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Non-Professional Services Agreement between August 19, 2020 City of San Leandro and Accounting Principals Page 7 of 14 are alternatives to other remedies City may have and are not the exclusive remedy for Contractor’s breach:  Obtain such insurance and deduct and retain the amount of the premiums for such insurance from any sums due under the Agreement;  Order Contractor to stop work under this Agreement or withhold any payment that becomes due to Contractor hereunder, or both stop work and withhold any payment, until Contractor demonstrates compliance with the requirements hereof; and/or  Terminate this Agreement. Section 5. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES. Contractor shall indemnify, defend with counsel acceptable to City, and hold harmless City and its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers from and against any and all liability, loss, damage, claims, expenses, and costs (including without limitation, attorney’s fees and costs and fees of litigation) (collectively, “Liability”) of every nature arising out of or in connection with Contractor’s performance of the Services or its failure to comply with any of its obligations contained in this Agreement, except such Liability caused by the sole negligence or willful misconduct of City. The Contractor’s obligation to defend and indemnify shall not be excused because of the Contractor’s inability to evaluate Liability or because the Contractor evaluates Liability and determines that the Contractor is not liable to the claimant. The Contractor must respond within 30 days, to the tender of any claim for defense and indemnity by the City, unless this time has been extended by the City. If the Contractor fails to accept or reject a tender of defense and indemnity within 30 days, in addition to any other remedy authorized by law, so much of the money due the Contractor under and by virtue of this Agreement as shall reasonably be considered necessary by the City, may be retained by the City until disposition has been made of the claim or suit for damages, or until the Contractor accepts or rejects the tender of defense, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the forgoing, to the extent this Agreement is a “construction contract” as defined by California Civil Code Section 2782, as may be amended from time to time, such duties of Contractor to indemnify shall not apply when to do so would be prohibited by California Civil Code Section 2782. If this Agreement involved construction or maintenance then all provisions of this Agreement pursuant to which Contractor agrees to indemnify the City against liability for damages arising out of bodily inju ry to persons or damage to property relative to the construction, alteration, repair, addition to, subtraction from, improvement to, or maintenance of, any building, road, or other structure, project, development, or improvement attached to real estate, shall not apply to damages caused by or resulting from the negligen t acts or omissions or willful misconduct of the City. The indemnifications provided herein shall not be limited to damages, compensation or benefits payable under insurance policies, workers’ compensation acts, disability benefit acts, or other employees’ benefit acts. In the event that Contractor or any employee, agent, or subcontractor of Contractor providing services under this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to be eligible for enrollment in PERS as an employee of City, Contractor shall DocuSign Envelope ID: C067D13C-87FE-4683-A7CE-0047F2084B2A