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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCAG2021-268 - Original - Hawker Digital - Search Engine Optimization Services KentValleyWa.com Website - 06/03/2021ApprovalOriginator:Department: Date Sent:Date Required: Mayor or Designee Date of Council Approval: Grant? Yes No Type:Review/Signatures/RoutingDate Received: City Attorney: Comments: Date Routed: Mayor’s Office City Clerk’s OfficeAgreement InformationVendor Name:Category: Vendor Number:Sub-Category: Project Name: Project Details: Agreement Amount: Start Date: Local Business? Yes No* Business License Verification: If meets requirements per KCC 3.70.100, please complete “Vendor Purchase-Local Exceptions” form on Cityspace. Yes In-Process Exempt (KCC 5.01.045) Notice required prior to disclosure? Yes No Contract Number: This form combines & replaces the Request for Mayor’s Signature and Contract Cover Sheet forms. (Print on pink or cherry colored paper) Visit Documents.KentWA.gov to obtain copies of all agreementsadccW22373_1_20 Budget Account Number: Budget? Yes No Dir Asst: Sup/Mgr: Dir/Dep: rev. 20210513 FOR CITY OF KENT OFFICIAL USE ONLY Agreement Routing Form For Approvals, Signatures and Records Management (Optional) Basis for Selection of Contractor: * Memo to Mayor must be attached Termination Date: Authorized to Sign: CAG2021-268 06/04/21 CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT - 1 (Over $20,000) CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT between the City of Kent and Encompass Online Sales & Marketing, LLC d/b/a Hawker Digital THIS AGREEMENT is made between the City of Kent, a Washington municipal corporation (hereinafter the "City"), and Encompass Online Sales & Marketing, LLC d/b/a Hawker Digital, organized under the laws of the State of Washington, located and doing business at 6727 SE 2nd Place, Renton, WA 98059 (425) 591- 6012 (hereinafter the "Consultant"). I. DESCRIPTION OF WORK. The Consultant shall perform the following services for the City in accordance with the following described plans and/or specifications: Search Engine Optimization Services for the KentValleyWA.com business marketing website. A detailed scope of work is attached and incorporated as Exhibit A. The Consultant further represents that the services furnished under this Agreement will be performed in accordance with generally accepted professional practices within the Puget Sound region in effect at the time those services are performed. II. TIME OF COMPLETION. The parties agree that work will begin on the tasks described in Section I above immediately upon the effective date of this Agreement. The Consultant shall complete the work described in Section I within 12 months. III. COMPENSATION. A. The City shall pay the Consultant, based on time and materials, an amount not to exceed twenty one thousand six hundred dollars ($21,600), for the services described in this Agreement. This is the maximum amount to be paid under this Agreement for the work described in Section I above, and shall not be exceeded without the prior written authorization of the City in the form of a negotiated and executed amendment to this agreement. The Consultant agrees that the hourly or flat rate charged by it for its services contracted for herein shall remain locked at the negotiated rate(s) for a period of one (1) year from the effective date of this Agreement. The Consultant's billing rates shall be as delineated in Exhibit A. B. The Consultant shall submit monthly payment invoices to the City for work performed, and a final bill upon completion of all services described in this Agreement. The City shall provide payment within forty-five (45) days of receipt of an invoice. If the City objects to all or any portion of an invoice, it shall notify the Consultant and reserves the option to only pay that portion of the invoice not in dispute. In that event, the parties will immediately make every effort to settle the disputed portion. CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT - 2 (Over $20,000) C. Card Payment Program. The Consultant may elect to participate in automated credit card payments provided for by the City and its financial institution. This Program is provided as an alternative to payment by check and is available for the convenience of the Consultant. If the Consultant voluntarily participates in this Program, the Consultant will be solely responsible for any fees imposed by financial institutions or credit card companies. The Consultant shall not charge those fees back to the City. IV. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. The parties intend that an Independent Contractor- Employer Relationship will be created by this Agreement. By their execution of this Agreement, and in accordance with Ch. 51.08 RCW, the parties make the following representations: A. The Consultant has the ability to control and direct the performance and details of its work, the City being interested only in the results obtained under this Agreement. B. The Consultant maintains and pays for its own place of business from which the Consultant’s services under this Agreement will be performed. C. The Consultant has an established and independent business that is eligible for a business deduction for federal income tax purposes that existed before the City retained the Consultant’s services, or the Consultant is engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business of the same nature as that involved under this Agreement. D. The Consultant is responsible for filing as they become due all necessary tax documents with appropriate federal and state agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and the state Department of Revenue. E. The Consultant has registered its business and established an account with the state Department of Revenue and other state agencies as may be required by the Consultant’s business, and has obtained a Unified Business Identifier (UBI) number from the State of Washington. F. The Consultant maintains a set of books dedicated to the expenses and earnings of its business. V. TERMINATION. Either party may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, upon providing the other party thirty (30) days written notice at its address set forth on the signature block of this Agreement. After termination, the City may take possession of all records and data within the Consultant’s possession pertaining to this project, which may be used by the City without restriction. If the City’s use of the Consultant’s records or data is not related to this project, it shall be without liability or legal exposure to the Consultant. VI. FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party shall be liable to the other for breach due to delay or failure in performance resulting from acts of God, acts of war or of the public enemy, riots, pandemic, fire, flood, or other natural disaster or acts of government (“force majeure event”). Performance that is prevented or delayed due to a force majeure event shall not result in liability to the delayed party. Both parties represent to the other that at the time of signing this Agreement, they are able to perform as required and their performance will not be prevented, hindered, or delayed by the current COVID-19 pandemic, any existing state or national declarations of emergency, or any current social distancing restrictions or personal protective equipment requirements that may be required under federal, state, or local law in response to the current pandemic. If any future performance is prevented or delayed by a force majeure event, the party whose performance is prevented or delayed shall promptly notify the other party of the existence and nature of the force majeure event causing the prevention or delay in performance. Any excuse from liability shall be effective only to the extent and duration of the force majeure event causing the prevention or delay in performance and, provided, that the party prevented or delayed has not caused such event to occur and continues to use diligent, good faith efforts to avoid the effects of such event and to perform the obligation. CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT - 3 (Over $20,000) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the Consultant shall not be entitled to, and the City shall not be liable for, the payment of any part of the contract price during a force majeure event, or any costs, losses, expenses, damages, or delay costs incurred by the Consultant due to a force majeure event. Performance that is more costly due to a force majeure event is not included within the scope of this Force Majeure provision. If a force majeure event occurs, the City may direct the Consultant to restart any work or performance that may have ceased, to change the work, or to take other action to secure the work or the project site during the force majeure event. The cost to restart, change, or secure the work or project site arising from a direction by the City under this clause will be dealt with as a change order, except to the extent that the loss or damage has been caused or exacerbated by the failure of the Consultant to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement. Except as expressly contemplated by this section, all other costs will be borne by the Consultant. VII. DISCRIMINATION. In the hiring of employees for the performance of work under this Agreement or any subcontract, the Consultant, its subcontractors, or any person acting on behalf of the Consultant or subcontractor shall not, by reason of race, religion, color, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which the employment relates. The Consultant shall execute the attached City of Kent Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Declaration, Comply with City Administrative Policy 1.2, and upon completion of the contract work, file the attached Compliance Statement. VIII. INDEMNIFICATION. The Consultant shall defend, indemnify and hold the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers harmless from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits, including all legal costs and attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the Consultant's performance of this Agreement, except for that portion of the injuries and damages caused by the City's negligence. The City's inspection or acceptance of any of the Consultant's work when completed shall not be grounds to avoid any of these covenants of indemnification. Should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that this Agreement is subject to RCW 4.24.115, then, in the event of liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damages to property caused by or resulting from the concurrent negligence of the Consultant and the City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers, the Consultant's duty to defend, indemnify, and hold the City harmless, and the Consultant’s liability accruing from that obligation shall be only to the extent of the Consultant's negligence. IT IS FURTHER SPECIFICALLY AND EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE INDEMNIFICATION PROVIDED HEREIN CONSTITUTES THE CONSULTANT'S WAIVER OF IMMUNITY UNDER INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE, TITLE 51 RCW, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS INDEMNIFICATION. THE PARTIES FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE MUTUALLY NEGOTIATED THIS WAIVER. In the event the Consultant refuses tender of defense in any suit or any claim, if that tender was made pursuant to this indemnification clause, and if that refusal is subsequently determined by a court having jurisdiction (or other agreed tribunal) to have been a wrongful refusal on the Consultant’s part, then the Consultant shall pay all the City’s costs for defense, including all reasonable expert witness fees and reasonable attorneys’ fees, plus the City’s legal costs and fees incurred because there was a wrongful refusal on the Consultant’s part. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. IX. INSURANCE. The Consultant shall procure and maintain for the duration of the Agreement, insurance of the types and in the amounts described in Exhibit B attached and incorporated by this reference. CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT - 4 (Over $20,000) X. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. The City will provide its best efforts to provide reasonable accuracy of any information supplied by it to the Consultant for the purpose of completion of the work under this Agreement. XI. OWNERSHIP AND USE OF RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS. Original documents, drawings, designs, reports, or any other records developed or created under this Agreement shall belong to and become the property of the City. All records submitted by the City to the Consultant will be safeguarded by the Consultant. The Consultant shall make such data, documents, and files available to the City upon the City’s request. The Consultant acknowledges that the City is a public agency subject to the Public Records Act codified in Chapter 42.56 of the Revised Code of Washington. As such, the Consultant agrees to cooperate fully with the City in satisfying the City’s duties and obligations under the Public Records Act. The City’s use or reuse of any of the documents, data, and files created by the Consultant for this project by anyone other than the Consultant on any other project shall be without liability or legal exposure to the Consultant. XII. CITY'S RIGHT OF INSPECTION. Even though the Consultant is an independent contractor with the authority to control and direct the performance and details of the work authorized under this Agreement, the work must meet the approval of the City and shall be subject to the City's general right of inspection to secure satisfactory completion. XIII. WORK PERFORMED AT CONSULTANT'S RISK. The Consultant shall take all necessary precautions and shall be responsible for the safety of its employees, agents, and subcontractors in the performance of the contract work and shall utilize all protection necessary for that purpose. All work shall be done at the Consultant's own risk, and the Consultant shall be responsible for any loss of or damage to materials, tools, or other articles used or held for use in connection with the work. XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. A. Recyclable Materials. Pursuant to Chapter 3.80 of the Kent City Code, the City requires its contractors and consultants to use recycled and recyclable products whenever practicable. A price preference may be available for any designated recycled product. B. Non-Waiver of Breach. The failure of the City to insist upon strict performance of any of the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, or to exercise any option conferred by this Agreement in one or more instances shall not be construed to be a waiver or relinquishment of those covenants, agreements or options, and the same shall be and remain in full force and effect. C. Resolution of Disputes and Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. If the parties are unable to settle any dispute, difference or claim arising from the parties’ performance of this Agreement, the exclusive means of resolving that dispute, difference or claim, shall only be by filing suit exclusively under the venue, rules and jurisdiction of the King County Superior Court, King County, Washington, unless the parties agree in writing to an alternative dispute resolution process. In any claim or lawsuit for damages arising from the parties' performance of this Agreement, each party shall pay all its legal costs and attorney's fees incurred in defending or bringing such claim or lawsuit, including all appeals, in addition to any other recovery or award provided by law; provided, however, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the City's right to indemnification under Section VIII of this Agreement. D. Written Notice. All communications regarding this Agreement shall be sent to the parties at the addresses listed on the signature page of the Agreement, unless notified to the contrary. Any written notice hereunder shall become effective three (3) business days after the date of mailing by registered or certified mail, and shall be deemed sufficiently given if sent to the addressee at the address stated in this Agreement or such other address as may be hereafter specified in writing. E. Assignment. Any assignment of this Agreement by either party without the written consent of the non-assigning party shall be void. If the non-assigning party gives its consent to any assignment, the terms of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and no further assignment shall be made without additional written consent. CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT - 5 (Over $20,000) F. Modification. No waiver, alteration, or modification of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding unless in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of the City and the Consultant. G. Entire Agreement. The written provisions and terms of this Agreement, together with any Exhibits attached hereto, shall supersede all prior verbal statements of any officer or other representative of the City, and such statements shall not be effective or be construed as entering into or forming a part of or altering in any manner this Agreement. All of the above documents are hereby made a part of this Agreement. However, should any language in any of the Exhibits to this Agreement conflict with any language contained in this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. H. Compliance with Laws. The Consultant agrees to comply with all federal, state, and municipal laws, rules, and regulations that are now effective or in the future become applicable to the Consultant's business, equipment, and personnel engaged in operations covered by this Agreement or accruing out of the performance of those operations. I. Public Records Act. The Consultant acknowledges that the City is a public agency subject to the Public Records Act codified in Chapter 42.56 of the Revised Code of Washington and documents, notes, emails, and other records prepared or gathered by the Consultant in its performance of this Agreement may be subject to public review and disclosure, even if those records are not produced to or possessed by the City of Kent. As such, the Consultant agrees to cooperate fully with the City in satisfying the City’s duties and obligations under the Public Records Act. J. City Business License Required. Prior to commencing the tasks described in Section I, Contractor agrees to provide proof of a current city of Kent business license pursuant to Chapter 5.01 of the Kent City Code. CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT - 6 (Over $20,000) K. Counterparts and Signatures by Fax or Email. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, and all of which will together constitute this one Agreement. Further, upon executing this Agreement, either party may deliver the signature page to the other by fax or email and that signature shall have the same force and effect as if the Agreement bearing the original signature was received in person. IN WITNESS, the parties below execute this Agreement, which shall become effective on the last date entered below. All acts consistent with the authority of this Agreement and prior to its effective date are ratified and affirmed, and the terms of the Agreement shall be deemed to have applied. CONSULTANT: By: Print Name: Its DATE: CITY OF KENT: By: Print Name: Dana Ralph Its Mayor DATE: NOTICES TO BE SENT TO: CONSULTANT: Dean Hawker Hawker Digital 6727 SE 2nd Place Renton, WA 98059 (425) 591-6012 (telephone) n/a (facsimile) NOTICES TO BE SENT TO: CITY OF KENT: Michelle Wilmot City of Kent 220 Fourth Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 (253) 856-5709 (telephone) (253) 856-6454 (facsimile) APPROVED AS TO FORM: Kent Law Department ATTEST: Kent City Clerk [In this field, you may enter the electronic filepath where the contract has been saved] 06/03/2021 EEO COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTS - 1 DECLARATION CITY OF KENT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY The City of Kent is committed to conform to Federal and State laws regarding equal opportunity. As such all contractors, subcontractors and suppliers who perform work with relation to this Agreement shall comply with the regulations of the City’s equal employment opportunity policies. The following questions specifically identify the requirements the City deems necessary for any contractor, subcontractor or supplier on this specific Agreement to adhere to. An affirmative response is required on all of the following questions for this Agreement to be valid and binding. If any contractor, subcontractor or supplier willfully misrepresents themselves with regard to the directives outlines, it will be considered a breach of contract and it will be at the City’s sole determination regarding suspension or termination for all or part of the Agreement; The questions are as follows: 1.I have read the attached City of Kent administrative policy number 1.2. 2.During the time of this Agreement I will not discriminate in employment on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, age, or the presence of all sensory, mental or physical disability. 3.During the time of this Agreement the prime contractor will provide a written statement to all new employees and subcontractors indicating commitment as an equal opportunity employer. 4.During the time of the Agreement I, the prime contractor, will actively consider hiring and promotion of women and minorities. 5.Before acceptance of this Agreement, an adherence statement will be signed by me, the Prime Contractor, that the Prime Contractor complied with the requirements as set forth above. By signing below, I agree to fulfill the five requirements referenced above. By: __________________________________________ For: _________________________________________ Title: ________________________________________ Date: ________________________________________ EEO COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTS - 2 CITY OF KENT ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY NUMBER: 1.2 EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998 SUBJECT: MINORITY AND WOMEN SUPERSEDES: April 1, 1996 CONTRACTORS APPROVED BY Jim White, Mayor POLICY: Equal employment opportunity requirements for the City of Kent will conform to federal and state laws. All contractors, subcontractors, consultants and suppliers of the City must guarantee equal employment opportunity within their organization and, if holding Agreements with the City amounting to $10,000 or more within any given year, must take the following affirmative steps: 1.Provide a written statement to all new employees and subcontractors indicating commitment as an equal opportunity employer. 2.Actively consider for promotion and advancement available minorities and women. Any contractor, subcontractor, consultant or supplier who willfully disregards the City’s nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements shall be considered in breach of contract and subject to suspension or termination for all or part of the Agreement. Contract Compliance Officers will be appointed by the Directors of Planning, Parks, and Public Works Departments to assume the following duties for their respective departments. 1.Ensuring that contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers subject to these regulations are familiar with the regulations and the City’s equal employment opportunity policy. 2.Monitoring to assure adherence to federal, state and local laws, policies and guidelines. EEO COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTS - 3 CITY OF KENT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMPLIANCE STATEMENT This form shall be filled out AFTER COMPLETION of this project by the Contractor awarded the Agreement. I, the undersigned, a duly represented agent of Company, hereby acknowledge and declare that the before-mentioned company was the prime contractor for the Agreement known as that was entered into on the (date), between the firm I represent and the City of Kent. I declare that I complied fully with all of the requirements and obligations as outlined in the City of Kent Administrative Policy 1.2 and the Declaration City of Kent Equal Employment Opportunity Policy that was part of the before-mentioned Agreement. By: __________________________________________ For: _________________________________________ Title: ________________________________________ Date: ________________________________________ Exhibit A Encompass Online Sales & Marketing, LLC d/b/a Hawker Digital Services which may be performed under this agreement: KEYWORD RESEARCH– Identify high-demand search phrases most likely to generate sales. INITIAL ON–SITE CONTENT OPTIMIZATION (VISIBLE)– Optimization of the visible, readable content on your website, with consideration of your target keywords. Up to 15 web pages. INITIAL CONTENT OPTIMIZATION (NON–VISIBLE)– Content optimization improving non–visible HTML elements including META tags, Page TITLE, Alt Tags, etc. Up to 15 web pages. SEO INFRASTRUCTURE EVALUATION– Observation of the overall SEO health of the website. Includes the review of the quality of inbound links, volume of inbound links, on-page link crawling, content crawling, content impact on search, robots.txt, duplicate content issues and other factors that impact the performance of the SEO campaign. BAD LINK CLEANUP– If bad inbound links are identified during the SEO Evaluation, we post the bad links to the Google's Disavow Links tool to reduce their negative impact on search rankings. WEBSITE ARCHIVE– Archival of web pages targeted for optimization before and after the initial SEO work in implemented. This provides a before-and-after snapshot of each web page addressed by the SEO campaign. WEBSITE CONTENT CREATION– Provided on an as-needed basis, the creation of new content and/or new web pages to target critical search phrases that the website does not support prior to the launch of the SEO campaign. BUSINESS DIRECTORY SUBMISSIONS– Link building and profile submissions through business directory listings. Includes major business portals like manta.com and Merchant Circle. Entire network expands to 225+ business listing sites. ONLINE YELLOWPAGE SUBMISSIONS– Link building and profile submissions through Online Yellow Pages websites like SuperPages.com. GPS & MOBILE MAP SUBMISSIONS– Link building and profile submissions across GPS Systems like TomTom, Chevy, Toyota and other automotive manufacturer's phone and mapping services. VOICE RECOGNITION & SEARCH SUBMISSIONS– Link building and profile submissions through voice search technology like Apple's Siri, Windows Phones and Android Devices. LOCAL SEO– Creation and/or optimization of up to three Google My Business listing. XML SITEMAPS– Construction of XML sitemaps to ensure search engine BOT crawling and to identify crawling issues. Sitemaps are crawled by all major search engines. SEARCH ENGINE SUBMISSIONS– Website submissions to over 25 US–based search engines, including all major engines and numerous secondary search engines. ADAPTATION TO SEARCH ENGINE RANKING UPDATES– Google implements over 500 ranking adjustments per year with some bigger than others. We make adjustments to your campaign to accommodate these changes. ONGOING SEO SERVICES– Ongoing SEO tasks to ensure long–term campaign growth. A "whatever it takes" strategy to work on the specific elements of SEO that will produce the best results. On a month to month basis the campaign will need to have different tasks prioritized, ranging from more content, more pages, content optimization adjustments, more inbound links, keyword retargeting, product targeting (Data Highlighting), strategy adjustments, website infrastructure cleanup, bad link removal, etc. GOOGLE ANALYTICS ACCOUNT CREATION– The addition of a Google Analytics account (if one does not already exist). Evaluation of website traffic stats to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the website and to provide feedback concerning SEO campaign performance. WEBMASTER TOOLS (Search Console) ACCOUNT CREATION– Creation and installation of a Webmaster Tools account for Google. Webmaster Tools provides direct feedback from Google covering performance metrics about your website. This information is used identify problems with the website, the campaign and to provide direction for future SEO work. WEBSITE DESIGN RECOMMENDATION– If needed, performance recommendations addressing conversion improvements, SEO infrastructure or issues that could improve website performance. MONTHLY RANKING REPORTS & UPDATES– Campaign progress updates and a keyword ranking report showing rankings for relevant keywords on Google, Bing and Yahoo. INTERNET MARKETING CONSULTING – We've seen all that the internet has to offer. Tap our knowledge to help you to make the most sense of what works on the internet, and what does not. Services which would require an addendum to this agreement: Website Design Changes Note: Access to the website content will be required. Social Media Management-This is an available service through Conversion SEO but is not currently quoted in this document. Graphics or Image Creation New content creation-available but not included in this quote Monthly Deliverable and monthly cost: National search engine optimization, Conversion Analysis and Consultation-Per Month Cost: $1,800.00 x 12 month agreement = $21,600 EXHIBIT B INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENTS Insurance The Contractor shall procure and maintain for the duration of the Agreement, insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damage to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder by the Contractor, their agents, representatives, employees or subcontractors. A. Minimum Scope of Insurance Contractor shall obtain insurance of the types described below: 1.Professional Liability insurance appropriate to the Consultant’sprofession. B. Minimum Amounts of Insurance Contractor shall maintain the following insurance limits: 1.Professional Liability insurance shall be written with limits no lessthan $1,000,000 per claim and $1,000,000 policy aggregate limit. C. Other Insurance Provisions The insurance policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions for Automobile Liability and Commercial General Liability insurance: 1.The Contractor’s insurance coverage shall be primary insurance as respect the City.Any Insurance, self-insurance, or insurance pool coverage maintained by the Cityshall be excess of the Contractor’s insurance and shall not contribute with it. 2.The Contractor’s insurance shall be endorsed to state that coverage shall not becancelled by either party, except after thirty (30) days prior written notice by certifiedmail, return receipt requested, has been given to the City. 3. The City of Kent shall be named as an additional insured on all policies (exceptProfessional Liability) as respects work performed by or on behalf of the contractorand a copy of the endorsement naming the City as additional insured shall be attachedto the Certificate of Insurance. The City reserves the right to receive a certified copyof all required insurance policies. The Contractor’s Commercial General Liabilityinsurance shall also contain a clause stating that coverage shall apply separately toeach insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought, except with respects tothe limits of the insurer’s liability. EXHIBIT B (Continued ) D. Acceptability of Insurers Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best rating of not less than A:VII. E. Verification of Coverage Contractor shall furnish the City with original certificates and a copy of the amendatory endorsements, including but not necessarily limited to the additional insured endorsement, evidencing the insurance requirements of the Contractor before commencement of the work. F. Subcontractors Contractor shall include all subcontractors as insureds under its policies or shall furnish separate certificates and endorsements for each subcontractor. 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