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95-21705 RESO RESOLUTION No. 95-21705 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FUSTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES, FOR PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AS REQUIRED, INCLUDING CIVIL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL AND LAND SURVEYING SERVICES FOR VARIOUS CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS WHERE THE BASIC CONSTRUCTION COST DOES NOT EXCEED $500,000.00 PER PROJECT, FOR A TWO (2) YEAR TERM. WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (City) issued a Request for Letters ofInterest (RFLI 63-94/95) for "Professional Landscape Architectural Services for Various City Capital Projects for a Two (2) Year Contract Term for Capital Projects Where Basic Construction Cost Does Not Exceed $500,000.00 per Project"; and WHEREAS, Fuster Design Associates (Consultant) submitted a proposal in response to the City's Request for Letters of Interest; and WHEREAS, the City and Consultant have negotiated the attached Agreement, which has been recommended by the City Manager and approved as to form by the City Attorney. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute the attached Agreement with Fuster Design Associates, for Professional Landscape Architectural and other Related Services for Various City Capital Projects Where Basic Construction Cost Does Not Exceed $500,000.00 per Project, for a Two (2) Year Contract Term. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 13th day of By Date CITY HALL 1700 CONVENTION CENTER DRIVE MIAMI BEACH FLORIDA 33139 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH COMMISSION MEMORANDUM NO. '=7~-qS TO: Mayor Seymour Gelber and Memben or the City Commission DATE: September 13, 1995 FROM: Jose Garcia_pedroSI City Manager . RESOLUTIONS THORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A EMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS REQUIRED INCLUDING CIVIL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND LAND SURVEYING SERVICES FOR CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS WHERE BASIC CONSTRUCTION COST DOES NOT EXCEED $500,000 PER PROJECT FOR A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. SUB.JECf: ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the City Commission approve the attached resolutions authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the attached agreements between the City and each of the four (4) finns selected to provide professional landscape architectural services on a rotation basis for a two (2) year period for projects where total construction cost does not exceed $500,000. BACKGROUND: Fourteen responses were received to the Request for Letters oflnterest (RFLI # 63-94/95) which was issued on March 3, 1995. On July 14, 1995 a selection committee evaluated the proposals and the six (6) semi-finalist firms were selected. On July 19, 1995 presentations were made by these six firms to the selection committee. Following the presentations the selection committee ranked the firms in the order in which they considered them to be most qualified. On July 26, 1995, the City Commission confinned the top four (4) selections and authorized the Administration to enter into negotiations for agreements with the following firms: Rosenberg Design Group/David Scully, A.S.L.A., Inc. Fuster Design Associates Savino and Miller Design Studio Curtis + Rogers Design Studio, Inc. AGENDA ITEM r -1- +t DATE~ Commission Memorandum - September 13, 1995 Landscape Architecture Agreements Page 2 ANAL YSIS: Negotiation with the above listed firms have resulted in the attached agreements which are summarized as follows: o The agreement is for a two (2) year period o Professional landscape architectural services are to be provided only for projects where total construction cost does not exceed $500,000 o Selection of the firms will be on a rotation basis o Services include Basic Services for four (4) phases Design Construction Documents Bidding and Negotiations Contract Administration o Additional Services may include a Study Phase o Compensation may be on the basis of a lump sum amount in accordance with a sliding scale for projects whose costs are within the total construction budget limits as follows: 9.0% $1 100,000 8.5 100,001 150,000 8.0 150,001 200,000 7.5 200,001 250,000 7.0 250,001 300,000 6.5 300,001 400,000 6.0 400,001 500,000 o Detail rates, including overhead and profit for hourly rates for personnel were also negotiated and are contained in Exhibit "B" of the agreements. CONCLUSION: These agreements should be executed in order to enable the City to utilize the landscape architectural services of these firms on a rotation basis for capital projects not exceeding $500,000. KS/km AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND FUSTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES FOR PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR VARIOUS CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS WHERE BASIC CONSTRUCTION COSTS DOES NOT EXCEED $500,000.00 PER PROJECT FOR A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS P AGE No. ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 6 1.1 CITY 6 1.2 CITY COMMISSION 6 1.3 CITY MANAGER 7 1.4 PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS 7 1.5 CONSULTANT 7 1.6 BASIC SERVICES R ....,.....:1: r,r, i, T1'~,"'--";- , ' 1. :,.::. PROJECT 2iCljd::' 1.8 CONSTRUCTION COST BUDGET 9 1.9 FORCE MAJEURE 10 1.10 CONTRACTOR 10 1.11 CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION 10 1.12 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS 10 1.13 CHANGE ORDER 10 1.14 ADDITIONAL SERVICES 10 1.15 WORK 10 1.16 BASE BID 10 1.17 SCHEDULES 10 1.18 UPSET LIMIT 11 ARTICLE 2. SCOPE OF SERVICES 11 2.1 STUDY PHASE 11 2.3 BASIC SERVICES 11 2.4 DESIGN PHASE 12 2.5 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PHASE 12 2.6 BIDDING OR NEGOTIATION PHASE 13 2.7 CONSTRUCTION PHASE, CONSTRUCTION OBSER V A TION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT 13 2.8 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLAIMS AND LIABILITIES 16 2.9 ADDITIONAL FIELD REPRESENTATION 16 2.10 ADDITIONAL SERVICES 17 2.11 TIME 18 ARTICLE 3. THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES 18 2 ARTICLE 4. CONSTRUCTION COST 4.1 DEFINITION 4.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION COST ARTICLE 5. DIRECT PERSONNEL EXPENSE ARTICLE 6. REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES Il'~J'~ :~'<~S ~(~ ~FfE CC~<~~\~: _.~ '..' "T~ 7.1 PA Y{vlENTS ON ACCOLNT OF BASIC SERViC:':S 7,2 PA YMENT ON ACCOUNT OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES 7.3 PROJECT SUSPENSION OR TERMINA nON ARTICLE 8. CONSULTANT'S ACCOUNTING RECORDS ARTICLE 9. OWNERSHIP AND USE OF DOCUMENTS ARTICLE 1 0, TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT 10,1 RlGHT TO TERMINATE 1 0,3 TERMINATION FOR CAUSE 10.4 TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE NON-EXCLUSIVE PROVISIONS 1 0,5 IMPLEMENTATION OF TERMINA nON 1 0.6 NON-SOLICITATION ARTICLE 11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ARTICLE 12. EXTENT OF AGREEMENT ARTICLE 13. BASIS OF COMPENSATION 13.1 GENERAL 13.2 COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES ARTICLE 14. INSURANCE "-\RTICLE 1.5. Il\DE;vl0:IFlCATIU~ ARTICLE 16, ARBITRATION 3 PAGE No. 19 19 19 20 20 :1 21 21 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 27 28 ARTICLE 17. ARTICLE 18. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS SCHEDULE "A" - CONSULTANT SERVICE ORDER SCHEDULE "B" - CONSULTANT COMPENSATION RATES ,.\~~:~~-", ~~_:.-: 1"('" ~ l,:'l T~:~/"".__.~r,_ \C~"' r~f~lr .~,!_ ,\~,r :~':-)',r~)f~:)S:'\-~~(-:\: ~_\~[3 4 PAGE No. 29 30 32 33 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND CONSULT ANT FOR PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES THIS CONTRACT made and entered into this 15th day of September, 1995 by and between the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the State of Florida (hereinafter referred to as City or Owner), having its principal offices at 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida and Fuster Design Associates, a Florida corporation, whose address is 2699 Collins Avenue, Suite 113, Miami Beach, Florida 33140 (hereinafter referred to as (Consultant), WIT N E SSE T H: WHEREAS, the City intends to build various capital projects within the City of Miami Beach, for a Basic construction cost not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($500,000), and wishes to engage the Consultant for the various projects at the agreed fees as set forth in this agreement; and WHEREAS, the Consultant desires to contract with the City for performance of landscape architectural and related professional services relative to these projects as more particularly hereinafter set forth, for studies, design, preparation of Construction Documents and Construction Administration Services, all as hereinafter stipulated, NOW THEREFORE, City and Consultant in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, agree as follows: 5 ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1.1 CITY - The "City" or "Owner" shall mean the City of Miami Beach and is a Florida municipal corporation having its principal offices at 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139. The City, as a governmental entity, is subject to the availability of funds and appropriation of funds by its legislative body and other governmental authorities or sources of revenue, in an amount to allow continuation of its performance under this Agreement. In the event of lack of funding for this Agreement or this Project, this Agreement may be terminated by the City pursuant to the procedure set forth in Article 10. 1.2 CITY COMMISSION "City Commission" shall mean the governing and legislative body of the City, The City Commission shall be the final authority to do or to approve the following actions or conduct by passage of an enabling resolution or amendment to this Agreement. 1.2.1 The City Commission shall be the body to consider, comment upon, or approve of any amendments or modifications to this Agreement. 1.2,2 The City Commission shall be the body to consider, comment upon, or approve any assignment, sale, transfer or subletting of this Agreement or any interest therein and any subcontracts made pursuant to this Agreement. Assignment and transfer shall be defined to include sale of the majority of the stock of a corporate Consultant. 1.2.3 All City Commission approvals and authorizations shall be expressed by passage of an appropriate enabling resolution and, if an amendment, by the execution of an appropriate amendment to this Agreement. 1.2.4 The City Manager shall review, approve, disapprove or otherwise comment upon the Consultant's Design and Construction Documents after they are submitted to the City by the Consultant. 1.2.5 The City Commission shall hear appeals from the administrative decision of the City Manager upon the Consultant's written request, in which case the Commission's decision shall be final. 1.2,6 The City Commission shall approve or consider all change orders which exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars ($1 0,000) (or other such amount as may be specified by the City of Miami Beach Purchasing Ordinance. as amended). 1.3 CITY \L.\:\A(.ER The "City Manager" shall mean the chief administrative oHicer of the City. The City Manager shall be construed to include any duly authorized designees including a Project Coordinator and shall serve as the City's representative to whom administrative requests for 6 approvals shall be made and who shall issue authorizations (exclusive of those authorizations reserved to the Commission) to the Consultant. These authorizations shall include, without limitation: reviewing, approving, or otherwise commenting upon the schedules, plans, reports, estimates, contracts and other documents submitted to the City by the Consultant. 1.3.1 The City Manager shall decide, in his professional discretion, matters arising pursuant to this Agreement, which are not otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, and he shall attempt to render administrative decisions promptly to avoid unreasonable delay in the progress of the Consultant's work. 1.3.2 The City Manager shall additionally be authorized but not required at the request of the Consultant to reallocate monies already budgeted towards payment of the Consultant, providing, however, that he cannot increase the Consultant's compensation or other budgets established by this Agreement. The City Managt:f, in his administrative discretion, may consult with the City Commission concerning disputes or matters arising under this Agreement regardless of whether such matters or disputes are enumerated herein. The City Manager shall additionally be the sole representative of the City authorized to issue a notice to proceed as referenced in Article 2 herein. The City Manager may consider, comment upon or approve modifications in accordance \\ith applicable laws and ordinances. 1.3.3 The City Manager may approve change orders which do not exceed the sum often thousand dollars ($10,000) (or other such amount as may be specified by the City of Miami Beach Purchasing Ordinance, as amended) and which do not increase any of the budgets established herein. 1.3.4 The City Manager may, in his sole discretion, form a committee or committees, or inquire of or consult with persons for the purpose of receiving advice and recommendations relating to the exercise of his powers, duties and responsibilities under this Agreement. 1.4 PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS "Proposal Documents" shall mean the Request for Letter of Interest, for "Professional Landscape Architectural Services For Various City Projects For A Two (2) Year Contract Term For Capital Projects Where Basic Construction Cost Does Not Exceed $500,000.00 Per Project (RFLI NO. 63-94/95) issued by the City in contemplation of this Agreement, together with all amendments thereto, if any, and the Consultant's proposal in response thereto ("Proposal") which are deemed as being incorporated by reference in this Agreement and made a part hereof; provided, however, that in the event of an express conflict between the Proposal Documents and this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail. 1.5 CONSULTANT TI1\: ICl;J1Sultant" is herein ddined as Fuster rksign\""2;~tcs, a Florida Corpor8tion. whose address is 2699 Collins A vneue, Suite 113, Miami beach, FI 33140, 1.5.1 All Consultants required by the needs of this project shall be July licensed and admitted to practice landscape architecture in this State pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes, and 7 additionally possessing the requisite occupational licenses from the City and the County. All engineers required by the needs of this project shall be duly licensed and certified by the State of Florida to engage in the practice of engineering in this State. All special inspectors, if any, required by the needs of this project shall be duly certified, licensed and registered under Cha!Jld 471, Florida Statutes, as an engineer, or under Chapter 481, as an architect, and shall additionally possess the requisite occupational license from the City and the County. 1,5.2 The Consultant shall be liable for the Consultant's services, responsibilities and liabilities under this Agreement and the services, responsibilities and liabilities of any subconsultants, and any other person or entity acting under the direction or control of the Consultant. When the term "Consultant" is used in this Agreement it shall be deemed to include any subconsultants and any other person or entity acting under the direction or control of Consultant. 1.6 BASIC SERVICES "Basic Services" shall include the professional services of normal landscape architectural services, and the coordination of structural, mechanicaVelectrical, civil engineering, and land surveying services, if necessary for the design, preparation of contract documents and administration of the Construction Contract for the project hereunder. 1,7 THE PROJECT Various City Capital Projects where basic construction cost does not exceed $500,000.00 per project, as assigned by the City Manager, 1.7.1 PROJECT COST Project Cost for each project is not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500.000), Each project will require Statements of Probable Cost prior to bidding. Should construction proposals exceed Final Probable Cost Statements by more than 5%, the Consultant shall perform all modifications to plans and specifications at no cost to the City for reissuance of the bid proposal. The "Project Cost", as established by the Owner, shall mean the total cost ofthe project to the owner which represents construction costs, professional compensation, land costs if any, financing costs, materials testing services, surveys, and other miscellaneous Owner costs, 1.7,2 PROJECT SCOPE The Ovmer shall establish the final Scope of Work for each project based on input from the Community and Consultant. All modifications thereto shall be in writing, and provide same to the Consultant prior to the start of the work. 8 1.8 CONSTRUCTION COST BUDGET The "Construction Cost Budget" for these project shall mean a sum which will not exceed the amOlmt of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) and is the total cost to the Owner of all elenlcltLs of the Project designed or specified by the Consultant and approved by the Owner, including at current market rates (with a reasonable allowance for overhead and profit), the cost of labor and materials and any equipment which has been designed, specified, selected or specifically provided for by the Consultant and approved by the City, and including a contingency allowance for unforeseen conditions but not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the Construction Cost but not including the compensation of the Consultant and the Consultant's consultants, rights-of-way, the cost ofland, materials testing services, and surveys. 1,8,1 The Construction Cost Budget, as established by the Owner, shall not be exceeded absent fully justifiable and extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances. such as force majeure, which is beyond the control of the parties and which in any event shall be subject to prior City Commission and/or City Manager approval by passage of an enabling resolution and amendments to the appropriate agreements relative to this project prior to any modification of the construction costs due to force majeure. Provided further, however, that even in the event of a force majeure as defined below, the City shall have no obligation to exceed the Construction Cost Budget limitations established herein. 1.9 FORCE MAJEURE "Force Majeure" shall mean any delay occasioned by superior or irresistible force occasioned by violence in nature without the interference of human agency such as hurricanes. tornados, flood and total loss caused by fire and other similar unavoidable casualties, changes in federal, state or local laws, ordinances, codes or regulations, enacted after the date of this Agreement and having a substantial impact on the project or other causes beyond the Consultant's control or by any other such causes which the Consultant and the City Commission decide in writing justify the delay, Provided, however. that market conditions. labor conditions, construction industry price trends and similar matters which normally impact on the bidding process shall not be considered a Force Majeure. 1.10 CONTRACTOR "Contractor" or "Contractors" shall mean those persons or entities responsible for performing the construction work or providing the materials, supplies and equipment identified in the bid and contract documents for the project. 1.11 CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION "Contract for Construction" shall mean contract with contractor(s), 9 1.12 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS "Construction Documents" shall mean the final plans, specifications, drawings, documents and diagrams submitted by the Consultant pursuant to Article 2.4 and approved by the City. - 1.13 CHANGE ORDER "Change order" shall mean the written order to the Project Manager approved by the owner as specified in this contract and signed by the Owner's duly authorized representative, authorizing a change in the project or the method and manner of performance thereof or an adjustment in the fees or completion dates, as applicable. Change orders shall only be approved by the City Commission, if they exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or the City Manager if they are ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less in amount (or other such amount as may be specified by the City of Miami Beach Purchasing Ordinance, as amended), Even for change orders for less than ten thousand ($10.000) the City Manager shall retain the right to seek and obtain concurrence of the City Commission for the approval of any such change order. 1.14 ADDITIONAL SERVICES "Additional Services" shall mean those services described in Section 2,10 herein, which have been duly authorized in writing by the City Manager. 1.15 WORK "Work" shall mean all of the work to be performed on the project pursuant to the contract documents and the construction and bid documents. 1. 16 BASE BID "Base Bid" shall mean the elements contained in the Construction Documents recommended by the Consultant and approved by the owner as being within the Construction Cost Budget pursuant to the Statement of Probable Construction Cost provided by Consultant "Base Bid" shall not include" Additive Alternates" or "Deductive Alternates". 1.17 SCHEDULES "Schedules" shall mean the various schedules attached to this Agreement and referred to in the Agreement, and are as follows: Schedule A Service Order Form Schedule B The schedule of hourly rates of compensation for the Consultant for :\JJitio!l;lI)I.."l'\ ic~s. JS submittcj ~.: the Consultant ::rd Jrproycc h; the City, Schedule C The schedule of hourly rates of compensation for the Consultant's sub-consultants for Additional services as submitted by the Consultant and 10 approved by the City Manager. Amendments to any City approved hourly rates schedule shall require the same formalities as amendments to the contract itself. 1.18 UPSETL;~,nT "Upset Limit" as to any Service Order shall mean the maximum Cumulative fee allowable under the Service Order for fees billed in accordance with Schedules B and C, which the Consultant shall not exceed without specific written authorization. The Upset Limit is not a guaranteed maximum cost for the Scope of Work set forth in the Service Order. ARTICLE 2. SCOPE OF SERVICES 2.1 STUDY PHASE All site investigations, concept development, park or park system planning, programming, program investigating and evaluation services, economic studies, feasibility studies and master plans will be performed by the Consultant as a component of the Study Phase, The Study Phase shall be compensated on the basis of a mutually agreed upon lump sum and proceed the Design Phase including, but not limited to the following: * Documentation and analysis of existing site conditions, including identification and location of all existing utilities within the project area. Development of studies of alternative improvements based on information received from the community. These studies will consist of drawings and other graphic material necessary to convey the ideas, estimates of probable construction cost and phasing of construction. Public hearings. workshops or meetings to prepare development concepts, The total number of meetings shall be determined by the Project Manager prior to the initiation of the Study Phase. Prepare a summary plan which documents the consensus plan with estimate of probable construction cost and phasing of construction consistent with funding, * * * 2.2 BASIC SERVICES The Consultant shall provide Basic Service and/or Additional Services for this project. The Consultant is aware that this is a non-exclusive Agreement, and that the City also has other consultants under contract to provide landscape architectural services for projects under $500,000,00. The City Manager shall have the discretion to determine which of the Consultants under contract shall be awarded a particular project under consideration. The work for each project will be performed by the Consultant upon receipt of a written "Ser\ice Order" issLle~l :::' the City \bn~gcr. The S,::"\ic..: 0d..:; ,;1~~," .~ 'ntJin ~1 c:.>:ription of the work required (Scope of Work), contain either an agreed amount lump sum fee or hourly fee, as provided in Schedules B and C, with an upset limit for the work, reimbursable expenses, the Construction Cost Budget for the Project and a description of th~ type of services, Consultant shall countersign the Service Order. 11 2.3 The Consultant's Basic Services shall consist of the four phases described in Paragraphs 2.4 through 2.7 and include normal landscape architectural, and the coordination of structural, civil, and mechanical/electrical engineering services. 2.4 DESIGN (-'iiASE 2.4.1 Based on the mutually accepted program, investigation of existing conditions and project budget requirements as defined and approved in the Study Phase, the Consultant shall prepare, for approval by the Owner, design documents consisting of drawings and other documents appropriate for the project, and shall submit to the Owner a Statement of Probable Construction cost. 2.5 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS PHASE 2.5.1 Based on the approved design documents, the consultant shall prepare, for approval by the City, three (3) copies of the construction documents, One of these copies shall be in the form of a reproducible Mylar, for bidding purposes. Consultant shall also file with the Coordinator at said time, the following items: (a) four (4) copies of the Statement of Probable Construction Cost, (b) four (4) unbound copies of advertisement for bids, (c) four (4) unbound copies of the bid proposals, and (d) final maintenance impact report. Consultant shall also provide City with one (I) additional set of construction documents at approximately eighty percent (80%) completion approximately thirty (30) days prior to the date for delivery of the three (3) copies of 100% complete construction documents for review by and comment by City's Building Department. Should additional sets be required, Consultant will be reimbursed for the actual cost of reproduction, upon approval in advance by the City. 2.5.2 Construction documents will be prepared, signed and sealed by design professionals, The Construction documents shall call for a construction period as approved by the City Manager. The entire project will be publicly bid with a Base Bid and such Additive Alternates and/or Deductive Alternates as may be requested by City, to reasonably insure that the award will be within the Construction Cost Budget. The Construction Documents shall set forth in detail the requirements for construction of the project including all the contractual, code (laws, rules and regulations), and technical specifications and requirements under which the work is to be conducted. In addition to complying with all other applicable codes, the project shall comply with. and the construction documents shall fully set forth any requirements as necessary for the project tu eompl~, \\ith all app:i-':Jbk pru\ision~ urthe norida .\ccessibiJity CllJ;.:- (~;.:-c.:tic'::<' ~~3.50J- 553,513 Florida Statutes [1993]) and the American with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) both separately and jointly. 12 All prerequisites for approvals and permits shall be the sole responsibility of the Consultant. Prior to advertisement for bids Consultant shall assist the City by providing all documents required to obtain all necessary local, state and federal permits as may be required for construction of the Project. 2.5.3 The Consultants expressly agree that all of their duties, services and responsibilities under this contract and all of their Consultant's duties, services and responsibilities shall be performed in accordance with the standard of care normally exercised in the design of projects of this nature in South Florida. "Standard of Care" includes an analysis of visible site field conditions prior to initiating project design. 2,6 BIDDING OR NEGOTIATION PHASE 2,6.1 The Consultant, following the City's approval of the Construction Documen~s and of the latest Statement of Probable Construction Cost, shall assist the City in obtaining lump sum bids with the Additional and/or Deductive Alternatives and assist in awarding and preparing the contract for construction, 2,6,2 Consultant shall be required to tabulate all bids. Within three (3) working days thereafter, the Consultant shall submit in writing to the City's Project Coordinator, their recommendations for the award or rejection of the construction contract, together with two (2) sets of the bid tabulations to be reviewed by the City. 2.7 2.7.1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE. CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND The Construction Phase will commence with the award of the Contract for Construction and, will terminate when final payment to the Contractor is due, or in the absence of a final Certificate for Payment or of such due date, (60) sixty days after the Date of Substantial Completion of the Work or sixty (60) days after the completion date specified in the contract for construction at the time of the award, whichever occurs last, The City's Project Coordinator will be the City's representative monitoring the construction. The presence of this coordinator in no way diminishes any of the Consultant's duties and obligations as described in these terms and conditions. All changes which would result in an increase of compensation to the Consultant must be approved by the City Commission by passage of a resolution, or the City Manager if such change is less than 10 percent of the amount set forth in the Service Order. The City's Project Coordinator shall be considered to be monitoring the project for the benefit and protection of the City, and Consultant shall have no right to rely on the Project Coordinator for assurances or advice regarding work which is the responsibility of the Consultant. The Consultant and the City's Project Coordinator will hold regular site meetings at least three (3) times a month between themselves, the contractor and the various subcontractors as is appropriate, ~:).: CUlbLl;lant sheill pi') \ i,,:c aJn~inistration or :1;c cunstruction cOr'~trJct J:' set forth herein in the general or supplemental conditions of the contract for construction, and the Consultant's assigned authority thereunder shall not be modified without the Consultant's written consent. 13 2.7.3 The Consultant shall advise and consult with the City, and keep it informed of the progress of the work, including percentage completed on a monthly basis, during the Construction phase. After issuance of the work order to proceed with the work, all of the City's instructions to its contractors shall be issued through the Consultant's representative with approvalt1vi.he City. 2.7.4 The Consultant shall visit the site at periodic intervals appropriate to the stage of construction, or as is otherwise requested by the City to become familiar with the progress and quality of the work and to determine if the work is proceeding in accordance with the contract documents, The Consultant shall not be obligated to make continuous or exhaustive on-site inspections to check quality and quantity of the work. On the basis of such on-site inspections, the Consultant shall keep the City informed of the progress and quality of the work and shall endeavor to guard the City against defects, deficiencies in the work of the Contractor. Upon discovery of any defects or deficiencies the Consultant shall immediately notify the City's Project Coordinator. 2,7,5 The Consultant shall not have control of or be in charge of and shall not be responsible for construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures, or for safety precautions and programs in connection with the work, for the acts or omissions of the Contractor, Sub-contractors or any other persons performing any of the work, or for failure of any of them to carry out the work in accordance with the Contract documents. 2.7.6 The Consultant shall at all times have access to the work wherever it is in preparation or progress. 2,7.7 The Consultant shall determine the amounts owed to the Contractor based on observations at the site and on evaluations of the Contractor's applications for payment and shall issue certificates for payment in such amounts, as provided in the contract documents, subject to City's approval. 2.7,8 The issuance of a certificate for payment shall constitute a representation by the Consultant to the City, based on the Consultant's observations at the site as provided in Subparagraph 2.7.4 and on the data comprising the Contractor's application for payment, that, to the best of the Consultant's knowledge, information and belief, the work has progressed to the point indicated; that, based on the Consultant's observation of the work, the quality of the work is in accordance with the contract documents (subject to an evaluation of the work for conformance with the contract documents upon substantial completion, to the results of any subsequent tests required by or performed under the contract documents, to minor deviations from the contract documents correctable prior to completion, and to any specific qualifications stated in the certificate for payment), and that the Contractor is entitled to payment in the amount certified. However, the issuance of a certificate for payment shall not be a representation that the Consultant has made any examination to ascertain how and for what purpose the Contractor has used the monies paid on account of the contract sum. 2.7.9 The Consultant shall be the interpreter of the requirements of the contract documents and the judge of the performance thereunder by both the City and the Contractor, The Consultant shall render interpretations necessary for the proper execution of the progress of the work with reasonable promptness on written decisions, within twenty (20) days on all claims. 14 disputes and other matters in question between the City and the Contractor relating to the execution or progress of the work or the interpretation of the contract documents. All actions required by Consultant under this Paragraph shall be taken expeditiously. 2.7.10 Interpretations and decisions of the Consultant shall be consistent with the intent of and reasonable inferable from the contract documents and shall be in written or graphic form. 2.7.11 The Consultant shall, after discussion with the Project Coordinator, have authority to reject work which does not conform to the contract documents. Subject to the City's approval, the Consultant will have authority to require special inspection or testing of the work when it is necessary or advisable (in the Consultant's opinion) for the implementation of the intent of the Contract Documents whether or not such work be then fabricated, installed or completed. 2.7.12 The Consultant shall review and approve or take other appropriate action upon the Contractor's submittal such as Shop Drawings, Product Data, and Samples and other submissions of the Contractor for conformance only with the design concept of the work and with the information give in the contract documents. Such action shall be taken with reasonable promptness so as to cause no delay. The Consultant's approval of a specific item shall not indicate approval of an assembly of which the item is a component. 2.7.13 The Consultant shall prepare change orders for the City's approval and execution in accordance with the contract documents, and shall have authority to order minor changes in the work not involving an adjustment in the contract sum or an extension of the contract time which are not inconsistent with the intent of the contract documents. Meeting notes documenting all minor changes shall be presented in writing to the Project Coordinator after each meeting. 2.7.14 The extent of the duties, responsibilities and limitations of authority of the Consultant as the City's representative during the construction phase shall not be modified or extended without written consent of the City Manager. 2.7.15 The City shall furnish, in a timely manner, structural, mechanical, chemical and other laboratory tests, inspections and reports in their records, as required by law or the contract documents for design. 2.7.16 The Consultant shall prepare a set of reproducible record drawings showing the complete project as it is finally built (i.e., "as built" drawings) from information collected by the Consultant from the contractor(s). These shall be similar in scale and scope to the contract drawings but shall include all occurrences and instances where the finished improvements differ from the contract drawings as a result of duly approved changes made during the construction of the project. In that record drawings are based on information provided by the Contractor(s), Consultant cannot and does not warrant their accuracy. 2.7.17 Consultant shall conduct inspections to determine the Dates of Substantial and Final Completion and shall issue a certificate for final payment by the Contractor under the Contract Documents. The index and summary shall list each of the warranties, indicating the term, conditions, and the purported legal enforcement and recourse rights of the City as indicated by the language in the Warranty. 15 2.8 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLAIMS AND LIABILITIES 2.8.1 Approval by the City shall not constitute nor be deemed a release of the responsibility and liability of the Consultant, his employees, sub-contractors, agents and consultants for the accuracy and competency of their designs, working drawings, specifications or other documents and works; nor shall such approval be deemed to be an assumption of such responsibility by the City for a defect or omission in designs, working drawings, and specifications or other documents prepared by the Consultant, his employees, sub-contractors, agents and consultants. However, the Consultant shall be entitled to reply upon the accuracy and validity of decisions and information furnished by the City, 2.~.2 D1SABJLTTY \VD 'l'ONDISCRIl\H~":Tf)N POT,ICY The Consultant agrees to adhere to and be governed by all applicable requirements of the laws listed below including, but not limited to, those provisions pertaining to employment provision of programs and services, transportation, communications, access to facilities, renovations, and new construction. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA): Pub. L. 101-336, 104 Stat 327, 42 US.c. 12101-12213 and 547 U.S.c. Sections 225 and 611 including Title I , Employment; Title II, Public Services; Title III, Public Accomodations and Services operated by Private Entities; Title IV, Telecommunications: and Title V, Miscellaneous Provisions, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973: 29 U.S,c. Section 794 The Federal Transit Act, as amended: 49 U.S.C. Section 1612 The Fair Housing Act, as amended: 42 U.S,C. Section 3601-3631 The Consultant must complete ans submit the City's Disability Non-Discrimination Affidavit (Affidavit), In the event the (Contractor) fails to execute the City's Affidavit, or is found to be in non-compliance with the provisions of the Affidavit, the City may impose such sanctions as it may determine to be appropriate, including but not limited to, witholding of payments to (Contractor) under the Agreement until compliance and/or cancellation, termination or suspension of the Agreement in whole or in part. In the event, the City cancels or terminates the Agreement pursuant to this Section, (Contractor) shall not be relieved of liability to the City for damages sustained by the City by virtue of (Contractor's) breach of the Agreement. 2.9 ADDITIONAL FIELD REPRESENTATION Should the City and the Consultant agree that more extensive representation at the site than is described in rJr~1:;;.Jph 2.7 is ~d'.;s}ble. such ~'.c,:::;oml project representJtion shall j-,. provided and paid for as an Additional Service, 16 2.10 ADDITIONAL SERVICES Unless specifically provided for in this Agreement, the following services are not included in Basic Services. Any additional service must be authorized in writing by a City Commission Resolution or by the City Manager in advance of its performance, and may be paid for as a multiple of direct personal expense, as outlined in Schedules B and C. Additional services will consist of the following services. 2.10.1 Making revisions in or addition to drawings, specifications or other documents when such revisions or additions are inconsistent with written approvals or instructions previously given, or are required by the enactment or revision of codes, laws or regulations subsequent to the preparation of such documents or are due to other causes not solely within the control of the Consultant. 2.10.2 Making il1\'estigations, surveys, valuations, inventories or detailed appraisals of existing facilities, and services required solely in connection with construction performed for the City. 2.10,3 Providing consultation concerning replacement of any work damaged by fire or other cause during construction, and furnishing services as may be required in connection with the replacement of such work. 2,10.4 Providing services made necessary by the default of the contractor, or by major defects or deficiencies in the work of the Contractor, (provided Consultant promptly notified the City of any such defects or deficiencies observed by Consultant) or by failure of performance of either the City or Contractor under the contract for construction, 2,10,5 Providing basic services after issuance to the City of the final certificate for payment, or in the absence of a final certificate for payment, more than sixty (60) days after the date of substantial completion of the work, or sixty (60) days after the completion date set forth in the construction contract, whichever is later. 2.10,6 Preparing to serve or serving as an expert witness in connection with any public hearing, arbitration proceeding or legal proceeding unless such preparation has arisen from failure of the Consultant to meet the Standard of Care established in Section 2.5.3, 2.10.7 Preparing documents for change orders, or supplemental work initiated at the City's request and outside the scope of the work specified in the construction documents, after commencement of the construction phase. 2,10.8 Making revisions in Drawings, Specifications or other documents when such revisions are inconsistent with written approvals or instructions previously given, are required by the enactment or revision of codes, laws or regulations subsequent to the preparatiun of such "L ~ ~lm..:nts. If chcmges are requi:":'2 to re made !--..:, ..'Jse (,f cTc"" "\('r~ight. if'" ~\'ertencc" clarification or discrepancy in the work of the Consultant, City shall not be liable to compensate Consultant for additional services in such cOImecrion. 17 2.10.9 Providing consultation concerning replacement of a new project or damage by fire or other cause during construction, and furnishing professional services the type set forth herein as may be required in connection with the replacement of such work: 2.10,10 Providing professional services made necessary by the default of any contractor or sub-contractor in the performance of the construction contract. 2.10.11 Providing contract administration services during the construction phase, should the construction contract time and working days be extended by more than ten percent (10%) or a minimum of seven (7) days through no fault of the Consultant. 2.10,12 Providing planning, programming, program investigating and evaluation services, economic studies. feasibility studies. unless such studies are included in the Basic St:rvices described in Section 1.6 by mutual consent of the Consultant and the City, 2.10.13 Providing certified land surveys and similar information. 2,10.14 Providing such other professional services to the City relative to this Project which arise from subsequent circumstances and causes (excluding circumstances and causes resulting from error, inadvertence or omission of the Consultant) which do not currently exist or which are not contemplated by the parties at the time executing this agreement. Services provided for by this subsection must be approved by a City Commission Resolution or by the City Manager before such services are rendered, 2.11 TIME It is understood that time is of the essence in the completion of this project, and in this respect the parties agree as follows: 2.11.1 The Consultant shall perform Basic and Additional Services as expeditiously as is consistent with the standard of professional skill and care required by this Agreement and the orderly progress of the work. The Consultant may submit to the City adjustments to this schedule made necessary by undue time taken by the City to approve the Consultant's submissions, and/or excessive time taken by the City to approve the work or parts of the work. The City shall not unreasonably refuse to approve such adjustment to the time schedule if the request is made in a timely manner and is fully justified. This schedule, when approved by the City, shall not, except for reasonable cause, be exceeded by the Consultant. 2.11.2 The parties agree that the Consultant's services during all phases of this project will be performed in a manner which shall conform with the approved schedule, as may be amended. ARTICLE 3. THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES 3,1 The City has provided Consultant with the Project goals and design elements as set forth in the Proposal Documents and in Article 1,7 herein, and shall provide consistent \vith the foregoing described goals such additional requirements for the Project as may be necessary, 18 including space requirements and relationships, flexibility and expendability, special equipment and systems and the site requirements. 3.2 The City shall establish a Construction Cost Budget for the Project, which may include contingencies for bidding, changes in the work during construction, and other costs which are the responsibility of the City, including those described in this Article 3 and in Subparagraph 4.1,2. The City shall, at the request of the Consultant, provide a statement of funds available for the Project, and their source. 3,3 The City Manager shall designate a representative defined as the City's Project Coordinator authorized to act in the City's behalf with respect to the Project. The City's Project Coordinator shall examine the documents submitted by the Consultant and shall transmit wrine!1 decisions pertaining thereto promptly. to avoid unre::lsonable delav in the progress of the Consultant's services, The City shall observe the procedure of issuing orders to its contractors only through Consultant. 3.4 In the City's sole discretion, the City may furnish legal, accounting and insurance counseling services as may be required at any time for the Project, including such auditing services as the City may require to verify the contractor's applications for payment or to ascertain how or for what purposes the Contractor uses the moneys paid by or on behalf of the City. 3,5 If the City observes or otherwise becomes aware of any fault of defect in the Project or nonconformance with the contract documents, prompt written notice thereof shall be given by the City to the Consultant. 3,6 The City shall furnish required information and services and render approvals and decisions in writing as expeditiously as necessary for the orderly progress of the Consultant's services and of the Work. No approvals required by City during the various phases of the Project shall be unreasonably delayed or withheld; provided that City shall at all times have the right to approve or reject the proposed submission of Consultant on any reasonable basis, ARTICLE 4. CONSTRUCTION COST 4.1 DEFINITION 4,1,1 The Construction Cost shall be the total cost or estimated cost to the City of all elements of the Project designed or specified by the Consultant and approved by the City as more completely defined in Article 1.8. 4.1.2 Construction Cost does not include the compensation of the Consultant and the Consultant's consultants, the cost of the land, rights-of-way, materials testing services, and surveys. I 1 "; L,r \\ork n,.'\ cC't1stmctcu. const~'.,ctic':-, ..:ost :111 be !l:':'~J'11C :lS t1:,' 1,"\' '<1 h 'C" fide bid or competitive proposal received and accepted from a responsible bidder or proposer for any and all of such work. 19 4.1.4 For work which bids or proposals have not been let, construction cost shall be the same as the latest Statement of Probable Construction Cost or detailed cost estimate. The City shall have the right to verify the Probable Cost or detailed cost estimate by the Consultant. 4.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTION COST 4.2.1 If the bidding phase has not commenced within three months after the Consultant submits the construction documents to the City, and the City approvals have been made, the total time being known as the date of approval, the Construction Cost Budget shall be adjusted to reflect any change in the general level of prices in the construction industry between the date of submission of the construction documents to the City and the date on which proposals are sought. 4.2.2 If the lowest bona tide base bid exceeds the Construction Cost Budget (adjusted as pro"ided in Subparagraph 4,2.2) by more than five percent (5%), the City Commission or the City Manager shall in its sole discretion, have any of the following options: (1) give written approval of an increase in the Construction Cost Budget, (2) reject all bids or proposals, authorize rebidding, or (if permissible) authorize a renegotiation of the Project within a reasonable time, (3) abandon the project and terminate Consultant Services for the Project covered by this Agreement, ( 4) select as many deductive alternatives as may be necessary to bring the award within the construction cost budget, or (5) cooperate with the Consultant in reducing the project scope and quality and construction schedule and sequence of work as required to reduce the construction cost. In the event the City elects to reduce the Project scope and quality, Consultant shall provide such revisions to the construction documents and provide rebidding services, as many times as requested by City, as a Basic Service, with no additional cost to the City in order to bring the bids within five percent (5%) of Construction Cost Budget. ARTICLE 5. DIRECT PERSONNEL EXPENSE 5.1 For Additional Services rendered under this Agreement, the Consultant and its sub-consultants, if any, shall be reimbursed on the basis of the hourly rates set forth in Schedules B and C. ARTICLE 6. REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 6.1 Rcij:,bur:;~lblc c\:penses are in additicm to the compensation for basic and additional services and include actual expenditures made by the Consultant and the Consultant's employees and consultants in the interest of the Project for the expenses listed in the follov.ing subparagraphs. 20 All reimbursable expenses pursuant to this article, must be authorized in advance by the City Manager or the City's Project Coordinator. Invoices or vouchers for reimbursable expenses shall be submitted along with supporting receipts, and other back-up material reasonably requested by City, by the Consultant to the City, and Consultant shall certify as to each such invoice that the amounts and items claimed as reimbursable are "true and correct and in accordance with the Contract". Expenses subject to reimbursement in accordance with the above procedures are as follows: 6.1.1 Expense of data processing when such data processing equipment is available either directly by the Consultant or through an outside service, shall not be reimbursable but should be included in Basic Services. r; 1 " ).. .- r f :\1 lth.>;-i7cJ i :1~c!' ':'.:1CC by the City \br:;}~e or the City's Prej ec~ (\"f'I:(' :nato"'. '~~:r,~n~c (' f overtime work requiring higher than regular rates not causeC: by Consultant or part of Consultant's Basic Services, special consulting services, if any, or other services. 6,1,3 Expense of any additional insurance coverage or limits requested by the City in excess of the insurance requirement set forth in Article 14, 6.1.4 Expense of transportation in connection with the Project; living expenses in connection with out-of-town travel; long distance communications; and fees paid for securing approval of authorities having jurisdiction over the Project. Consultant shall comply with the City's standards for reimbursable travel expenses, Travel within Dade County shall not be reimbursable. 6.1.5 Expense of reproduction, postage and handling of drawings, specifications and other documents, except for those expenses to be borne by the Consultant under the Basic Services, excluding reproductions for the office use of the Consultant and the Consultant's consultants. 6,1.6 Aerial photography expenses and other photographic production expenses. ARTICLE 7. PAYMENTS TO THE CONSULTANT 7.1 PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF BASIC SERVICES 7.1.1 Payments for Basic Services shall be made monthly based upon work completed and approved by the Project Coordinator, upon presentation and receipt of Consultant's invoice or statement. Payments shall be made in proportion to the service performed in each phase so that the payments for Basic Compensation for each phase shall equal the following percentages of the Total Compensation payable: Design Phase -35%; Construction Documents Phase - 40%; Bidding Phase - 5%; Construction Phase - 20%. 7.2 PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES 7.2,1 Payment on account of the Consultant's additional services as defined in Section '::;,9 and for reimbursable expenses defined in Article 6 shall be made within forty-five (45) days of 21 presentation of the Consultant's detailed statement or invoice of services rendered or expenses incurred which shall be rendered in duplicate to the City Manager. 7.3 PROJECT SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION 7.3.1 Upon written notice to Consultant, the City shall have the right to suspend or terminate the service called for in this Agreement. If the project is suspended or abandoned in whole or in part for more than three (3) months, the Consultant shall be compensated for all services performed prior to receipt of written notice from the City of such suspension or such abandonment, together with reimbursable expenses then due. If the project is resumed after being suspended for more than three (3) months, the Consultant's compensation shall be equitably adjusted including any necessary start-up costs. Prior to any payment due to susper;~ion. the Consultant must provide the City with all documents. reports. drawings. computer reports and the like reflecting tr.e work completed to date. 7,3,2 No deduction shall be made from the Consultant's Compensation on account of sums withheld from payments to Contractors. ARTICLE 8. CONSULT ANT'S ACCOUNTING RECORDS 8.1 Records of reimbursable expenses and expenses pertaining to additional services and services performed on the basis of a multiple of direct personnel expense shall be kept on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and shall be available to the City and the City's authorized representatives at mutually convenient times and location. ARTICLE 9. OWNERSHIP AND USE OF DOCUMENTS 9.1 All plans or drawings will be prepared and submitted by Consultant to City for approval. Working drawings will be prepared on Plate B tracing cloth or Mylar drafting film or the equivalent, with all lettering in ink or pencil or press-type and clearly legible when the sheets are reproduced and reduced to half size. 9.2 All documents including, but not limited to, tracing, drawings, estimates, specifications, investigations and studies completed or partially completed, shall become the property of the City upon the completion or termination of each project and payment made of all amounts for the individual project due the Consultant. The City agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Consultant from any and all claims arising from the reuse of said documents or projects other than the specific project contemplated in the documents and by the parties and/or for completion of said documents by others, unless Consultant is in default under the terms of this Contract. 9.3 Upon cC'n':-,l~tic'll of tnc cnn<:tmction nf tne project Cnn<:ultmt shall. within ninety (90) calendar days, following tinal inspection, deliver to the City the original contract working drawings and tracings, or Mylar or sepia prints (3 mil), correct to as built conditions, and subject to Paragraph 2,6,16 to the City's Construction Coordinator, including all changes made during the course of the project. Consultant shall deliver the above documents to the 22 City within thirty (30) days of termination of this Agreement or termination or abandonment of the Project. ARTICLE 10. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT 10.1 RIGHT TO TERMINATE The City may terminate this Agreement for cause in the event that : (1) the Consultant willfully violates any provisions of this Agreement or performs same in bad faith, or (2) unreasonably delays the performance of the Services, upon notice to the Consultant in writing seven (7) days prior to termination. Payment for Services performed shall then be rr:ade ~n accordnncc with Article 10,] here:n ' 10.2 THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHTS AND OPTIONS TO TERMINATE GIVEN ABOVE, OR ANY OTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, RET AINS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AT ITS SOLE OPTION AT ANY TIME FOR CONVENIENCE, WITHOUT CAUSE AND WITHOUT PENALTY, WHEN IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION IT DEEMS SUCH TERMINATION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES SA TISF ACTORIL Y PERFORMED AND FOR DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 10.4 HEREIN. The Consultant may terminate this Agreement for cause in the event that the City, acting through its Project Coordinator or otherwise, willfully violates any provisions of this Agreement or unreasonably delays payment for the Services, upon written notice to the City thirty (30) days prior to termination. In that event, payment for Services satisfactorily performed prior to the date of termination shall be made in accordance with Article 10.3 herein. The Consultant shall have no right to terminate this Agreement for convenience of the Consultant, without cause, 23 10.3 TERMINATION FOR CAUSE In the event this Agreement is terminated by City for cause, the City, acting through the Ciry Manager, may take over the Services and complete them, by contracting with another Consultant(s) or otherwise, and in such event, the Consultant shall be liable to the City for any additional cost incurred by the city due to such termination. "Additional Cost" is defined as the difference between the actual cost of completion of such incomplete Services and the cost of completion of such Services which would have resulted from payments to the Consultant hereunder had the Agreement not been terminated. Payment for Services satisfactorily performed by the Consultant prior to receipt of notice of Termination for Cause, and accepted by the City, shall be made in accordance with Article ~.; her<n ~;i1d Ct:' ~'h:l~l have no further li~bi1ity for compensation expe;.ses C.T fees to Consultant, except as set out in Article 7,1. Upon receipt of \\>Titten notice of termination, the Consultant shall, when directed by the City, promptly assemble and submit as provided herein or as required in the \VTinen notice hereunder, all documents including drawings, calculations, specifications, correspondence, and all other relevant materials affected by such termination, In the event of Termination for Cause, no payments to the Consultant shall be made: (1) for Services not satisfactorily performed; and (2) for assembly of submittal of documents for the Services performed satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily. 1 0.4 TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE NON-EXCLUSIVE PROVISIONS In the event the City causes abandonment, termination or suspension of the Consultant's Services or parts thereof without cause as provided in Article 10,1 herein, the Consultant shall be compensated for all Services rendered up to the time of receipt of said abandonment, termination, or suspension, and for the assembly and submittal to the City of affected documents for the Services performed shall be in accordance with Article 7 herein and City shall have no further liability for compensation expenses or fees to Consultant, except as set out in Article 7.1. 10.5 IMPLEMENTATION OF TERMINATION In the event of termination either for cause or for convenience, the Consultant, upon receipt of the notice of termination, shall: stop the performance of Services under this Agreement on the date and to the extent specified in the notice of termination; place no further orders or subcontracts except as may be necessary for completion of any portion( s) of the Services not terminated, and as authorized by the written notice; terminate all orders and subcontracts to the extent that they relate to the performance of the Services terminated by the notice of termination; promptly assemble and submit as provided herein all documents for the Ser\'ices p2rfurmcJ. incl::~::n; dr~l\',ings. calcubtions. specifications. correspnr-dence. and all other relevant materials affected by the termination; and complete performance of any Services as shall not have been terminated by the notice of termination. 24 1 0.6 NON-SOLICITATION The Consultant warrants that it has not employed or retained any company or person, other than an employee working solely for the Consultant, to solicit or secure this Agreement: and that it has not paid, nor agreed to pay any company or other person any fee, commission, gift or other consideration contingent upon the execution of this Agreement. For breach or violation of this warranty, the City has the right to annul this Agreement without liability to the Consultant for any reason whatsoever. ARTICLE 11. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 11.1 This Agreement sh:!~l be ~overned by the bws of the StJte of Florida. 11.2 Terms in this Agreement which have not been defined in Article 1.1 shall have the same meaning as those in AlA Document A201, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, current as of the date of this Agreement. 11,3 As between the parties to this Agreement; as to all acts or failures to act by either party to this Agreement, any applicable statute of limitations shall commence to run and any alleged cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued in any and all events not later than the relevant Date of Substantial Completion of the Work and the issuance of the temporary certificate of occupancy, and as to any acts or failures to act occurring after the relevant Date of Substantial Completion, not later than the date of issuance of the final Certificate for Payment. 11.4 The City and the Consultant waive all rights against each other and against the contractors, consultants, agents and employees of the other for damages covered by any property insurance during construction as set forth in the current edition of AlA Document A201. General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, current as of the date of this agreement. The City and the Consultant each shall require appropriate similar waivers form their contractors, consultants and agents, 11.5 The term of this Agreement shall commence upon execution ofthis Agreement and cbnclude upon the completion of the project. Specific dates and an schedule will be promptly developed and approved by the City. ARTICLE 12. EXTENT OF AGREEMENT 12.1 This Agreement represents the entire and integrated agreement between the City and the Consultant and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations or agreements, either written or oral. This agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by both City and Consultant utilizing the same formalities as were used for its adoption. 25 ARTICLE 13. BASIS OF COMPENSATION 13.1 GENERAL The City shall compensate the Consultant for the scope of services provided, in accordance with Article 7, Payments to the Consultant, and with the other terms and conditions of this Agreement. 13.2 COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES The Consultant shall be compensated for Basic Services, Additional Services and Reimbursable Expenses on the basis set forth below: 13.2.1 Except for lump sum Service Orders, which shall be paid in accordance with percentage of work completed, Basic Services of the Consultant shall be compensated for on the basis of an hourly rate in accordance with Schedule B - Consultant Hourly Compensation Rates - and a multiple of 1.10 times the hourly rate charged to the Consultants by its subconsultants, as set forth in Schedule C - SubConsultant Hourly Compensation Rate, The fee for Basic Services may be a fixed fee (if both the City and the Consultant agreed to such method and amount of compensation and the pro-rata share of the fee allocated to each phase of the Basic Services for Federally-funded Community Development Block Grant projects that require a lump sum architectural fee. 13.2.2 Any services not included in the provisions of this agreement and its conditions may be carried out by the Consultant following written authorization by the City. 13.2.3 The hourly rate for compensation to the Consultant by the City for Additional Services as defined in Article 13,2.2 shall be as set forth in Schedule "B" and a multiple of 1,10 times the hourly rate charged to the Consultant as forth in Schedule "C", as may be amended by written amendment. The term Additional Service includes any work required and approved by the City including work involving all or any sub-consultants whether previously retained for the work or not or whether participating as members with Consultant or not, subject to the City's right to previously approve any change in the consultants as set forth in this agreement. 13.3 For reimbursable expenses as described in Article 6, the Consultant shall be paid, up to the reimbursable expense limit set forth in the Service Order the exact amounts expended by the Consultant and consultants in the interests of the project subject to the Consultant furnishing adequate documentation of the expense and, if required, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the City that the expense was in the interest of the project. 13.4 Payments due the Consultant and unpaid under this Agreement will be considered due thirty (30) days trom receipt by the City of a detailed statement or invoice unless City contest an ikn; c)r items set f0rtn in the inyoice. 13,5 The City and the Consultant agree in accordance \vith the temlS and conditions of this Agreement that: 26 13.5.1 If the scope of the Project or the Consultant services is changed substantially and materially as per Section 2.10, the amount of compensation shall be equitably adjusted, this will require a contract amendment. 13.5.2 If the entire services covered by this Agreement have not been completed within twenty-four (24) months of the date hereof, through no fault of the Consultants or its consultants, the amounts of compensation, rates and multiples set forth herein shall be adjusted upwards to compensate for changes in the cost of living by mutual agreement of the parties on the unspent fee balance. ARTICLE 14. INSURANCE The Consultant shall comply throughout the term of this agreement with the insurance stipulated herein, It is agreed by the parties that the Consultant shall not commence with this project until proof of the following insurance coverage has been furnished to the City. The Consultant will maintain in effect the following insurance coverage: (a) Architects and Engineers Professional Liability Insurance in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000) Dollars per occurrence on a claims made form, (b) Comprehensive General Liability Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 Single Limit Bodily Injury and Property Damage coverage for each occurrence, which will include products, completed operations, and contractual liability coverage, The City must be named as an additional insured on this policy, (c) Worker's compensation and employer's liability coverage within the statutory limits of the State of Florida. (d) Thirty (30) days prior written notice of cancellation or of substantial moditications in the insurance coverage must be given by the Consultant to the City Manager. (e) The insurance must be furnished by an insurance company rated B+:VI or better, or its equivalent, according to Best' Guide Rating Book and must additionally be furnished by insurance companies duly authorized to do business in the State of Florida and countersigned by the company's Florida resident agent. ARTICLE 15. INDEMNIFICATION 15.1 In consideration of a separate and specific consideration of $10.00 and other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Consultant hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the City and its employees, agents and authorized representatives harmless with respect to any and all costs, claims, damages and liability which may arise out of the performance of this Agreement as a result of :mv negligent acts. errors or omission of the Consultant, or the Consultants sub-consultants, if any, or any other person or entity under the direction or control of Consultant. The Consultant shall pay all claims and losses arising out of Consultant's negligent acts, errors or omissions and shall defend all suits, in the name of the City, its employees. agents and authorized representati\'es 27 when applicable, including appellate proceedings, and shall pay all costs, judgments and attorneys' fees which may issue thereon. ARTICLE 16. ARBITRATION 16.1 All claims, disputes and other matters in question between the Consultant and the City arising out of, or relating to this Agreement, the Project, the Work, the Contract Documents or the breach thereof may, at the City's sole option, and only upon the exercise of that sole option by the City, together or separately as the City sees fit, be decided by arbitration in accordance with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. 16.2 Any arbitration arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Project, the Work, the Contract Documents, or the breach thereof may include by consolidation, joinder or in any other manner, at the City's sole option, any other entities or persons whom the City believes to be substantially involved in a common question of fact or law. In the event that more than one claim, dispute or other matter in question shall be in existence at the same time, the City may at its sole option decide which of such claims, disputes or other matters in question shall be arbitrated and which shall not be arbitrated. Such decision shall be final and unappealable, and no arbitration shall be authorized to consider, decide, or make any award on any claim or matter which City has determined shall not be arbitrated. 16.3 In the event that the Consultant wishes to request arbitration of any claim, dispute or other matter in question, the Consultant shall file a notice of demand for arbitration in writing with the City specifically describing the claims, disputes and other matters in question which the Consultant wishes to submit to arbitration. The Consultant may not unilaterally elect arbitration or cause arbitration to occur. The City has the sole discretion to decide whether or not any such claims, disputes, and other matters shall be submitted for arbitration. If the City wishes to submit any claim, dispute or other matter in question, whether or not it is the subject of a request for arbitration by the Consultant, the City shall file a notice of demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association and with the Consultant. 16.4 The City shall have the right, but not the obligation, by so electing in its arbitration demand, to invoke the following method of selection of arbitrators in lieu of that otherwise provided by the American Arbitration Association Rules. If the City so elects in its notice of demand for arbitration, the City may appoint one party-appointed arbitrator in its notice of demand for arbitration. If the City does so, the Consultant may, within ten (10) days, appoint a second party-appointed arbitrator. These two party-appointed arbitrators shall, within thirty (30) days, or such further time as may be agreed upon between the City and the Consultant, appoint a third arbitrator. If the party-appointed arbitrators fail to appoint a third arbitrator, the third arbitrator shall be appointed in accordance with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. 16.5 The City may elect in its notice of demand for arbitration, to have the discovery rights and procedures provided by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure to be available and enforceable within the arbitration proceeding. 28 16.6 In any case in which the City elects to submit a claim, dispute, or other matter in question to arbitration as provided herein, the City shall, in its sole discretion, select the locale for the arbitration, Any request or demand for arbitration hereunder shall be made before the date when institution of legal or equitable proceedings based on such claim, dispute or other matter in question would be barred by the applicable statute of limitations. 16.7 This agreement to arbitrate shall be specifically enforceable by the City under the prevailing arbitration law. Any award rendered by arbitrators shall be final and enforceable by any party to the arbitration, and judgment may be rendered upon it in accordance with applicable law in any court having jurisdiction thereof. 16,8 Consultant and City mutually agree to arbitrate under the terms and conditions outlined in this Anicle. C0l1sultJ.nt h::ls i:1C!ud~d in the contr~ct price h) be paid on this contract a sum of not less than ten dollars ($10,00) as compensation and considerathn for irrevocably offering the foregoing options and arbitration rights to City. In further consideration for such irrevocable offer and grant of the foregoing options and arbitration rights to it, City agrees that, notwithstanding its right and discretion not to do so, it shall arbitrate, after the final completion of the work, any claims which Consultant selects which total, in the aggregate, up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000). City's obligation to arbitrate such claims totalling up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be specifically enforceable by Consultant under the prevailing arbitration law and any award rendered by the arbitrator(s) shall be final and enforceable by any party to the arbitration, and judgment may be rendered upon it in accordance with applicable law in any court having jurisdiction thereof. 16.9 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, and notwithstanding any other rights or obligations of either of the parties under any Contract Documents or agreements, the Consultant shall carry on with the performance of its services and duties hereunder during the pendency of any claim, dispute, other matter in question or arbitration or other proceeding to resolve any claim, dispute or other matter in question, and the City shall continue to make payments to the Consultant in accordance with the Contract Documents, but the City shall be under no obligation to make payments to the Consultant on or against such claims, disputes, or other matters in question, during the pendency of any arbitration or other proceeding to resolve such claims, disputes or other matters in question. 16.10 The City and Consultant agree to abide by the Arbitrator's recommendation as to which party shall bear the costs of arbitration. ARTICLE 17. LIMIT A TION OF LIABILITY 17.1 The City desires to enter into this Agreement only if in so doing the City can place a limit on City's liability for any cause of action for money damages due to an alleged breach as outlined in Paragraph 17,2 by the City of this Agreement, so that its liability for any such breach never exceeds the amount of fee under any outstanding Service Order. Consultant h(TCby c'\prcsses its \\'illi'lgnec;5 to enter inti"' this Agreement with Consultant's recovery from the City for any damage action for breach of contract to be limited to a maximum amount of the fee set forth in the Service Order, less the amount of all funds actually paid by the City to Consultant pursuant to the Service Order. 29 17.2 Accordingly, and notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement, Consultant hereby agrees that the City shall not be liable to Consultant for damages in an amount in excess of the amount of fee under any outstanding Service Order, which amount shall be reduced by the amount actually paid by the City to Consultant pursuant to the Service Order, for any action or claim for breach of contract arising out of the performance or non performance of any obligations imposed upon the City by this Agreement, except those damages due to the intentional tort or negligent act or omission of the City (subject to the limitations of applicable law). Nothing contained in this subparagraph or elsewhere in this Agreement is in any way intended to be a waiver of the limitation placed upon City's liability as set forth in Florida Statutes, Section 768.28. ARTICLE 18. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS 18,1 The parties each hereby bind themselves, their successors. assigns and legal representatives to each other with respect to the terms of the contract. l\"either party shall assign, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer this contract or any portion thereof. without written authorization and consent of the other party to this Agreement. The parties agree that the Consultant's Services are unique in nature and that the Consultant may only receive such authorization by way of a City Commission resolution, 18.2 The Consultant, its consultants, agents and employees and sub-contractors, shall comply with all applicable federal, state and county laws, the charter. related laws and ordinances of the City of Miami Beach, and with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by local, state and national boards, bureaus and agencies as they relate to this project. 18.3 This Agreement shall be enforceable in Dade County, Florida, and iflegal action is necessary by either party with respect to the enforcement of any or all of the terms or conditions herein exclusive venue for the enforcement of same shall lie in Dade County, Florida. 18.4 All wTitten notices given to City by Consultant shall be addressed to the City Manager. City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, with a copy to the City Attorney, 1700 Convention Center Drive. Miami Beach, Florida 33139, All written notices from the City to the Consultant shall be addressed to the Consultants, Fuster Design Associates, 2699 Collins Avenue, Suite 113, Miami Beach, Florida 33140. All notices mailed by either party shall be deemed to be sufficiently transmitted if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. 18.5 With respect to the investigation, detection, abatement, replacement or removal of products, materials or process containing asbestos, the Consultant hereby states, and the Owner acknowledges that the Consultant has no professional liability (errors or omissions) or other insurance, and is unable to reasonably obtain such insurance for claims arising out of the performance of or failure to perform professional services, including but not limited to the prcpar:ltion of rcr>on.'i. dC'ii~ns. ';'.l\\ings. and specific,,' 'ib lmohing such asbcst'Js reLlted matters, Accordingly, the Owner hereby agrees to bring no claim of negligence, breach of contract, indemnity or otherwise against the Consultant, his principals, employees, agents and consultants if such claim in any way would involve the Consultant's services for the investigation of or remedial work related to asbestos in the Project in the event asbestos is 30 determined by either the City or the Consultant to be present in the Project, the other party shall be given notice and the City agrees to retain a specialist asbestos Consultant to provide services relating to the asbestos. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto caused these presents to be signed in their names by their duly authorized officers and principals, attested by their respective witnesses and City Clerk on the day and year first hereinabove written. ATTEST: ~ LEGAL DEP,. By 1JtI~~ CONSULTANT: ...., -:-,...:: ,...'.>" -- FUSTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES By: ~~~ (Signature) eMit/OJ. ~ (Type Name of Person Signing) WITNESS: ~H~J (Signature) CORPORATE SEAL k(II-s '- yj\J H~ FP Type Name of Person Signing) km 31 SCHEDULE "A" CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CONSULTANT SERVICE ORDER Service Order No. for Consulting Services TO: DATE: Pursuant to the Agreement between City of Miami Beach and for VARIOUS CITY CAPITAL PROJECTS WHERE BASIC CONSTRUCTION COST DOES NOT EXCEED $500,000, you are directed to provide the following services (describe services): Project Name and No,: Calendar days to complete this work (from date of issue): Phase 1: Study Phase, Design and Construction Document Phases Phase 2: Construction/Contract Administration Phase One Additional phases $ $ T,B.D. _days _days _days Estimated Construction Cost: Fee for this Service Order: The above fee is a lump sum . or Upset Limit , (check one) Basic Service: $ Additional Service: $ (Lump Sump for Study Phase) Reimbursable Expense: $ APPROVED: ACCEPTED: Project Coordinator Consultant 32 SCHEDULE "B" CONSUL T ANT COMPENSA TION RATES 1. A sliding scale for projects which fall within the total construction budget limits, as follows: 9.0% 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6,5 6.0 $ 1,00 100,001 150,001 200,001 250,001 300,001 400,001 $100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 2, Detail rates, including overhead and profit for hourly rates of personnel: Principals $11 O.OO/per hour Senior Architect $ 80.00/per hour Draftsperson $ 55,OO/per hour Secretary & Junior Draftsperson $ 40,OO/per hour Consultants 1,1 times rate charged to Architect (see Schedule C) 33 SCHEDULE "C" SUB-CONSULT ANT HOURLY COMPENSATION RATES Civil/Structural Engineering Principal Engineer Engineer Drafting - Designer Field Supervision Clerical $ 7 5,00 $65.00 $45.00 $60.00 $25.00 Surveying 3-man Survey Crew Drafting Professional Engineer $70.00 $25,00 $65,00 Electrical-Mechanical Engineer Principal Engineer Engineer Designer Drafter Clerical $75,00 $65,00 $45.00 $40,00 $25,00 34