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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Form No 7 TILITI64 UTILITIES UTILITY WORK BY HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR MASTER AGREEMENT 11114 (AT UAO AND FDOT EXPENSE COMBINED) performance of this Agreement. When the FDOT receives a notice of claim for damages that may have been caused by the UAO in the performance of services required under this Agreement, the FDOT will immediately forward the claim to the UAO. The UAO and the FDOT will evaluate the claim and report their findings to each other within fourteen (14) working days and will jointly discuss options in defending the claim. After reviewing the claim, the FDOT will determine whether to require the participation of the UAO in the defense of the claim or to require the UAO to defend the FDOT in such claim as described in this section. The FDOT's failure to notify the UAO of a claim shall not release the UAO from any of the requirements of this section. The FDOT and the UAO will pay their own costs for the evaluation, settlement negotiations, and trial, if any. However, if only one party participates in the defense of the claim at trial, that party is responsible for all costs. FOR NON -GOVERNMENT-OWNED UTILITIES: The UAO shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the FDOT and all of its officers, agents, and employees from any claim, loss, damage, cost, charge, or expense arising out of any acts, action, error, neglect, or omission by the UAO, its agents, employees, or contractors during the performance of the Agreement, whether direct or indirect, and whether to any person or property to which FDOT or said parties may be subject, except that neither the UAO, its agents, employees, or contractors will be liable under this section for damages arising out of the injury or damage to persons or property directly caused by or resulting from the negligence of the FDOT or any of its officers, agents, or employees during the performance of this Agreement. The UAO's obligation to indemnify, defend, and pay for the defense or at the FDOT's option, to participate and associate with the FDOT in the defense and trial of any damage claim or suit and any related settlement negotiations, shall arise within fourteen (14) days of receipt by the UAO of the FDOT's notice of claim for indemnification to the UAO. The notice of claim for indemnification shall be served by certified mail. The UAO's obligation to defend and indemnify within fourteen (14) days of such notice shall not be excused because of the UAO's inability to evaluate liability or because the UAO evaluates liability and determines the UAO is not liable or determines the FDOT is solely negligent. Only a final adjudication orjudgment finding the FDOT solely negligent shall excuse performance of this provision by the UAO. The UAO shall pay all costs and fees related to this obligation and its enforcement by the FDOT. The FDOT's delay in notifying the UAO of a claim shall not release LIAO of the above duty to defend. 8. Force Majeure Neither the UAO nor the FDOT shall be liable to the other for any failure to perform under this Agreement to the extent such performance is prevented by an act of God, war, riots, natural catastrophe, or other event beyond the control of the non-performing party and which could not have been avoided or overcome by the exercise of due diligence; provided that the party claiming the excuse from performance has (a) promptly notified the other party of the occurrence and its estimated duration, (b) promptly remedied or mitigated the effect of the occurrence to the extent possible, and (c) resumed performance as soon as possible. 9. Miscellaneous a. If the Utility Work is reimbursable under this Agreement, the UAO shall fully comply with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and any subsequent revisions thereto in connection with the Utility Work covered by this Agreement, and such compliance will be governed by one of the following methods as determined at the time of the issuance of the work order: (1) The UAO will perform all or part of such Utility Work by a contractor paid under a contract let by the UAO, and the Appendix "A" of Assurances transmitted with the issued work order will be included in said contract let by the UAO. (2) The UAO will perform all of its Utility Work entirely with UAO's forces, and Appendix "A" of Assurances is not required. Page 9 of 11