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Home My WebLink AboutC16-076 Improve Group IncAGREEMENT FOR SERVICES BETWEEN EAGLE COLTNTY, COLORADO AND IMPROVE GROUP,INC. THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is effective as of the t* duy of Pl a'ra- ,2016by and between Improve Group, Inc. a Colorado corporation (hereinafter "Contractor") and Eagle County, Colorado, a body corporate and politic (hereinafter "County"). RECITALS WFIEREAS, Contractor shall be responsible for the disassembly and disposal of the existing Remstar Unit and the cleanup and protection of existing office space (the "Project") at the Eagle County Assessor's Office in the main Eagle County Building located at 500 Broadway, Eagle, Colorado (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, Contractor is authorized to do business in the State of Colorado and has the time, skill, expertise, and experience necessary to provide the Services as defined below in paragraph I hereof; and WIIEREAS, this Agreement shall govem the relationship between Contractor and County in connection with the Services. AGREEMENT NOW, TFDREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the following promises Contractor and County agree as follows: l. Services or Work. Contractor agrees to diligently provide all services, labor, personnel and materials necessary to perform and complete the services or work described in Exhibit A ("Services" or "Work") which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Services shall be performed in accordance with the provisions and conditions of this Agreement. a. Contractor agrees to furnish the Services no later than April 21, 2016 and in accordance with the schedule established in Exhibit A. If no completion date is specified in Exhibit A, then Contractor agrees to furnish the Services in a timely and expeditious manner consistent with the applicable standard of care. By signing below Contractor represents that it has the expertise and personnel necessary to properly and timely perform the Services. b. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit A and the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement shall prevail. 2. County's Representative. The Project Management Department's designee shall be Contractor's contact with respect to this Agreement and performance of the Services. 3. Term of the Agreement. This Agreement shall commence upon the date first written above, and subject to the provisions of paragraph I I hereof, shall continue in full force and effect through the 2 I't day of April, 20 I 6. 4.Extension or Modification. Any amendments or modifications shall be in wri[i No additional services or work performed by Contractor shall be the basisSor.addi until Contractor has obtained written authorization and acknowledsement SdCttur Eagle Count'y Commissloners' Office C16-076 accordance with County's intemal policies. Accordingly, no course of conduct or dealings between the parties, nor verbal change orders, express or implied acceptance ofalterations or additions to the Services, and no claim that County has been unjustly enriched by any additional services, whether or not there is in fact any such unjust enrichment, shall be the basis ofany increase in the compensation payable hereunder. In the event that written authorization and acknowledgment by County for such additional services is not timely executed and issued in strict accordance with this Agreement, Contractor's rights with respect to such additional services shall be deemed waived and such failure shall result in non-payment for such additional services or work performed. 5. Compensation. County shall compensate Contractor for the performance of the Services in a sum computed and payable as set forth in Exhibit A. The performance of the Services under this Agreement shall not exceed One Thousand Seven Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Seventy Five Cents ($1,718.75). Contractor shall not be entitled to bill at overtime and/or double time rates for work done outside of normal business hours unless specifically authorized in writing by County. a. Payment will be made for Services satisfactorily performed within thirfy (30) days of receipt of a proper and accurate invoice from Contractor. All invoices shall include detail regarding the hours spent, tasks performed, who performed each task and such other detail as County may request. b. If, at any time during the term or after termination or expiration of this Agreement, County reasonably determines that any payment made by County to Contractor was improper because the Services for which payment was made were not performed as set forth in this Agreement, then upon written notice of such determination and request for reimbursement from County, Contractor shall forthwith return such payment(s) to County. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, unexpended funds advanced by County, if any, shall forthwith be retumed to Countv. c. County will not withhold any taxes from monies paid to the Contractor hereunder and Contractor agrees to be solely responsible for the accurate reporting and payment ofany taxes related to payments made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. d. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, County shall have no obligations under this Agreement after, nor shall any payments be made to Contractor in respect of any period after December 3 I ofany year, without an appropriation therefor by County in accordance with a budget adopted by the Board of County Commissioners in compliance with Article 25,title 30 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the Local Government Budget Law (C.R.S. 29-1-101 et. seq.) and the TABOR Amendment (Colorado Constitution, Article X, Sec. 20). 6. Subcontractors. Contractor acknowledges that County has entered into this Agreement in reliance upon the particular reputation and expertise ofContractor. Contractor shall not entel into any subcontractor agreements for the performance of any of the Services or additional services without County's prior written consent, which may be withheld in County's sole discretion. County shall have the right in its reasonable discretion to approve all personnel assigned to the subject Project during the performance ofthis Agreement and no personnel to whom County has an objection, in its reasonable discretion, shall be assigned to the Project. Contractor shall require each subcontractor, as approved by County and to the extent ofthe Services to be performed by the subcontractor, to be bound to Contractor by the terms of this Agreement, and to assume toward Contractor all the obligations and responsibilities which Contractor, by this Agreement, assumes toward County. County shall have the right (but not the obligation) to enforce the provisions ofthis Agreement against any subcontractor hired by Contractor and Contractor shall cooperate in such process. The Contractor shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of its agents, employees and subcontractors. 2 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 7. Insurance. Contractor agrees to provide and maintain at Contractor's sole cost and expense, the following insurance coveraee with limits of liabilitv not less than those stated below: a.Types oflnsurance. i. Workers' Compensation insurance as required by law. ii. Auto coverage with limits of liability not less than $ I ,000,000 each accident combined bodily injury and property damage liability insurance, including coverage for owned, hired, and non-owned vehicles. iii. Commercial General Liability coverage to include premises and operations, personal/advertising injury, products/completed operations, broad form property damage with limits of liability not less than $1,000,000 per occuffence and $1,000,000 aggregate limits. b. Other Requirements. r. The automobile and commercial general liability coverage shall be endorsed to include Eagle County, its associated or affiliated entities, its successors and assigns, elected officials, employees, agents and volunteers as additional insureds. A certificate ofinsurance consistent with the foregoing requirements is attached hereto as Exhibit B. ii. Contractor's certificates ofinsurance shall include subcontractors, ifany as additional insureds under its policies or Contractor shall furnish to County separate certificates and endorsements for each subcontractor. iii. The insurance provisions of this Agreement shall survive expiration or termination hereof. iv. The parties hereto understand and agree that the County is relying on, and does not waive or intend to waive by any provision of this Agreement, the monetary limitations or rights, immunities and protections provided by the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, as from time to time amended, or otherwise available to County, its affiliated entities, successors or assigns, its elected officials, employees, agents and volunteers. v. Contractor is not entitled to rvorkers' compensation benefits except as provided by the Contractor, nor to unemployment insurance benefits unless unemployment compensation coverage is provided by Contractor or some other entity. The Contractor is obligated to pay all federal and state income tax on any moneys paid pursuant to this Agreement. 8. Indemnification. The Contractor shall indemnifi and hold harmless County, and any of its offrcers, agents and employees against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities for which County may become subject to insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, directly or indirectly, this Agreement, or are based upon any performance or nonperformance by Contractor or any ofits subcontractors hereunder; and Contractor shall reimburse County for reasonable attomey fees and costs, legal and other expenses incurred by County in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnification shall not apply to claims by third parties against the County to the extent that County is liable to such third parly for such claims without regard to the involvement of the Contractor. This paragraph shall survive expiration or termination hereof. 3 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 9. Orvnership of Documents. All documents (including electronic files) and materials obtained during, purchased or prepared in the performance ofthe Services shall remain the property ofthe County and are to be delivered to County before final payment is made to Contractor or upon earlier termination of this Agreement. 10. Notice. Any notice required by this Agreement shall be deemed properly delivered when (i) personally delivered, or (ii) when mailed in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid, or (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other comparable courier service, charges prepaid, to the parties at their respective addresses listed below, or (iv) when sent via facsimile so long as the sending party can provide facsimile machine or other confirmation showing the date, time and receiving facsimile number for the transmission, or (v) when transmitted via e-mail with confirmation ofreceipt. Either party may change its address for purposes ofthis paragraph by giving five (5) days prior written notice of such change to the other party. COUNTY: Eagle County, Colorado Attention: Kristin Degenhardt 500 Broadway Post Office Box 850 Eagle, CO 81631 Telephone: 97 0-328-3457 Facsimile: 97 0 -328-3539 E-Mail : kistin.deqenhardt@eaelecountv.us With a copy to: Eagle County Attorney 500 Broadway Post Office Box 850 Eagle, Co 81631 Telephone: 97 0-328-8685 Facsimile: 970-328-8699 E-Mail : atty@eaglecounty.us CONTRACTOR: Improve Group, Inc. Marshall Davis 2733 West 8th Avenue Denver. CO 80204 Telephone: 303 -83 | -9652 Facsimile: 303-83 l-9658 E-Mail : MarshallDavis@improveeroup.net 1 l. Termination. County may terminate this Agreement, in whole or in paft, at any time and for any reason, with or without cause, and without penalty therefor with seven (7) calendar days' prior written notice to the Contractor. Upon termination of this Agreement, Contractor shall immediately provide County with all documents as defined in paragraph t hereof, in such format as County shall direct and shall retum all County owned materials and documents. County shall pay Contractor for Services satisfactorily performed to the date of termination. 4 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 12. Venue. Jurisdiction and Aoplicable Law. Any and all claims, disputes or controversies related to this Agreement, or breach thereof, shall be litigated in the District Court for Eagle County, Colorado, which shall be the sole and exclusive forum for such litigation. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted under and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado. 13. Execution by Counterparts: Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The parties approve the use of electronic signatures for execution of this Agreement. Only the following two forms of electronic signatures shall be permitted to bind the parties to this Agreement: (i) Electronic or facsimile delivery of a fully executed copy of the signature page; (ii) the image of the signature of an authorized signer inserted onto PDF format documents. All documents must be properly notarized, if applicable. All use of electronic signatures shall be governed by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, C.R.S. 24-71.3-l0l to l2l. t4.Other Contract Reouirements and Contractor Representations. a. Contractor has familiarized itself with the nature and extent of the Services to be provided hereunder and the Property, and with all local conditions, federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations that in any manner affect cost, progress, or performance of the Services. b. Contractor will make, or cause to be made, examinations, investigations, and tests as he deems necessary for the performance of the Services. c. To the extent possible, Contractor has correlated the results of such observations, examinations, investigations, tests, reports, and data with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. d. To the extent possible, Contractor has given County written notice of all conflicts, enors, or discrepancies. e. Contractor shall be responsible forthe completeness and accuracy ofthe Services and shall correct, at its sole expense, all significant errors and omissions in performance of the Services. The fact that the County has accepted or approved the Services shall not relieve Contractor of any of its responsibilities. Contractor shall perform the Services in a skillful, professional and competent manner and in accordance with the standard of care, skill and diligence applicable to contractors performing similar services. Contractor represents and warrants that it has the expertise and personnel necessary to properly perform the Services and shall comply with the highest standards of customer service to the public. Contractor shall provide appropriate supervision to its employees to ensure the Services are performed in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement. f. Contractor agrees to work in an expeditious manner, within the sound exercise of its judgment and professional standards, in the performance of this Agreement. Time is of the essence with respect to this Agreement. g. This Agreement constitutes an agreement for performance of the Services by Contractor as an independent contractor and not as an employee of County. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a relationship of employer-employee, master-servant, partnership, joint venture or any other relationship between County and Contractor except that of independent contractor. Contractor shall have no authority to bind County. 5 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 h. Contractor represents and warrants that at all times in the performance of the Services, Contractor shall comply with any and all applicable laws, codes, rules and regulations. i. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other agreements or understanding between the parties with respect thereto. j. Contractor shall not assign any portion of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the County. Any attempt to assign this Agreement without such consent shall be void. k. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted assigns and successors in interest. Enforcement of this Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder are reserved solely for the parties, and not to any third party. l. No failure or delay by either party in the exercise ofany right hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof. No waiver of any breach shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach. m. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. n. The signatories to this Agreement aver to their knowledge no employee of the County has any personal or beneficial interest whatsoever in the Services or Property described in this Agreement. The Contractor has no beneficial interest, direct or indirect, that would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the Services and Contractor shall not employ any person having such known interests. o. The Contractor, if a natural person eighteen (18) years of age or older, hereby swears and affirms under penalty of perjury that he or she (i) is a citizen or otherwise lawfully present in the United States pursuant to federal law, (ii) to the extent applicable shall comply with C.R.S. 24-76.5-103 prior to the effective date of this Agreement. 15. Prohibitions on Government Contracts. As used in this Section 15, the term undocumented individual will refer to those individuals from foreign countries not legally within the United States as set forth in C.R.S. 8-17.5-101, et. seq. If Contractor has any employees or subcontractors, Contractor shall comply with C.R.S. 8-17.5-101, et. seq., and this Agreement. By execution of this Agreement, Contractor certifies that it does not knowingly employ or contract with an undocumented individual who will perform under this Agreement and that Contractor will participate in the E-verifu Program or other Department of Labor and Employment program ("Department Program") in order to confirm the eligibility of all employees who are newly hired for employment to perform Services under this Agreement. Contractor shall not: i. under this Agreement; or ll. Knowingly employ or contract with an undocumented individual to perform Services Enter into a subcontract that fails to certifu to Contractor that the subcontractor shall not knowingly employ or contract with an undocumented individual to perform work under the public contract for services. b. Contractor has confirmed the employment eligibility of all employees who are newly hired for employment to perform Services under this Agreement through participation in the E-Verifr Program or Department 6 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 Program, as administered by the United States Department of Homeland Security. Information on applying for the E-verif, program can be found at: http ://www.dhs. gov/xprevprot/proerams/gc I I 8522 I 678 | 50.shtm c. Contractor shall not use either the E-verif program or other Department Program procedures to undertake pre-employment screening ofjob applicants while the public contract for services is being performed. d. If Contractor obtains actual knowledge that a subcontractor performing work under the public contract for services knowingly employs or contracts with an undocumented individual, Contractor shall be required to: Noti$ the subcontractor and County within three (3) days that Contractor has actual knowledge that the subcontractor is employing or contracting with an undocumented individual; and ii. Terminate the subcontract with the subcontractor if within three days of receiving the notice required pursuant to subparagraph (i) of the paragraph (d) the subcontractor does not stop employing or contracting with the undocumented individual; except that Contractor shall not terminate the contract with the subcontractor ifduring such three (3) days the subcontractor provides information to establish that the subcontractor has not knowingly employed or contracted with an undocumented individual. e. Contractor shall comply with any reasonable request by the Department of Labor and Employment made in the course of an investigation that the department is undertaking pursuant to its authority established in c.R.s. 8-17.5-102(s). f. If Contractor violates these prohibitions, County may terminate the Agreement for breach of contract. If the Agreement is so terminated specifically for breach of this provision of this Agreement, Contractor shall be liable for actual and consequential damages to County as required by law. g. County will notifr the Colorado Secretary of State if Contractor violates this provision of this Agreement and County terminates the Agreement for such breach. [REST OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BI-IINKJ 7 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 IN WITNESS WFIEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement the day and year first set forth above. COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO, By and Through Its COUNTY MANAGER By:0rrucu -grent-t4cEall. Cou nty ManagerAr- "A"+^, ObJ 6orf' Tiile: D,ruau c( rt n-*lov\ 8 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF SERVICES, SCHEDULE, FEES 9 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 Improve Group, Inc. 2733 West Bth Avenue Denver, CO 80204 Phone: (303) 831-9552 Fax: (303) 831-9658 http ://www, im proveg roup. net Bill To Mary Kessler Eagle County Assessor's Office 500 Broadway Box 850 Eagle, CO 81631 PHONE: (970) 328-8600 Quote #: 535O4 Quote Date: L/L3/2OL5 Project #:4OO75 Ship To Install To Eagle County Assessor's Office 500 Broadway Box 850 Eagle, CO 81631 PHoNE: (970) 328-8600 I Disassemble and Disposal of Existing Remstar Unit 1 Each $t,718.75 $r,718.75 Grond Totol SUBTOTAL TAX TOTAL $L,718.7s $0.00 $1,718.75 Authorized Signature Accepted Date Page I of I EXHIBIT B INSURANCE CERTIFICATE l0 Eagle County General Services Final 5/14 A,CORD" COVERAGES CERTIFICATE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE CERTIFICATE NUMBER:REVISION NUMBER: @ 1988-2014 ACORD CORPORATTON. The ACORD name and logo are fugistered marks of ACORD IMPRGRO-o1 SARCHULETA TH|scERTlF|cATE|s|ssUEDAsAMATTERoFlNFoRMAT|oNoNLYANDcoNFERsNoR|GHTs CERTIFICATE DOES NOT AFFIRMATIVELY OR NEGATIVELY AMEND, EXTEND OR ALTER THE COVERAGE AFFORDED BYTHEPOLICIESBELOW. THIS CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE |SSU|NG TNSURER(S), AUTHORTZEDREPRESENTATIVE OR PRODUCER, AND THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER. IMPORTANT: lf the certificate holder is an AOOtftO the terms and conditions of the policy, certain policies may require an endorsement. A statement on this certificate does not confer rights to thecertificate holder in lieu of such endorsement{sl. PRoDUcER License # 0757776 HU_9 lnte_rnational lnsurance Services (NMX) 7770 Jefferson Street NE Suite 101 Albuquerque, NM 87109 lmprove Group, lnc. 3550 Pan American Fnry NE, Suite A Albuquerque, NM 87107 B: Great Northern lnsurance THlS|STocERT|FYTHATTHEPoL|clESoF|NsURANcEL|STEDBELoWrtnveaeeru|ssUEDToTH INDICATED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REQUIREMENT, TERM OR CONDITION OF ANY CONTRACTOROTHERDOCUMENTWITHRESPECTTOWHICHTHISCERTIFICATE MAY BE ISSUED OR MAY PERTAIN, THE INSURANCE AFFORDED BY THE POLICIES DESCRIBED HEREINISSUBJECTTOALLTHETERMS,EXCLUSIONS AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH POLICIES. LIMITS SHOWN MAY HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY PAID CLAIMS. NSR LTR TYPE OF INSURANCE ruut Nqn POLICY NUMBER POLICY EFF lMM/DD/YYYYI ts9LIUY tsXPIMil/DDMT LIMITSAxMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY -vl CLAIMS-MADE ]^IOCCUR x /9897588 06t01t20't5 06/01/2016 EACH OCCURRENCE s 1,000,00( UAMASE IUKENIEU PREMISES (Ea occunencel s 1,000,00( MED EXP (Any one person)$ 10,001 PERSONAL & ADV INJURY s 1,000,00( GEI ,I'L AGGREGATE LIMIT APPLIES PER Pnr rav I t,5^u;GENERAL AGGREGATE 2,000,00(x PRODUCTS - COMP/OP AGG $2,000,00( B AU' X -OMOBILE LIABILITY ANY AUTO ALL OWNED AUTOS HIRED AUTOS SCHEDULED AUTOS NON-oWNED AUTOS X /3589049 06/01/201s COMBINED SINGLE LIMIT(Ea accident)$ 1,000,00( 06/01/2016 BODILY INJURY (Per pecon)$ BODILY INJURY (Per accident) PROPERIY DAMAGE {Per accident)$ $ A X UMBRELLA LIAB EXCESS LIAB X I occun-l .*,".-roo,,6027253 EACH OCCURRENCE 5,000,00( 06101t2015 06/01/2016 oeo,XinErerurrors 0 E 5,000,00( c AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY N/A MWC601256 06101t2015 06/01/2016 XlSiirurel IEA ANypRopRtEToR/pARTNERyEXEculvE -OFFICER/MEMBER EXCLUDED? (Mandaiory In NH) lf yes, describe under DESCRIPTION OF OPFRATInNA hAIN- E.L. EACH ACCIDENT 500,00( E.L. DISEASE. EA EMPLOYET $500,00( E.L. DISEASE - POLICY LII,4IT 500,00(A A Equip Errors & Omissions /9897588 f9897588 06/01/2015 06/01/2015 06101/2016 06/01/2016 150,00( 1,000,001 DEscRlPTloN oF oPERATIoNS / LocATloNs / vEHtcLEs (AcoRD 1or, Addltional Remarks schedule, may be attached if more space is r"quir"a]-/vhen required by written contract, certificate holder is named as additional insured with respects to deneral "nJauto Liability. Eagle County Government 500 Broadway Post Office Box 850 Eagle, CO 81631 SHOULD ANY OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED POLICIES BE CANCELLED BEFORETHE EXPIRATION DATE THEREOF, NOTICE WILL BE DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY PROVISIONS. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE n t tln . I {t04l/'t "1u,1 ACORD 25 (2014t011 All rights reserved.