Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. All Snow Removal Services must be available at the Contractor's pricing between November 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025 (year 1). 2. All work must be performed by the awarded Contractor. Sub-contracting must be approved, in writing, in advance, by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District’s Director of Operations. 3. The Contractor will be responsible for supplying all equipment, labor, applicable insurance(s) and/or license(s), and product required for clearing snow and ice, and for distributing salt/ice-melt in the parking lots, loading docks and related drives at 1661 Leforge (per Exhibit A). 4. The Contractor shall ensure that all designated areas (Exhibit A) shall be completely plowed and cleared of snow/ice. All surfaces, including sidewalks, parking lots, driveways, etc. must be cleared of snow and have salt/ice-melt applied at least one and one half (1.5) hours prior to the start time for each facility (8:00 a.m./Monday-Friday). 5. On non-school days the schedule for plowing and salting is to be coordinated with the Washtenaw Intermediate School District’s Director of Operations so that snow removal and salting is completed 2 hours before any scheduled events. Should the Washtenaw Intermediate School District/Washtenaw County Head Start program cancel school, the contractor shall still be responsible for clearing snow. Contractor shall work with the Director of Operations to prioritize needs to allow access to buildings. In most cases of school closure, ALL snow should be cleared by approximately 12:00 pm (noon) on the day of school closure. 6. Snow removal must be available at the Contractor's pricing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. 7. The Contractor will have salt/deicing product, vehicles, and services available for "on call" services, twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, the Director of Operations may call for services. Response time to any facility is required to be no more than forty-five (45) minutes from request time. 8. Clearing of snow and ice from sidewalks is also included in this contract (Exhibit A).
