Scope of Insurance. Contractor shall obtain insurance of the types and with the limits
described below:
1. 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.
2. Commercial General Liability insurance with limits no less than $2,000,000 each occurrence,
$2,000,000 general aggregate and $2,000,000 products-completed operations aggregate
limit. Commercial General Liability insurance shall be as least at broad as ISO occurrence
form CG 00 01 and shall cover liability arising from premises, operations, independent
contractors, products-completed operations, stop gap liability, personal injury and advertising
injury, and liability assumed under an insured contract. The Commercial General Liability
insurance shall be endorsed to provide a per project general aggregate limit using ISO form
CG 25 03 05 09 or an equivalent endorsement. There shall be no exclusion for liability
arising from explosion, collapse or underground property damage. The City shall be named
as an additional 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 at least as broad coverage.
3. coverage as required by the Industrial Insurance laws of the State of
Washington.
B. Public Entity Full Availability of Contractor Limits. If the Contractor maintains higher insurance
limits than the minimums shown above, the Public Entity 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 Public Entity evidences limits of liability
lower than those maintained by the Contractor.
C. Other Insurance Provision.
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
it.
D. Acceptability of Insurers. Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best rating
of not less than A: VII.
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E. Verification of Coverage. 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 insurance requirements of the Contractor before commencement of
the work. Upon request by the City, the Contractor shall furnish certified copies of all required
insurance policies, including endorsements, required in this Agreement and evidence of all
coverage.
F. Subcontractors. The Contractor shall cause each and every Subcontractor to provide insurance
coverage that complies with all applicable requirements of the Contractor-provided insurance as
set forth herein, except the Contractor shall have sole responsibility for determining the limits of
coverage required to be obtained by Subcontractors. The Contractor shall ensure that the Public
insurance policy using an endorsement as least as broad as ISO CG 20 10 10 01 for ongoing
operations and CG 20 37 10 01 for completed operations.
G. Notice of Cancellation. The Contractor shall provide the City and all Additional Insureds for this
work with written notice of any policy cancellation, within two business days of their receipt of such
notice.
H. Failure to Maintain Insurance. Failure on the part of the Contractor to maintain the insurance as
required shall constitute a material breach of contract, upon which the City may, after giving five
business 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, offset against funds due the Contractor from the City.
8. Record Keeping and Reporting.
A. The Contractor shall maintain accounts and records, including personnel, property, financial and
programmatic records which sufficiently and properly reflect all direct and indirect costs of any
nature expended and services performed in the performance of this Agreement and other such
records as may be deemed necessary by the City to ensure the performance of this Agreement.
B. These records shall be maintained for a period of seven (7) years after termination hereof unless
permission to destroy them is granted by the office of the archivist in accordance with RCW Chapter
40.14 and by the City.
9. General Compliance Assurance. The Contractor agrees to comply with all instructions as prescribed
in the WSDOT Public Transportation State Grant Programs Guidebook, and any amendments thereto,
found at https://wsdot.wa.gov/businesswsdot/grants/public-transportation-grants/manage-your-public-
transportation-grant which by this reference is incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this agreement.
10. Audits and Inspections. The records and documents with respect to all matters covered by this
Agreement shall be subject at all times to inspection, review or audit by law during the performance of
this Agreement.
11. Termination. This Agreement may at any time be terminated by the City giving to the Contractor thirty
. Failure to provide products on
schedule may result in contract termination.
reason, the City shall have the right to terminate this Agreement immediately.
12. Discrimination Prohibited. The Consultant, with regard to the work performed by it under this
Agreement, will not discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age,
veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, political affiliation, the
presence of any disability, or any other protected class status under state or federal law, in the
selection and retention of employees or procurement of materials or supplies.
13. Assignment and Subcontract. The Contractor shall not assign or subcontract any portion of the
services contemplated by this Agreement without the written consent of the City.
14. Entire Agreement; Modification. This Agreement, together with attachments or addenda, represents
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Exhibit A Scope of Work:
Activities and Services
Program by providing outreach and partnership development across south King County. Several strategies
for this project include:
Education & outreach: provide travel options training for residents and transportation users in south
King County, specifically in Tukwila, Burien, Des Moines, Kent, Renton, and SeaTac.
o This programming will be designed to provide education and resources on sustainable
transportation options, including but not limited to transit, active transportation, and ridesharing
options.
o Priority locations include multi-family housing, educational sites, low-income housing,
senior/community centers, and other destinations frequented by our priority populations. Priority
populations include historically marginalized communities; Black, Indigenous, and people of
color; seniors; people with lower incomes; people with disabilities; immigrants and refugees;
English language learners; youth; and veterans. There will be a focus on partnering with other
agencies that support immigrants and refugees.
o Create new outreach opportunities tailored for the region to better serve south King County.
Include reduced fare ORCA options in all education and outreach opportunities. This can
include partnering with Public Health/ORCA LIFT, utilizing King County Metro resources such as
Neighborhood Pop-up and the reduced fare portal.
o Create individualized transportation/mobility plans during outreach that allow individuals to
better utilize transportation in the community.
o Leverage the Find a Ride platform to support multimodal trip planning and eligibility
determination.
Collateral creation: in partnership with Tukwila staff, develop collateral materials such as brochures
and flyers to support transportation education.
Administer a simple transportation survey during in-person and virtual outreach. The survey is how
participants sign up for the SKC Trips sustainable transportation rewards program run by Tukwila
staff.
o Facilitate survey completion at outreach events and perform any data entry for completed paper
surveys.
o Conduct monthly follow up texts or phone calls as needed with rewards program participants,
asking them to take a follow-up survey for SKC Trips. Follow up to be completed within 30 days
of receiving the list from Tukwila staff.
Ensure use of LanguageLine or related services to provide in language support as needed.
o Note: Tukwila staff are responsible for survey creation and translation into top languages.
Distribute ORCA cards as a reward/incentive for signing up for SKC Trips. Coordinate the
promotion of SKC Trips to help people access reduced fare options.
o ORCA Cards will be provided by the City of Tukwila.
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Work in conjunction with the Community Transportation Navigator (CTN) program to support
outreach across the region.
Implement additional TDM approaches as appropriate.
Deliverables
This project will have the following deliverables:
Monthly list of ORCA cards distributed including card number, date distributed, event and first and
last name of participant. Also include ORCA cards distributed by CTNs.
Monthly list of participants contacted by text or phone call.
Quarterly outreach event metrics including event, date, time, city, type of event, who attended,
event organizer, notes/lessons learned, # of quick interactions, and # of in-depth interactions. Also
include outreach done by CTNs.
Quarterly status report due on the 15th of January, April, July, and October that includes completed
activities, summary of planned activities, and a description of issues, risks or challenges, and
resolutions.
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Exhibit B Costs and Payments:
Payments
Invoices shall be submitted at least quarterly by Hopelink, due on the 15th of October, January, April, and
July. Payments will fully reimburse Hopelink for costs associated with this project, as described in the
budget below. Invoices shall be paid by the City within 30 days of receipt.
Budget
Item Cost
1. Labor costs (including direct salary/wages and
benefits at 0.55 FTE for 12 months) $43,800
2. Programming costs (program/office supplies,
printing, translation, and mileage) $4000
3. Indirect costs (indirect allocations, rent,
telephone, IT, misc.) at 15% $7,200
TOTAL $55,000