Common use of Disaster and Emergency Response Plan Clause in Contracts

Disaster and Emergency Response Plan. Contractor will develop and maintain a Disaster and Emergency Response Plan (“Emergency Plan”) that includes all of the elements set forth in this Section, as well as any additional elements reasonably requested by the County. The Emergency Plan will also include site- Specific emergency response plan(s) for each of the sites at which Contractor provides services pursuant to this Agreement (“Site Plans”). The Emergency Plan and associated Site Plans will address Contractor preparations to effectively respond in the immediate aftermath of a national, state or local disaster or emergency (“Emergency Response”) and plans for the ongoing continuation of Services under the Agreement during and after a disaster or emergency (“Continuity of Operations”). Contactor shall submit the Emergency Plan to the County within thirty (30) days after the beginning of the Term of the Agreement and the Emergency Plan will be subject to the reasonable approval of the County. Contractor shall respond reasonably promptly to any comments or requests for revisions that the County provides to Contractor regarding the Emergency Plan. Contractor will update the Emergency Plan and associated Site Plans as circumstances warrant and shall provide County with copies of such updated plans. Contractor shall train employees on the Emergency Plan and the Emergency Plan will include a description of how employees will be trained. The Emergency Plan will indicate, in as much detail as reasonably possible, the categories of additional staff, supplies, and services that Contractor projects would be necessary for effective Emergency Response and Continuity of Operations and the costs that the Contractor projects it would incur for such additional staff, supplies and services. Contractor shall recognize and adhere to the disaster medical health emergency operations structure, including cooperating with, and following direction provided by, the County’s Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator (MHOAC). In the event that the Contractor is required to implement the Emergency Plan during the term of the Agreement, the parties will confer in good faith regarding the additional staff, supplies and services needed to ensure Emergency Response and/or Continuity of Operations owing to the particular nature of the emergency, as well as whether the circumstances warrant additional compensation by the County for additional staff, supplies and services needed for such Emergency Response and/or Continuity of Operations. Contractor shall reasonably cooperate with the County in complying with processes and requirements that may be imposed by State and Federal agencies (including, but not limited to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency) in connection with reimbursement for emergency/disaster related expenditures. In a declared national, state or local disaster or emergency, Contractor and its employees will be expected to perform services as set forth in the Agreement, including in the area of Emergency Response and Continuity of Operations, as set forth in the Emergency Plan and each Site Plan. Contractor shall ensure that all of its employees are notified, in writing, that they will be expected to perform services consistent with the Emergency Plan and each Site Plan.