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2024 Pothole Patching Contractor Agreement approved 03-18-2024Contract-2024 Pothole Patching-Chanhassen_NW Asphalt.DOCX 1 NON-BID CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR 2024 POTHOLE PATCHING AGREEMENT made this 18th day of March, 2024, by and between the CITY OF CHANHASSEN, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City") and NORTHWEST ASPHALT, INC., a Minnesota Corporation ("Contractor"). IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR MUTUAL COVENANTS, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS. The following documents shall be referred to as the “Contract Documents,” all of which shall be taken together as a whole as the contract between the parties as if they were set verbatim and in full herein: A. This Agreement. B. Request for Quotes, dated February 22, 2024. C. Contractor’s Quote dated March 8, 2024. In the event of a conflict among the provisions of the Contract Documents, the order in which they are listed above shall control in resolving any such conflicts. Contract Document “A” has the first priority and Contract Document “C” has the last priority. 2. CONTRACTOR OBLIGATIONS. The Contractor shall provide the goods, services and perform the work in accordance with the Contract Documents (“Work”). Contractor shall provide all personnel, supervision, services, materials, tools, equipment and supplies and do all things necessary and ancillary thereto specified in the Contract Documents. 3. CONTRACTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS. A. Contractor has examined and carefully studied the Contract Documents and other related data identified in the Contract Documents. B. Contractor is familiar with and is satisfied as to all federal, state, and local Laws and Regulations that may affect cost, progress, and performance of the Work. C. Contractor has given City written notice of all conflicts, errors, ambiguities, or discrepancies that Contractor has discovered in the Contract Documents, and the written resolution thereof by City is acceptable to Contractor. D. The Contract Documents are generally sufficient to indicate and convey understanding of all terms and conditions for performance and furnishing of the Work. DocuSign Envelope ID: 74E81554-F69A-4835-BBA1-BA60A89C5619 Contract-2024 Pothole Patching-Chanhassen_NW Asphalt.DOCX 2 4. COMPENSATION. Contractor shall be paid by the City for the goods and services described in Paragraph 2 in accordance with the Quote, but not to exceed $55,000.00 which is inclusive of reimbursable expenses. The fee shall not be adjusted even if the estimated number of hours to perform a task, or any other estimate, assumption or matter is wrong or exceeded. Payment shall be made periodically after a service has been completed and within thirty-five (35) days of receipt of an invoice. 5. COMPLETION DATE. The Contractor shall complete the Work on or before July 31, 2024. 6. WARRANTY. The Contractor shall be held responsible for any and all defects in workmanship and materials and upon notification by the City shall immediately replace or repair the defective workmanship and materials without cost to the City. The Contractor warrants that only new unused materials will be used. The Contractor further warrants to the City that all materials and services furnished under the Contract will be in conformance with Contract Documents and that the goods are of merchantable quality and are fit for the use for which they are sold. These warranties are in addition to any manufacturer's standard warranty, and any warranty provided by law. 7. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. A. The duties and obligations imposed by the Contract Documents, and the rights and remedies available thereunder shall be in addition to, and not a limitation of, any duties, obligations, rights and remedies otherwise imposed or available by law. B. No action, or failure to act, by the City or the Contractor shall constitute a waiver of any right or duty afforded any of them under the Contract, nor shall any such action or failure to act constitute an approval of, or acquiescence in, any breach there under, except as may be specifically agreed in writing. 8. CHANGES TO WORK. Without invalidating the Contract, the City may, at any time, or from time to time, order additions, deletions or revisions in the work provided under this Agreement; these will be authorized by an amendment to the Contract. Upon approval of an amendment, Contractor shall proceed with the work provided under the amendment. Changes in the Contract Price shall be based upon the prices identified in the Quote provided or negotiated between the parties based on similar work provided in the Proposal. 9. UNAUTHORIZED WORK. Additional work performed without authorization of an amendment of this Contract will not entitle Contractor to an increase in the Compensation or an extension of the Contract. 10. DOCUMENTS. The City shall be the owner of all documents, reports, studies, analysis and the like prepared by the Contractor in conjunction with this contract. 11. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. In providing services hereunder, Contractor shall abide by all statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to the provisions of goods and services to be provided. This contract may be terminated by the City at any time upon discovery by the City that the Contractor or any of its subcontractors has submitted a false DocuSign Envelope ID: 74E81554-F69A-4835-BBA1-BA60A89C5619 Contract-2024 Pothole Patching-Chanhassen_NW Asphalt.DOCX 3 statement under oath verifying compliance with any of the minimum criteria set forth in Minn. Stat. §16C.285, Subdivision 3, the Responsible Contractor statute. 12. STANDARD OF CARE. Contractor shall exercise the same degrees of care, skill, and diligence in the performance of the services as is ordinarily possessed and exercised by a professional Contractor under similar circumstances. No other warranty, expressed or implied, is included in this Agreement. City shall not be responsible for discovering deficiencies in the accuracy of Contractor’s services. 13. INDEMNIFICATION. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Contractor agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City, and its employees, officials, and agents from and against all claims, actions, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, arising out of Contractor’s negligence or its performance or failure to perform its obligations under this Contract. Contractor’s indemnification obligation shall apply to subcontractor(s), or anyone directly or indirectly employed or hired by Contractor, or anyone for whose acts Contractor may be liable. Contractor agrees this indemnity obligation shall survive the completion or termination of this Contract. 14. INSURANCE. Prior to the start of the project, Contractor shall furnish to the City a certificate of insurance showing proof of the required insurance required under this Paragraph. Contractor shall take out and maintain or cause to be taken out and maintained until six (6) months after the City has accepted the public improvements, such insurance as shall protect Contractor and the City for work covered by the Contract including workers’ compensation claims and property damage, bodily and personal injury which may arise from operations under this Contract, whether such operations are by Contractor or anyone directly or indirectly employed by either of them. The minimum amounts of insurance shall be as follows: Commercial General Liability (or in combination with an umbrella policy) $2,000,000 Each Occurrence $2,000,000 Products/Completed Operations Aggregate $2,000,000 Annual Aggregate The following coverages shall be included: Premises and Operations Bodily Injury and Property Damage Personal and Advertising Injury Blanket Contractual Liability Products and Completed Operations Liability Automobile Liability $2,000,000 Combined Single Limit – Bodily Injury & Property Damage Including Owned, Hired & Non-Owned Automobiles Workers Compensation Workers’ Compensation insurance in accordance with the statutory requirements of the State of Minnesota, including Employer’s Liability with minimum limits are as follows: $500,000 – Bodily Injury by Disease per employee DocuSign Envelope ID: 74E81554-F69A-4835-BBA1-BA60A89C5619 Contract-2024 Pothole Patching-Chanhassen_NW Asphalt.DOCX 4 $500,000 – Bodily Injury by Disease aggregate $500,000 – Bodily Injury by Accident The Contractor’s insurance must be “Primary and Non-Contributory”. All insurance policies (or riders) required by this Contract shall be (i) taken out by and maintained with responsible insurance companies organized under the laws of one of the states of the United States and qualified to do business in the State of Minnesota, (ii) shall name the City, its employees and agents as additional insureds (CGL and umbrella only) by endorsement which shall be filed with the City. A copy of the endorsement must be submitted with the certificate of insurance. Contractor’s policies and Certificate of Insurance shall contain a provision that coverage afforded under the policies shall not be cancelled without at least thirty (30) days’ advanced written notice to the City, or ten (10) days’ notice for non-payment of premium. An Umbrella or Excess Liability insurance policy may be used to supplement Contractor’s policy limits on a follow-form basis to satisfy the full policy limits required by this Contract. 15. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The City hereby retains the Contractor as an independent contractor upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The Contractor is not an employee of the City and is free to contract with other entities as provided herein. Contractor shall be responsible for selecting the means and methods of performing the work. Contractor shall furnish any and all supplies, equipment, and incidentals necessary for Contractor's performance under this Agreement. City and Contractor agree that Contractor shall not at any time or in any manner represent that Contractor or any of Contractor's agents or employees are in any manner agents or employees of the City. Contractor shall be exclusively responsible under this Agreement for Contractor's own FICA payments, workers compensation payments, unemployment compensation payments, withholding amounts, and/or self-employment taxes if any such payments, amounts, or taxes are required to be paid by law or regulation. 16. SUBCONTRACTORS. Contractor shall not enter into subcontracts for services provided under this Agreement without the express written consent of the City. Contractor shall comply with Minnesota Statute § 471.425. Contractor must pay Subcontractor for all undisputed services provided by Subcontractor within ten days of Contractor’s receipt of payment from City. Contractor must pay interest of 1.5 percent per month or any part of a month to Subcontractor on any undisputed amount not paid on time to Subcontractor. The minimum monthly interest penalty payment for an unpaid balance of $100 or more is $10. 17. ASSIGNMENT. Neither party shall assign this Agreement, nor any interest arising herein, without the written consent of the other party. 18. WAIVER. Any waiver by either party of a breach of any provisions of this Agreement shall not affect, in any respect, the validity of the remainder of this Agreement. 19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. The entire agreement of the parties is contained herein. This Agreement supersedes all oral agreements and negotiations between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof as well as any previous agreements presently in effect between the parties DocuSign Envelope ID: 74E81554-F69A-4835-BBA1-BA60A89C5619 Contract-2024 Pothole Patching-Chanhassen_NW Asphalt.DOCX 5 relating to the subject matter hereof. Any alterations, amendments, deletions, or waivers of the provisions of this Agreement shall be valid only when expressed in writing and duly signed by the parties, unless otherwise provided herein. 20. CONTROLLING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. 21. COPYRIGHT. Contractor shall defend actions or claims charging infringement of any copyright or patent by reason of the use or adoption of any designs, drawings or specifications supplied by it, and it shall hold harmless the City from loss or damage resulting there from. 22. RECORDS/AUDIT. The Contractor shall maintain complete and accurate records of time and expense involved in the performance of services. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 16C.05, Subd. 5, any books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of City and Contractor relevant to the Agreement are subject to examination by City and Contactor, and either the Legislative Auditor or the State Auditor as appropriate. City and Contractor agree to maintain these records for a period of six years from the date of performance of all services covered under this Agreement. 23. MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. Contractor must comply with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, as it applies to (1) all data provided by the City pursuant to this Agreement, and (2) all data, created, collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated by the Contractor pursuant to this Agreement. Contractor is subject to all the provisions of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, including but not limited to the civil remedies of Minnesota Statutes Section 13.08, as if it were a government entity. In the event Contractor receives a request to release data, Contractor must immediately notify City. City will give Contractor instructions concerning the release of the data to the requesting party before the data is released. Contractor agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold City, its officials, officers, agents, employees, and volunteers harmless from any claims resulting from Contractor’s officers’, agents’, city’s, partners’, employees’, volunteers’, assignees’ or subcontractors’ unlawful disclosure and/or use of protected data. The terms of this paragraph shall survive the cancellation or termination of this Agreement. 24. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated by City on two (2) days’ written notice delivered to Contractor at the address on file with the City. Upon termination under this provision if there is no fault of the Contractor, the Contractor shall be paid for goods and services rendered and reimbursable expenses until the effective date of termination. If the City terminates the Agreement because the Contractor has failed to perform in accordance with this Agreement, no further payment shall be made to the Contractor, and the City may retain another Contractor to undertake or complete the work identified in this Agreement. DocuSign Envelope ID: 74E81554-F69A-4835-BBA1-BA60A89C5619 Contract-2024 Pothole Patching-Chanhassen_NW Asphalt.DOCX 6 Dated:__________________, 2024 CITY OF CHANHASSEN By: Elise Ryan, Mayor And: Laurie Hokkanen, City Manager Dated:__________________, 2024 NORTHWEST ASPHALT, INC. By: Print Name:_________________________________ Its:________________________________________ DocuSign Envelope ID: 74E81554-F69A-4835-BBA1-BA60A89C5619 Project Manager Lance Guentzel 3/19/2024 3/19/2024