Int. No. 802
By Council Members Won, Menin, Farías, Ayala, Louis, Stevens and Banks
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a standard insurance policy for food procurement vendors
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 6-130.1 to read as follows:
§ 6-130.1 Standard insurance policy for food procurement vendors. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Food procurement vendor. The term "food procurement vendor" means any vendor that enters into a contract with an agency to provide food or food-related services.
Food-related services. The term "food-related services" means any services where the principal purpose of the contract is the preparation, handling, transportation, storage, or serving of food.
b. The city chief procurement officer shall establish a standard insurance policy that shall be required for all food procurement vendors entering into contracts with agencies. Such policy shall include, at a minimum: (i) commercial general liability insurance; (ii) product liability insurance, which may be satisfied by a specialized food liability policy; and (iii) any other insurance coverages deemed necessary by the city chief procurement officer to protect against risks associated with food procurement.
c. All agency solicitations and contracts for food procurement shall require vendors to maintain, at a minimum, insurance meeting the requirements of the standard policy established pursuant to subdivision b of this section. This subdivision does not prevent any contract with a food procurement vendor from containing additional insurance requirements.
d. The city chief procurement officer shall review the standard insurance policy established pursuant to this section annually and make any necessary changes, considering, at a minimum, the adequacy of coverage for risks associated with food procurement and consistency with food industry insurance standards.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after enactment.
Session 13
ARP
LS # 15780
3/4/24