These specifications cover and include the furnishing of all labor, materials, equipment, certifications of an amount of financial responsibility, permits and fees necessary to accomplish the pest control services herein specified. This applies to designated buildings and includes all tunnels, basements, and other places adjacent to the structures and on institutional grounds where infestation might be found. 1. Insects to be controlled shall include cockroaches, silverfish, spiders, flies, sow bugs, pantry pests and ants other than carpenter and pharaoh ants. 2. Rodent control shall include the effective control of rats and mice in all buildings under this contract and perimeter control of rodents adjacent to buildings. 3. Spray pests outside the Wooster Place and Stadium Place Apartment buildings on an “on call” basis. 4. Termite services are not included in this contract. 5. The Contractor shall report the presence and location of infestations of any other pests not otherwise included in this contract, when identified. 6. Pest Management Plan: A pest control services plan shall be included with the bid response, along with the cost of implementing and maintaining the plan. The Pest Management Plan should integrate preventive and corrective measures and identify sensitive areas. The plan should also include inspection and assessment strategy, treatment strategy, products used, monitoring and reporting, and safety and compliance with state and local regulations. The Plan should be implemented at the lowest cost with minimum risk to humans, property, or the environment by utilization of inspection, identification, recommendation for control, treatment, and review and evaluation of the pest problem. 7. The Plan should initially focus on identification of pests, location and severity of infestations. Next, procedures shall be employed to reduce pest populations to low levels using “clean out” procedures. Then, the focus of the Plan shall include prevention and management of infestations. The Plan shall include cultural, mechanical, physical, and chemical means of control when and where practical. Factors which limit the potential for the pest to survive and reproduce should be employed. This may involve the use of pesticides, but the emphasis of the services is to be directed towards sanitation and exclusion. If necessary, a separate bid (or subcontractor’s bid submitted) may also be made for mechanical alterations such as caulking, sealing, screening, and installation of preventative devices such as light traps, air screens, and mist dispensers and monitoring and servicing thereof that may be necessary or desirable to help achieve control. However, the agency reserves the right to perform the recommended mechanical alterations itself. The Plan should include provisions for maintaining a pestmonitoring program.
