#12-5902 (Dixie Drainfields, Inc.)A G R E E M E N T 12-5902
for
Sewage Haulin
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into on this � day o 2012, by and
between Dixie Drainfields, Inc., authorized to do business in th State of Florida, whose
business address is 245 22nd Avenue NE. Naples, FL. 34120, hereinafter called the
"Contractor" and Collier County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Collier
County, Naples, hereinafter called the "County ":
WITNESSETH:
I. COMMENCEMENT. This Agreement shall commence on the date of the issuance of a
Purchase Order. The contract term shall be for an initial two (2) year period, with an
option by the parties to renew the contract yearly for a total contract length not to
exceed four (4) years. The County shall give the Contractor written notice of the
County's intention to extend the Agreement term not less than ten (10) days prior to the
end of the Agreement term then in effect.
2. STATEMENT OF WORK. The Contractor shall provide Sewage Hauling in
accordance with the terms and conditions of Bid #12 -5902 and the Contractor's
proposal referred to herein and made an integral part of this agreement. This
Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties and any
modifications to this Agreement shall be mutually agreed upon in writing by the
Contractor and the County Project or Contract Manager or his designee, in compliance
with the County Purchasing Policy and Administrative Procedures in effect at the time
such services are authorized.
3. COMPENSATION. The County shall pay the Contractor for the performance of this
Agreement the aggregate of the units actually ordered and furnished at the unit price of
three hundred dollars ($300.00) per hour, together with the cost of any other
charges /fees submitted in the proposal. Any additional items and /or services may be
added by written contract modification in compliance with the Purchasing Policy.
Any County agency may purchase products and services under this contract, provided
sufficient funds are included in their budget(s). Payment will be made upon receipt of a
proper invoice and upon approval by the Project Manager or his designee, and in
compliance with Chapter 218, Fla. Stats., otherwise known as the "Local Government
Prompt Payment Act ".
Page I of 7
3.1 Payments will be made for services furnished, delivered, and accepted, upon
receipt and approval of invoices submitted on the date of services or within six (6)
months after completion of contract. Any untimely submission of invoices beyond
the specified deadline period is subject to non - payment under the legal doctrine of
"laches" as untimely submitted. Time shall be deemed of the essence with respect to
the timely submission of invoices under this agreement.
4. SALES TAX. Contractor shall pay all sales, consumer, use and other similar taxes
associated with the Work or portions thereof, which are applicable during the
performance of the Work.
5. NOTICES. All notices from the County to the Contractor shall be deemed duly served
if mailed or faxed to the Contractor at the following Address:
Dixie Drainfields, Inc.
245 22nd Avenue NE.
Naples, FL. 34120
Attention: Timothy Beebe, President
Phone: 239 -455 -3795 Fax: 239- 353 -1391
All Notices from the Contractor to the County shall be deemed duly served if mailed or
faxed to the County to:
Collier County Government Center
Purchasing Department
3327 Tamiami Trail, East
Naples, Florida 34112
Attention: Purchasing & General Services Director
Telephone: 239 - 252 -8975
Facsimile: 239 - 252 -6480
The Contractor and the County may change the above mailing address at any time upon
giving the other party written notification. All notices under this Agreement must be in
writing.
6. NO PARTNERSHIP. Nothing herein contained shall create or be construed as creating
a partnership between the County and the Contractor or to constitute the Contractor as
an agent of the County.
7. PERMITS: LICENSES: TAXES. In compliance with Section 218.80, F.S., all permits
necessary for the prosecution of the Work shall be obtained by the Contractor. Payment
for all such permits issued by the County shall be processed internally by the County.
All non - County permits necessary for the prosecution of the Work shall be procured
and paid for by the Contractor. The Contractor shall also be solely responsible for
Page 2 of 7
payment of any and all taxes levied on the Contractor. In addition, the Contractor shall
comply with all rules, regulations and laws of Collier County, the State of Florida, or the
U. S. Government now in force or hereafter adopted. The Contractor agrees to comply
with all laws governing the responsibility of an employer with respect to persons
employed by the Contractor.
8. NO IMPROPER USE. The Contractor will not use, nor suffer or permit any person to
use in any manner whatsoever, County facilities for any improper, immoral or offensive
purpose, or for any purpose in violation of any federal, state, county or municipal
ordinance, rule, order or regulation, or of any governmental rule or regulation now in
effect or hereafter enacted or adopted. In the event of such violation by the Contractor
or if the County or its authorized representative shall deem any conduct on the part of
the Contractor to be objectionable or improper, the County shall have the right to
suspend the contract of the Contractor. Should the Contractor fail to correct any such
violation, conduct, or practice to the satisfaction of the County within twenty -four (24)
hours after receiving notice of such violation, conduct, or practice, such suspension to
continue until the violation is cured. The Contractor further agrees not to commence
operation during the suspension period until the violation has been corrected to the
satisfaction of the County.
9. TERMINATION. Should the Contractor be found to have failed to perform his
services in a manner satisfactory to the County as per this Agreement, the County may
terminate said agreement immediately for cause; further the County may terminate this
Agreement for convenience with a thirty (30) day written notice. The County shall be
sole judge of non - performance.
10. NO DISCRIMINATION. The Contractor agrees that there shall be no discrimination as
to race, sex, color, creed or national origin.
11. INSURANCE. The Contractor shall provide insurance as follows:
A. Commercial General Liability Coverage shall have minimum limits of $1,000,000
Per Occurrence, $1,000,000 aggregate for Bodily Injury Liability and Property Damage
Liability. This shall include Premises and Operations; Independent Contractors;
Products and Completed Operations and Contractual Liability.
B. Business Auto Liability: Coverage shall have minimum limits of $1,000,000 Per
Occurrence, Combined Single Limit for Bodily Injury Liability and Property Damage
Liability. This shall include: Owned Vehicles, Hired and Non -Owned Vehicles and
Employee Non - Ownership.
C. Workers' Compensation: Insurance covering all employees meeting Statutory
Limits in compliance with the applicable state and federal laws.
The coverage must include Employers' Liability with a minimum limit of $1,000,000 for
each accident.
Page 3 of 7
D. Pollution Liability Insurance: Coverage shall have a minimum of $1,000,000 per
occurrence.
S2ecial Requirements: Collier County Government shall be listed as the Certificate
Holder and included as an Additional Insured on the Comprehensive General Liability
Policy.
Current, valid insurance policies meeting the requirement herein identified shall be
maintained by Contractor during the duration of this Agreement. Renewal certificates
shall be sent to the County ten (10) days prior to any expiration date. There shall be a
thirty (30) day notification to the County in the event of cancellation or modification of
any stipulated insurance coverage.
Contractor shall insure that all Sub Contractors comply with the same insurance
requirements that he is required to meet. The same Contractor shall provide County
with certificates of insurance meeting the required insurance provisions.
12. INDEMNIFICATION. To the maximum extent permitted by Florida law, the
Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless Collier County, its officers and
employees from any and all liabilities, damages, losses and costs, including, but not
limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and paralegals' fees, to the extent caused by the
negligence, recklessness, or intentionally wrongful conduct of the Contractor or anyone
employed or utilized by the Contractor in the performance of this Agreement. This
indemnification obligation shall not be construed to negate, abridge or reduce any other
rights or remedies which otherwise may be available to an indemnified party or person
described in this paragraph.
This section does not pertain to any incident arising from the sole negligence of Collier
County.
13. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. This Agreement shall be administered on behalf of
the County by the Public Utilities Waste Water Department.
14. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Contractor represents that it presently has no interest and
shall acquire no interest, either direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner
with the performance of services required hereunder. Contractor further represents that
no persons having any such interest shall be employed to perform those services.
15. COMPONENT PARTS OF THIS CONTRACT This Contract consists of the following
component parts, all of which are as fully a part of the contract as if herein set out
verbatim: Contractor's Proposal, Insurance Certificate, Bid #12 -5902
Specifications/ Scope of Services.
Page 4 of 7
16. SUBTECT TO APPROPRIATION. It is further understood and agreed by and between
the parties herein that this agreement is subject to appropriation by the Board of County
Commissioners.
17. PROHIBITION OF GIFTS TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES. No organization or
individual shall offer or give, either directly or indirectly, any favor, gift, loan, fee,
service or other item of value to any County employee, as set forth in Chapter 112, Part
III, Florida Statutes, Collier County Ethics Ordinance No. 2004 -05, and County
Administrative Procedure 5311, Violation of this provision may result in one or more of
the following consequences: a. Prohibition by the individual, firm, and/or any
employee of the firm from contact with County staff for a specified period of time; b.
Prohibition by the individual and /or firm from doing business with the County for a
specified period of time, including but not limited to: submitting bids, RFP, and/or
quotes; and, c. immediate termination of any contract held by the individual and/or
firm for cause.
18. IMMIGRATION LAW COMPLIANCE. By executing and entering into this agreement,
the Contractor is formally acknowledging without exception or stipulation that it is fully
responsible for complying with the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986 as located at 8 U.S.C. 1324, et seq. and regulations relating thereto, as either
may be amended. Failure by the Contractor to comply with the laws referenced herein
shall constitute a breach of this agreement and the County shall have the discretion to
unilaterally terminate this agreement immediately.
19. OFFER EXTENDED TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. Collier County
encourages and agrees to the successful proposer extending the pricing, terms and
conditions of this solicitation or resultant contract to other governmental entities at the
discretion of the successful proposer.
20. AGREEMENT TERMS. If any portion of this Agreement is held to be void, invalid, or
otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining portion of this Agreement
shall remain in effect.
21. ADDITIONAL ITEMS /SERVICES Additional items and /or services may be added to
this contract in compliance with the Purchasing Policy.
22. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Prior to the initiation of any action or proceeding permitted
by this Agreement to resolve disputes between the parties, the parties shall make a good
faith effort to resolve any such disputes by negotiation. The negotiation shall be
attended by representatives of Contractor with full decision - making authority and by
County's staff person who would make the presentation of any settlement reached
during negotiations to County for approval. Failing resolution, and prior to the
commencement of depositions in any litigation between the parties arising out of this
Agreement, the parties shall attempt to resolve the dispute through Mediation before an
agreed -upon Circuit Court Mediator certified by the State of Florida. The mediation
shall be attended by representatives of Contractor with full decision- making authority
Page 5 of 7
and by County's staff person who would make the presentation of any settlement
reached at mediation to County's board for approval. Should either party fail to submit
to mediation as required hereunder, the other party may obtain a court order requiring
mediation under section 44.102, Fla. Stat.
Any suit or action brought by either party to this Agreement against the other party
relating to or arising out of this Agreement must be brought in the appropriate federal
or state courts in Collier County, Florida, which courts have sole and exclusive
jurisdiction on all such matters.
23. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT: PROJECT MANAGER SUPERVISOR EMPLOYEES.
The Contractor shall employ people to work under this Agreement who are neat, clean,
well- groomed and courteous. Subject to the American with Disabilities Act, Contractor
shall supply competent employees who are physically capable of performing their
employment duties. The County may require the Contractor to remove an employee it
deems careless, incompetent, insubordinate or otherwise objectionable and whose
continued employment to perform work under this Agreement is not in the best interest
of the County
23.1 The Contractor's personnel and management to be utilized for this project shall
be knowledgeable in their areas of expertise. The County reserves the right to perform
investigations as may be deemed necessary to insure that competent persons will be
utilized in the performance of the contract. The Contractor shall assign as many people
as necessary to complete the work on a timely basis, and each person assigned shall be
available for an amount of time adequate to meet the requirements of the work.
24. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE: In the event of any conflict between or among the terms
of any of the Contract Documents, the terms of the Agreement shall take precedence
over the terms of all other Contract Documents.
25. ASSIGNMENT: Contractor shall not assign this Agreement or any part thereof, without
the prior consent in writing of the County. Any attempt to assign or otherwise transfer
this Agreement, or any part herein, without the County's consent, shall be void. If
Contractor does, with approval, assign this Agreement or any part thereof, it shall require
that its assignee be bound to it and to assume toward Contractor all of the obligations and
responsibilities that Contractor has assumed toward the County.
Page 6 of 7
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Contractor and the County, have each, respectively, by an
authorized person or agent, hereunder set their hands and seals on the date and year first
above written.
ATTEST'. 1
Dwight,, ,` Bruck, Cletk'af Courts
f,
By"
Dated
a1 AIt IM !a
s
First Witness
TType/ print witness nameT
Second Witness
�fe�l4e // Ire //, ns 42=
TType /print witness nameT
Approved as to form and
legal sufficiency:
— IW74 P, L
z4ess4,taut County Attorney
Print Name
Page 7 of 7
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
Fred W. Coyle, Chairman
DIXTF T)R A WT7T PT .T)C, T7\Tr'
Typed signature and title