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<br />Consulting Services Agreement between City of San Leandro and July 2025 <br />BSK Associates for Mulford Library Material Testing Page 9 of 17 <br />5.5.8 Variation. The City may approve a variation in the foregoing insurance <br />requirements, upon a determination that the coverage, scope, limits, and forms of <br />such insurance are either not commercially available, or that the City’s interests <br />are otherwise fully protected. <br /> <br />5.6 Submittal of Proof of Insurance Coverage. All certificates of insurance and original <br />endorsements effecting coverage required in this Section 5 must be electronically <br />submitted through the City’s online insurance document management program. Contractor <br />shall comply with all requirements provided by City related to the online insurance <br />document management program. <br /> <br />5.7 Remedies. In addition to any other remedies City may have if Consultant 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 />Consultant’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 Consultant to stop work under this Agreement or withhold any payment that <br />becomes due to Consultant hereunder, or both stop work and withhold any payment, <br />until Consultant demonstrates compliance with the requirements hereof; and/or <br /> <br />▪ Terminate this Agreement. <br /> <br />5.8 Notice of Claim. Consultant shall immediately notify City of any claim or loss against <br />Consultant arising out of work performed under this Agreement. City assumes no <br />obligation or liability by such notice but has the right to monitor the handling of any such <br />claim. <br /> <br />Section 6. STATUS OF CONSULTANT. <br /> <br />6.1 Independent Contractor. At all times during the term of this Agreement, Consultant shall <br />be an independent contractor and shall not be an employee of City. City shall have the <br />right to control Consultant only insofar as the results of Consultant's services rendered <br />pursuant to this Agreement and assignment of personnel pursuant to Subsection 1.3; <br />however, otherwise City shall not have the right to control the means by which Consultant <br />accomplishes services rendered pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other <br />City, state, or federal policy, rule, regulation, law, or ordinance to the contrary, Consultant <br />and any of its employees, agents, and subcontractors providing services under this <br />Agreement shall not qualify for or become entitled to, and hereby agree to waive any and <br />all claims to, any compensation, benefit, or any incident of employment by City, including <br />but not limited to eligibility to enroll in the California Public Employees Retirement System <br />(PERS) as an employee of City and entitlement to any contribution to be paid by City for <br />employer contributions and/or employee contributions for PERS benefits. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7D6A54AB-1B88-4DC0-9F5B-FD0DA0A9F23C