Building Use Agreements
- Building Use Agreements are contracts between The Department and an outside group that wants to use our space for their event.
- This includes outside companies, theatrical troupes, summer camps, etc. that want to use Winship for their event.
- The contract requires that the licensee be insured to cover property damages and personal injury. Here is an excerpt from the contract:
Insurance: Licensee shall provide policy and proof of comprehensive general liability and property damage insurance by a provider licensed to do business in the State of Texas naming the Board of Regents, the UT System, the component institution, and the officers and employees of each as additional insureds, providing coverage for bodily injury and death of persons and damage to property that result directly or indirectly from the negligent or intentional act of omission of, or from the use or condition of any property, equipment, machinery, or vehicle used, operated, or controlled by Licensee on the premises of UT System or a component institution or relating to Licensee's activities under this Agreement. The limits of coverage shall be determined by the chief administrative officer or his or her delegate on the basis of the nature and extent of the activities to be conducted by the Licensee and the property, buildings, or facilities to be utilized. In no event shall the limits of liability for each occurrence be less than (one million dollars) $1,000,000.00 for bodily injury or death of a person and five hundred thousand dollars $500,000.00 (five hundred thousand dollars) for property damage and $1,000,000.00 (one million dollars) per occurrence.
- The outside party will meet with Brant Pope to inform him of the project and see if this is a situation where The Department would want to allow the outside group to use Winship.
- Ben can verify the availability of our spaces to make sure it suits the needs of the program before going further into the process.
- The requesting party should provide Ben with an explanation of the event and a brief justification as to why our department should enter into a contract with them.
- Ben will email Daniel Slesnick (Debbie Stevens office in Contracts Office) with the explanation / justification to request permission to begin the contract process.
- The requesting party should gather the required proof of insurance and work with Ben to prepare the standard contract that has been approved by UT Contracts Office.
- Any changes to the standard contract have to be approved by The Contracts Office and may delay the processing of the request.
- After compiling the documentation, Ben will then send off the contract, contract cover sheet, and insurance documentation to Jean Breton in The Dean's Office.
- The Dean's Office will review the package and send it off to The Contracts Office for approval.
- The Dean's Office will call together the parties to the contract for signatures (the head of the department and a representative of the organization desiring contract).