Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Facility operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year. The purpose of this bid is to provide for the safe and orderly access to and from this facility for parking, pedestrian areas, and walkways. The contractor shall provide all necessary equipment and material (to include shovels, ice picks, plows, backhoe, dump trucks, front-end loader, snow blowers, salt, calcium chloride, etc.) for the capability of moving or removing all accumulation of snow and ice from the areas described in a timely manner. It will be the responsibility of the Contractor to monitor weather conditions, and respond as needed, for both snow removal and ice control, but in all cases Facility Manager will have the option, though not the obligation, to authorize the activity to commence, the following are the requirements for snow and ice removal to ensure that the Allegheny County Emergency Services Center be safe for employees and the general public.