Specifications include, but are not limited to: providing any required ambulance services seven (7) days per week, twenty-four (24) hours per day, 365 days per year. The Contractor shall provide Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support ambulance services as defined by the State of New Hampshire Bureau of EMS for the purposes of treating and transporting sick or injured persons found within the boundaries of the coverage area to a local area hospital specified by the person, if appropriate, or the appropriate Hospital dictated by State protocols. The Contractor shall provide and maintain, at its own cost and expense, State certified ambulances and other equipment necessary to provide Advanced Life Support Ambulance service. Contractor will provide sufficiently trained, experienced, certified and/or licensed personnel to maintain, operate and administer the ambulance service required under the proposal. The proposal shall specify the contractor’s intended response times to be incorporated into the contract, with penalties for non-compliance. The proposal shall identify the company’s intended staffing, training and certification of staff, condition and replacement periods for machinery and equipment. The Contractor shall station one ambulance with a minimum of a BLS crew with ALS availability at the Charlestown Ambulance Barn located at 215 Springfield Road, Charlestown, New Hampshire. The Town of Charlestown will maintain the building and all of its utilities at the expense of the town
