Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Contractor shall provide the services at its sole cost and expense, including the purchase of all equipment, materials, labor, services, insurance, utilities and similar costs that are required to perform the service requested. 2. Contractor shall be responsible to obtain and maintain all permits and approvals necessary for the performance of the service requested. The Contractor shall be fully responsible, without additional compensation whatsoever, to comply with any and all applicable laws, including, without limitation, local, state, and federal requirements. Such requirements shall include all environmental, OSHA, Department of Transportation regulations and any other provisions, which may apply to the handling, transportation, storage, processing, or disposal of the sludge. 3. Contractor shall operate its facilities and equipment in accordance with the provisions of the Contract and good operating practices, in accordance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations. 4. The Contractor shall accept at the Town’s Gary Court site, the sludge and scum and transport, process and dispose of all sludge and scum generated by the Town during the term of the Contract. The Contractor specifically recognizes that the quantity and characteristics of the sludge and scum to be generated by the Town will vary from time-to-time from that represented in the proposal, and his price shall allow for such variations. All sludge accepted by the Contractor shall become the property of the Contractor upon placement into the Contractor's vehicle (or of any subcontractor). 5. The Contractor shall prepare at its sole expense, necessary permit applications to obtain local and state (and federal, if appropriate) permits and approvals necessary provide the services called for by the contract. The Town will cooperate and provide information and support as reasonably needed, to obtain such approvals. 6. The Contractor shall dispose of all residue and non-processibles at its expense and in accordance with all applicable law. 7. At any time during the term of operations, the Contractor shall reimburse the Town for any and all additional costs the Town incurs for the transportation and disposal of sludge due to the inability or unwillingness of the Contractor to accept and process sludge at any time, as provided for in the Specifications. 8. The estimated sludge quantity is 850 to 950 dry tons per year at 3% to 9% solids in the liquid sludge. The most recent sludge metals analysis and leaching potential (TCLP) are attached as Exhibit III. Also attached is a tabulation of the previous 6- month period percent solids concentration of sludge (Exhibit IV). 9. The estimated scum quantity is up to 4.0% by volume of the liquid sludge. 10. The Contractor shall assist loading and then, haul and properly dispose of the liquid sludge. The average loading time is 25-35 minutes. The Contractor shall provide six- (6) day per week on-call hauling, which will be coordinated with the WPCF. The Contractor shall be responsible for keeping their trucks clean, cleaning spilled sludge off the vehicles and keeping the sludge loading area clean. The hours of operation shall be 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 P.M. Monday through Friday. No pick-up on Town Holidays. 11. The Contractor shall comply with all regulatory requirements governing the handling and disposal of municipal wastewater sludge. These include, but are not limited to 40 CFR Part 503 as well as other federal, state, and local requirements. 12. The equipment configuration for pumping sludge at the facility is • Size and type of discharge pipe: 6-inch quick disconnect hose • Pump capacity: 200-300 gallons per minute 13. Payments for services rendered to the Contractor shall be based upon Contractor’s submission of monthly invoices in such form and detail reasonably required by the Town. The Town shall have thirty days after receipt of invoices in approved form to make payment. Payments for liquid sludge shall be based upon such measurement procedures to which the Town agrees.
