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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017 CON Ameresco - Energy Services Agreement - Payment and Performance BondsAMERESCO Green • Ciean • Sustainable 111 Speen Street • Suite 410 • Framingham • MA • 01701 Direct Dial: 508-661-2220 • Facsimile: 508-598-3220 DATE: RE: TO: TRANSMITTAL LETTER Monday, August 14, 2017 Energy Services Agreement - Payment and Performance Bonds Jose Lopez City of National City 1243 National City Boulevard National City, CA 91950 WE TRANSMIT: ® Herewith FOR YOUR: ❑ Approval ❑ Review & Comment THE FOLLOWING: ❑ Cert. of Substantial Completion ❑ Drawing(s) ❑ Confidentiality Agreement ❑ In accordance with your request El Distribution ® Records ❑ Certified Payroll(s) ❑ Purchase Order ® Other: Performance and Payment Bonds ❑ Information ® Use ❑ Change Order ❑ Specifications Copies DocumentD ate Rev. No. Description Action Code 1 08/10/17 N/A Performance and Payment Bond Nos. 300021461 & 012027013 A ACTION CODE: (A) No action required. (B) For signature and forwarding as noted in remarks. (C) Please sign both originals and return one fully executed original. (D) Please see remarks below. (E) Return with Performance & Payment Bond. (F) Return with Certificate of Liability Insurance. REMARKS: THANK YOU. COPIES TO: (W/Enclosures) Scott Wentworth Sheri Cole Nancy Rorabaugh BY: John Abate Manager — Contract Administration PERFORMANCE BOND Western Surety Company # 30021461 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company # 012027013 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City, by Resolution No. , passed the 20th day of June, 2017 has awarded to Ameresco, Inc., hereinafter designated as the "Principal", the AMERESCO ENERGY SERVICES AGREEMENT WHEREAS, said Principal is required under the terms of said contract to furnish a bond for the faithful performance of said contract. NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Principal and Western Surety Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the City Council of the City of National City, hereinafter called the "Council", in the penal sum of Five Million Four Hundred Three Thousand Three Hundred Eight and 00/100 Dollars($5,403,308.00) lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and successors, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT if the above bounden Principal, his/her or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns, shall in all things stand to and abide by, and well and truly keep and perform the covenants, conditions and agreements in the said contract any alteration thereof made as therein provides, on his or their part, to be kept and performed at the time and in the amount therein specified, and in all respects according to their true intent and meaning, and shall indemnify and save harmless the City of National City, the City Council, their officers, agents, and employees, as therein stipulated, then this obligation shall become null and void; otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and virtue. It is understood and agreed that the Sureties obligation under this bond is subject to terms and conditions of Contract Section 15 (b) (vii). And the said Surety, for value received, hereby stipulates and agrees that no change, extension of time, alteration or addition to the terms of the contract or to the work to be performed herein or the specifications accompanying the same shall in any wise affect its obligations on this bond, and it does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension of time, alteration or additions to the terms of the contract or to the work or to the specifications. In the event suit is brought upon this bond by the City of National City and judgment is recovered, the surety shall pay all costs incurred by the Council in such suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the Court. IN WITNESS WHEREOF three identical counterparts of this instrument, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed an original thereof, have been duly executed by the Principal and Surety above named, on the 101 day of August, 2017. Ameresco, Inc., Principal Western Suret Michel F. Carney, Attorn -y-in-Fa t Liberty Mutual Insur..:►•ia ompany, Surety BY Michael F. Car y, A . rney-in act PERFORMANCE BOND ATTORNEY -IN -FACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SURETY STATE OF Massachusetts ) COUNTY OF Middlesex ) ) ss On this 10th day of August, 2017, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Michael F. Carney known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument as the attorney -in -fact of the Western Surety Companyand Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the corporations named as Sureties in said instrument, and acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of said corporation thereto as Surety, and his own name as attorney -in -fact. NOTE: Signature of those executing for Surety must be properly acknowledged. Signature: Name (Type or Print): Maria L. O'Brien NOTE: The Attorney -in -fact must attach a certified copy of the Power of Attorney. Notary Public in and for said County and State My Commission expires: MARIA L O'BRIEN Nclzy Pull Garrournaith of hiamadualis My Cornission Expires Sept. 9. 2022 PAYMENT BOND Western Surety Company # 30021461 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company # 012027013 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City, by Resolution No. , passed the 20th day of June, 2017 has awarded to Ameresco, Inc., hereinafter designated as the "Principal", the AMERESCO ENERGY SERVICES AGREEMENT WHEREAS, said Principal is required by Chapter 5 (commencing at Section 3225) and Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 3247), Title 15, Part 4, Division 3 of the California Civil Code to furnish a bond in connection with said contract; NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Principal and Western Surety Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the City Council of the City of National City, hereinafter called the "Council", in the penal sum of Five Million Four Hundred Three Thousand Three Hundred Eight and 00/100 Dollars($5,403,308.00) lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators and successors, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION IS SUCH that if said Principal, his/her or its subcontractors, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, shall fail to pay any of the persons named in Section 3181 of the California Civil Code, or amounts due under the Unemployment Insurance Code with respect to work or labor performed by any such claimant, or for any amounts required to be deducted, withheld, and paid over to the Franchise Tax Board from the wages of employees of the Contractor and his subcontractors pursuant to Section 18806 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, with respect to such work and labor the Surety will pay for the same in an amount not exceeding the sum hereinafter specified, and also, in case suit is brought upon this bond, a reasonable attorney's fee, to be fixed by the Court. It is understood and agreed that the Sureties obligation under this bond is subject to terms and conditions of Contract Section 15 (b) (vii). This Bond shall inure to the benefit of any of the persons named in Section 3181 of the California Civil Code, so as to give a right of action to such persons or their assigns in any suit brought upon this bond. It is further stipulated and agreed that the Surety on this bond shall not be exonerated or released from the obligation of this bond by any change, extension of time for performance, addition, alteration or modification in, to, or of any contract, plans, specifications, or agreement pertaining or relating to any scheme or work of improvement hereinabove described or pertaining or relating to the furnishing of labor, materials, or equipment therefore, not by any change or modification of any terms of payment or extension of the time for any payment pertaining or relating to any scheme or work of improvement hereinabove described, nor by any rescission or attempted rescission of the contract, agreement or bond, nor by any conditions precedent or subsequent in the bond attempting to limit the right of recovery of claimants otherwise entitled to recover under any such contract or agreement or under the bond, nor by any fraud practiced by any person other than the claimant seeking to recover on the bond and that this bond be construed most strongly against the Surety and in favor of all persons for whose benefit such bond is given, and under no circumstances shall Surety be released from liability to those for whose benefit such bond has been given, by reason of any breach of contract between the owner of Public Entity and original contractor or on the part of any obliges named in such bond, but the sole conditions of recovery shall be that claimant is a person described in Section 3110 or 3112 of the California Civil Code, and has not been paid the full amount of his claim and that Surety does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension of time, addition, alteration or modification herein mentioned. IN WITNESS WHEREOF three identical counterparts of this instrument, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed an original thereof, have been duly executed by the Principal and Surety above named, on the 10th day of August, 2017. Ameresco, Inc., Principal Western Surety Com • .;�� Syr�ty Mic1 ael F. Carney, Attorney -in - liberty Mutual BY suraCompany, Surety Michael F. Carney, Attorney -in act ATTORNEY -IN -FACT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SURETY STATE OF Massachusetts ) ss COUNTY OF Middlesex On this 10th day of August, 2017, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Michael F. Carney known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument as the attorney -in -fact of the Western Surety Companyand Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, the corporations named as Sureties in said instrument, and acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of said corporation thereto as Surety, and his own name as attorney -in -fact. NOTE: Signature of those executing for Surety must be properly acknowledged. NOTE: The Attorney -in -fact must attach a certified copy of the Power of Attorney. Signature: Name (Type or Print): Maria L. O'Brien Notary Public in and for said County and State My Commission expires: A MARIA L O'BRJEN boy Mc, diilassens* coiai ssiw E ss Sept. 9, 2022 ONDS Western Surety Company POWER OF ATTORNEY APPOINTING INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY -IN -FACT Know All Men By These Presents, That WESTERN SURETY COMPANY, a South Dakota corporation, is a duly organized and existing corporation having its principal office in the City of Sioux Falls, and State of South Dakota, and that it does by virtue of the signature and seal herein affixed hereby make, constitute and appoint Gregory D Juwa, Richard F Caruso, James J Axon, Michael F Carney, Wilder Parks Jr, Michael T Gilbert, Adam W De Sanctis, Christine B Gallagher, Bryan F Juwa, Paul A Patalano, David A Boutiette, Rebecca Shanley, Jonathan E Duggan, Individually of Woburn, MA, its true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact with full power and authority hereby conferred to sign, seal and execute for and on its behalf bonds, undertakings and other obligatory instruments of similar nature - In Unlimited Amounts - and to bind it thereby as fully and to the same extent as if such instruments were signed by a duly authorized officer of the corporation and all the acts of said Attorney, pursuant to the authority hereby given, are hereby ratified and confirmed. This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the By -Law printed on the reverse hereof, duly adopted, as indicated, by the shareholders of the corporation. In Witness Whereof, WESTERN SURETY COMPANY has caused these presents to be signed by its Vice President and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed on this 23rd day of June, 2016. State of South Dakota County of Minnehaha } ss WESTERN SURETY COMPANY aul T. Bruflat, Vice President On this 23rd day of June, 2016, before me personally came Paul T. Bruflat, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say: that he resides in the City of Sioux Falls, State of South Dakota; that he is the Vice President of WESTERN SURETY COMPANY described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed pursuant to authority given by the Board of Directors of said corporation and that he signed his name thereto pursuant to like authority, and acknowledges same to be the act and deed of said corporation. My commission expires June 23, 2021 J. MOHR SEOl SOUTH NO rAITY �L CERTIFICATE J. Mohr, Notary Public I, L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary of WESTERN SUREi'Y COMPANY do hereby certify that the Power of Attorney hereinabove set forth is still in force, and further certify that the By -Law of the corporation pri the reverse hereo still in force testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said corporation this Q / day of all y f / 02 0 / 7. WESTERN SURETY COMPANY 2121-14"4771"..1 L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary Form F4280-7-2012 Authorizing By -Law ADOPTED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS OF WESTERN SURETY COMPANY This Power of Attorney is made and executed pursuant to and by authority of the following By -Law duly adopted by the shareholders of the Company. Section 7. All bonds, policies, undertakings, Powers of Attorney, or other obligations of the corporation shall be executed in the corporate name of the Company by the President, Secretary, and Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, or any Vice President, or by such other officers as the Board of Directors may authorize. The President, any Vice President, Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer may appoint Attorneys in Fact or agents who shall have authority to issue bonds, policies, or undertakings in the name of the Company. The corporate seal is not necessary for the validity of any bonds, policies, undertakings, Powers of Attorney or other obligations of the corporation. The signature of any such officer and the corporate seal may be printed by facsimile. - THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS NOT VALID UNLESS IT IS PRINTED ON RED BACKGROUND. This Power of Attorney limits the acts of those named herein, and they have no authority to bind the Company except Liberty Mutual Insurance Company The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company West American POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: That The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company is a corporation duly Liberty Mutual Insurance Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, organized under the laws of the State of Indiana (herein collectively called the "Companies"), pursuant to and by authority Adam W. DeSanctis; Bryan F. Juwa; Christine B. Gallagher; David A. Boutiette; Gregory D. Juwa; in the manner and to the extent herein stated. Certificate No. 7564796 Insurance Company organized under the laws of the State of New Hampshire, that and West American Insurance Company is a corporation duly herein set forth, does hereby name, constitute and appoint, James J. Axon; Jonathan Duggan; Lesliann Ortiz; Lindsay A. Knowlton; Michael F. Carney; Michael T. Gilbert; Paul A. Patalano; Rebecca Shanley; Richard F. Caruso; Tonya DeGrazia; Wilder Parks, Jr all of the city of Woburn state of MA each individually if there be more than one named, its true undertakings, bonds, recognizances and and attested by the secretary of the officer or official of the Companies David M. Carey, who acknowledged and that he, as such, being authorized officer. seal at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA and lawful attorney -in -fact to make, execute, seal, acknowledge other surety obligations, in pursuance of these presents and shall Companies in their own proper persons. and the corporate seals of the Companies have been affixed The Ohio Insurance Com an Company Liberty Mutual Insurance Company West me'irccaannn InsuranceCompany By: 'APl' C and deliver, for and on its behalf as surety and as its act and deed, any and all be as binding upon the Companies as if they have been duly signed by the president IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been subscribed by an authorized thereto this 8th day of December 2016 To confirm the validity of this Power of Attorney call 1-610-832-8240 between 9:00 am and 4:30 om EST on anv business day. Not valid for mortgage, note, loan, letter of credit, currency rate, interest rate or residual value guarantees. P'c+�cN�t)g9 r to m p 1919 n O 09 ,b y1 * ,�JA oe >F.i, r. .. ,< G , Q > 1912 .� ) 193r` HUStiy? * � ' kaar rRl-i✓�Casualty V ,0 Q 1991 `WOIAtiP t * 2016 before me personally appeared STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA ss COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY On this 8th day of December David M. Care ; Assistant Secretary himself to be the Assistant Secretary of Liberty Mutual Insurance so to do, execute the foregoing instrument for the purposes on the day and year first above written. By: Company, The Ohio Casualty therein contained by signing IN WITNESS WHEREOF, This Power of Attorney Insurance Company, and ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS to such limitation as the acknowledge and deliver powers of attorney, shall executed, such instruments the provisions of this ARTICLE XIII — Execution and subject to such limitations seal, acknowledge and respective powers of executed such instruments Certificate of Designation fact as may be necessary obligations. Authorization — By unanimous Company, wherever appearing the same force and effect I, Renee C. Llewellyn, hereby certify that the has not been revoked. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, Company, on behalf of I have hereunto is made and executed West American — Section 12. Chairman or the as surety any and have full power shall be as binding article may be revoked of Contracts — as the chairman deliver as surety attorney, shall have shall be as binding — The President to act on behalf consent upon a certified as though manually the undersigned, original power of attomey I have hereunto tNSU 1912 $ � '4:. ) SAL1i4Y Sid , and West American Insurance Company, the corporations by himself as a duly authorized subscribed my name and affixed my notarial 9P ppST q� *oottw�t ��f ti� oo ^.s 7 OF a` y�.� 1VP {.' "r4gy pt)15\' Notarial Seal Teresa Pastella, Notary Public Upper Merion Twp., Montgomery County My Commission Expires March 28, 2017 Teresa Pastella, Notary Public of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual as follows: purpose in writing by the Chairman or the President, and subject to act in behalf of the Corporation to make, execute, seal, -in -fact, subject to the limitations set forth in their respective and to attach thereto the seal of the Corporation. When so or authority granted to any representative or attorney -in -fact under granting such power or authority. for that purpose in writing by the chairman or the president, be necessary to act in behalf of the Company to make, execute, Such attorneys -in -fact subject to the limitations set forth in their and to attach thereto the seal of the Company. When so David M. Carey, Assistant Secretary to appoint such attorneys -in - any and all undertakings, bonds, recognizances and other surety reproduced signature of any assistant secretary of the surety bonds, shall be valid and binding upon the Company with Insurance Company, and West American Insurance Company do executed by said Companies, is in full force and effect and of 11 a '' 20 1 7 . Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries of the following By-laws and Authorizations are now in full force and effect reading official of the Corporation authorized for that such attorneys -in -fact, as may be necessary and other surety obligations. Such attorneys and execution of any such instruments attested to by the Secretary. Any power the President or by the officer or officers Any officer of the Company authorized shall appoint such attorneys -in -fact, as may and other surety obligations. signature and execution of any such instruments attested by the secretary. the Bylaws of the Company, authorizes seal, acknowledge and deliver as surety Company consents that facsimile or mechanically by the Company in connection with Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual true and correct copy of the Power of Attomey of said Companies this J /) day pursuant to and by authority Insurance Company which resolutions Power of Attorney. Any officer or other President may prescribe, shall appoint all undertakings, bonds, recognizances to bind the Corporation by their signature as if signed by the President and at any time by the Board, the Chairman, SECTION 5. Surety Bonds and Undertakings. or the president may prescribe, any and all undertakings, bonds, recognizances full power to bind the Company by their as if signed by the president and of the Company, acting pursuant to of the Company to make, execute, of the Company's Board of Directors, the copy of any power of attorney issued affixed. Assistant Secretary, The Ohio Casualty of which the foregoing is a full, set my hand and affixed the seals i, _ By. Y INSU J�cu,o-II,J,p O 1919 n O\ e" `� �"�.SM?Sx 4, �`oy,yv 1991 NDIANP Renee C. Llew istant Secretary 130 of 300 LMS_12873_082016 Engineering Department 1243 National City Boulevard, National City, CA 91950 DATE: August 14, 2017 TO: Michael Dalla, City Clerk FROM: Kuna Muthusamy, Engineering Department PROJECT: AMERESCO Energy Services Agreement Enclosed are the Performance and Payment Bond No. 300021461 & 012027013 for your files. If you have any questions please call me at (619) 336-4383. Sincerely, Kuna Muthusamy City Engineer