3.1 General Requirements: As may be further detailed herein, the successful proposer will be required to perform all operations for the appropriate collection, transportation and disposal of trash for the HA. 3.1.1 Proposed Costs All-inclusive: of all costs associated with the services, including fuel surcharges, landfill fees and routine maintenance of trash containers. 3.1.2 Basic Performance Standards: The successful proposer shall, at all times when on HA property, conduct the services and operate his/her vehicles, in a legal manner that protects HA property, residents and resident property, and the public-at-large. Any accident that may occur as the result of the actions of the successful proposer, whether or not the fault of the successful proposer, shall be the full and complete responsibility of the successful proposer and not the HA. 3.1.2.1 Frequency of Service: The trash will be pick-up [once/twice] per week on a day directed by the HA. 3.1.2.2 Appropriate/Legal Disposal of all Trash: It is the responsibility of the successful proposer to dispose of all trash collected in a legal manner, compliant with all applicable local, State and Federal codes, statutes, laws and regulations. 3.1.2 Routine Maintenance of Trash Containers: Though the trash containers are not the successful proposer’s property, but are the HA’s property, the successful proposer shall maintain the trash containers in good repair at all times for the full term of any ensuing contract. The successful proposer agrees that all containers provided shall be kept reasonably clean at all times and that severely damaged or unsightly containers shall be replaced by the successful proposer with either new or refurbished containers within 30 days after the HA’s written notification thereof. The containers must be kept free of graffiti at all times. Severely damaged or unsightly containers including, but are not limited to missing wheels, inability to lock lids, missing lids, sharp edges, burned containers or missing ten percent or more of painted surfaces from the outside, graffiti, etc., must be repaired by the successful proposer within 10 days of written notification received from the HA. 3.2 Required State Contractor’s License: As required by State of Indiana law, the contractor shall be in possession of a current Indiana contractor’s license.
