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05/04/2020 loss related to the work, service or purchase provided by the contracting party or its subcontractors or employees. D. All Contracts shall require the contracting party to obtain and maintain such insurance coverage as is specified by the City as being sufficient to protect the City, its officers, officials, employees, and consultants from damages and loss related to the work, service or purchase provided by the contracting party or its subcontractors or employees. E. All Contracts shall require the contracting party to obtain and maintain all licenses and permits as may be required to provide the contracted for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, and services. Contracting parties providing services to the City are required to obtain a City business license. Contracting parties selling goods, materials, equipment or supplies to the City are not required to obtain a City business license. Sec. 2.63.8. CITY NOT LIABLE / NO WAIVER: The City shall not be liable for payment or other obligation for a Public Works Project, Contract, service, or purchase that was subject to, but failed to comply, with this Article. No provision of this Article shall impose a mandatory duty of enforcement on the City or on any of its officers, officials, employees, boards or councils. If any Section purports to impose a mandatory duty of enforcement, said Section shall be deemed to invest the City, and appropriate officer, official, employee, board or council with discretion to enforce the Section or not enforce it. These procedures are for the City's sole and exclusive benefit. The City's failure to follow, enforce, or expressly include the provisions of this Article in any Contract shall not constitute a waiver of this Article's requirements or the City's right of enforcement. Sec. 2.63.9. BID REJECTION: The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids. Sec. 2.64. PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS: Sec. 2.64.1. PREQUALIFICATON: For any Public Works Project, the estimated cost of which is more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000), the City Manager or City Manager's designee may solicit from prospective Bidders Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in a manner consistent with the procedures in the Administrative Purchasing Policy and in conformance with this Article. Prospective Bidders shall complete fully the SOQ, which when completed, shall be submitted as a declaration under penalty of perjury. Advertisement of the SOQ to prospective Bidders shall be made in the manner of advertising public notice inviting Bids. Said responses shall be submitted in sealed envelopes as provided in the SOQ and shall be identified as responses to the SOQ for the designated project. Whenever prequalification is required of any Bidder for a Contract, it shall be required for all prospective Bidders for that Contract. The estimated cost that may require prequalification shall be increased annually based on the increase in the Construction Cost Index for San Francisca over the prior one year period, as published from time to time by Engineering News Record. Sec. 2.64.2. CONTRACTS OF $100,000 OR MORE —COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS BY FORMAL SOLICITATION: A. Competitive Bidding Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, Contracts for Public Works Projects equal to or greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) may be awarded following a Competitive Bidding Process by Formal Solicitation that complies with the following: ATTY/ORD.514/PURCHASING ORDINANCE REV: 03-17-2020 RL Page 7 of 15 ORDINANCE NO. 2481 MUFF NO. 305