Specifications include, but are not limited to: Bell Street Parking Garage = 868 Spaces Bedford Street (a/k/a Forest Street) Parking Garage = 686 Spaces Summer Street Garage = 484 Spaces TOTAL = 2038 Spaces Bell Street, Bedford Street and Summer Street garages will be operated twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days per week. The facilities shall remain open on each and every day of the year. Changes in the days/hours of operation may be implemented but only with the approval of the Transportation, Traffic, and Parking Department. The parking rates for each of the facilities shall be set by the City of Stamford. These rates shall be made available to all persons, firms, corporations and organizations for the use of the parking spaces. The proposer shall institute a management program to maintain a high quality of service to the public. The proposer must select and hire honest, competent and courteous personnel to be employed on the premises. Each person must have the ability to communicate effectively with staff, City of Stamford personnel and the public. Each position shall be filled by people possessing the necessary experience, background and integrity. Background checks are necessary and are the responsibility of the contractor. The City shall have the right to require the contractor to dismiss any employee for cause, in the sole discretion of the City. The exercise of such right shall not create an employer/employee relationship between the City and the contractor employee.