The contractor shall not commence work under this contract until all insurance required herein is obtained and approved by the University’s Director of Risk Management. Nor shall the contractor allow any subcontractor to commence work until all similar insurance required of the subcontractor has been so obtained.
The contractor shall furnish the University’s Project Manager with two (2) original Certificates of Insurance, with Northwestern University named as an additional insured, showing the following minimum coverage with an insurance company acceptable to the Director of Risk Management. Further, the Certificate of Insurance shall state that coverage provided is primary to any other coverage available to Northwestern University. The foregoing Certificates shall contain a provision that coverage afforded under the policies will not be cancelled or non-renewed until at least sixty (60) days prior written notice has been given to Northwestern University.
| TYPE OF INSURANCE | MINIMUM INSURANCE COVERAGE Combined Single Limit Per Occurrence / Aggregate |
| Commercial General Liability including: 1. Premises - Operations 2. Explosion, Underground and Collapse Hazard 3. Products / Completed Operations 4. Contractual Insurance 5. Broad Form Property Damage 6. Independent Contractors 7. Bodily Injury |
$3,000,000 / $3,000,000 |
| Automobile Liability Owned, Non-owned, or Rented |
$3,000,000 / $3,000,000 |
| Workers' Compensation and Occupational Diseases | As Required by Applicable Laws |
| Employer's Liability | $3,000,000 |
Contractor agrees to indemnify, save harmless and defend Northwestern University, its agents, servants, and employees, and each of them against and hold it and them harmless from any and all lawsuits, claims, demands, liabilities, losses and expenses, including court costs and attorneys' fees, for or on account of any injury to any person, or any death at any time resulting from such injury, or any damage to any property, which may arise or which may be alleged to have arisen out of or in connection with the work covered by this contract, except to the extent that such loss results from the sole negligent act of Northwestern University.