Specifications include, but are not limited to: The basis of the Mesa School District IPM services is the regular monitoring and education for the presence of pests inside and around the structures of school/office buildings and, when necessary, to implement appropriate management measures. This service also includes regular monitoring for the presence of pests in the landscape, turf and surrounding grounds of the school/office buildings. The goal of the IPM program is to provide effective, long-term pest management, while minimizing the use of pesticides. The Contractor must exhibit awareness and sensitivity to the fact that the school environment cannot be compromised through deliberate or inadvertent contamination by pesticides. Scheduled routine pesticide treatments in and around any area of the school/office are prohibited. Pesticides should be applied only when other methods are ineffective or are impractical, and only in areas of known infestation. It is essential to the success of the IPM program that the Contractor provide proactive services that identify housekeeping, food handling and structural design deficiencies that contribute to pest problems as well as identifying landscape design deficiencies, plant maintenance practices, and plant choices that contribute to pest problems and communicate information to relevant school personnel. All IPM services and activities shall be planned and performed with the needs of the students and staff as the foremost priority.
