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<br />Non-Professional Services Agreement between December 1, 2022 <br />City of San Leandro and FM3 Research Page 8 of 15 <br />4.6 Remedies. In addition to any other remedies City may have if Contractor fails to provide <br />or maintain any insurance policies or policy endorsements to the extent and within the time <br />herein required, City may, at its sole option exercise any of the following remedies, which <br />are alternatives to other remedies City may have and are not the exclusive remedy for <br />Contractor’s breach: <br /> <br /> Obtain such insurance and deduct and retain the amount of the premiums for such <br />insurance from any sums due under the Agreement; <br /> <br /> Order Contractor to stop work under this Agreement or withhold any payment that <br />becomes due to Contractor hereunder, or both stop work and withhold any payment, <br />until Contractor demonstrates compliance with the requirements hereof; and/or <br /> <br /> Terminate this Agreement. <br /> <br />Section 5. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES. Contractor shall <br />indemnify, defend with counsel acceptable to City, and hold harmless City and its officers, officials, <br />employees, agents and volunteers from and against any and all liability, loss, damage, claims, expenses, <br />and costs (including without limitation, attorney’s fees and costs and fees of litigation) (collectively, <br />“Liability”) of every nature arising out of or in connection with Contractor’s performance of the Services or <br />its failure to comply with any of its obligations contained in this Agreement, except such Liability caused by <br />the sole negligence or willful misconduct of City. <br /> <br />Contractor shall also indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City from all suits or claims for infringement <br />of any patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, or any other <br />proprietary rights of any person or persons because of the City or any of its officers, employees, volunteers, <br />or agents use of articles, products things, or services supplied in the performance of Contractor’s services <br />under this Agreement, however, the cost to defend charged to Contractor shall not exceed Contractor’s <br />proportionate percentage fault. <br /> <br />The Contractor’s obligation to defend and indemnify shall not be excused because of the Contractor’s <br />inability to evaluate Liability or because the Contractor evaluates Liability and determines that the <br />Contractor is not liable to the claimant. The Contractor must respond within 30 days, to the tender of any <br />claim for defense and indemnity by the City, unless this time has been extended by the City. If the <br />Contractor fails to accept or reject a tender of defense and indemnity within 30 days, in addition to any <br />other remedy authorized by law, so much of the money due the Contractor under and by virtue of this <br />Agreement as shall reasonably be considered necessary by the City, may be retained by the City until <br />disposition has been made of the claim or suit for damages, or until the Contractor accepts or rejects the <br />tender of defense, whichever occurs first. <br /> <br />Notwithstanding the forgoing, to the extent this Agreement is a “construction contract” as defined by <br />California Civil Code Section 2782, as may be amended from time to time, such duties of Contractor to <br />indemnify shall not apply when to do so would be prohibited by California Civil Code Section 2782. <br /> <br />If this Agreement involved construction or maintenance then all provisions of this Agreement pursuant to <br />which Contractor agrees to indemnify the City against liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: DDC72156-9A45-4701-A2BE-527EF5B86B73